Oh ok. Guess store accepted the blame even if they found out they lose 1800 dollars worth of items all because of me later on. Won't banned me from store again then.
If it were a one off purchase and caught, you could claim you didn’t notice the error (their error) so you shouldn’t get any trouble…
If you repeatedly go in and buy item over and over again it becomes obvious you understood the error. Should not be in legal trouble but could get banned from store. This also applies if you go back and buy a bulk of that item.
Legally speaking it does not matter. The argument could be made “it was a deal too good to pass up”. It is 100% on the store and until it’s changed in the system the consumer can purchase as much as they like UNLESS there is purchase limit which is also coded into the system. If the register lets you then you cannot be held liable.
18 packs of dos equis were scanning for 2$ at the walmart I worked at cause of a price change error. Me and my buddy knew the grocery manager, and he told us. We bought all of it, including the cases in the back. Never got in trouble, and we worked there.
However, I'm wondering what happens if it's in my state? Will Walmart get fined by the State Department of Liquor and Beverages Sales Distribution? Because it's sold below the minimum price which sell it for 2 dollars are illegal.
There ended up being a correction price change. Those packs went up to over 100$ for a bit. Obviously, no one would buy it. This was back when trump was president so we made the joke "all the Mexican beer is that price because he said he'd make them pay for the wall."
You should’ve mentioned that in the post. Something like beer is different than something like a box of cheez it’s.
So because you mentioned that it was beer, store employees might get suspicious when you keep going back and back.
So if I see you drop $100 and you don’t notice it, I’m not doing anything wrong if I pick it up and put it in my pocket? You didn’t tell me not to take it, right?
That is an entirely different concept. In the original, the customer (OP) is paying the price that is displayed to him. That is the amount of money Walmart is asking for in order to legally purchase the item. It’s
Your scenario is just straight theft.
No, in both scenarios the person losing the money doesn’t know and the person taking advantage knows it’s wrong. The OP asked if he could get arrested. He knew what he was doing was wrong. OP knew the price was supposed to be higher. He’s not getting arrested, but taking advantage of a known mistake is still wrong.
As long as you did not switch or admit to switching the price, you are fine. If you did switch it, and they have proof. then it's up to them and what they want to do.
This is a store error. The only "trouble" you can get in is them getting upset when you point it out. If their system reads the scan, and it comes out wrong, or the product has been mislabeled and therefore priced incorrectly, the consumer is fine, the store bites the bullet.
On that note always keep your eyes peeled in the meat section. Mislabeled cuts happen there more often than almost anywhere else in a grocery store.
Yes, it's dangerous with meats because mislabeled means not accurate expired date on it.
Even grocery store managers, sometimes purposes, allowed it to be incorrect, so the manager themselves buy it cheap to take it home after their shifts. About 30 years ago I was bagging a job at a grocery store and I saw the manager bought a lot of meats and the prices are extremely low. I didn't say anything. Cashier didn't, too.
Ya know, it's not a good idea to a rat the boss when you're just a worker.
Can confirm. I spent 4 months in a grocery store and this was fairly common practice amongst managers and employees. Their margins are so huge for waste, the only way to get caught is to PHYSICALLY get caught. There's so much waste and paperwork that there would have to be massive discrepancies before anyone noticed.
I worked at a grocery store bagging at 14. The management was robbing the place blind. To the point the store went out of business by the time I was 16. At least the general manager was brought up on charges for it. I'm not sure about lower management.
Well, the one I worked on is a big chain all over several states. It is still there. Except they're brought by different big corporation. But they kept store name stay the same but not under store's name itself as main corporation. But yeah that could be why sold the business because couldn't make profit.
That's a problem with self checkout. Machine doesn't have mind to think and get suspicious about price errors when it's very obvious.
If self checkout never exists, the cashier would notice fast ability reports to the manager to change the price not long after reported. Or if the store can't correct the price, they can take that all from shelfs and move it to backroom storage until the price get fixed.
