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Re: FOTW at KMART
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Mon, 13 Sep 1999 21:07:10 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ...
> On Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:23:38 GMT, Scott Edward Sanburn
> <ssanburn@aeieng.com> wrote:
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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.
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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.
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> The 10X thing sounds really whacked.
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> 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
> price that was a misprint.
In a way, this law makes a lot more sense than many others on the books.
In my area, a certain grocery chain is notorious for mislabeling their items
(well, they don't even use price tags anymore, but the prices on the shelves
often differ from the scanned prices). I think that law enforces retailers
to be responsible about their pricing, and it could be useful (we don't have
such a law yet). With that law, I think a manager might be more apt to use
the correct price than risk going to court. Fundamentally, it would be
better if shoppers could boycott the store, but because of a "not so
natural" monopoly, the consumer doesn't have much choice.
Also, legality has a lot to do with geography - some places have laws
like that, some don't. In some places, the manager (or even a cashier) is
allowed to tell the customer to leave and is allowed to refuse service.
Others don't have that right. This probably should go to debate, or
preferably end now.
> Then again, maybe that's why almost every add you'll find in a paper
> or online has a disclaimer about not being responsible for misprints,
> typos, etc.
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> Then again, I've seen hundreds of online DVD fanatics actually throw a
> fit when a store (reel.com, 800.com, whatever) realizes people are
> abusing their coupons/sales and cuts them off. People DO expect a
> free ride.
A lot of people do expect too much from others.
--
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John
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| (...) Which chain? I haven't noticed that at Dierbergs or Schnucks. (...) Right, that's the idea. It prevents a form of bait and switch. I was trained on that law at a convenience store in St. Louis County (Rock Hill) in 1989. So the law - if I was (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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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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