• GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    37·
    9 months ago

    Valiant effort, but the top minds of the world, whether human or machine, are no match for Charmin’s obfuscation techniques. https://bangyourbuck.com/search/charmin ultra strong/Count/US/table

    Looks okay until you realize that the “count” field refers to different things across different listings. Some count rolls, some count sheets, some count packages.

    Comparing prices of toilet paper and papers towels is 100x harder than it needs to be.

    • ericbomb@lemmy.worldOP
      17·
      9 months ago

      Curses!

      Garbage in, garbage out I suppose!

      Charmin really is the king of “1 sheet equals 3, and 1 roll is 2, but our sheets are half the size! So really this roll is 12 rolls!”

    • AtmaJnana@lemmy.world
      9·
      9 months ago

      I once went on a deep dive trying to figure out whether napkins or paper towels were cheaper I probably still have the spreadsheets.

        • AtmaJnana@lemmy.world
          5·
          9 months ago

          For the comparison I was doing (it can be hard to compare the two products,) I found paper towels were almost always cheaper (per unit area.)

          But that was pre-pandemic, so prices are probably way different by now.

        • acockworkorange
          3·
          9 months ago

          True. Area then. And ply number is a qualifier not a quantifier. People who want two ply are not going to switch to one or three just because of price.and vice versa.