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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
The Case of the Incredible Shrinking Container—Paying the Same for Less
Edgar DworskyHas your candy bar been leaving with you with something more to be desired? Edgar Dworsky, consumer advocate, Consumer World and Mouse Print, Boston, and former Massachusetts assistant attorney general, describes manufacturers' sneaky way to pass on a price increase: shrink the size of the product, but charge the same price as before.
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