So I'm a long time Amazon customer, like in the early days they used to send out coffee mugs at the holidays as a thank you, I haven't seen a mug in over a decade, so it's been that long, if not longer. Anyway, I do like Amazon, I may even love Amazon. Alright, I confess my undying love for Amazon right here, there you go, it's out in the open. Now, sometimes, not often, but occasionally, Amazon makes me scratch my head. Nothing serious, more of an eye roll, and temporary paralysis in wonderment at what in the world goes on there, and this product is case in point. I bought this and the dispenser to go with it to "surprise" my wife with my foresight and ingenuity. We don't run a gas station, or a restaurant, but we do have three kids under 6 years of age, and they wash their hands a lot, or at least that's what it seems they do since soap goes at a surprising rate around here. Anyway, I buy the automatic dispenser (amazing, in the league with bread in slices) and some soap to go with it, this stuff, the subject of this rambling review. So, first time around, I get ONE bag, and I'm happy. I mean, this stuff lasts forever compared to a scrawny little bottle of foaming soap you get at the store. It was a little pricey for the one bag, but it's supposed to give you like NINE THOUSAND foam squirts, so doing the math it seemed like the bargain of the century. After several months of blissful soap foaming and clean little hands, my periodic inventory check revealed an emaciated bag of soap, deflated, like a birthday balloon the day after the party. Not one to fear or panic recklessly, I am nonetheless relieved my beloved Amazon is sending me more of the precious blue liquid this very week, because in testament to the foresight and ingenuity my wife is beginning to accept the notion of considering to entertain, I have this stuff on Subscribe & Save (also in league with bread in slices). So, the fateful day arrives, and a sharply uniformed delivery professional gently and lovingly places the package of miracle liquid at the gateway to our humble abode. With rapt excitement, I carefully lacerate the fastening medium securing the shipping contrivance, and to my astonishment, lo and behold, the corrugated chamber of transport reveals not ONE, but FOUR gleaming azure pouches of sanitary delight. Four, not one, four. Quattro. In six and a half years, when I need more soap, because I'm pretty well set for a while, I can't wait to see how many I get. 1-2018 Update - So those four pouches lasted 2 years, not quite the 6 1/2 I expected. So I'm on the last of the bountiful four I received last time, which makes it time to reorder. Same item, same-ish price, ONE pouch shipped this time. I think they're on to me. Yeah, way too much gloating last time around, really regretting the end zone celebration, and the streamers. Seems that the 4 pouches was a shipping error, in my favor, like a Monopoly card or something, and we've been luxuriating in Rubbermaid soap at rock bottom pricing because someone got confused or in way too big of a hurry at a fulfillment center. Not that it's a bad thing, I mean if it's too much trouble to break up the set, go ahead and ship me the whole thing for that sweet price. This has caused me a bit of a crises, I feel ripped off, I mean I got 4 for the price of 1 last time, AND I WANTS ME THAT AGAIN!! I just can't love it as much at full price, seems like rich people soap at this price, like rich people probably don't use soap one finds in a gas station bathroom, but that's how it feels to me. FOUR stars for you, Rubbermaid Commercial FG750112 Enriched Foam Soap. FOUR STARS, try that on for size!
