Let me first explain something thats going on in this area, as quite a few stores have picked up this illigal pratice and quite a few have gotten fined for it as well. You ever play the little game in school when you were a kid where the teacher told you a long sentenance which you were suppose to pass on to next person then another and see when it got to the other side wether it was the same or twisted up?
Basically some tidbit of misinformation somewhere got all screwey and a lot of retail outlets picked up the illigal pratice. What pratice is this? Its advertising a price under their products, then charging you more and stating theres a start date or end date in small writing that states when it starts or ends so they dont have to honor this. I checked into this, and the little date thing is null and void. If a company advertises a product, THEY MUST SELL IT AT ITS ADVERTISED PRICE or remove the tag. The date on the tag is a reminder to associates when to put them out and take them off, not when they have to honer them.
That all said and done lets go to Walgreens in San Bruno which is the top of my list of following this made up law. My wife and I did a LOT and I mean lot of shopping there number of weeks ago. When we brought the products to the register to be wrung up Im notacing prices showing way more then what they are marked on EVERYTHING! Soda $4.99 instead of $1.99, Antacids $4.50 instead of $2.50, batteries $6 instead of 2 for $5, and a lot more. I told the cashier to stop ringing up and to ring up the correct price who then gets the store manager.
Store manager tells my wife and I that the prices are no longer in effect or will be in effect in a few days and that the tags have dates when they start and end and that he doesnt have to start honoring them. I broke the news to him how wrong he was in regards to this and what the dates ment who basically let it go in one ear and out the other until I took out my digital camra phone and started taking picures of the shelfs.
When he started telling me I cant take pictures in his store I just replied (Why dont you call the sheriff becasue if you dont I will and well discuss these pictures and your prices) He imidiately gave in and gave us the items at the advertised price and Im still reporting this now. Going to get the pictures uploaded lator showing the price tags and what there really charging.
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