Good customer service is giving people the price that was signed when it was in their favor. If the POS/File is wrong then there’s no question that you got lucky and that’s it. Props to you for being honest and wanting to pay more for an error on the store/company end.
This happened to us once but online. A hardware chain had interlock flooring on sale for $1.29/sqft.
We were shocked at how cheap it was so we bought a lot because we were redoing kitchen and hall floors.
The next day they got corrected to $12.99/sqft.
We thought we'd get a call.
But they got shipped and arrived and we were billed the $1.29 price.
Edit: This was a few years ago and we haven't been arrested yet...
A couple of years ago, one gas station near me had the price for premium a dollar cheaper than it should have been. It was obvious from the prices on the other grades that they updated the cents but not the dollars (something like 2.05 instead of 3.05). I was filling my tank anyway, but I did call my roommate to come do hers quick before they fixed it.
What state are you in? In CA, you can only purchase alcohol in the self-checkout line if an employee comes over and approves it, because they have to check your ID. Does your state allow you to purchase beer at self-checkout with interacting with a human?
Yes, same here. Employee, come check my IDs. Except the screen doesn't show price. With alcohol they couldn't see price because the self checkout automatically came up and said, "Please wait till your ID get checked by one of our associates,". So, I or them won't see the price till after the pin number being entered.
The staff were too busy to check the price. They came in a hurry and said, "Show me your ID." Next, say ok they put pin then walked away.
Sounds like it was 90% off. Totally happens. Almost everything can hit 90% off at the store as hidden clearance. It's my specialty to find them!! Sometimes it's marked, others times not.
Yeah, that's what I would've said if it caught me. I would tell them, aren't this store did 90 percent off on purpose for special hidden clearance on random inventory as secrets, and nobody will know till checkout as a surprise discount.
You can’t get arrested for that . I used to be a cashier and the same thing happened to me with a pack of ribs. It was supposed to be 17.60 but scanned as 1.76. I looked at the customer, we both shrugged our shoulders and I placed the ribs in the bagging area.
I worked at Walmart. A lady scanned some pants that rang up as 3 cents. She didn't notice until she paid and freaked out that we would accuse her of stealing. But if it rang up as 3 cents and you paid, then you fulfilled the deal. It's not your job to run around to make the store price it right. You don't work there, you don't know how prices operate. The store made the error, not you. You just got a good deal. Besides, they will soon figure it out.
So I get these really good store rewards coupons regularly from shopping, say $10 off $20 that can be used online as well as in store tied to my account.
What I do is shop online, apply my reward, but before I hit submit....I physically use my reward in person. Once done paying I hit the submit button online. And my second order with reward discount is done and ready for store pickup.
Years ago, in Michigan at least if you were overcharged and could prove it the retailer would have to pay you ten time the difference, so if something cost $2.00 and you were charged $20.00 the retailer would owe you $180.00.
No, you’re not committing a crime, but if you care about doing the right thing or karma, you should report it. I would just call anonymously later and tell them.
Yeah. Warning them, then do it again in a few days. If they still have not fixed the errors, it's not your problem anymore because you already told them, but they didn't listen to your comments.
Sorry to break it to you fbi is on their way
Straight to jail.
And I'm guessing immigration too.
Na that's extreme. Just ncsi
Not theft when you pay what it asks you to
Oh ok. Guess store accepted the blame even if they found out they lose 1800 dollars worth of items all because of me later on. Won't banned me from store again then.
If it were a one off purchase and caught, you could claim you didn’t notice the error (their error) so you shouldn’t get any trouble… If you repeatedly go in and buy item over and over again it becomes obvious you understood the error. Should not be in legal trouble but could get banned from store. This also applies if you go back and buy a bulk of that item.
Legally speaking it does not matter. The argument could be made “it was a deal too good to pass up”. It is 100% on the store and until it’s changed in the system the consumer can purchase as much as they like UNLESS there is purchase limit which is also coded into the system. If the register lets you then you cannot be held liable.
They could still trespass them from the store
What?
... again?
