Always Check Your Receipts

[farquhar]

I like to think stores don't intentionally try to screw people out of money, but the pricing error I caught at Sobeys today was particularly egregious.

A 25 Pack of Pepcid AC Max Antacids has a Sale price of $7.99 on the Sticker; it scans at the Register as $16.99. I noticed the error on my receipt after I left the store and went back to complain.

I had to walk the Supervisor to the Pharmacy area and show them their mistake; the Supervisor apologized and refunded the difference to me.

I find my local Sobeys tends to make these types of errors on Items in the Pharmacy quite often.

 

[swouwee]

I do this every week when I shop and the policy with every store is you get it for free if they scan at the wrong price up to $10.00. I check my receipts all the time as every store makes mistakes. Money is better in my pocket than theirs.

 

[jeff2]

I have caught No Frills on Parliament charging wrong prices quite a few times.

 

[chungk7069]

I have caught No Frills on Parliament charging wrong prices quite a few times.

be careful of those deals where they say buy one get a second for free. if you choose two different products with different UPC codes, you will be charged regular price for each. an example would be buying Lays chips with different flavors, but fall under same deal. you buy two ketchup, you are ok. but you buy one ketchup and another bbq, deal doesnt apply unless you complain.

 

[shack]

Not grocery but a car.

I was buying a brand new car and was presented with the bill. I looked over the items and there was one I didn't understand. It was for about $300. When I inquired they told me it was for some global recovery system in case my car was stolen.

I had my original purchase agreement with me. I looked it over and that item was not listed on the original document and now the price was also higher.

I started debating that it was not on the original and I was never told about it. They did their typical song and dance blah, blah, blah...I'll talk to the manager. He comes back and says, "Well, it's already installed." I asked if it was installed at the factory or at the dealership They told me, at the dealership. So I said, in that case you had a chance to ask me if I wanted it before installing it, didn't you? Back to the manager and they took it off the total.

BTW, my car was never stolen.

 

[Ponderling]

My current pet peeve is credit card purchases when shopping in Buffalo, etc ie in USA.
Come back, and pending amounts in online statement are one thing, then finalized statement amounts are always a few bucks more - what gives?
Yes currencies fluctuate, but not that much on a $100 or so purchase

 

[shack]

My current pet peeve is credit card purchases when shopping in Buffalo, etc ie in USA.
Come back, and pending amounts in online statement are one thing, then finalized statement amounts are always a few bucks more - what gives?
Yes currencies fluctuate, but not that much on a $100 or so purchase

Not sure what you're getting charged but based on the exchange rate it's gotta be around 43%

 

[kherg007]

Back on Oz in the early 90s when the scanners came out the govt passed a law that if it scanned higher than the listed price you got it free.
I picked up a 250g wheel of tassie camembert for free. Next day popped in got another. Started to feel guilty but after the 5th day of free camembert they got it sorted out.

 

[Adam_hadam]

My current pet peeve is credit card purchases when shopping in Buffalo, etc ie in USA.
Come back, and pending amounts in online statement are one thing, then finalized statement amounts are always a few bucks more - what gives?
Yes currencies fluctuate, but not that much on a $100 or so purchase

Doing any shopping or hotels in the US? Take cash.
Some of smarties bought lots of US$ in 2012 when (gasp) the CDN$ was worth more than the greenback.
Sell some of your Apple or MSFT stock is also a good way to get US$.

 

[kherg007]

My current pet peeve is credit card purchases when shopping in Buffalo, etc ie in USA.
Come back, and pending amounts in online statement are one thing, then finalized statement amounts are always a few bucks more - what gives?
Yes currencies fluctuate, but not that much on a $100 or so purchase

USA is brutal for leaving out taxes or service charges - so you think you owe the price then 9.5% tax plus whatever - then its too late.

 

[Greytop19]

My current pet peeve is credit card purchases when shopping in Buffalo, etc ie in USA.
Come back, and pending amounts in online statement are one thing, then finalized statement amounts are always a few bucks more - what gives?
Yes currencies fluctuate, but not that much on a $100 or so purchase

You are getting a "service charge" or "foreign transaction fee" for using your card outside Canada.
Shop for a card that does not charge this fee.

 

[Greytop19]

USA is brutal for leaving out taxes or service charges - so you think you owe the price then 9.5% tax plus whatever - then its too late.

Are you saying that taxes and service charges are tacked on after you made a purchase and signed the CC receipt ??

 

[kherg007]

Are you saying that taxes and service charges are tacked on after you made a purchase and signed the CC receipt ??

No, that's usually OK, but that's where your bank fucks you lol. But its just you look at the menu, buy your food, then add 30% for tax and tip lol.
Back in oz you just pay what you see. Round up on a tip with cash. Thus if Bill is $14, leave $15. If it's $13, leave $15. Etc.

 

[Greytop19]

No, that's usually OK, but that's where your bank fucks you lol. But its just you look at the menu, buy your food, then add 30% for tax and tip lol.
Back in oz you just pay what you see. Round up on a tip with cash. Thus if Bill is $14, leave $15. If it's $13, leave $15. Etc.

It is the banks in Canada tacking on additional fees. You made it read that it was the vendors in the US that added the additional costs.

Per your post #11 ----- USA is brutal for leaving out taxes or service charges - so you think you owe the price then 9.5% tax plus whatever - then its too late.

 

[Ponderling]

Some of smarties bought lots of US$ in 2012 when (gasp) the CDN$ was worth more than the greenback.
Sell some of your Apple or MSFT stock is also a good way to get US$.

I moved about 50% of my substantial RRSP plan holdings to a USD side of my Scotia account in 2017.
Mostly so I would not get swindled on broker FX fees when the USD stocks paid their quarterly dividends.
When making the move I was quoted a way large spread to move to USD .
So I bought a wack of DOL, and waited 2d for the trade to settle. Then messaged broker to journal it to the us side of the account ie DOL.U
Then sold DOL.U. 2d later I had my USD to invest as I saw fit, and saved about $3k over what the broker FX fee quoted was.

Since then I smile every time the CAD slides.