One of the things that consumers need to be extra careful about at the grocery store is watching as your items ring up or check your receipt before you leave. A large percentage of people get overcharged for items because they are not paying attention. One study found that stores are overcharging Americans as much as $1 Billion dollars a year, possibly all the way up to $2.5 billion dollars!!!!!
This just happened to me at Save-a-Lot on Saturday:
I had picked up 4 packages of the three pack bell peppers that were on sale for $1 each. The cashier scanned the first one, it rang in at $1.59. I said "aren't these the ones that are on sale for $1?" (thinking possibly I grabbed the wrong thing). The cashier responded that it was the single bell peppers that were on sale for $1 each. I calmly pointed to my sale ad (which I had with me) and showed that it said 3 pack. The cashier called over a manager who agreed that the 3 packs were the ones on sale for $1 each.
That got my cynical mind thinking: How many customers either a) came in there and paid the $1.59 and never noticed? Or b) they did notice but took the cashier's word when she said it was the single peppers that were $1 each?
So...word to the wise! Watch the register as you're checking out or at the very least, check your receipts before you leave the store!
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