Refill packs

This lesson comes from my own recent experience. My shampoo was going to get over very soon. I decided to restock it while I was ordering my weekly groceries. I browsed through the e-commerce portal. And there I had an epiphany. I was able to see a side by side comparison of the shampoo bottle versus the refill pack. The shampoo bottle consisting of 350 ml of shampoo was costing me rs 270 where as the refill pack of the shampoo was costing me rupees 400 for 1 litre. The cost and the volume difference was really significant. Of course I decided to purchase the refill pack.

This made me realised how the refill packs are economic. Yes they do not come in bottles but if we have bottles then refill packs are definitely more useful. After my experience about the refill pack I decided to go down the rabbit hole and to find out if refill packs are available for other products as well. I found out that the refill packs are available for most products which are provided in bottles. The refill packs were available for various products such as shampoo, body wash gels, liquid soaps, gel soaps, face wash, dish wash soap, hand wash etc. Any product that is available in liquid format or gel format then the refill pack for such products would be available. However these would not be shown on the best seller page or the featured product page. You would need to deep dive and search for these refill packs. I have also noticed that refill packs were discounted hence their price got down even further. The milliliter per rupee cost would be even lesser than we talk about the discounted refill packs.

Refill packs are not only the economic solutions. They will definitely help us reduce our plastic bottle consumption. The plastic bottles of the original products are already at our homes and with this refill packs we can fill them up and reuse them (if you have glass bottles - kudos). By buying refill packs we will definitely save a lot of money (please refer to the cost comparison above).

In today's economy saving money is difficult. By saving money using such minor changes would definitely help our wallets. By these minute changes we can definitely save significant amount of money in the longer run. Think about it this way - By using refill packs we will be able to reduce the expenditure on the essential items such as hand wash, dish wash, shampoos, face wash, by a significant amount each month.

Hence I would suggest that next time when you are buying anything look for its refill pack. Compare the price yourself. See if you are going to save significant amount by buying the refill pack. Do this analysis and calculation yourself, then decide if you would like to go ahead with purchasing of refill packs.

In my case I can proudly say that I have been saving good amount of money by buying refill packs for the products I use regularly. I hope this tip helps you to save some money yourself.