"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> 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.

Looking at the receipt isn't going to help if he is missing items. I do tend
to look at the receipt though, especially if the total seems too high.
Sometimes I don't get a sale price or they have scanned an item too many
times.