On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:37:49 +0000, Cynic
wrote:
>On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:13:09 +0000, MM wrote:
>
>>Update after today's shopping:
>
>>1. The item I complained about still has no price label on the shelf
>>almost a week later.
>
>Which is perfectly legal, though I agree pretty sloppy.
>
>>2. Another item today was on the shelf at 75p. It has been that price
>>for months. The till rang it up as 99p. The checkout operator said,
>>"That's the price for the item next to it." I got a refund and
>>returned the goods.
>
>I thought you said that all the shelf labels had the product
>description on them? So *was* the 75p price for that product, or did
>you misread the label?
No, she was lying, but I had to catch my bus.
>If a particular shop has many such mistakes, then trading standards
>will almost certainly be interested. I have only ever maintained that
>you are wrong to get uptight about the *occasional* error.
I have at least one error every week to deal with like this; not in
the same store, but generally. I check my receipts like I would check
a contract. Pricing of goods in UK supermarkets is EXTREMELY sloppy,
and no wonder when this and the other thread have shown that the store
needs fear nobody, unless totally blatant. Never mind! I am building
my list...
>Though if that particular shop is annoying you so much, maybe it's
>about time you voted with your feet and shopped elsewhere?
No. That would be giving in to lazy, sloppy, cavalier attitudes. And
in any case the store has other items I want.
MM |