On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 20:08:35 +0900, Eric Takabayashi  ...
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>Brett Robson wrote:
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>> I've noticed a lot of product refills are more expensive than the orignal
>> product.
>>
>> At my local Daiei.
>>
>> 960ml Gum mouthwash with pump dispenser  1160yen
>>
>> 500ml Gum mouthwash refill  760yen.
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>Maybe you are paying for the privilege of reducing pollution, or subsidizing the
>company's effort to do so.
>

No, in fact the two 500 ml containers would use more plastic than the single
960ml. It doesn't make any sense.

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