Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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I am just old enough to remember the small grocery stores when the owner did everything on paper and pencil, back then a lot of people did not really know math as they were not schooled and came from the old country, you had to trust the proprietor. When computers came out and even before they were in supermarkets in stores the old expression always was, garbage in and garbage out so even today there are plenty of errors. What is really shocking is that when we go through the scanners at the airports there have been many tests where 75% of weapons are not found. Now that really scares me. I'm not so worried about 5 or 10 cents being overcharged
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#17
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Publix gives you the item for free if it scans wrong...pay attention!
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#18
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I make it a mental exercise to remember prices of my items and checking them at self checkout. The attendant has adjusted the price for me when different.
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#19
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Shelf price vs scanned price
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I worked in a corporate office for a large grocery chain. The shelf tag is generated when the plan o gram is created and the shelf is set. Price changes are generated weekly as the ad changes. They are entered into the computer by UPC number and scan at the checkout. While NEW Tags are generated for the shelf. Typically this happens mid week when the ad changes. (Late, at the end of the day). Often times the new shelf tag is missed on some items- OR an old tag is not removed when sale is over - Human error. It pays to watch your prices as your items are scanned. Same as everywhere else. If a tag is visible with a lower price, the lower price will be honored. You WIN! |
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I sit down after leaving register and check receipt. Winn Dixxie is infamous for not scanning right. That's why I don't like chit chatting with cashier so I can watch what she is scanning.
Also, another reason why I like self checkout. |
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I’ll second that. I keep sale items in a separate corner of my cart to make sure they get rung correctly. In my experience there is about a 50% error rate here. This happens in any store.
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#23
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My memory is not that good, so I just keep a rough running total. Then, if it is more than 10% more or less at the scanner I check for anything that looks wrong.
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Perhaps if there was a penalty for overcharging. How about refunding the overcharge, and then additional penalty of 10x the error, up to $10 more, per item.
Maybe then we won't be overcharged as often. |
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I was given the wrong change twice over there. Grrrrr
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#26
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The Price IS There!
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A Promise Made is a Debt Unpaid ~~ Robert W. Service ~~ |
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Always check your receipts for correct pricing at Publix. Publix will give you the item free if you are charged the
wrong price. Totally free. It's worth checking. |
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I have the ability to remember pricing (not much else lol) and I would say the scanners are accurate. I self check out just to test myself.
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Publix Policy
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My wife has called Publix headquarters in Lakeland before to verify this policy. We have had pricing differences happen more than once, and a call to corporate makes local managers remember that policy. It is not so much about getting the item for free (although that is nice) as it is about them mis-charging the next guy too! Publix feels that getting the item for free when it's charged wrong makes the stores accountable for a pricing mistake, which is imho a gracious offering to Publix consumers. I wish that more stores took that approach! |
#30
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Gas pumps is another concern on fair pricing.
When gas was over $5.00 a gallon, those dollar and cent meters who spinning ever faster. |
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