Buy and Switch
I have done this several times. I see a product which I want to buy, I chose the one I want, I pick it up, purchase it and when I get it home, it's not what I thought I was picking up. Two examples. I wanted old fashioned oatmeal. I reached for old fashioned oatmeal. When I got it home, it was quick oatmeal! Not what I wanted at all! And the shampoo! What a selection I had to choose from. I finally narrowed the choice down to kiwi or green apple fragrance. I decided I wanted the green apple. I put it on the shelf in the bathroom before I realized that the green apple shampoo had turned into cucumber/melon! How does that happen? I'm sure it will wash my hair as well as the other but I really liked the idea of green apple aroma. I'm using up the quick oatmeal but I really like the old fashioned kind so much better. Could it be the tri-focal shift that's getting me confused?
Submitted by
NJ
at 1/28/2006 4:00:58 PM- Sally, I don't understand this. I'm sure your hand reached out and picked up what you were looking at, so how does it change? It is disappointing.
Submitted by
Leslie
at 1/28/2006 6:59:46 PM- I like to blame the labels -- the writing's too small and they all look alike. Then there are those knock-offs that package their product practically the same with only the tiniest difference that you only notice once you get home.
Submitted by
Blogeois
at 1/29/2006 1:28:15 AM- I've done the same thing with the old fashioned Quaker Oats before and I really wish they would change one can of the stuff from the other. I love the old fashioned kind (and it's better for you). Now I always double check the label.
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I did the same thing yesterday! Bought chocolate frozen yogurt and by the time I got home, it was vanilla. Darn it, how did that happen. I went back to the store, though because I am just craving that stuff!