Ripped-Off By Retailers

I don't know if anyone would click on the link in the "7 Ways..." article below the picture of John Watson, in small letters -- "Theoretical Psycology," but it yields this link. Dry, but interesting, nonetheless.

Remember the store chain that played subliminal messages that were embedded in the music? That was quite a few years ago. How do we know it's not still being used?

there are people who specialize is "product appearance". they might take 2 hours to prepare a very carefully constructed hamburger. the'll take great care burning each grill mark exactly where they want it. they have tiny spray bottles to spray just the right size droplets of water on to lettuce. they'll painstakingly select just the right firm tomato to slice a single slice from. they get all the lighting just right and take photos with a high end camera on a tripod. of course when you actually go buy a burger from the place it gets slapped together by someone with pimples making minimum wage and they(the burger) don't remotely resemble the ad photo! they call this....marketing, get used to it, it's about sales and profit, not integrity.

Actually allot of the pictures are fiberglass or plastic of the hamburgers. But I was at a McDonalds in Manitowoc Wisconsin, where the Big Mac looked like the picture.

They also use white glue instead of milk when taking pix of breakfast cereal. Watching a cooking show this past year the cook commented on the pictures in the food network magazine. They pointed out how great the turkey looked and the fact that the picture was taken with in a few minutes of coming out of the oven. Then they showed a picture of the same turkey taken 30 minutes later and it looked dried out and shriveled up. Some foods just don't look stay picture perfect for very long.

Well look at this retailer rip-off

How Fitting.

I'll have a foot-long 11" sub please .

^{I think it's a government conspiracy to try desensitising the taxpayer to reduce our spending and government defiecit....... you know, "Figures don't lie, but liars can figure"}

I have to stand up for Subway here.

It might be 11" long, but they bake the bread in house, so I'll forgive a variance.

Plus, it's about the best, least expensive lunch you'll find...........especially the monthly $5 foot long.

No problems with Subway.

Weight the problem of obesity we have in this country, I don't consider it bad. I loved their flatbread. And in all the fast food. I think it's the most healthiest.

Turkey and ham on flatbread, with chips and a bowl of cream of broccoli soup for under $10.00.

But does that make it right?

When I need gas to get where I'm going and where I get it its good quality. I buy and paid for 10 gallons and only get 9, no that's not right.

I'm just not convinced that it's an intentional rip-off. If it is, there are a lot worse out there.

For anyone that's worried about 1" of bread, they can more than make up for it with some extra black olives.

Did you see those ridiculous TV commercials from one of their competitors?

The ones where you're supposed to be disgusted because Subway's meat is cut by machines?

I still can't figure out why having someone's hands on my meat would make it better.

Never mind.

Bought a 15 oz (or maybe it was bigger) wide base coffee travel cup at a Thornton's gas station. First fill up of coffee was free. Later that day I tried to pour a 12 oz can of soda in it and it would not fit. I really doubt the soda people gave me more than I paid for.

Needed a drain pan to do an oil change on a Case 1450 loader/crawler. Sump held around 8 or 10 gallons. Bought a feed pan from Rural Emperor (Rural King but everything is made in China and they don't have kings). The pan was around 15-18 gallon capacity. Could not hold all of the oil. I thought the dealer told me wrong on the volume until I put the old oil in the jugs the new oil came in. Maybe they expect you to over fill feed pans and that is where the rest of the capacity comes from. I always thought that capacity in a pan or bucket was level full or even a little head space at the top.

Sounds like when your Buying clothing. Like a shirt, I was looking at XXL long, and the sleeves came to my forearm. I looked like a gorilla

Or being in the northern climate, there was a time long underwear that was imported are made for people very large bellies, and more than enough room below yor belly in the front, absolutely no room in the back, and pencils for legs.