Double Roll?

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Double Roll?
Topic Started: Aug 16 2014, 05:21 AM (236 Views)
Dana	Aug 16 2014, 05:21 AM Post #1
WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire Posts: 13,054 Group: Member Member #830 Joined: March 23, 2011	How can Royale continue to call their product a 'double roll' when it is now almost 1/3 less than previously? I noticed that the remaining roll in the bathroom seemed larger than the new ones I was re-stocking with. I happened to have an older package and see that the older rolls held 270 sheets where the new ones have only 200!!! Still under the same 'double' label though. A better price, making it look like a real bargain on 'sale'. Is it really a bargain any more ? This used to be a regularly bought product. I am going to look around now that I have noticed this quiet change. Brand loyalty? Forget it!



Darcie	Aug 16 2014, 05:36 AM Post #2
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Pretty bad out there when you have to start counting toilet paper sheets so they don't scam you. I don't trust any of them whatsoever.



haili	Aug 16 2014, 05:48 AM Post #3
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,084 Group: Member Member #387 Joined: September 15, 2006	That's how they confuse or fool consumers. The "sale" product is smaller than the regular one.



Dana	Aug 16 2014, 08:25 AM Post #4
WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire Posts: 13,054 Group: Member Member #830 Joined: March 23, 2011	I am going to check the numbers on this one when I can remember such a trivial thing. If I find that the 'single' roll numbers do not double on the 'double' roll I will complain about false advertising to someone.



imjene	Aug 16 2014, 08:31 AM Post #5
Gold Star Member Posts: 3,960 Group: Member Member #745 Joined: April 4, 2010	Yeah, eyeballing the roll can be deceptive! You also have to look at the size of the cardboard roll and wonder if they wind the paper more loosely to make it look bigger.



haili	Aug 17 2014, 10:01 AM Post #6
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,084 Group: Member Member #387 Joined: September 15, 2006	I'm sure the cardboard rolls are bigger in diameter than they used to be.



Trotsky	Aug 19 2014, 12:06 AM Post #7
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	I gave up fighting the "double roll" and even "triple roll" nonsense and see no need to pay for the advertising of CHARMIN, ANGEL SOFT, or COTTONELLE... so now it is whatever they want to call what I buy at the dollar store and it is 4 rolls for a buck at 175 2-ply sheets per roll ($.25) so $.0014 per sheet. The brand: "the Home Store," and it serves its lowly purpose. For a while, the bargain hunter in me chose Marcal with 1000 sheets when on sale at $.50 per roll, cannot beat that price ($.0005 per sheet) but the single ply sheets were too easy to perforate with a finger...yecch. And they were "hard," tending towards newspaperlike. Personally I like a makeshift bidet-type method sans toilet paper and if I were alone I would need a roll a month, primarily to blow my nose. Edited by Trotsky, Aug 19 2014, 12:14 AM.



Olive Oil	Aug 19 2014, 04:39 AM Post #8
Gold Star Member Posts: 4,747 Group: Member Member #785 Joined: June 10, 2010	A lot of toilet paper these days is super puffed. Cottonelle looks like a huge roll but is loosely wound and puffy. I remember as a kid when toilet paper was sold in 6 packs and seemed to last forever. These were normal sized rolls, not the super ones we buy nowadays. Kirkland put out a paper, individually wrapped rolls that are of the no nonsense variety. I think they are meant for use in restaurants, etc.



erka	Aug 19 2014, 07:07 AM Post #9
Gold Star Member Posts: 5,330 Group: Member Member #233 Joined: February 8, 2006	One of the reasons I DO NOT buy Purex!! A single roll use to be the same size as the current double roll. http://chemelec.com/ToiletPaper.htm



Alli	Aug 19 2014, 09:10 PM Post #10
Mistress, House of Cats Posts: 4,732 Group: Member Member #711 Joined: March 30, 2010	I'm with you Trotsky I buy the cheap brand not all this fluffed up puffed up toilet paper Posted Image laugh123



Trotsky	Aug 19 2014, 11:33 PM Post #11
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Here's our regular, bilingual Version...we buy it at DEALS. Posted Image Edited by Trotsky, Aug 19 2014, 11:35 PM.



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