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Re: Supermarkets Ban Woman For Using Their Policy

Ericka — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:11:35 -0000

That is such a typical thing. Godforbid a company actually follows the policy.

This is one of the reasons I dont have faith in humanity.

I hate Wal-Mart by the way.

Thought I'd share.

Re: Supermarkets Ban Woman For Using Their Policy

Bill — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:44:46 -0000

I'm glad she did what she did, but apparently she did things like bring a bunch of things up to the register, and only pay for the ones that were mis-marked. That is truly disruptive, and not fair to either the store or the customers behind her in line. So she's not a complete hero in my eyes.

Nonetheless, she's pointing out a systemic problem, and both consumers and the supermarkets owe her gratitude for that. There's a systemic problem with mis-pricing, and the policy of the stores to give refunds is not really a true, fundamental solution to the problem. The woman's exploitation of the policy points out in a striking way that the policy doesn't really solve the problem.

Re: Supermarkets Ban Woman For Using Their Policy

Jason Schramm — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:42:50 -0000

A local store used to have a policy that if you found an outdated dairy product, they gave you a good one for free. After getting plenty of free products for weeks, they removed the sign that mentioned the program. It was still active for a few more weeks, and then they stopped letting people get the items for free. Even when they allowed it, they always made it difficult to collect on the policy. You have a policy, stop arguing and just honor it.