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Re: Meijer's and Scanning

#489
From: Bru
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1996 00:00
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Jim Boza <hairflip@foryou.net> typed:

>>Yes!!!  This same thing happened to me just a few days ago, only it was 
>>at Best Buy near the mall at Fairfield Commons...  I was gonna buy a 
>>computer game or something, and it was marked around $15.00, but scanned 
>>at something like $35.00!  I brought the tag up to the clerk which 
>>clearly showed that it was for the product I was buying, but the clerk 
>>won in the end, pointing out that a few code numbers were different on 
>>the product and the tag.  The description matched word for word, 
>>though... I was pissed!  What kind of trick was this?
>>-- 

It's a computer age version of bait and switch.  Best buys are great
for it in the Dayton area.  They've tried to victimize me at both the
Fairfield and Salem mall areas.  Both times they tried to say the ads
were for a version of the product that was sold out and they only had
the exact sounding higher priced better model in house.  Both times I
asked to speak to a manager.  I simply told the manager in the store
"I understand but don't accept your explanation.  Shall I contact the
attorney generals office to get clarification?"  Both times I got the
product at the advertised price.

Since others have obviously experienced this it may be time to get the
AG involved.
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From: brubro@erinet.com (Bru)
Subject: Re: Meijer's and Scanning
Date: 1996/06/07
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