ScottM
Taxi to Parking
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iBazinga!
I went and did a little grocery shopping this evening. When I went to check out I did not notice anything strange except that my items had come to a total of $146!
I know food went up in price but GOLLY! It was a lot more than I was expecting so when I got the receipt I looked at it to see what caused it to be so high.
Imagine my surprise when I saw one item that cost me $71
That item was a little block of cheese. I had just had some of this cheese in Spain and I liked it. When I saw it at the cheese counter here I grabbed a hunk to have around the house. But I had no idea it cost that much. I pulled the item from the bag and noticed it was marked for $4.47. Somehow it got entered at a different price. The cashier was very surprised as was the customer service person. Neither of them could get the item to ring up at that price again. The price is 15.9485 times higher than what the item is marked so I doubt it was a weird multiple that got into the system as I would expect only a whole number to be allowed for entry when buying more than one item.
The store did give me a refund. But watch it!!
I know food went up in price but GOLLY! It was a lot more than I was expecting so when I got the receipt I looked at it to see what caused it to be so high.
Imagine my surprise when I saw one item that cost me $71
That item was a little block of cheese. I had just had some of this cheese in Spain and I liked it. When I saw it at the cheese counter here I grabbed a hunk to have around the house. But I had no idea it cost that much. I pulled the item from the bag and noticed it was marked for $4.47. Somehow it got entered at a different price. The cashier was very surprised as was the customer service person. Neither of them could get the item to ring up at that price again. The price is 15.9485 times higher than what the item is marked so I doubt it was a weird multiple that got into the system as I would expect only a whole number to be allowed for entry when buying more than one item.
The store did give me a refund. But watch it!!
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