No more Fiji Water

[HoosierGuy]

The non Fijian water company Fiji Water and the Fiji government are in a battle. The Fiji

government wants to raise taxes and Fiji Water is saying they will not pay and are shutting

thier operations down in Fiji. Here are links from Time and Mother Jones. The Mother Jones article is the better one.

Time:

Fiji Water to Leave Fiji - TIME NewsFeed

The latest twist in this saga involves the high-end water brand of the same name. Fiji Water announced Monday that it is shutting down operations in Fiji after the government proposed an “extraction tax” of 15 cents a liter (up from one-third of a cent).

Mother Jones:

Fiji Water Announces Shutdown. World Freaks? | Mother Jones

Fiji Water announced today that it will close its operations in Fiji in response to a water extraction tax hike proposed by the Fijian government, to take effect in 2011.

[Dravin]

Interesting, if the article is right that this new tax only effects Fiji Water then the increased taxes actually resulted in a less of tax revenue.

Edited November 29, 2010 by Dravin

[hordak]

Now i'm tempted to buy some. Always thought it was overpriced but i'm a sucker for limited time offers.

[Dravin]

Now i'm tempted to buy some. Always thought it was overpriced but i'm a sucker for limited time offers.

You can pass it on to your children, tell them it was the last one ever bottled. :)

[HoosierGuy]

One of the articles said Fiji Water tried this stunt before and Fiji backed down. Hopefully Fiji will stand their ground this time. Let Fiji Water go to New Zealand.

[john doe]

I don't get it. Fiji Water is already one of the most expensive waters out there. I doubt any of the rich people who insist on buying it would squawk at a price increase of 15 cents.

[Dravin]

I don't get it. Fiji Water is already one of the most expensive waters out there. I doubt any of the rich people who insist on buying it would squawk at a price increase of 15 cents.

It honestly wouldn't surprise me if it's a power play by both the government and the company. Government sets taxes to $0.15, and the Company walks. Then they get to the negotiation table and settle on $0.03 with the company just passing it on to the customer.

[pam]

Wouldn't bother me a bit if there was never another bottle of it. Highly overpriced and personally I don't care for the taste of it. Give me Dasani water any day.

[hordak]

Wouldn't bother me a bit if there was never another bottle of it. Highly overpriced and personally I don't care for the taste of it. Give me Dasani water any day.

You do know dasani, aquafina and other purified waters come from the municipal sources. When I over pay for bottled water, it's all overpriced, at least i know it comes from some "exotic" spring, straight from nature. Plus it taste better.

I sometimes wonder what people in the 3rd world who walk miles to wells safe drinking water think about us skipping out on the stuff that comes straight to our homes in favor of buying it at the store?

[Dravin]

I sometimes wonder what people in the 3rd world who walk miles to wells safe drinking water think about us skipping out on the stuff that comes straight to our homes in favor of buying it at the store?

Especially when one considers the EPA is in control of tap water and the FDA is in control of bottled water. The EPA has stricter standards than the FDA.

Edited November 30, 2010 by Dravin

[Just_A_Guy]

But . . . but . . . my city adds flouride!!!!

[Dravin]

But . . . but . . . my city adds flouride!!!!

Just brush with frosting to compensate.

[mordorbund]

But . . . but . . . my city adds flouride!!!!

Buy bottled water. We must preserve our precious bodily fluids.

[mordorbund]

Plus it taste better.

Pure water is flavorless. If a person is buying a drink for the taste, why not BUY A FLAVORED DRINK?

[pam]

Pure water is flavorless. If a person is buying a drink for the taste, why not BUY A FLAVORED DRINK?

Tell that to a pregnant woman who is having an ice fetish while pregnant. By the end of my pregnancy I was up to 2 bags of ice a day. The store I purchased my ice at was out one day and I had to go to a different brand. Yuck!!! It was nasty.

[Just_A_Guy]

Tell that to a pregnant woman who is having an ice fetish while pregnant. By the end of my pregnancy I was up to 2 bags of ice a day. The store I purchased my ice at was out one day and I had to go to a different brand. Yuck!!! It was nasty.

Just what kind of "ice" are we talking about, here?

[john doe]

Wouldn't bother me a bit if there was never another bottle of it. Highly overpriced and personally I don't care for the taste of it. Give me Dasani water any day.

Dasani tastes like dirt to me. I much prefer Aquafina. And while it may come from a municipal water system, Aquafina at least goes through a reverse-osmosis purification system which cleans it up a lot more than tap water.

[hordak]

Pure water is flavorless. If a person is buying a drink for the taste, why not BUY A FLAVORED DRINK?

I disagree. It taste like water.

If water is "flavorless",

vodka is "flavorless"

and rice cakes are "flavorless";)

how come you can taste the difference

The fact that you can identify it by it's taste,although the taste cannot be compared to anything else, indicates it has taste in my book.

Of course it could be a metaphorical thing like,

what is the sound of one hand clapping

Edited December 1, 2010 by hordak

[HEthePrimate]

Heck, I'll just trot on over to my sink for some good, down-home tap water! Every once in a while I'll buy Perrier or something like it, because it's fizzy and has a taste, but if it's plain old water I want, I see no point in paying all kinds of extra money for it by the bottle.

Edited December 1, 2010 by HEthePrimate

[Dravin]

I disagree. It taste like water.

If water is "flavorless",

vodka is "flavorless"

and rice cakes are "flavorless";)

how come you can taste the difference

He said pure water. Any bottle water or tap water has dissolved substances in it that we can taste (salt is a common one) and so pretty much anything you drink will not be pure. Even distilled water can pick up substances from its container. But there is no taste receptor for water and unless I'm mistaken there is no scent trigger for pure water either (though some things like a brackish pond have scents that aren't water that we associate with water).

The dissolved substances component of water is so important to it tasting 'right' that waters filtered by reverse osmosis often have substances added back to it prior to/during bottling so it tastes right. If you just drink distilled water from the store, you might notice a plastic flavor (from the container) but the water itself will be flat and tasteless.

[Gretchen]

Fiji Water to Leave Fiji - TIME NewsFeed

The latest twist in this saga involves the high-end water brand of the same name. Fiji Water announced Monday that it is shutting down operations in Fiji after the government proposed an “extraction tax” of 15 cents a liter (up from one-third of a cent).

I'm confused, is the 15 cents a tax increase, or a price increase? If it's a tax increase, won't they charge like 40 cents more for compensation?

[pam]

Dasani tastes like dirt to me. I much prefer Aquafina. And while it may come from a municipal water system, Aquafina at least goes through a reverse-osmosis purification system which cleans it up a lot more than tap water.

Funny because that's what I think of Aquafina. :)

[pam]

Just what kind of "ice" are we talking about, here?

Now what other kind of "ice" do you think I would be referring to?

[Dravin]

Now what other kind of "ice" do you think I would be referring to?

[mordorbund]

Tell that to a pregnant woman who is having an ice fetish while pregnant.

...

So I took your advice, and uh, went to the grocery store ... And, um, as women walked by asked if they were impregnated... uh, cuz the interweb said I need to, um, tell you to drink the koolaid instead of ice... yeah.

Thanks for the great week Pam