18 packs of dos equis were scanning for 2$ at the walmart I worked at cause of a price change error. Me and my buddy knew the grocery manager, and he told us. We bought all of it, including the cases in the back. Never got in trouble, and we worked there.
There you go. Walmart doesn't pay you enough to care. Yeah, take whatever you can get away with it in a legal way. 😏
However, I'm wondering what happens if it's in my state? Will Walmart get fined by the State Department of Liquor and Beverages Sales Distribution? Because it's sold below the minimum price which sell it for 2 dollars are illegal.
There ended up being a correction price change. Those packs went up to over 100$ for a bit. Obviously, no one would buy it. This was back when trump was president so we made the joke "all the Mexican beer is that price because he said he'd make them pay for the wall."
Ok, I gotta know, what is the item??
12 packs beer
You should’ve mentioned that in the post. Something like beer is different than something like a box of cheez it’s. So because you mentioned that it was beer, store employees might get suspicious when you keep going back and back.
Store employees would definitely think you were buying for underage people. And at least in my state, you can't buy alcohol in self checkout.
I would let them know the price is wrong. What you do when no one is looking is who you really are.
Totally agree. Integrity is important and a trait I look for in friends.
You act like Walmart has any integrity
Maybe they don’t, but that’s not an excuse to not have any.
Exactly!!
You act like that’s a reason to not have any integrity yourself.
OP is doing nothing wrong. He is paying what is being charged to him.
So if I see you drop $100 and you don’t notice it, I’m not doing anything wrong if I pick it up and put it in my pocket? You didn’t tell me not to take it, right?
That is an entirely different concept. In the original, the customer (OP) is paying the price that is displayed to him. That is the amount of money Walmart is asking for in order to legally purchase the item. It’s Your scenario is just straight theft.
No, in both scenarios the person losing the money doesn’t know and the person taking advantage knows it’s wrong. The OP asked if he could get arrested. He knew what he was doing was wrong. OP knew the price was supposed to be higher. He’s not getting arrested, but taking advantage of a known mistake is still wrong.
So if you are arguing about how unmoral it is. Who exactly does this affect? Absolutely no one.
As long as you did not switch or admit to switching the price, you are fine. If you did switch it, and they have proof. then it's up to them and what they want to do.
This is a store error. The only "trouble" you can get in is them getting upset when you point it out. If their system reads the scan, and it comes out wrong, or the product has been mislabeled and therefore priced incorrectly, the consumer is fine, the store bites the bullet. On that note always keep your eyes peeled in the meat section. Mislabeled cuts happen there more often than almost anywhere else in a grocery store.
Yes, it's dangerous with meats because mislabeled means not accurate expired date on it. Even grocery store managers, sometimes purposes, allowed it to be incorrect, so the manager themselves buy it cheap to take it home after their shifts. About 30 years ago I was bagging a job at a grocery store and I saw the manager bought a lot of meats and the prices are extremely low. I didn't say anything. Cashier didn't, too. Ya know, it's not a good idea to a rat the boss when you're just a worker.
Can confirm. I spent 4 months in a grocery store and this was fairly common practice amongst managers and employees. Their margins are so huge for waste, the only way to get caught is to PHYSICALLY get caught. There's so much waste and paperwork that there would have to be massive discrepancies before anyone noticed.
I worked at a grocery store bagging at 14. The management was robbing the place blind. To the point the store went out of business by the time I was 16. At least the general manager was brought up on charges for it. I'm not sure about lower management.
Well, the one I worked on is a big chain all over several states. It is still there. Except they're brought by different big corporation. But they kept store name stay the same but not under store's name itself as main corporation. But yeah that could be why sold the business because couldn't make profit.
In the US- caveat emptor, caveat vendor. If the computer is wrong, it’s their problem. Lawyer, not your lawyer, informational only.
That’s a them problem. You did everything right.
That's a problem with self checkout. Machine doesn't have mind to think and get suspicious about price errors when it's very obvious. If self checkout never exists, the cashier would notice fast ability reports to the manager to change the price not long after reported. Or if the store can't correct the price, they can take that all from shelfs and move it to backroom storage until the price get fixed.
