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December 28th, 2006 at 08:40 pm

Wal-Mart ripping people off???!!!

First of all, let me just say that I'm not a big Wal-Mart fan. Personally, I'd like to never shop there again. But, that is very unrealistic where I live. There is no other place to shop for some things. We don't have a Target or K-mart. We do have a Dollar General that I shop at as much as possible, but they don't carry everything I need. Anyway, I had to go to Wal-Mart today. I had gifts that I needed to return and I needed a couple other things. The first item on my list was a new kitchen garbage can. Ours has started ripping down the sides. Considering the fact that I bought this trash can right before we got married 17 1/2 years ago and have been using it ever since, I think it's served it's purpose and it's time to get a new one. Okay, I stood there for probably 10 minutes looking at all of the trash cans and comparing prices. I finally decided on a "no frills" model that the price on the shelf was marked at $5.00, which I thought was a good price(my old trash can still has the green Wal-Mart sticker inside from before Wal-Mart went computerized...it was $4.97 17 1/2 years ago). I got all of my items then went up to the register to check out. I've started watching VERY carefully because it seems that every time I buy something there anymore I'm always overcharged. Of course, I usually don't realized it until later since I'm too busy SACKING MY OWN ITEMS! Well, I've decided that now I'm going to take my own sweet time sacking and putting my items into my grocery cart so I can watch everything that is scanned. Sure enough, today as I watching my items being scanned through the trash can scanned at $10.97! I told the guy to take if off. I wasn't paying that when the shelf had clearly marked the trash can at $5.00. What I'm wondering is, how many people just "assume" the price being scanned in is the acurate price? How many people are so busy sacking their own groceries that they don't even have time to notice the price being scanned in? How many people might notice later on after they've left the store but think it's too much of a bother to contact the store about the mistake?? IMO, I think Wal-Mart is "making"(stealing really) a bunch of money by making customers sack their own stuff!

Sorry about the rant. This is one of those things that really ticks me off! It's happened to me so much in the past year that I can't think it's just a mistake or accidental.

Getting off of my soapbox now....

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8 Responses to “Has anyone else noticed this?”

  1. fern Says:
    December 28th, 2006 at 08:57 pm 1167339444
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    This reminds me of someone i used to date who assidiously counted his change whenever he was out buying something. 1 out of 3 times, they gave him the wrong change, and you guessed it, the errors were always in the store's favor.

  2. miclason Says:
    December 28th, 2006 at 09:23 pm 1167341039
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    I may be a dinasour, but I preferred when items had the sticker with the price on them!

  3. Ima saver Says:
    December 28th, 2006 at 09:51 pm 1167342711
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    The grocery stores do the very same thing!

  4. boomeyers Says:
    December 28th, 2006 at 09:55 pm 1167342941
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    You could have held up the line and made him call back and check. They will lower it if it is supposed to be cheaper. Then you could have still got your 5.00 trash can. Since I was in retail years ago, I check the UPC code on the product I am buying and the UPC code by the price on the shelf sticker to make sure the item I am picking up matches and that someone did'nt just "accidentally" put something back in the wrong spot. This saves some time at the checkout!

  5. princessperky Says:
    December 28th, 2006 at 10:00 pm 1167343253
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    I am with miclason..I liked the price on the item...no running around trying to find a scanner when you see the perfect thing in the wrong spot and can't find the right upc code on the shelf....

  6. Amber Says:
    December 28th, 2006 at 11:10 pm 1167347451
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    Like you I am not the biggest fan of Wal-Mart, however, at any store you must eead those UPC codes becuase a lot of times the shelves are stock wrong and when someone goes back to check the price they are looking at the upc code which is different than the one you have. This has happened to me way too much, And yes I make sure I check the price of every item at the check out rather than holding the line up I go to the customer service desk instead

  7. jersey jen Says:
    December 29th, 2006 at 12:45 am 1167353127
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    i find that happens quite often in Wal-mart. perhaps unintended when people misplaced items or shelfstocker didn't bother to check.

  8. LuckyRobin Says:
    December 29th, 2006 at 05:06 am 1167368791
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    Our WalMart still bags its stuff but we have to put the bags in the cart ourselves. Lazy store policy. I always check prices, too. I usually get one wrong charge per visit. I don't know if they do it on purpose or not, they probably have over a million different items in their store, so some stuff is bound to be wrong just for that reason alone. However I wouldn't put it past them as their policies generally are to either screw their employees or the consumer. I still get annoyed trying to return something with a receipt that clearly shows how much you paid and they try to give you less because that item is now on sale. If you pitch a big enough fit, using words like rip off or theives, loudly, they usually give you the full refund just to get you out of there.

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