Same Product Different Prices

I was at the Post Office in Giant, Nilai, to collect my RM625 rebate this afternoon. My queue number was 2143 (go buy 4D tomorrow!), and the number being serve at that moment was 2117. So off I went to Giant hypermarket to kill time. I actually wanted to buy a bottle of after shave and to my dismay they sold out the brand that I have been using. So I went across to the Guardian Pharmacy but they also did not have what I wanted. So I looked at an alternative which I decided to buy, priced at RM22.90. When the cashier scanned the product a different price popped up, RM25.90. I said the label at the rack clearly RM22.90 and so we went and double checked together and I was right it was RM22.90. RM25.90 was for a different fragrant. Sigh!!! Why so many prices for the same product when the only difference is the fragrance. I have been wondering about this for a long time. Other examples of products with different prices for different fragrances are like Listerine and Eversoft facial cleanser. If the difference is only 10 sen or 20 sen ok lah. This one until a few dollars. Ridiculous lah! So the next time you go to the supermarket, look at the prices for Listerine. The disparity can be up to RM4!

After that fiasco in Guardian, I went back to the Post Office and there were 3 numbers before me. When my turn came, I got my rebate in less than 2 minutes. I only needed to produce my IC and thumbprinted my left thumb. Yes! Yes! I am RM625 richer.