• EdibleFriend@lemmy.world
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    That doesn’t change the fact its misleading. Not everyone walks around with a god damn scale, knows the average weights of deodorant off the top of their head. The average person is going to look at this and assume its full and that’s how the manufacturer wants it.

    ackshually if you get out your scales and do a little homework…

    no. fuck you.

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      So you, I dunno, read the label where it shows the net weight, and compare it to other similar products nearby on the same shelf? Hell, most store shelf pricing has price per unit on it now, so you can compare prices pretty directly. Yeah, I get that it’s not completely consistent where that’s implemented, but it’s far and away better than the days of “price gun sticker on item and that’s it.”

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        Which boils down to ‘make sure you look hard to see how they are trying to trick you’

        And, in that scenario…you blame the people who don’t catch the trick as opposed to the corporation trying to trick people.

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          The case is clear, you can see how much is in it. How is that deception? And yes, you should read labels. That’s what they’re there for.

          If you were comparing it to something similar and it was different you’d have a case. Not with this particular product though.

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        I certainly do not do that. Who has time to inspect every item they buy nowadays? Ridiculous.

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            Uh, that’s incorrect. When you’re buying groceries for your family, getting household essentials, cleaning supplies, etc, you’re going to be in and out because you have to get home to make dinner and get ready for work the next day.

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              Then get scammed I guess…it takes literal seconds to to read things.

              The time it took you to reply on your addiction device could be spend actually being productive by ensuing you aren’t being scammed at stores.

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                But when you’re buying 40 things? Have other stuff to do? You are being incredibly naive

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              Do you just blindly grab random objects of the shelf and pretend to be shocked when you get home or something?

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      Not everyone is like you and doesn’t understand how weight works.

      If you’re going to complain about something, at least attempt to understand it before bitching. Otherwise you just look lazy.

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            Nope. I explained very clearly how they are being misleading but, for shits and giggles, I will summarize my post again.

            Yes its not technically false advertising because they put the weight on the package, but by putting it in a larger package they are counting on the average person to not actually sit there and think about exactly how much deodorant should weigh. To see this at a glance you would have too, off the top of your head, know the average weight of deodorant vs its size. You are acting like this is something the average consumer should already know off the top of their head, and talking down to people who explain not everyone is going to notice this right away and simply assume they are getting a full package.

            This is deliberately misleading. They are going out of their way to trick people.

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              You are acting like this is something the average consumer should already know off the top of their head,

              I do expect the average person to have passed 4th grade, yes.

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          WarmSoda is just a contrarian. I’ve literally seen them argue two sides of an argument across different posts. I wouldn’t recommend seriously engaging with them, but they’re not very bright so it’s funny to get them to contradict themselves or make comically bad arguments.