Marketing Fairness and Indonesian Limits of Physics ;)

Did you by chance get a graduated cylinder and actually measure the internal volume of each? One or both appear to be inaccurate.

Did not have the chance to compare!!.. My netties ordered a second round and the new ones were all 200ml. Maybe it belong to an old batch, out of market.

I keep thinking about the "home made" refilling procedures, very common in far east countries. But taste was ok, and no stomach problem at all for the whole family!!

It's possible that the larger bottle was not filled as completely, and then the smaller bottle using slightly thinner material...just more efficient design...I used to gather bottles along the road for candy as a child like you...knowing that there was always money to be made, all you had to do was work for it, taught me a lesson...

7ml? What's the big deal? Do they charge more money for the taller bottle?

Nothing illegal or unethical here.

Dear Lyn:

Do you mind if I increase the price of all you buy by a 3.5%? Wht you did not notice it? I wrote it clearly at the bottom of every single product, in clear 3mm size characters!!.

Maybe you will, or not, care about it. I will because it is net profit for me.

I will put yellow tags in the products saying "25% plus for free!!" for a short time.

But I will never advise " we reduced the quantity by 3.5%" in the standard daily product.

Still do you think this is ethic??

Del hit the nail in fewer words.

Best regards.

abelmh

When one buys a "bottle" of beverage while out for the evening one does not normally question the price.

The photograph would indicate that the bottles were, "single serving" instead of something that would be priced by a bulk system.

Never mind. A more interesting topic has reared its head.

My opinion of your avatar is that if is not offensive in your culture, then some tolerance should be shown by others who may not believe that the image is appropriate in theirs.

Being an old man from the USA, I admit that I did do a double take when I saw your avatar, but then I told myself that it was, after all, your avatar, not mine.

This is an international forum.

Purchasing is in the eye of the beholder. If I was thirsty, and given a choice, I'd choose the bigger bottle! It looks like more, even if it isn't.

It's costly for a company to change from one bottle format to another. The investment in the old bottles, which are recycled/reused, is a cost. Labels also have to be changed to fit the new format.

If the change was from a smaller looking bottle (200 ml) to a bigger looking bottle with less product (193 ml) then the customer would think they were getting more for the money, and the company would get some returns because every 28th bottle of product is product saved.

On the other hand the smaller bottle might be cheaper to ship because you can load more of them on a truck. Maybe the old bottle was initially in oz, but had to be standardized to ml, so they wanted to go with a round number like 200 instead.

And maybe the thirsty person will buy two, because although it's more, it doesn't look enough!

Not I; I would prefer to enlarge it and improve the resolution.

Nothing beats reading the fine print. Sadly I can't do that anymore, unless I brought my glasses.

Just a comment on your avatar image. It doesn't bother me, but don't be surprised if some people object to it.

Buyer beware. Just read the labels of the products you buy. Take responsibility for your own actions.