AiF experts analyzed the criteria by which many Russians make purchases and found them false. Top 8 consumer misconceptionsunder the influence of which buyers will waste time and money and will not get either pleasure or benefit.
8. Prepare the sleigh in summer
Proponents of planning vacations ahead of time miss an important point - that even in the hottest times, hotels can be empty. If this happens, both the hotel administration and the transport companies decide to reduce the price of accommodation and flights - a great chance to get a great deal just a couple of days before the weekend. Unfortunately, this rule does not apply to holidays, when the influx of tourists is always stable. But in normal times, you can save money. By the way, the love of round dates can be more expensive - experts have noticed that most residents of the Russian Federation prefer to set the date of departure on the first or third day of the month. Therefore, ticket prices on these days are often too high.
7. Cheap markets and expensive shops
Now the place with the most inexpensive goods is a hypermarket during the promotion. In addition, the hypermarket has many advantages - for example, unlike the market, the buyer can personally control the quality of the product, weigh it on electronic scales and find out the exact price, which will not be rounded in the direction favorable to the seller.
6. Health in the package
Not everything in the commercials is true. This also applies to fruit juices, which are advertised in abundance on TV. There are few useful substances in them, for example, such an important element as fiber is completely absent. It's better to eat an apple.
5. Sweet poison
Another myth circulating among Russian buyers is that brown sugar does not make you fat, and in general it is healthier than white. Alas, to the chagrin of the sweet tooth, sugar is sugar, no matter what color it is. Brown sugar differs from the usual white sugar only in the presence of cane molasses, the content of useful trace elements in which is so negligible that they should not be taken into account. And he has the same calorie content. But most chocolate sweets are included in the number most counterfeit food.
4. Natural and artificial salt
They say that all sorts of bad substances are used in the manufacture of salt, so you need to buy sea salt - it is more natural. However, it is not; E535 / 536 can be added to the sea (as well as the usual one) so that there are no lumps. This salt is best avoided.
3. Sour apples are healthier
They say they have more iron. However, the amount of this useful microelement in apples is very small - no more than 2.2 mg per 100 grams, and it does not depend at all on the taste of the product. If you want to insure yourself against anemia, it is better to eat the liver - it contains ten times more iron than apples.
2. The quality of the product is directly proportional to the price
The price of a product is made up of many components, most of which have nothing to do with either the taste or nutritional quality of the product at all - for example, the cost of advertising, packaging, shipping, the price of raw materials, and much more.It often happens that locally produced products are tastier and more nutritious than those imported in brightly colored wrappers.
1. Feline Expert
And the first place in the rating of consumer misconceptions was taken ... by an ordinary domestic cat. According to many Russians, it is this fluffy animal that is the main expert in the quality of sausages. Say, if a cat eats sausage willingly, then the product is definitely of high quality. However, trusting pets in this matter is not recommended. Firstly, the taste preferences of humans and cats do not coincide at all, and secondly, a starving animal can eat anything, as long as it smells a little meat. Even a cellophane bag.