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Watch that cash register!!

Jo1313 — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:33:57 GMT

Went shopping in our 1 and only supermarket..I try to buy what's on sale and I write the circular's price on my list.

The meat I bought was marked and rang up $6.99 lb. the price was supposed to be $6.49 lb on sale..

The tuna that I bought was supposed to be 2/$1.99..they rang up 2/$2.49..I had 6 cans..detergent rang up 40 cents a bottle more than the sale..I had 3 bottles.

I didn't check until I got home!..I can only imagine how annoyed they will be when I go back next week with the circular and paperwork.

Little things add up to be a lot.

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Dusty1 — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:48:28 GMT

@Jo1313 I feel badly for the person that has to be annoyed, but people have to do their job.

If prices aren't matching it's because someone down the line isn't doing their job.

And it is the people UP the line that don't have to bother with it that are causing all of this.

I understand that companies are in business to make money. But, companies have taken huge advantage of these excuses from Covid. Not enough workers. Not enough supplies.

They want to cut down on expenses by having less employees, & forcing the employees that they have to do multiple jobs, & by forcing us to scan & bag our own purchases!

So the manager of the store that is trying to do all of the things needed to run the store end up not being able to get all of the jobs done correctly.

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Puppy Lips — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 21:01:15 GMT

On the last day of our short vacay in Arizona, we were headed toward the airport. We stopped for 2 drinks and I bought two postcards. It rang up to over $13. We paid without thinking about it and headed to the car. In the car I looked at the receipt and there were things on there that we did not buy. We went back in and got like $6.00 back. I don't remember the exact numbers. But the clerk complained that somehow the register does not clear out the last transaction, so we were charged for that person's items too. I wonder how many other people got ripped off.

I frequently tell my boys to check their receipts, though I doubt they do. All kinds of mistakes can be made. Why does it seem so hard to get some people to pay attention? I have one son who is especially bad in that area. In our case, I should have caught it sooner. I try to figure out about what I should be charged, if it is just a few items, before I even get to the register. Good on the OP for checking her receipt.

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kitty60 — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 21:01:48 GMT

I get so frustrated when this happens. I try to watch at the register but they always seem to be rushing. Today, every penny counts!

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Kachina624 — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 21:28:10 GMT

@Jo1313 They may pull a Wal-Mart on you and tell you, "Sorry but prices are changing fast and we can't hire the staff to change the shelf price. The register has the correct price."

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SeaMaiden — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 21:39:26 GMT

@Jo1313 wrote:
Went shopping in our 1 and only supermarket..I try to buy what's on sale and I write the circular's price on my list.

The meat I bought was marked and rang up $6.99 lb. the price was supposed to be $6.49 lb on sale..
The tuna that I bought was supposed to be 2/$1.99..they rang up 2/$2.49..I had 6 cans..detergent rang up 40 cents a bottle more than the sale..I had 3 bottles.

I didn't check until I got home!..I can only imagine how annoyed they will be when I go back next week with the circular and paperwork.

Little things add up to be a lot.

@Jo1313 I always check my receipt before I leave the parking lot. Ckatch a lot of over rings and mistakes

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kaydee50 — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 21:41:25 GMT

Our local Walgreen's has pretty much given up even putting prices on the shelves so we pretty much need to know the price of an item ahead of time and ask the clerk to do a price check before ringing it up. Unfortunately, it also does not have price check machines.

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Flika13 — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 21:51:44 GMT

Frequently I will take a picture of the price and description of the item. That way I don't have to wait for an employee to go back and check the price.

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Scooby Doo — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 22:23:03 GMT

@Puppy Lips wrote:
On the last day of our short vacay in Arizona, we were headed toward the airport. We stopped for 2 drinks and I bought two postcards. It rang up to over $13. We paid without thinking about it and headed to the car. In the car I looked at the receipt and there were things on there that we did not buy. We went back in and got like $6.00 back. I don't remember the exact numbers. But the clerk complained that somehow the register does not clear out the last transaction, so we were charged for that person's items too. I wonder how many other people got ripped off.

I frequently tell my boys to check their receipts, though I doubt they do. All kinds of mistakes can be made. Why does it seem so hard to get some people to pay attention? I have one son who is especially bad in that area. In our case, I should have caught it sooner. I try to figure out about what I should be charged, if it is just a few items, before I even get to the register. Good on the OP for checking her receipt.

In this case I would be suspicious of the clerk. He might be pocketing the differenced and rigging the machine. I say this because my credit card was "borrowed" and the clerk at the Maverik store charged $900 on it. Now what does one buy at a quick stop for that amount?

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cindyNC — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:56:51 GMT

That's been happening a lot here in North Carolina. Stores have been getting fined.

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LuvSoCal — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 05:16:03 GMT

I was at Home Depot a couple weeks ago shopping at the garden center. The cashier scanned my items (3 plants) and then left to help someone at the self check-out. She told me to insert my card and the receipt would print. Well, I started to insert my card and then saw the total of $1,118.00! I had to call her back over and she told me the scanner sometimes picks up an extra 1. Jeesh...I'm glad I caught it before the transaction went through. I would rather not have to deal with reversing it afterwards.

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ScrapHappy — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:18:06 GMT

I was reading a post on my local Nextdoor App. Someone posted that several items she purchased at Target was not the sale price that was advertised. In my area, that happens a lot at Kroger and someone posted about that too. When I'm at Target, especially shopping for sale items, I always use those scanners in the store. If it scans incorecctly, I go to customer service. I now do self check out at Kroger. When going thru the other checkout, they would go really fast and my groceries would be getting all mushed at end of conveyor belt. Doing self check out allows me to see how it's ringing up and I can go back and look at it on the screen. My Mom taught me to always check my recipts before I leave a store. Lesson well taught.

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Jo1313 — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:39:59 GMT

UPDATE....

DH took me back to the store( I can no longer drive)..Took all the "paperwork"..Yes they were annoyed..wonder how many people they ripped off??

I got back $13.48 back!