Ok, this is a pretty silly conversation to be having on this page, but you’re mixing up relative cost with absolute cost, which are 2 different concepts. A $2 bag is cheaper than a $3 bag in absolute cost. Yes, the cost per ounce is higher, so it’s not as generous a deal, but that’s only *if* you want more of whatever is in the bag than the cheaper option gives you. If I only need 1kg, there’s no value to me in buying 2. If I only wanted, say, 2 or 3 CDs in a 20 CD box set, there would be no value to me in buying all 20 just because the price per disc was lower. I’d still be spending more money than I would have otherwise to get what I wanted. My point was that, regardless of how good a bulk discount you’re getting per unit, $200 is a lot of money in absolute terms, especially if you don’t know what it is you’re buying.
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