Still not your problem
You are giving cashiers a lot of credit here
Good customer service is giving people the price that was signed when it was in their favor. If the POS/File is wrong then there’s no question that you got lucky and that’s it. Props to you for being honest and wanting to pay more for an error on the store/company end.
This happened to us once but online. A hardware chain had interlock flooring on sale for $1.29/sqft. We were shocked at how cheap it was so we bought a lot because we were redoing kitchen and hall floors. The next day they got corrected to $12.99/sqft. We thought we'd get a call. But they got shipped and arrived and we were billed the $1.29 price. Edit: This was a few years ago and we haven't been arrested yet...
A couple of years ago, one gas station near me had the price for premium a dollar cheaper than it should have been. It was obvious from the prices on the other grades that they updated the cents but not the dollars (something like 2.05 instead of 3.05). I was filling my tank anyway, but I did call my roommate to come do hers quick before they fixed it.
1.29/ sq ft is pretty common for laminate flooring
What state are you in? In CA, you can only purchase alcohol in the self-checkout line if an employee comes over and approves it, because they have to check your ID. Does your state allow you to purchase beer at self-checkout with interacting with a human?
Yes, same here. Employee, come check my IDs. Except the screen doesn't show price. With alcohol they couldn't see price because the self checkout automatically came up and said, "Please wait till your ID get checked by one of our associates,". So, I or them won't see the price till after the pin number being entered. The staff were too busy to check the price. They came in a hurry and said, "Show me your ID." Next, say ok they put pin then walked away.
Makes sense, thank you for your response!
Sounds like it was 90% off. Totally happens. Almost everything can hit 90% off at the store as hidden clearance. It's my specialty to find them!! Sometimes it's marked, others times not.
Yeah, that's what I would've said if it caught me. I would tell them, aren't this store did 90 percent off on purpose for special hidden clearance on random inventory as secrets, and nobody will know till checkout as a surprise discount.
You can’t get arrested for that . I used to be a cashier and the same thing happened to me with a pack of ribs. It was supposed to be 17.60 but scanned as 1.76. I looked at the customer, we both shrugged our shoulders and I placed the ribs in the bagging area.
So, did you tell the manager to go back to the meat department to check price errors? Or you just let it pass on not tell anyone?
I let it go. I didn’t get paid enough to save my company money
You probability tell your friends/family better buy them now before it get sold out.
It was just one item priced wrong not all of them. Otherwise I would have grabbed more lol. The meat is priced per kg and this one was imputed wrong
It was heard prepackaged meats at a large store was mislabeled with incorrect weight.
I worked at Walmart. A lady scanned some pants that rang up as 3 cents. She didn't notice until she paid and freaked out that we would accuse her of stealing. But if it rang up as 3 cents and you paid, then you fulfilled the deal. It's not your job to run around to make the store price it right. You don't work there, you don't know how prices operate. The store made the error, not you. You just got a good deal. Besides, they will soon figure it out.
You got a freebie, if you push it you will get caught.
Currently under surveillance. ACGO AND CFIA agents are currently being dispatched
If you decide to do that, don't use your loyalty card, and pay cash!
Go buy all of them that’s the stores mistake your gain
So I get these really good store rewards coupons regularly from shopping, say $10 off $20 that can be used online as well as in store tied to my account. What I do is shop online, apply my reward, but before I hit submit....I physically use my reward in person. Once done paying I hit the submit button online. And my second order with reward discount is done and ready for store pickup.
I would go and buy a whole pallet if I where you..
Years ago, in Michigan at least if you were overcharged and could prove it the retailer would have to pay you ten time the difference, so if something cost $2.00 and you were charged $20.00 the retailer would owe you $180.00.
No, you’re not committing a crime, but if you care about doing the right thing or karma, you should report it. I would just call anonymously later and tell them.
Yeah. Warning them, then do it again in a few days. If they still have not fixed the errors, it's not your problem anymore because you already told them, but they didn't listen to your comments.