[lbo-talk] bottled water scam exposed

Wojtek Sokolowski swsokolowski at yahoo.com
Wed Oct 15 05:49:05 PDT 2008


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_sc/impure_bottled_water

I understand that Nestle wants to sue a local gov in FL for running a campaign claiming that their tap water is as safe as bottled water.  This finding will throw a monkey wrench to that effort.

I always consider bottled water an ultimate scam - selling milk to the cow, all marketing hype zero substance.  I use tap water whenever possible (except in tropical countries, for otheriwse I would get sick).  What I find perplexing, however, is that how easy it is for the industry shysters to bamboozle large numbers of otherwise intelligent people into paying a high premium on a commonplace substance.  What is next, bottled air?  Wojtek

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