Consumer Report

If I have any spelling errors I apologize, I’m writing my first blog entry via cell phone. Haha.

I was listening to the radio this morning and they were talking about how the quality of our purchases have gone down while the prices have gone up. A few examples would be with the Little Debbies snack cakes. Apparently they have decreased in size throughout the years and the price has gone up. Another caller mentioned fast food cups. The cups have gotten slimmer in order to cut back on costs, so if you leave it in your car for even a few hours it begins to leak, compared to a few years back when it could sit in your car for days. If any of you are ice cream fans, you will know the containers have gotten smaller, and the price has gone up. The radio host said it best, “we’re getting jipped.”

One callerdid get me thinking though. She is a single mother, and called to complain about laundry detergent. There are bottles that read, “New Condensed Formula”, which means you need to use less to get your clothing clean. CNN however, did a consumer report on these detergents and found there was absolutely no difference between the condensed formula and the regular detergent formula. I don’t know about you, but this ticks me off.

I personally don’t know if there is anything we can do to stop this or make it right. Bringing this to the attention of everyone is really all we can do, and we can also hope in the near future we can again be paying for quality.