liquid chlorine versus powder

[purplegirl]

The people at the pool store are a real riot. I walked in and started looking at the liquid chlorine, the guy practically pulled me away from it and basically said I was a fool for
buying liquid chlorine vs. the cal-hypo because cal-hypo has double the amount of available chlorine than liquid. Of course the cal-hypo they sell is their brand at $7.99 a lb. and the liquid chlorine is $1.99 a gallon generic brand. Boy do they make their money on lies and uninformed consumers. Thanks again everyone for the education. It has been invaluable.

[CarlD]

You mean he didn't then warn you that LC adds to your "TDS" levels and that's a bad thing (Total Dissolved Solids)? That's a typical scare tactic as well.

[PoolDoc]

Boy do they make their money on lies and uninformed consumers. Thanks again everyone for the education. It has been invaluable.

It's not just pools: this sort of marketing is EVERYWHERE. Here's a great article on how DeBeers 'created' the engagement diamond, using a rather common stone:
http://www.wisebread.com/the-greates...vered-in-blood

At least, deceptive pool marketing doesn't usually kill people!

PoolDoc

[CarlD]

Don't even get me started on DeBeers! (DeBeers was a Boer farmer whose land Cecil Rhodes exploited. All DeBeers got out of it was a famous name! Rhodes was the founder of DeBeers).