I’m putting the Wal*marts on official notice. You might recall that in the past Wal*mart has not always been honest with me about the better buy.
I’m not one of those Wal*mart detractors who go around looking for reasons not to like it. I grew up in the middle of Missouri and we’ve had Wal*mart stores for my whole life. Our local Wal*mart was one of the first 30 stores, and I overheard my dad say once when someone was complaining about Wal*mart that we wouldn’t have had shoes some years if it weren’t for Wal*mart.
But Wal*mart, you’ve got to cut this out. When I buy more of something, I expect the unit price to go down. If you keep pulling crap like this, I’m going to have to start paying attention to every little things I buy, and that will make me question whether I really need something, and neither one of us wants that.
Exhibit A:
4 rolls for $1.00 and 12 rolls for $3.88 (yes, the rolls were the same size)
Exhibit B:
35 square feet for $2.88 and 50 square feet $2.88 (neither one of these is a bargain)
Someone had left a $0.55 coupon next to the 50 square feet roll, which made it a reasonable price, so we bought that one.
Exhibit C:
(Technically this might not be an exhibit, because I don’t have a picture; I’m just telling you about it.) Blocks of Cheddar Cheese cost less than Shredded Cheddar, but blocks of Mozzarella cost more than Shredded Mozzarella.
So Wal*mart, lets not let this happen again. I’m not above changing my spending habits.