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 Pfizer, Travel Sized Bottles of Plax Rinse Should Be Smaller
Posted Wed May 16, 2007 12:00 pm, by Mike P. written to Pfizer Inc
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I would like to make a suggestion regarding one of your travel size products that I recently bought for a weekend trip.
Generally I like to use some kind of rinse for my mouth and so I've used much to my delight your product, Mint flavored Plax. When I recently was getting ready to make a weekend trip, I found Plax in a 4 oz bottle travel-sized. So I went ahead and bought it.
Anyway, when I got to the airport and had my luggage scanned in, the security guard warned me that the Plax bottle was 4 oz (since I had it with my carry-ons and I did not check anything in) and the most one can take with them on the plane is a 3 oz bottle. I was able to take it with me, however.
Here is what I am suggesting...take the travel sized Plax and reduce it to three ounces or less. I'm not going to stop buying the product as it has been very useful to me, but I may thnk twice before purchasing it for a future vacation.
Thank you for taking the time to read my letter and I hope that you will take this into consideration for your future products.
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by Gino Posted Fri May 18, 2007 @ 1:12 AM
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Mike, you make an excellent suggestion. I think companies should be
made aware of travel restrictions. I do know, also, they take away any
unlabeled bottles...so if one was to put three ounces in...they have
the right to confiscate it if anything looks suspicious. I was even
thinking, while reading the letter, if it would be possible for them
to somehow make the product in a powder form...but maybe it's not
possible because of active ingredients and stability, quality control,
etc.
I especially like that it's in the form of a suggestion more than a
complaint. Great Letter!!!
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by Chris M Posted Thu May 17, 2007 @ 1:18 PM
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You cannot have more than a 3 oz bottle of anything that you carry on.
I think they base that on what it would take of the right ingrediants
to mix up a solution on the airplane to make an explosive, but don't
quote me on that.
Not only can it not be more than 3 oz, it cannot be more than a 3 oz
bottle, though I think they let 3.5oz go through in most cases. For
instance, I had a bottle of hair gel that was nearly empty. It had
maybe an ounce in it at most, but because the bottle said 7 or 8 oz,
they would not let me take it.
Now, an easy way to get around and follow this policy is to simply
check your bags, which I typically do anyway because I tire of my
fellow business travellers trying to stuff the world into the overhead
bins. There are no restrictions on sizes for items packed in your
carry-on.
With all that said, I think it would be a wonderful idea if the
suppliers of travel sized items started making them in the 3oz or less
range as much as possible. I can see that this could take awhile
though as it would be a re-tooling of various bottle molders as well
as re-tooling up the plants filling equipment to accept the new
bottles. So maybe they are planning to do this already and are just
waiting for normal "upgrade" times for each product to move to the new
size.
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Thanks
by - Leanne- Fri May 18, 2007 @ 9:40 PM
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by Jeffrey Posted Wed May 16, 2007 @ 11:25 AM
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Great idea. You'd think that the companies would move to make travel
sizes of all liquid/gel products in security-compliant sizes.
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by - Leanne- Posted Wed May 16, 2007 @ 10:13 AM
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That's a great suggestion.
Good letter!
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