[Avodah] tare

[Daniel Israel]

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:47:17 -0700 menucha <menu at inter.net.il> 
wrote:
>In one supermarket (davka not in the charedi sector) there was a 
sign in 
>the baked goods department explaining that the weight of the 
package was 
>factored into the pricing of the goods.  Isn't this an easier way 
>around this problem?

I'm not sure what this means.  If they are selling something by the 
kilo, then the package weight is fixed while the weight of the 
goods changes depending on how much I buy.  So even if they 
discount the per kilo weight, if two people buy different amounts 
of baked goods but are given the same size box, then the one who 
buys less effectively pays more per kilo.

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Daniel M. Israel
dmi1 at cornell.edu