Shrinkflation Is Getting Out of Control

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So there are these pills I buy because I keep them around for whenever I get bit by a mosquito or have a mild allergic reaction after accidentally eating almonds.

Anyway, so I've bought these cetirizine hydrochloride pills for years now. They used to sell them as a 120 count for about $15, which is great because this lasts me for quite a long time.

I bought some the other day, same sized bottle, same packaging, but when I opened them just now, there were barely any pills in them.

Then I noticed it, where in the tiniest font imaginable, it said it was 30 count.

The new pill bottle is on the left and the old one is on the right.
cetirizine hydrochloride pills shrinkflation.jpg



Same price as well, and I checked, and you can't even get the 120 count bottle anymore, at least not near me.

I keep track of this shrinkflation regularly and even save receipts in some cases because these companies try to make you feel like you're going crazy by pointing this stuff out. You can see another example of this in my thread about Sparkletts as well.
 
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75% reduction is insane!!
 
This is crazy... The bottle is the same size, FGS.

They could have probably kept the tablets at 120 and increased the price slightly. It would still provide value for money I guess.
 
@Zwielicht, my apologies, but according to the sacred laws of our Tribunal section, you must first file a proper ticket against your opponent for selling a service at the same price but with tragically reduced quantity.

We can no longer tolerate this kind of shrinkflation shenanigans. Please, do the honourable thing and submit that complaint right away.
 
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