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I agree with both of your comments
I am no stranger to getting the manager involved. Initially I was teasing with the clerk but the poor kid had little experience dealing with the public. No this was not at Costco never been there the closest one to where I live is 2 hours away. It is always busy and I have heard things about the store from others. This took place at Garden Ridge.
As far as the price tags being placed on the shelf they are not always right either Fine example was yesterday I went to Sams and bought a bottle of vanilla extract for baking and it was priced at 2.98 a bottle when I got to the check out it rang up at 19.86 a bottle!!!
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posted by
StrickGold
on August 25, 2004 at 8:48 PM
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You can't always trust the shelves, either.
I went to Express once, and there was a pile of tank tops on a shelf with a big sign announcing "$9.99". Excited, I scooped up two or three of the shirts; the original prices were either $19.99 or $21.99. When I went to pay for them, however, the prices rang up as the original prices, not the sale price on the shelf. I pointed this out to the cashier. "Oh," she told me, "we're in the process of rearranging the store, and those shirts were just piled up there to get them out of the way for the time being." After much debate, I finally got the manager up there, and after arguing with her for about five minutes, she finally gave the shirts to me for $9.99 each. I went on my merry way, and later on, I passed Express and happened to glance in. The shelf was still marked $9.99, but there were no longer any shirts on it.
posted by
Cadence
on August 25, 2004 at 8:22 PM
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From the other side of the counter...
about those price tags, don't hold your breath. The stores don't allow enough payroll to have enough people to go around pricing every single item, thus the bar code. Usually, (but certainly not always) the price is on the shelf or hook where the item was found. If it isn't, its because the budget was spent on TV spots telling you how great a store it is, not on enough help to actually make the store better. I like it that you got the manager involved, those are the assholes that need to be ragged on, not the poor minimum wage clerks that are part time and don't get any benefits. If you go to Costco (and chances are you do) is anything there priced? No, it's all on the shelves.
posted by
food4thought
on August 25, 2004 at 8:09 PM
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