[Vwdiesel] Metric crusade of Hagars. ---( metric and decimal will WIN )

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

> Recently, some paint manufacturers have begun pawning of "gallons" of paint 
> 
> that total 124 fluid ounces, says so on the label.  They are in the usual 
> gallon containers.  I imagine it would be more difficult to get away with 
> that kind 
> of stunt using the metric system.
> 

  Ahhh, don't underestimate the ability of a crooked businessman to take 
advantage of the consumer!  ;-)  A few years back the government (so I 
was told) made a demand that all floorcovering be sold by the square 
foot.  Since wood and tile were sold that way, it was "unfair and misleading" 

to the conusmer, to sell carpet adn vinyl sheet goods by the square yard
(9 square feet for those of you in Rio Linda.)  ;-)  Although most people 
were 
ignorant of what a sqare yard really was, they actually had a good 
understanding 
of what size it really was and how many it took to carpet a house.  
  In comes square foot pricing.  Changes all the rates and was a nuisance 
at best...  Or was it?  I was complaining to a retailer about it (as an 
installer) 
and he loved it!  I didn't like it as I charge for how much carpet it takes 
to do 
the job regardless of how much goes on the floor vs in the garbage or rolled 
up in the attic. It still has to be handled, carried and wrestled.  With the 
current wave (then, not anymore it seems) of people whining about being 
charged for a couple yards "not installed" I was afraid they'd REALLY 
start whining about "this square foot and that square foot" lying about 
when I get done.  He LOVED the idea because customers have a fit if 
you raise the price by $1/yd.  But nobody complains if you only raise it 
$.11/ft!  Prices took a sudden jump.
  BTW, for those of you who know/knew or "care" we're closing our retail 
carpet store on the 15th of January.  Maybe I'll find a life!
    Loren