Found a $5 markup on a $2 item at the grocery store and felt like a detective

I was at the Stop & Shop on Elm Street yesterday and saw a box of granola bars priced at $6.99, but the shelf tag right under it said $1.99 for the same brand different flavor. Turns out they swapped the tags on purpose, and the manager tried to play it off as a mistake. Has anyone else caught a store doing stuff like this and got them to honor the lower price?

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charlies372d ago

Oh man, this happened to me at a Walmart a few months back. They had a huge display of cans of soup with a sign for like $1.29 but when I got to the register it rang up at $2.49 each. I called them out and the cashier just shrugged, then a manager came over and tried to say the sign was for a different brand. I pointed right at it and made them check the shelf. They finally gave me the lower price after I made a fuss, but it felt like pulling teeth. Did you get them to fix it at least?

grant1552d ago

Yeah I saw a news report saying this happens way too often with digital shelf tags now.

wren_mitchell2d ago

See, I kind of get why managers push back on price matches sometimes. You have to think about how many people just grab stuff without reading the fine print, and if stores gave in every time, they'd lose a ton of money on small price differences. @charlies37, I get that it's frustrating but honestly, a $1.20 difference on soup is not the hill I'd die on when you could just walk away and buy a different brand.