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Re: FOTW at KMART
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Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:23:38 GMT
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It is law in Michigan. There is also a law about scanning items wrong, if the
price is different, you get 10X the amount of difference between prices. I
always changed the price if it was marked wrong when I was a cashier at Meijer.
Scott S.
Christopher Weeks wrote:
>
> Mike Stanley wrote:
> >
> > A friend of mine who managed a software store once politely told an
> > enraged customer who demanded to be sold a game that was mistakenly
> > marked $5.99 instead of $59.99 that he would not do so. When the
> > customer screamed false advertisement he said something like, "Sir,
> > this product was not "advertised" at that price, it was mistakenly
> > labeled that way by someone who started here yesterday and made an
> > error when using a price gun. I'll make sure he receives better
> > training on the price gun and I'll be happy to sell the game to you
> > for the price you can see clearly here in my computer, but I will not
> > knowingly lose $54 because you think you deserve to profit from his
> > mistake."
> >
> > He probably lost a customer that day, but I think it was the right
> > thing to do.
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> I'm no lawyer, but I have heard that that store was legaly obliged to
> sell that game for the marked price. I was told that by a retail
> manager while being trained on how to be a cashier when I was a kid. It
> could as easily be an urban legend kind of thing, but you never know.
>
> --Chris
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| (...) The 10X thing sounds really whacked. I still say he did the right thing. I've seen numerous products that were obviously mispriced by mistake. Can't believe any sane person would expect the law to back them up and force a store to honor a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) I'm no lawyer, but I have heard that that store was legaly obliged to sell that game for the marked price. I was told that by a retail manager while being trained on how to be a cashier when I was a kid. It could as easily be an urban legend (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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