As you may remember (here and here), I was discombobulated — I think that's the first time I've used that word in anything I've written — by a fluctuating price on Amazon and elsewhere. It's the price of a box that contains eighteen 1.5 ounce packages of Planters Salted Cashews. Those little packets are, as I said, "just the right amount for a quick snack."
The box was $11.24. Then it was $22.50. Then it was $27.49. Then it was $15.06 and that's when I bought three boxes to hold me for a few months. Then the price went back to $24.69.
A number of you wrote to ask me why I didn't, for example, just buy the 2.5 lb. canister that Costco sells for $19.27. Here is the reason I didn't buy the the 2.5 pound canister that Costco sells for $19.27…
If I open up 1.5 ounce package of Planters Salted Cashews, I eat 1.5 ounces of Planters Salted Cashews. If I open up the 2.5 pound canister of Kirkland Salted Cashews, I eat 2.5 pounds of Kirkland Salted Cashews. These are salted cashews we're talking about, people.
I think it is better for my health if I don't eat 2.5 pounds of Kirkland Salted Cashews a day. Don't you? And yes, I suppose I could reapportion the 2.5 pounds into little baggies of 1.5 ounces each but that would involve having the 2.5 pound canister on the premises and opening it and…well, I think you can imagine what would happen.
And if you would do the same thing I would, I should point out to you that the box with eighteen 1.5 ounce packages of Planters Salted Cashews, which has been $24.69 since my previous post on this topic is, as of this moment, mysteriously down again to $15.06. Click here to go see if it still is.