NEVER Stop Paying Attention...to your Toilet Paper

That's not a typo. :)

A few weeks ago, Costco had their Charmin TP on 'sale' for $24.99. A GREAT Price! I hadn't seen it that cheap in ages. I was so excited.

..and then I remembered that phrase, if it's too good to be true, it probably is. And sadly, this was the case for both Charmin & Costco.

See, here's the deal: The Charmin that I bought on 'sale' at Costco? It was a package of 71 meters of Toilet Paper at $24.99. The older packs of Costco Charmin that I have on the shelves are 77 meters that I bought on sale for $26.99. This means that the new pack of Charmin is 35.2 cents per meter, but the old Charmin came in at 35.05 cents per meter.

Shrinkflation strikes again. While this pricing does work out to be about 20% cheaper than the best deal I can get at my local grocery store...it is nevertheless a less to pay attention. I'm mildly annoyed at the decrease in the package size, and generally feeling a bit salty about prices for things these days.

I made a promise to myself years ago (after I got out of college and could finally afford decent toilet paper) that I'd never buy anything but Charmin. I'll keep that promise and take it to my grave, but it does mean that I need to go look for something else to save a few $$ on to offset the cost.

Are we winning yet?...

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