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tailgater
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6 years ago

#21

1000 years ago when I was a young kid, I remember going to a local department store.
In the front foyer was a gumball machine.
It was very obviously broken, because it would give a gumball whenever you turned the dial even without a coin.

A young sister and brother, maybe 6 years old or so, were the lucky recipients. One even went in to get a bag from the clerk to collect their winnings.
Then word got to the manager and he came out to take the candy back.
So the mother comes out from the store and I got to see and hear an epic shouting match.

the manager told them it was akin to stealing, and he would allow them to take "one handful" of gumballs even though it's usually a single per turn.
The mother told him no way. Her kids "deserved" the candy because "how were they to know it was broken"?

Never mind that they were laughing and telling everyone while they were filling a bag with the contraband.

Point is, or rather the question is: At what point does it become stealing?

Is 20 gumballs OK?
200?
2,000?

9 pounds of hamburg?

Not judging.
Just asking.
For a friend.

tonygraz
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6 years ago

#22

The Price was right.

jespear
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6 years ago

#23

So a family pack of 6 to 8 pounds is "too much" meat, yet you ended up buying 9 pounds?

tailgater wrote:

No Tail . . . the PRICE of an 8lb package @$2.99lb was more MONEY than I had budgeted for ground beef.
The price of two 3.69lb bags @$0.30lb fit nicely into my budget.

YES . . . the packages were obviously mislabeled.
YES . . . I paid the price on the label.
YES . . . It is store policy to charge what is on the label.
NO . . . . I do not feel guilty about doing so.

And for the record . . . I HAVE, in the past, returned to stores on MORE than one occasion, after getting home and realizing that I was NOT charged for something, and PAID for said item.

Edited by user 6 years ago | Reason: Not specified

tailgater
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6 years ago

#24

I'm just bustin ballz here.

But supermarkets are a low profit, high volume business.

Even if you assume a 5% markup (it's actually lower), then the $27 of hamburg purchased for a buck will require the market to recoup the $26.

How many loaves of bread or cans of soup at 5% profit will that be?

hint: it's $520 worth. Just to break even.

tailgater
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6 years ago

#25

No Tail . . . the PRICE of an 8lb package @$2.99lb was more MONEY than I had budgeted ground beef.
The price of two 3.69lb bags @$0.30lb fit nicely into my budget.

YES . . . the packages were obviously mislabeled.
YES . . . I paid the price on the label.
YES . . . It is store policy to charge what is on the label.
NO . . . . I do not feel guilty about doing so.

And for the record . . . I HAVE, in the past, returned to stores on MORE than one occasion, after getting home and realizing that I was NOT charged for something, and PAID for said item.

jespear wrote:

If I found the error after I got home it's a safe bet I wouldn't return to the store and correct it. So I'm honestly not perching myself on any moral high ground.
And although I've never opened a key lime water prior to purchasing, I do regularly eat the cherries or grapes prior to checkout.
It's my way of sticking it to the man.

jespear
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6 years ago

#26

tailgater wrote:

Yeah, well . . . TBH, I won't be losing any sleep over this.

tailgater wrote:

Are you saying that if you noticed the mistake in the store, that you would have brought it to the store's attention so that they could take it off the shelf ?

Edited by user 6 years ago | Reason: Not specified

tailgater
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6 years ago

#27

Yeah, well . . . TBH, I won't be losing any sleep over this.

jespear wrote:

You shouldn't. You didn't go looking for it. It was a reaction, not a plan.
My posts probably sound more harsh than intended.
Again. Just bustin ya.

Sunoverbeach
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6 years ago

#28

9lbs may not be necessary, but a phenomenal deal absolutely is.

Karmically I'd say it's balanced against times when beef was priced high, or gas, or premium cigars.....

jespear
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6 years ago

#29

You shouldn't. You didn't go looking for it. It was a reaction, not a plan.
Exactly.
My posts probably sound more harsh than intended.
Maybe, just a bit.
Again. Just bustin ya.
No problem, Tail.

tailgater wrote:

Edited by user 6 years ago | Reason: Not specified

jespear
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6 years ago

#30

well played, sir.

frankj1 wrote:

You HAVE had an influence on me in more than one way, Frankie T.

USNGunner
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6 years ago

#31

I did accidentally do a drive off at a gas station once. I always pay at the pump, but the scanner was down. OK. No biggy. Except by the time I got done I had to whiz, so I ran in the store, used the head, and hit the road. I was 10 miles down the interstate when it hit me.

I turned around and went back. Lost time, but a. cashiers get stuck for those in a lot of cases, and b. Not worth the worry. Come to find out when I went back and paid the lady, they didn't have cameras, but she would have taken a hit. She was very grateful I came back.

That made it worthwhile. 😇

In this case, price marked is the price. That's the law. So I would have been fine with it.

And you solved their problem by disposing of the mis-marked product. Damned charitable of you in my opinion.

So what's the drama over? 😁

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ZRX1200
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6 years ago

#32

I’m glad someone got their judgmental virtue signally in.

Jon I’d say something about how it’s stealing and they’re low mark up high volume (all true) but many times I’ve caught them (same places every time) not charging what was marked.

I always shop the local place unless I can’t because of time (super busy places owned by a very honorable family). If I can’t I’ll go to the “shady” places and watch things, if I see stuff marked there like that I will grab it on purpose.

Sunoverbeach
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6 years ago

#33

I did the same thing at a gas station once.

Unfortunately I paid in advance and was far enough away I wasn't going to make it back

grmcooper
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6 years ago

#34

Deal on meat = Bad meat.

jespear
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6 years ago

#35

Deal on meat = Bad meat.

grmcooper wrote:

$2.99lb marked down to $0.30lb ?
Not even the BADDEST of meats would get THAT big of a reduction, Coop.

MISPRINT/MISLABELED !

Whistlebritches
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6 years ago

#36

Deal on meat = Bad meat.

grmcooper wrote:

That's what your wife said...…...I see Dawn hung in there anyways

USNGunner
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6 years ago

#37

That's what your wife said...…...I see Dawn hung in there anyways

Whistlebritches wrote:

Man, I walked away from that one. LOL. [whip]

Whistlebritches
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6 years ago

#38

Man, I walked away from that one. LOL. [whip]

USNGunner wrote:

Seriously Cooper once told me his wife said he had bad meat...…...I think she meant limp meat,that'd be my guess anyway

MACS
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6 years ago

#39

tailgater wrote:

I disagree, sir. Having shopped in the commissary, where everything is sold at cost and a 5% surcharge is added to your total to keep the lights on, I know that grocery stores mark things up as much as 100% and more, depending on the item.

For example... family size box of cereal for $2 in the commissary... $4.50 at the local grocery store for the same exact box.

Meats? 25-50% more. Dairy, produce and such wasn't as bad, but it is obvious to me grocery stores price gouge on a lot of stuff.

Abrignac
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6 years ago

#40

Nice. Never look a gift burro in the mouth.

Also, never sniff a gift fish.

USNGunner wrote:

Or a dirty bung hole.

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