Posted on 02/25/2015 12:27:57 AM PST by Citizen Zed
DAYTON-- Identical women's and men's products are being sold at different price points in Ohio.
The phenomenon is known as "pink tax," and we put some products to the test.
One-a-day "Pro Edge" vitamins, 50 count, are packed in the same sized box just different colors; the women's vitamins cost $9.49, while the men's cost $7.99.
Up&Up women's shave gel for dry skin relief costs $2.39, while the identical product for men, packaged in a blue cartridge rather than pink, costs $1.87.
The Gillette Fusion men's razor with five blades and packaged with two extra cartridges costs $10.79, while the women's Gillette Venus Embrace razor with five blades and packaged with two extra cartridges costs $10.99.
When all three items were purchased for each gender, the receipt total for the women's products was $22.87, while the men's totaled $20.65 (pre-tax).
"Its frustrating, I'm not really buying it for the packaging or the aesthetics," said U-D student Claire Cooperrider about the so-called "pink tax."
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'Cause women are fussier and return more stuff?
Because people are willing to pay it.
There are many women who don't, or who wisely choose to buy the product rather than the package. They know that hair shampoo is hair shampoo, and the stuff that works well for men will work just as well for women, and at half the price.
If you can be vain and at the same time avoid squandering your money in the futile chase for beauty, then you are not stupid, even though you are vain. The two are not synonymous, which is why I actually drew the distinction.
Because they’ll pay it. I remember when the wife and I were first dating, she needed a new “make-up band” or whatever they’re called (to hold her hair back while removing make-up). We found it at the store for like a couple of bucks, but I looked at it and said “that’s just a sweatband and overpriced, let’s check out the sporting goods section”, where indeed we found packages of 3 sweatbands for less than the make-up band. And that was 25 years ago, nothing new here.
I agree with you. :)
Have a good Wednesday, IronJack, and God bless.
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