Waste or Save v 1.0
Shopping in bulk is a great way to reduce your grocery bill each month and save money. Majority of consumers believe that buying in bulk and bigger sizes always saves money, as evident by the rising popularity of warehouse shopping.
ARE YOU SURE?
Simply divide the price by the total number of units (ounces, items, etc.) to get each each package's unit cost. Often you will find that it is cheaper to buy two smaller packages than one big.
For example, an individual bag of Lays potato chips costs 25 cents. However, if you will buy a "snack pack" containing eight bags of the same chips for $2.99, you would end up spending 37.4 cents per bag, which is 35 percent more. 12.5 cents difference does not look like a big one, but if you are buying it on regular basis twice on a week, it will cost you additional $6.5 a year.
Let's look for another example: fabric softener costs $10.99 for 120 loads and $6.84 for 90 loads. This is $0.0916 and $0.076 per load correspondingly. The 1.5 cent difference per ounce will cost you $1.40 more for bigger bottle.
Another example? Let's look to the roasted wings: 6 for $2.99, 20 for $10.99 and 30 for $16.99. You already know what to look for. Price per wing is $0.50, $0.55 and $0.57 correspondingly. Let's calculate $0.07 difference times 30 = $2.10. You need to add only 89 cents to get 36 wings instead of 30 if you'll buy smaller packages. Good deal, isn't it?
Do you need another example? Just look around.
You can easily calculate on the fly if size is doubled, but marketing gurus are a smart bunch - product sizing is typically tied in thirds, making math more difficult. Also you can see number of different packages measured in different units for different packages and need to use calculator and remember cost per unit for each one. Are you ready to do this each time you visit a shop? Now you can say "YES!" - "Waste or Save?" application can make saving money calculations as easy as it can be. Just enter price and quantity for two different packages and see how much money you'll save - or waste - by buying in bulk. Unit converter helps convert most often be in use units to each other. You don't need use stylus - application optimized for one hand using. Convert your Pocket PC to the powerful shopping utility right now and lets calc together package's unit cost.
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System Requirements:
Pocket PC going with Windows Mobile 2003, 5.0 or 6.0 as well as the installed .NET Compact Framework 2.0 ( Download latest version )
Screen resolution 240x320 or 480x640
Trial version limitation:
7 days evaluation.
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