Caught an error during checkout
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43081)
Staten Island, New York
February 12, 2024 10:15am CST
I bought celery yesterday. The cashier rung it up and it came out to $3.99. I told her it said $1.99.
She voided that and asked another cashier for the code for celery. After entering that code the price changed. It actually became $1.79.
Good thing I caught that. That’s a very big difference in price.
The receipt said celery bunch in bag. Mine wasn’t actually pre-packaged but that’s what it said where I got the celery so that has to be it.
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@MarieCoyle (28969)
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12 Feb
Wow, $3.99 for celery would be a lot to pay.
I've been checking my receipts before I even leave the store. The computer pricing most stores have doesn't keep up with the posted price on the shelf tag, because the prices go up so fast. The company loads the ''new'' prices in the scanners, but the tags have to be updated or changed by hand. At least, I have been told by 2 stores now that this is the reason for so many pricing errors.
Might be interesting to see if this problem existed when things were not all done by computers. There was something to be said for the old ways, at least they were accurate most of the time.
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@lovebuglena (43081)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Feb
I never know if the correct price is the shelf price or the register price. Sometimes shelf price is cheaper than what it scans for and sometimes it’s the other way around. Usually stores will adjust for the shelf price if it’s lower than what the item scans for.
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@lovebuglena (43081)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Feb
@MarieCoyle it’s crazy if you have to take a lot of pics of price tags. There were times I did that and after showing the cashier pic of the price tag they adjusted the price. But sometimes they still went to the aisle to check the price.
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@MarieCoyle (28969)
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14 Feb
@lovebuglena
I know, it is crazy but I do it for the produce part that is weighed out by the pound. That's where they seem to screw it up the most here.
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@lovebuglena (43081)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Feb
Definitely glad I caught it. It was too big of a difference.
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@BarBaraPrz (45584)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Feb
Some stores have a policy of not charging for something that rang up wrong. I guess your store doesn't do that.
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@lovebuglena (43081)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Feb
Haven’t come across that ever happening. Maybe it depends on the store.
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@BarBaraPrz (45584)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Feb
@lovebuglena Yes, not all store do it.
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@celticeagle (159451)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Feb
@lovebuglena .......I usually check the receipt but not always.
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@lovebuglena (43081)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Feb
We do. Especially since sometimes cashier scan items way too fast and we can’t keep up.
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@kaylachan (58183)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Feb
Good thing you pay attention. Most people would've paid the higer price and not given it a second thought.
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@lovebuglena (43081)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Feb
Why overpay for no reason? It does become harder to look over the receipt and check for errors when you have bought a lot of things. Or when the cashier scans things super quick.
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@kaylachan (58183)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Feb
@lovebuglena Yeah, I know. Especially when we go to Aldi, it's like they are super charged or something.
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@lovebuglena (43081)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Feb
@kaylachan I’ve seen that at Lidl. They scan stuff super fast. Can’t keep up.
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@lovebuglena (43081)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Feb
@LadyDuck but usually if an item is on sale wouldn’t it show regular price and then sale prize?
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@lovebuglena (43081)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Feb
I’ve never seen such a difference in shelf price and register price before.
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@RebeccasFarm (86827)
• United States
12 Feb
Oh you are a very good shopper Lena. That's right, have to watch them.
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@lovebuglena (43081)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Feb
I hate it when they start scanning items before you get to the cashier. You end up missing seeing the screen for the items they already scanned by the time you approach the person. It actually happened yesterday. Juice scanned not at the sale price. I only noticed that after we left the store as I wasn’t by the register when it was scanned. I went back to the store but couldn’t figure out on the shelf if that juice variety was actually on sale or not so didn’t bother going to cashier to ask. I should’ve though. It was a 60¢ difference.
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@JESSY3236 (18953)
• United States
13 Feb
I need to start doing that too. I always forget to check my receipt.
@JudyEv (326128)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Feb
It pays to check your dockets. I have to admit I don't do it every time.
@lovebuglena (43081)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Feb
Sometimes we don’t check receipts if we are in a rush. Not good.
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@LindaOHio (157156)
• United States
13 Feb
I''m glad you caught the error. Have a good day. Did you get some s**w?
@lovebuglena (43081)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Feb
Yep, we did. I already see some melted. 
Not sure if it's because of the salt on the road or because it's not as cold as it should be.
Not sure if it's because of the salt on the road or because it's not as cold as it should be.1 person likes this
