Less is More?
Dec 29, 2007 Politics
I was washing a load of clothes today and I noticed something stupid.
As I neared the bottom of the bottle of laundry detergent concentrate, I thought…why does it say on the back of the bottle that a small bottle of concentrate washes the same amount of clothes as a large bottle?
Perhaps that is true that less detergent is needed to do the same amount of laundry, but why does the smaller bottle cost more? More importantly, why is the concentrated, more expensive bottle called a good purchase value?
No doubt the marketing geniuses figured that people would buy it because it’s better and more concentrated. Sure, it costs more. Naturally I’m sure it costs more to make it (probably not).
If that is the case, one can save money by purchasing the cheaper detergent that does the same amount of laundry AND gets the clothes just as clean.
In conclusion, if the cheaper (yet larger) bottles get your clothes just as clean then there is no need to spend extra dough on a marketing ploy that targets people who are mathematically challenged.
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New Ventures
Oct 18, 2007 Jobs, Personal Finance, Work At Home
My wife has set up an online store selling t-shirts and stuff. She’s still working on coming up with more products to sell on there, so bookmark it and check it out often.
There are so many ways to make money online, and I’m still wanting to tap into the I-only-work-2-hours-per-day-blogging market. Unfortunately, real life keeps getting in the way of my dreams. It takes money to get good hosting, and that’s a luxury that I don’t (at this time) have.
However, a friend just scored a new server, and I plan to discuss setting up a hosting company of our own with him depending on the connection he has. If nothing else, to host our own blogs and make some money while cutting our overhead.
Another friend in Michigan just got his inventory for his computer shop in today. Good prices, great systems. I’ll be putting links up as soon as he gets a web site.
I’d like to get more feedback on home and web based businesses, their earning potential, and what you (the reader) think would be a good idea for getting out of the rat race and into the Magrathea-esque life, where the rats run the show.
Fire away!
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