I was out and about shopping today and was in the aisle with cleaning products (I still never decided what would best get the blood out…but fire fixes all..). I took a look at those sprays you use after a shower to help prevent mildew/soap scum from building up and saw a great scam.

There was this awesome product right here:

That’s not to bad.

But wait! Tilex is smart, instead of having to waste money buying a bottle with the sprayer attached to it, why not sell refills so you aren’t filling the landfills with dead hookers and spray nozzles! Great idea! Holy crap they even have it in stock!

Fantastic! It even says “More Savings! Lest Waste!” Great….

Hey! Wait one damned minute. $1.97 for a 32 oz spray bottle. $4.52 for the 64oz refill? Now I’m no math nerd, but:

32 x 2 = 64

$1.97 x 2 = $3.94

$4.52 / 2 = $2.26

$2.26 – $1.97 = $0.29

So with all those math things I just did, if you want to help save the environment you get to pay twenty-nine cents more per 32oz bottle than if you just buy a new bottle?

I see what you did there. Now I don’t know if this is Walmart’s doing, or Tilex’s, or a combination of both. But I know that a lot of the people I see at Walmart look like they were drop kicked the day they were born, so they probably buy it thinking it is a great deal. Walmart knows you are a moron. Tilex probably agrees. They know that a few savy shoppers will notice. But as it has once been said, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t get the damned bird out of it’s mouth.”

So as any wise shopper would do, I bought the Arm & Hammer shower spray stuff because it was $1.97 for a 40 oz bottle. Take that!