Re: case of wine

On 30 Jul 2006 23:39:37 -0700, "mb" <azythos2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Maria wrote:

As I see it, a "case" is a "case." It may have 6, 9, or 12 bottles of
wine (or other quantities of other items). In other words, a "case" has
whatever quantity the maker or packager deems right.

There are many items in cases of "not-12." A case of small items may
have a gross -- a count of 144. A case of canned soup may have 24 small
cans or 12 large cans. Etc.

I see no reason why wine must necessarily be packed 12 to the case. I've
seen "cases" with four bottles of wine. Big, heavy bottles, they were.
If a vendor chooses to call six bottles a "half case," or four bottles a
"third of a case," well, fine. But if not, that's fine, too. Any
customer who wants 12 bottles of wine should simply ask for 12. No?

Well, yes and no. The customer is not always a private person buying
just a case or two. Could be a shop, or a restaurant owner, for whom a
case is the counting unit consisting of 12 full bottles or 24
half-bottles. Having to check the details for every single order, or
adjusting all to single bottle prices would really complicate life.
And, of course, disadvantage those smartass vendors who complicate life
by calling "1 case" a half-case or less.

I can't see "case" as a defined count of contents in anything. A
"case" is just an over-pack of individual units. When case prices are
given, they are given as $144 cs/12 meaning that a case of 12 is $144.

There might be some initial confusion if a vendor changed his case
quantity from 12 to 6 on some particular item, but the purchase order
or invoice line item will always identify the case count.

"Having to check the details for every single order" is routine for
every business. I can't imagine a business inventorying by "case".
The business would inventory by unit if the product is sold by unit,
or inventory by "cs/x" ("x" being the units in the case) if the
product is sold by the case. If the product is sold by the case or by
the unit, there would be two line items or just a unit listing with
the ability to over-ride the price for discounted case sales.

Many products are purchased and sold by "cs/x", but also sold as units
with the unit price being higher than the unit price when individual
units are sold. The "cs/12" price might be $144, but the unit price
might be $14.

The individual consumer may not know the case count, but the business
owner's life is not complicated by this. It's a situation he's
well-prepared for and used to dealing with.



--


Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL
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