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Post by Isapop on Aug 26, 2020 18:41:52 GMT
Recently one of the grocery stores I go to started selling an Italian hard cheese that looks a lot like Parmesan for a very reasonable price. I bought it and really liked it - but then I read the small letters on the label in the back and found out that it is made in Estonia! The name is Italian, all the writing in the front of the package is in Italian, but it's not actually Italian. I felt a bit cheated, although I guess I shouldn't, since it tastes pretty good and as I said the price is very reasonable.
I don't think I would have bought it if the packaging were in Estonian, so I suppose the exporters knew what they were doing by trying to pass it off as Italian.
So, the big question for you is would you buy it again?
If you would, then you have profited by this "cheating" because you've gained a new product you like that you never would have tried without that misleading package.
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Post by goz on Aug 26, 2020 20:52:44 GMT
Recently one of the grocery stores I go to started selling an Italian hard cheese that looks a lot like Parmesan for a very reasonable price. I bought it and really liked it - but then I read the small letters on the label in the back and found out that it is made in Estonia! The name is Italian, all the writing in the front of the package is in Italian, but it's not actually Italian. I felt a bit cheated, although I guess I shouldn't, since it tastes pretty good and as I said the price is very reasonable.
I don't think I would have bought it if the packaging were in Estonian, so I suppose the exporters knew what they were doing by trying to pass it off as Italian.
So, the big question for you is would you buy it again?
If you would, then you have profited by this "cheating" because you've gained a new product you like that you never would have tried without that misleading package.
More to the point, would he pay more money for the authentic product in preference!
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 27, 2020 15:32:52 GMT
Recently one of the grocery stores I go to started selling an Italian hard cheese that looks a lot like Parmesan for a very reasonable price. I bought it and really liked it - but then I read the small letters on the label in the back and found out that it is made in Estonia! The name is Italian, all the writing in the front of the package is in Italian, but it's not actually Italian. I felt a bit cheated, although I guess I shouldn't, since it tastes pretty good and as I said the price is very reasonable.
I don't think I would have bought it if the packaging were in Estonian, so I suppose the exporters knew what they were doing by trying to pass it off as Italian.
So, the big question for you is would you buy it again?
If you would, then you have profited by this "cheating" because you've gained a new product you like that you never would have tried without that misleading package.
Yes, I will buy it again if the grocery store keeps stocking it. It's a good alternative to the much more expensive Italian original.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 27, 2020 15:47:42 GMT
So, the big question for you is would you buy it again?
If you would, then you have profited by this "cheating" because you've gained a new product you like that you never would have tried without that misleading package.
More to the point, would he pay more money for the authentic product in preference!
I don't think I would. I would have to do a blind tasting to see if I like the authentic Italian one better than the Estonian impersonator, but I think it's unlikely that I would be able to tell the difference.
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