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Default OT - sort of - Avoiding false grocery charges

KenK wrote:
>
> Doesn't happen often, but often enough to be annoying. Got home last
> Saturday after grocery shopping and found I didn't have ~$5 worth of stuff
> I was charged for. Possibly previous customer got the stuff, or perhaps I
> left it behind. Why can't these checkout people be more careful? Usually I
> check bag turntable to be sure I got everything. Can't recall if I did so
> this time. Checkout people should do that. Check stuff in bags against cash
> register list? Way too much trouble - and hard to do - for such an uncommon
> event.
>
> What to do? Live with it? Something else?


Jeez KenK, between this group and the other group, you have many
problems.

Learn to look at your receipt *before* you leave the store's parking
lot. If there is a mistake, go right back in and get it fixed. In my
grocery store, if they charged me the wrong price they will not only
refund the money but I get the item for free.

Occasionally, I forget to check. Once I get home and find a mistake, I
usually just "eat it" and remind myself to check better the next time.
In your case, a $5.00 overcharge, I would drive back and get it fixed.