"Price Charmin"

Well, Paul is known for being cheap at times. After all, his favorite store is Wal-Mart. This past Saturday, Michele's sister Sharon (who is staying with us while her husband is in Iraq) convinced us to get a Sam's Club membership. So Sharon and Paul went off to get a membership and try to find some deals.

But although Paul is cheap, there are a few things he won't skimp on and at the top of that list is bathroom tissue. "You just don't mess with that," he says. So he always buys Charmin Ultra. "Try it, you'll see the difference." Anyway, at Sam's Club they had this big package of them for $17. But how does it compare to the normal one Paul normally gets at Wal-Mart for $8 or $9? Luckily, Charmin gives you a chart so you can compare the various roll sizes you can get Charmin Ultra in:



If only it were as easy to go back and forth between Celsius and Fahrenheit! Anyway, it looks like it is a decent buy at Sam's Club for Paul. Both sizes available (at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club) have the "Big Rolls", so the comparison is fairly straight forward. But ever the skeptic, Paul looked at it from various angles to ensure he was getting more than twice as much for about twice the price.

One thing Paul speculates is that Charmin is in a secret pact with the house building industry. A "Mega Roll"? That would never fit in our 1960s bathroom tissue dispenser (it's ceramic...mounted on the wall...matching the tile). To use the "Mega Roll" size we would have to buy a new home. And that ain't no fairy tale!

Note: The walls in the photos just have primer on them...Paul has been busy painting the hallway...for the last year.

At first glance, it doesn't look like the one on the right
gives you 3x as much...

But from this angle, it's easy to see.

Disclaimer: Sam's Club is owned by Wal-Mart. Paul does not own Wal-Mart stock.