Last week I completed my weekly shopping at a large supermarket in my area, and again found an error on my receipt. This time I was charged $4.29 for a half dozen eggs when the clearly-marked price was $1.29. Taking the empty box with the bar code on it, along with my receipt, I returned to the store the next day.
At the Customer Service Desk, I presented my case. After first being told that I should have returned the eggs, also, the manager was called and I was given my $3.00 refund. The eggs, by the way, were already used. It’s because I needed eggs for my recipe that I went to the store in the first place!
Curious as to why checkout errors seem to be happening to me so frequently, I did some research and found that there are three types of pricing errors that are common:
- Shoppers select an item not covered by a sales promotion
- Employee error or computer glitches when merchandise is mislabeled
- Shoppers are lured into a store by an advertised special, but are then directed toward merchandise at a higher price. (This is against the law!)
I could clearly rule out #1 and #3 in my situation. Employee errors and computer glitches, however, are things that can be remedied. If this doesn’t happen, customers like me will shop elsewhere.
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