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adnohr
I had a situation recently that also involved cheese. At this supermarket they have all these varieties in a large bin, but the prices are marked on tickets stuck to the side. The problem: it's virtually impossible to determine which price goes with what cheese. I finally found someone to help me decipher that, who couldn't do it either! I decided to go to another store...
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Nautikos
on September 15, 2013 at 4:09 PM
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posted by
Carolyn_Moe
on September 15, 2013 at 12:20 PM
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Yes, of course you are a Good Samaritan, and yes...The stores know. Thanks for the smiles.
posted by
UtahJay
on September 14, 2013 at 9:30 PM
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Boy that was alot to figure out!
posted by
MsJudy
on September 14, 2013 at 5:40 PM
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adnohr
I wouldn't have been able to walk the store that much to solve your shopping day sis. Good on ya sorting it out.
posted by
WileyJohn
on September 14, 2013 at 3:51 PM
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adnohr
CThat’s a lot to consider love. BC-A, Bill’s R®st
posted by
BC-A
on September 14, 2013 at 1:03 PM
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Excellent post! I have done this a few times, myself. It is quite embarrasing and I get "put out" about it, too.... thinking it's a "real bargain" and just a gimmick to get you to stop & look at the items!!! I don't know how many times, I have caught my husband before he would buy something that looked so genuine until I read the FINE PRINT!! He would always leave his glasses at home and couldn't see it!! 
posted by
Butterfly-1950
on September 14, 2013 at 1:00 PM
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I really feel mad when I see a bargain offer and then read on the ticket when I get home that it has not been applied, I assume the computer is not up to date, but it feels like one has been swindled. Last week I bought two packets of fish, they looked the same as the previous week, but they were different, farmed fish from some murky pond I suspect. I cannot be bothered to cook them for the cat. Just thought I might give them to Archie. Enjoy your cheese it was too much for you anyway, you know you want to keep slim.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2013 at 12:21 PM
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adnohr...
I don't think the stores do it purposely, but you never know....I think a lot of times, people pick out an item from somewhere in the store for X dollars, but as they plod on, they change their minds and throw what they'd intended to buy into a "sale" bin....
Now the store should be constantly checking for that sort of thing, but unfortunately they don't....oh, and those ignorant shoppers behind you, I think every store like Walmart or Target (the big stores) has 'em...they "target" every store methinks, just to be rude and crude....
posted by
Rumor
on September 14, 2013 at 11:51 AM
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That was rude how the customers behind you were acting...I'm glad to read that you are still smiling though.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on September 14, 2013 at 10:23 AM
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The older my eyes get, the more often this sort of thing happens.
If I am wearing my driving glasses, I have to take them off, and go nose to nose with the signage, to read that fine print.
Just because something is legal, doesn't make it right.
We can't forget that commerce is, at heart, an adversarial process.
posted by
Ciel
on September 14, 2013 at 7:00 AM
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A ploy is exactly what that is! It's an old dilemma to tell someone to always read the "fine print" on anything! They're hoping that, since you're already in line and prepared to pay, you'll shrug your shoulders and say "Oh, alright! I'll get them anyway!" Remember: you can only fool a firefly twice! It's now time to start reading those signs more carefully . . .
posted by
JimmyA
on September 14, 2013 at 6:54 AM
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It's part of the marketing game - they train people exactly how
to mislead... There's the "loss leader" from days of yore: Sam the Butcher puts whole fryers (limit two) on sale at 29 Cents a pound - he loses money on the chicken but he's led you past the meat case where that beautiful roast for Sunday dinner will cost 25 percent more than usual. You reason it all balances out. Which it does, for Sam...
posted by
Pat_B
on September 14, 2013 at 4:29 AM
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something recently happened to me but on t shirts i just went and bought all 3 of them as they were still pretty inexpensive and now i do like them... but still, at the time i felt fleeced thinking i was going to get 90% off... 
posted by
Carolyn_Moe
on September 14, 2013 at 2:33 AM
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So....you see why I hate to shop. I hate to quibble over price, but how can one not do it. If one doesn't quibble, they will get fleeced. 
posted by
TAPS.
on September 13, 2013 at 11:51 PM
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