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  • Submitted: Thursday, March 25, 1999
  • Posted: Saturday, December 25, 1999
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Wal-mart
North Naples Florida U.S.A.

WAL - MART Bait and switch - barcode vs display


1Author 0Consumer 0Employee/Owner

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I´m tired of getting to the check out and finding out that the item rings up at an entirely different price than the display advertises an item to be. There was a time when every item in a store had a price tag on it and unless you couldn´t read the language every one knew exactly how much an item was before they put it into a shopping cart. But today every thing has a barcode that tells the consumer absolutly nothing.

Yesterday while at the local Wal-mart I picked up three chamois
packaged individually and marked as chamois above the barcode. The display I took them off of was also marked ´´ chamois $2.97 ea.´´
Later at the cash register The three chamois rang up at $5.97ea more than double the advertised price. I complained but was told i would have to go to the customer service counter where the lady told me I was wrong I didn´t get them off the display marked $2.97. she double checked the price and told me they were $5.97 ea.

I was really pissed now and I told my wife to mind my cart for a
minute. About three minutes later I came back to customer service with the whole damn display in my hand and told the lady she was wrong , not me she then ignored me and asked to help the next person in line. I interupted them and said SKUZE ME LADY I AINT FINISHED YET! She continued to ignore me and then I asked to see the manager.

She told me that the manager was too busy to see me. Finally the
manager showed up and told me that if I wanted one of the products at the $2.97 price that was OK, but Iwould have to pay $5.97 for the others. I promptly told her to shove them up her ass. Got my money back and told her I would be on line to Wal-Mart within the hour.

´´letters@wal-mart.co´´ gets you directly to David D. Glass CEO
Wal-mart. After doing a three pager to him and making several copies for the staff at wal-mart, I hit the send button. I jumped into the jeep and went back to the store to give the women the copies of my report to the boss. When I got there I found the same articles again on the same display marked ´´chamois $2.97´´ Those assholes do it on purpose they figure most people won´t complain. The E-mail again is
´´ letters@wal-mart.com ´´ Tell em what you think when you get
screwed!!!!!!  

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