Author Topic: Retail question (Read 1010 times)

DREDIOCK · « **on:** March 31, 2007, 02:29:40 PM »

Posted this in the general forums by mistake.

Skuzzy please delete the OTHER thread
as for some reason it wont let me do it

Retail question
No, not about getting a new woman

Item in store in this case COMP USA has a "COMP USA" price sticker on that clearly says $19.99.

Bring it to the register. When the lady rings it up it comes up as $32.00.

Now this was a good sticker. Meaning it wasnt mangled or altered in any way shape or form which would indicate to me that it was intentionally placed on the item and not simply peeled off one item and put on another.

What price does the item have to be sold at?

I was always under the impression that by law. You had to sell an item at or under the marked price

And that you could not sell an item for more then the marked price

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culero · « **Reply #1 on:** March 31, 2007, 03:11:06 PM »

I don't reckon that's law, but its good business practice.

nirvana · « **Reply #2 on:** March 31, 2007, 04:24:46 PM »

I'd recommend asking to see a manager about it if it really bothered you. When I worked retail we just got berated for not changing the price stickers fast enough, typically they would get the marked price though and we'd get yelled at.

Xargos · « **Reply #3 on:** March 31, 2007, 04:38:20 PM »

What Nirvana said.

john9001 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 31, 2007, 04:41:09 PM »

don't buy it.

Fulmar · « **Reply #5 on:** March 31, 2007, 04:51:17 PM »

In my current retail college job, the owner is notorious for changing prices without notifying the employees or the manager at all. So if I quote someone 39.99 and it rings up 44.99, I change the price to 39.99.

Meatwad · « **Reply #6 on:** March 31, 2007, 05:38:02 PM »

USUALLY the marked price is what it should sell for. I made a stink about an X52 stick at best buy that was marked cheaper then it actually was (still tagged with sale price, sale ended day before). After a lot of hassle and fuss I got it for the sale price.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #7 on:** March 31, 2007, 06:18:01 PM »

I didnt buy it.
Well actually my 10 year old daughter didnt buy it

she had found a game she wanted that was priced within the money she had ($20)

the store...well ALOT of CompUSA's stores are closing so they are offering 15-40% off. In this case it was 15% for the game

I was just standing by watching to make sure she remembered to get her change and not just hand over the 20 and walk away.
the lady rung it up and my daughter looked over to me telling me teary eyed saying they told her she didnt have enough.

Thats when I walked over and saw the charge of $32 on the register and argued the point with the casheir.
Then the manager.
Well you all have seen me argue here. Add the offence I was taking that I felt they were ripping off my daughter into the equasion and you can imagine how well that went LOL
I can become quite testy where my daugher is concerned.

BTW, check your local COMP USA's like I said. a bunch of em are going out of business and I saw Hard Drives and mother boards marked as low as 30% off

and joysticks at 15% off

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 31, 2007, 06:37:47 PM »

I was under the impression that this fell in the "False Advertisement" category. They cannot tell you something costs X and then sell it for X+Y.

DiabloTX · « **Reply #9 on:** March 31, 2007, 06:42:07 PM »

And you wonder why CompUSA is closing.

I did get a Thrustmaster Top Gun Pro 2 joystick there the other night. The cashier's name was Princess (I kid you not) and was very friendly. That other store screwed the pooch, Dred.

Meatwad · « **Reply #10 on:** March 31, 2007, 06:53:55 PM »

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Originally posted by DiabloTX
And you wonder why CompUSA is closing.

I did get a Thrustmaster Top Gun Pro 2 joystick there the other night. The cashier's name was Princess (I kid you not) and was very friendly. That other store screwed the pooch, Dred.

Sounds like a topless dancer's name. I hope she wasnt the one that hit you that one night and trying to be friendly to make things better

DiabloTX · « **Reply #11 on:** March 31, 2007, 07:00:01 PM »

No, the one that wrecked her sugar daddy's car into mine was drunk. This one was clearly sober.

Meatwad · « **Reply #12 on:** March 31, 2007, 08:02:28 PM »

I think the closest CompUSA store is about 70 miles from here. Only thing close enough other then a private PC store is a Staples which is 21 miles away.

Meatwad is too poor right now for any better upgrades anyway. I could use a larger HDD but I guess 24 GB plus 8 GB secondary is good enough (Their both pretty much filled up)

DiabloTX · « **Reply #13 on:** March 31, 2007, 08:11:57 PM »

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Originally posted by Meatwad
I think the closest CompUSA store is about 70 miles from here. Only thing close enough other then a private PC store is a Staples which is 21 miles away.

Meatwad is too poor right now for any better upgrades anyway. I could use a larger HDD but I guess 24 GB plus 8 GB secondary is good enough (Their both pretty much filled up)

Get rid of all that porn and you'll be ok!!

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #14 on:** March 31, 2007, 08:36:50 PM »

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Originally posted by lasersailor184
I was under the impression that this fell in the "False Advertisement" category. They cannot tell you something costs X and then sell it for X+Y.

HA! I was right!

Not only am I right but it is punishable by fine.

Under the stautes of both the NJ weights and Measures act
unconscionable commercial practices, false promises and/or misrepresentations
charging consumers prices that exceed the price posted at the point of display;

Seems the state of NJ brought similar charges against Rite Aid in 2006

"The State's complaint also alleges that the defendants violated the Weights and Measures Act due to improper price scanning by at least 76 store locations."

As well as being in violation of NJ statutes under the "Consumer fraud act"

Namely statutes

56:8-2

56:8-2.2.

56:8-2.5.

56:8-2.6.

(Anyone know how to C&P from a PDF file?)

As Im sure a few others I havent found yet

Think I'll head back there tomorrow with printouts in hand directly from the NJ State Attorny General site just to make my point.

They pissed off the wrong O'clubber LOL
I have this real bad habit of sinking my teeth into something then not letting go

""Injun'll chase a thing till he think he's chased it enough, then quits. Same way when he runs. Seems like he never learns there's such a thing as a critter'll just keep comin' on."