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In article <2d0l0e$16tp@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> vanhoose@cl-next4.cl.msu.edu (Todd E. Van Hoosear) writes:
>From: vanhoose@cl-next4.cl.msu.edu (Todd E. Van Hoosear)
>Subject: Re: Meijer - About the Scanners
>Date: 24 Nov 1993 21:51:10 GMT






>There is an interesting article on scanners in the lastest issue of US
>News and World Report (dealing with congressional responces to scanner
>inaccuracies). (Can't remember exact date. There's a guy sitting in a
>bed with the caption "Patient Heal Thyself" or some such thing...)

>Anyway, the report found that something like 9% of all scans were 
>inaccurate in some way, and either 66% or 88% of those scans resulted
>in an error favoring the store.

Just for I record, the price file in the computer (or the price on the 
shelf) is at fault if the computer returns a price different from what is 
marked.  If the barcode was not interpreted properly, it is unlikely any 
price would be found. 

>Meijer, of course (and other stores too--is it the law?) awards people
>with extra money if they find an inaccuracy. I forget the actual amount,
>but it _is_ significant, as I distictly recall (having worked in the
>marking and receiving rooms of a couple Meijer stores) being told to
>price everything very carefully (we verified a lot by computer) otherwise
>we lose a lot of money.

At Wal-mart we give $3.00 or price of the item, whichever is less (last I 
checked anway).  No, it is not a law.  It's just to make the customer happy.


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