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    Last week, I bought some Splenda granular at Sam's Club. It consisted of 2 bags in a box (each weighing .6 lbs) priced approx $8.88. Next to it was a single bag of Splenda granular with a total weight of 1.2 lbs priced approx $11.88. I was flabbergasted! I thought maybe I was seeing things. I saved $3 by buying the one with more packaging?! Where's the hidden camera?! Surely they aren't selling the same product for two different prices!


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    How odd..???? When I worked at a retail store, I always had to argue the point that when something came in a XX% free container it should cost the same a regular size... Hence the reason it was FREE.... Most of the time I had to go above my immediate supervisor to a manger to get my point across...
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    Quote Originally Posted by danceswduckys View Post
    Last week, I bought some Splenda granular at Sam's Club. It consisted of 2 bags in a box (each weighing .6 lbs) priced approx $8.88. Next to it was a single bag of Splenda granular with a total weight of 1.2 lbs priced approx $11.88. I was flabbergasted! I thought maybe I was seeing things. I saved $3 by buying the one with more packaging?! Where's the hidden camera?! Surely they aren't selling the same product for two different prices!


    Maybe the one size is being discontinued, and it was discounted to reflect that?
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    Sounds like you got a great deal!!!
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