Tricked by my eyes

Amethyst

Amethyst

Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Joined
Dec 21, 2008
Messages
12,668
Not sure if this counts as an "Elder Scam," but...I fell for it b/c I simply need to be more careful about reading ads online.

I ordered what I thought was a 16-oz box of Godiva chocolates from Kohls.com. It wasn't cheap. The box arrived today, and it turns out to be....10.6 oz.

Tell me they didn't choose that exact weight with the intention of fooling people into seeing 16 oz.
 
You know what they say...fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...shame on me.
 
Everything is an illusion, how can it be 100% chocolate when it’s cut with all kinds of emulsifiers and preservatives, your probably only netting around 9.2oz of pure chocolate
 
Like when I go to buy a pack of chicken, a 5 pound pack but when I bust it open there’s a 1/2 pound wet panty liner lining the tray
 
Amethyst said:
Tell me they didn't choose that exact weight with the intention of fooling people into seeing 16 oz.
Click to expand...

Okay, I'll be the one to tell you. 10.6 ounces is 300 grams. They simply converted a metric number to an ancient antiquated system of measurement... ;)
 
This eye trick played to my advantage while grocery shopping a few days ago.

I bought a pre-boxed cook at home meal at Aldi, it was $11.99 minus $5 as it was old stock (still good).

The cashier dutifully charged me $6 (11.99 - 5 = 6) :confused:
She did it again on a desert, $3.99 - $2 = $1.00 :confused:

I did see her using her fingers to count out , so maybe it was not an eye trick, but a math issue for the younger generation.
 
I have tried this trick when buying stocks, just for fun and of course hoping I'd get lucky.

Say a stock is $98.79 I'll offer $79.98 , maybe some human trader will transpose the values.

It has never worked.
 
Yep, one of my Dad's favorite sayings, and so true!


ponyboy said:
You know what they say...fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...shame on me.
Click to expand...
 
Cute, but why choose 300g? The old box was 16 oz (454 g). If the intent were merely to convert to metric, there are all sorts of amounts they could have chosen, versus one that conveniently looks a lot like the old weight. To old eyes, anyway.

Music Lover said:
Okay, I'll be the one to tell you. 10.6 ounces is 300 grams. They simply converted a metric number to an ancient antiquated system of measurement... ;)
Click to expand...
 
Last edited:
LOL, my eyes just tricked me here on the forum.
While scanning the thread titles, I saw "Tickets", and right below that "Basic Important.."
My eyes (well, more properly my brain) put the first couple of letters of each title together and came up with "Baskets". I stopped scanning the titles so I could read the "Basket" thread, only to realize it didn't exist upon a second look.
 
So funny! But I doubt it was anyone's deliberate intent to create a basket case :LOL:

SheitlQueen said:
LOL, my eyes just tricked me here on the forum.
While scanning the thread titles, I saw "Tickets", and right below that "Basic Important.."
My eyes (well, more properly my brain) put the first couple of letters of each title together and came up with "Baskets". I stopped scanning the titles so I could read the "Basket" thread, only to realize it didn't exist upon a second look.
Click to expand...
 
Sunset said:
This eye trick played to my advantage while grocery shopping a few days ago.

I bought a pre-boxed cook at home meal at Aldi, it was $11.99 minus $5 as it was old stock (still good).

The cashier dutifully charged me $6 (11.99 - 5 = 6) :confused:
She did it again on a desert, $3.99 - $2 = $1.00 :confused:

I did see her using her fingers to count out , so maybe it was not an eye trick, but a math issue for the younger generation.
Click to expand...

I used to do that same thing when I played monopoly and was the banker. Then one day in school we learned about borrowing. The light went on! Amazingly, nobody I played with ever noticed my mistake. Or they just kept their mouths shut. :angel:

They never count back change anymore. And, what really gets me laughing is when you have a total amount of say $19.83, and then hand them $20.03. They look like "What is that stupid 3¢ about?" :D

Of course, credit cards have just about done away with the need to know how to handle cash so perhaps it is just a sign of the times.
 
Last edited:
Amethyst said:
Cute, but why choose 300g? The old box was 16 oz (454 g). If the intent were merely to convert to metric, there are all sorts of amounts they could have chosen, versus one that conveniently looks a lot like the old weight. To old eyes, anyway.
Click to expand...

It could be that they simply chose a portion size that they have been using all along for the rest of the world rather than create a new US package.
 
My eyes trick me all the time, more with age.

Find myself buying the wrong product more than I used to. For example, I'll buy a box of ramen noodles wanting individually wrapped rectangular shapes but end up buying one ones in the cups as pre-measured soup.
 
Years ago, my eyes once tricked me into paying the minimum due on my credit card, instead of the total balance. I didn’t discover it until the following month, when my bill included interest. That was the one and only time I have ever paid interest on a credit card, and I felt like a real doofus!
 
Meadbh said:
Years ago, my eyes once tricked me into paying the minimum due on my credit card, instead of the total balance. I didn’t discover it until the following month, when my bill included interest. That was the one and only time I have ever paid interest on a credit card, and I felt like a real doofus!
Click to expand...

Similar story here. I once inadvertently wrote "XXXX dollars and 00/100 cents" on my check. The bill was actually $ XXXX.75. So, for a 75 cents mistake, I paid a month's interest on over $1000. Such a maroon.
 
97guns said:
Like when I go to buy a pack of chicken, a 5 pound pack but when I bust it open there’s a 1/2 pound wet panty liner lining the tray
Click to expand...

That happened to me at Costco. I took the packaging back and asked them for a refund as there was more than 20% of the weight in just that wet diaper they put in the Styrofoam packaging. They gave me the full price as a refund. I tried to explain I only wanted to pay for the chicken and nominal packaging weight, but they said they couldn't work that out on their terminal, so they refunded me the whole thing.
 
Amethyst said:
Not sure if this counts as an "Elder Scam," but...I fell for it b/c I simply need to be more careful about reading ads online
Click to expand...

Yes it's an "elder scam", not your fault, you were set up to fail and all your dough will be taken from you soon by scheming evil elder abusing companies.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Back
Top Bottom