When Small is cheap.

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When Small is cheap.

I guess we all have perception that buying big packets against the small packets will save us the money and in reality it is almost true for majority of item when big pack/family pack are costing less for per gm/ml of the goods purchased. But is it always true?

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Personal finding 1

Recently, I went for purchasing my groceries and unfortunately I did not find my favorite biscuit in shop rack. So I picked up another one of the same size (say 200 gram) from the rack. I checked its price and look like it is of same price as my favorite brand. But suddenly a doubt come into my mind why should not I buy 100 gram pack (in case I do not like the taste of this new biscuit.) To my astonishment, I find 100 gram pack of biscuit is costing less. (for per gram of Biscuit.) . I immediately replaced big pack with small pack and saved little money there.

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Personal finding 2

No this is not exactly cheap but a very well known marketing trick, lure the customer using sale. Actually there is a dish washing soap of 100 gram costing $1 and they also placed same soap weighing only 75 gram for $1. Anyone who will do quick glance will buy 100 gram soap but what they did they give 1 bar of soap free when you purchase 3 , so it will mean you are going to get 75*4 grams for $3, matching the price with bigger one on quantity. Surprising I again bagged this small packet.

What may be reasons.

I have some plausible explanation on this basis of my experience as listed below:

Small packets inventory is in high demand and move fast so big packets are become some kind of "convenience" and company charge more for giving you a big packet as it has to still produce them again faster moving small packet inventory.

In some case like shampoo sachets(or anything that is packed in sachets) it become "logistics" easy for company to ship them and save considerable cost against the bottles and jar that they use to pack large quantities.

One of the reason , I think small packing and low price attracts low medium group or poor people also to try their product. Giving sale on small packets might give the much boost to their profit as it will quickly escalates to boosting their sales.

Do you compare?

Ok, going to the endless myriad reason that causes small packet to be cheaper than large one is not exactly the point of my article. I like to know how many of us really compare between small and big packets while buying. How many really take a look between price difference between a sachet and bottle/jar price.

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I would love to be able to find some time to research/find and compare prices ... Sometimes my shopping are so quick that I am sure I could buy many cheaper things
Great post :)

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Just check when are placed on same racks, When pack size are 100gm and 200 gm then it is easy to compare. Now a days you get some weird pack size like 63gm , 87gm ,237 gm and so on.

This is something I'm quite aware off yet totally unable to change my behavior.
I really don't enjoy shopping and I regard it a necessity I want to be done with as quickly as possible. So I usually don't compare prices or look for deals, but instead just grab what I need and move on. I could certainly save some money if I ever manage to change that behavior...

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I guess very few enjoy shopping but there are dedicated sites for deal hunting that might save you time.

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frankly speaking, I buy in combo packs considering the hefty discounts that they have to offer. I agree with your personal findings and the next time I go shopping, I'll definitely have a glance at it. Thanks for sharing a valuable piece of information. cheers.

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Some of the combo are specifically crafted for big discount store or for online stores and they are definitely cheaper.

I'm realizing that small is cheap when you actually consume it. When I buy bulk I waste. I'm obviously talking about food here. I realized this with olive oil. I now buy small so it stays fresh and I get the health benefits. The large jugs that save money actually turn before I can finish them. So with food, I buy small.

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That is really a nice point for buying the small sized pack or buy according to the needs.

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Its always good to do some comparison and research before buying... even some time for online purchase the price is different onbtwo different sits (ofcource the reputation of the site also matters)....

You can just put the product in google searchbar + price and google will tell you the product price on all sites without you need to go for witch hunt.
Lot of ways to really save the money

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