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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:16 PM Original message |
New Noxzema jar has 2 fewer ounces bonus false bottom |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. This has been going on for what seems like forever. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Me too Peggy! |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Drunk idiot couldn't read the weight on the jar? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. What are you talking about? The guy clearly noted that there was 2 oz less of product but |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. It was a planned rip off any way you slice it |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Or saw it. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. We should just rename the country "RipOff Haven." |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. I love deceptive packaging. |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Yeah, well wait until you lose one and try to find one that matches |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. That's a very common practice, and not just at Walmart. |
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winston65 (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. true- |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. welcome to DU-- I am one of those consumers they hate--I read, and check, everything. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. me too! I have a knack for remembering |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. If the label indicates the amount inside |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yes. Because you look at the ounces each and every time for each and every product |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. C'mon, the packaging is designed to deceive. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 01:05 AM Response to Reply #28 |
60. Exactly. A false bottom is for one reason only...to trick people. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. Not good, but damn, I didn't even know they still made that stuff. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
49. that would actually be aloe vera |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 02:02 AM Response to Reply #49 |
61. No, Noczema is better, IME. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. The jelly glasses that they've been selling jelly in for years is now a lot thicker too |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. That may ruin the old joke about breaking one and saying: |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. I think we have some of those around here too for drinking glasses! n/t |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I've been drinking out of them for years and years |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Do you have old ones still? Can you compare the new to old? |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. Good for him, for taking apart the jar. would never have thought to do so |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. people still use Noxema? |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I do |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. cool |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Cool is exactly right; it's great after sun exposure even without a burn. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:25 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Try a towel soaked in iced tea. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. That sounds good as well--but I'm more likely to drink it if I have it! |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. +1 totallyworks |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. i always thought noxema was more aimed at teenagers |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:47 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Yes that's true. When I was a teen-ager that's who |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 03:02 AM Response to Reply #30 |
56. In the '60s, they were marketing it to men as a shaving cream |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I totally remember that commercial!!...found it..youtube link |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. It's awesome as a shaving cream. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. yes they do. I remember it being very medicine like. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. Nothing is worse to me than my intelligence |
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Zanzoobar (618 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. "Suckers pay more for no value" |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. ewwww noxema |
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999998th word (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 01:19 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. :D |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
32. And bags of chips are half empty because they "settle in shipping", LOL. What Liars. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
62. Tostitos with a hint of lime |
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winston65 (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
34. this is not exactly news |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
36. my sugar company has started adding water so the jog weighs more |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
37. aka the prices of things are going up. nt |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
38. Vastly smaller, faster, more automated production line, less product... |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
39. That packaging is a metaphor for the Tea Party |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. They do this with peanut butter too!! |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
42. The saddest thing about this deception.... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. For some reason, I keep thinking of those Pootie Pant commercials. |
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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
44. I remember the good old days when I could buy a half gallon of ice cream. |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
45. Does is say 14 oz or 12 oz on the side of the jar? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. because it used to be 14 oz, and now, the same size jar only contains 12--how hard is that to |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:22 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Cause if the label on the side of the jar says it only has 12 oz on it now |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. yes, I understand that you are defending the corps and denigrating the public. |
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Faux pas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. I can't remember the last time I saw a 1 pound can of anything |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Last Edy's we bought were 1.5 QTS. |
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Faux pas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:46 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. It might be cheaper to make your own. O my gawd, what |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
50. Not surprised, BUT doesn't that dude own any real tools? |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
59. Why do you think there is a dimple at the bottom of a jar of peanut butter? |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
63. I use Noxzema every day, and I've gotten all my male friends hooked on it too. |
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