Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Since March, of this year, 2013, this product has been $15.90, with subscribe and save, and free shipping with Prime. Now, for the month of June 2013, the price for me has increased to $18.72, a $2.82 increase from the same $15.90 from the month of May 2013. Most would not consider this a big deal as having items shipped to your door, 2nd day with Prime, is nice but that is almost 3 bucks. The local Dollar Store has these for $16 but you must pay tax, physically go to the store, etc. This is not all. I sincerely wish I had some of the towels left from the May boxes because they are now shipping redesigned towels and boxes. Yes, if you still have a box from May, compare it to your June box. The June box is smaller, which is nice because it takes up slightly less space on the towel rod but I also noticed something else... This is where I cannot truly verify my own feelings. An anecdote, if you will... The towels from the new box feel "lighter" and a tad bit smaller. This falls to the chicken/egg idea... Folks, I noticed there was a difference in towel absorbency and "feeling" BEFORE I checked the boxes. While the boxes claim the same dimensions on the towels, there is nothing to denote a specific "weight" to the towels that would indicate strength or surface area to roughly equate to the ability to absorb moisture. I feel as if the trend with these Kleenex Hand Towels are going the way of many of the toliet papers that are being sold here on Amazon. The companies will build up very high regard, and this reviews, for a product and then make slight price increases and lessen the material [read smaller boxes=smaller towel density] and thus increase profit with virtually no one taking notice. I want to call this a halo product but it is more of a "bait and switch" and "supply/demand/price increase" thing. I loved the old towels, as of May 2013, but now I am considering a cancellation of my subscribe and save. Almost a 3 dollar price increase and I am getting less to dry my large American hands... No thanks.