09-07-2015, 08:09 PM
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Theres NO WAY on earth id be paying £3.79 for a tube of toothpaste!There are so many different brands of toothpaste out there nowadays and several different varietys of the same toothpaste the mind boggles on which one to choose.
I only ever buy the ones that are on offer at under a pound or around £1
09-07-2015, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Jimmy
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Anyone who pays £3.79 for a tube of Colgate toothpaste is shopping in the wrong place, try Home Bargains or B&M, it's only £1 there.
09-07-2015, 08:42 PM
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It's not only toiletries.
My ciggies are the same. A pack of 20 became 19 and now it's a packet of 18.
As I said to the woman on the till. ...
Wow, at this rate in 9 years time I'll be able to buy an empty packet and brag that I've quit smoking.
09-07-2015, 09:15 PM
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It's happening with all kinds of goods. Chocolate bars are smaller and they try to fool us that they are trying to combat obesity
packets of crisps are another. Craftily shaped containers are another way of reducing the contents. It annoys the life out of me.
09-07-2015, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Elbee
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BBC Watchdog have been informed!
We don't buy Colgate Palmolive toothpaste in this house and like some others I prefer to buy British (Well Anglo Dutch actually) If it ever gets featured on Watchdog you may get some change, if it doesn't make it then nothing will change.
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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Have you approached Colgate with your concerns ?
Weasel words of course but living in an age of lawyers who lie everyday in court, celebs who don't know what truth means, and media manipulators constantly playing with the general public, what can you expect
10-07-2015, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Elbee
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In case you or your friends haven't noticed Colgate Palmolive is using "Shrinkflation" to deceive the Briths Public. My wife bought 3 packets of Colgate Total Pro Gum Health 75ml for £3.79 each on a 3 for 3 offer at Waitrose. Even with the "offer" the price is excessive. This is made worse by the deception Colgate Palmolive use in keeping the box size constant whilst reducing the contents by 40% - a considerable amount.
I have noted that in the last 24 months, the price of a packet of Colgate Total toothpaste has risen from around £2.50 to the current £3.79. That's an increase of 52%!
Factor in the 40% reduction in contents from 125ml to 75ml and the real price increase is 2p/ml to 5p/ml UP 250%!
Whilst they Colgate are free to change the size of their products and charge whatever they like, they are not free to deliberately deceive by keeping the box size the same!
It is easily possible to put a full 125ml tube of Colgate Total in the 75ml box. Furthermore the current size of the tube is little more than what most reasonable people would consider to be a "sample" size.
I have used Colgate toothpaste all of my life as have all my family. This now ends. This US company's sheer greed in pursuit of ever-increasing profit via the active policy and use of what can only be described as "theft by deception" means they have lost a lifetime customer forever. I will no longer allow any Colgate Palmolive products in my home!
Colgate Palmolive are breaching the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs) and the Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 (BPRs). A business is carrying out a "misleading action" if information it gives "in anyway deceives or is likely to deceive the average consumer"
I have made an official complaint to my local Trading Standards office.
In addition, I have begun an online and social media campaign to warn others of their diabolical trading techniques and hopefully others will also decide enough is enough. BBC Watchdog have been informed!
I would ask that everyone please circulate this to as many people as possible and stop buying any Colgate Palmolive products.
11-07-2015, 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Morticia
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As I said to the woman on the till. ...Wow, at this rate in 9 years time I'll be able to buy an empty packet and brag that I've quit smoking.
05-08-2015, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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Have you approached Colgate with your concerns ?
I have written to Colgate, Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsburys, Asda, Morrisons and Trading Standards Surrey who are currently investigating.
You can see more here:
http://forum.brand-newhomes.co.uk/gr...f/msg2220/#new
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