Once a Desi. Always a Desi.

Turn of the Tide

November 13, 2008 By: amreekandesi Categories: Desi, Pictures

They say a picture is worth a million words.

This one was discovered in a discount household store in Newyork.

So far we had only seen Indian stores selling stuff with prices printed in rupees. A non desi store selling Tide detergent for Rs 23 was, let’s just say, exciting.

(Just to clarify, these prices might be printed in rupees, but the beauty is that you pay in dollars, and the dollar price has no relation to the conversion rate)

God bless whoever thought up camera phones!

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8 Responses to “ Turn of the Tide ”

  1. # 1 ShefalyNo Gravatar Says:

    I wonder what P&G will make of this ‘grey channel’ servicing of a mainstream (non desi) store.

  2. # 2 amreekandesiNo Gravatar Says:

    Indeed. Though it wasn’t really a mainstream store…

  3. # 3 DineshNo Gravatar Says:

    I can’t believe they didn’t bother to check, did they assume it will not be caught? I mean it was written so big!

  4. # 4 amreekandesiNo Gravatar Says:

    @Dinesh

    I am sure the store knew what they were doing. It must be cheaper selling the Rs 23 version of tide for them!
    Not sure about the legal implications…i guess smaller stores can get away with such things!

  5. # 5 amlisteningNo Gravatar Says:

    Nice blog title!

  6. # 6 amitNo Gravatar Says:

    My eyes have popped out!

  7. # 7 amreekandesiNo Gravatar Says:

    @amlistening: thanks!

    @amit: i too got scandalized on seeiing this :)

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