Have you ever wondered if the products in those to-good-to-be-true ads are for real? After all, some of their claims are rather pie-in-the-sky like. I decided to try a few products that I’ve seen advertised recently.
At my local Rite-Aid I picked up a bottle of “Heel Tastic.” My heels are always cracked and bleeding. I’ve tried [...]

Have you noticed the recent Campbell’s Soup commercials for their newest line of products; Select Harvest, advertising their new natural soup line with “real ingredients”, sea salt and no MSG? This advertising campaign makes me wonder what ingredients are found in their regular soup line.
My reason for bringing it to your attention is that the Select Harvest [...]

Hi Annette,
I feel like a victim of this scanning law problem as well.
I went to Rite-Aid to buy a few items and try to find a cheaper brand of face powder than what I normally buy from the very high-end stores (my husband has been laid off since October and I cannot in good conscience [...]

I live in Texas. Many times the price listed on the shelf for an item is not the price at check out.
In Texas we have a Deceptive Trade Practice law that protects consumers. The advertised price IS what the store must charge otherwise they are subject to being sued for three times the amount of [...]

I have an ongoing problem with Meijers pricing problems! Seems like the problems are getting worse, but enforcement is non-existent.
Just last week I purchased gourmet coffee for $6.99 a pound, listed as buy one, get one free. When the cashier scanned the item, the charge was $7.99 a pound. I caught the mistake and the [...]

Does the scanner law go far enough?
I am diligent about checking my receipts and I have to tell you, it’s the rare occasion that I shop at a major grocery or department store and not find a mistake on my receipt.
To be honest, sometimes the mistakes are in my favor, but not nearly often enough.
Consumers [...]

Retailers say scanner technology has several advantages: speeding checkout time, lowering labor costs, and improving sales and inventory records. They also say that scanning results in fewer pricing errors than manual entry.

On a recent visit to Meijer I purchased a bag of potato chips, the price was not marked on the bag of chips, but on the shelving unit below. The price marked on the sticker was $2.50. However, when I checked out, the chips rang up at $2.99.
I am in the habit of checking my [...]

This weekend I was overcharged at two different Meijers at two separate times.
On Thursday, I went to a Meijers in Grand Rapids, MI. I bought some Margarita mix. The price tag was marked $15.88. When I got home, I checked the receipt and the item had rung up for $17.95. I called the store and [...]

I think you will agree with me when I say that this story is another outrageous example of Walmart fleecing the consumer.
My mother and I went in to purchase new HP cartridges for her printer in the Ponca City, Oklahoma, Walmart store. We went in with the old empty cartridges to insure that we were [...]

I have a question, I was shopping at the Meijers in Portage and was overcharged for 2 rolls of wallpaper ($1.00 over each). Now, they didn’t give me a hassle about the $2.00 or about the scanner law in general, but what I got back was $7.12.
My question is, since they scanned 2 items wrong, [...]

I live in Fort Wayne, Indiana and it is time for the advertisement for school supplies. I think the ad you show of the boy with the pencils up his nose and the boys throwing paper wads around the room is unbecoming of a store like yours, for young children to view. We have enough [...]

On July 7th, 2006 I went to buy a few things at Meijers. One of my items scanned wrong and I noticed this before getting into my car. I took the item and the sign for this item to the service counter.
The price that was stamped on the package of the english muffins did say [...]

ARRRHHHH!
I have had enough of this Meijer crap and I’m prepared to fight back. I’m damn sick of them picking my pockets while I’m in their stores; from now on it’s urine in the returned cans; tacks dipped in dung for the managers coffee break rest area benches; strings across the isles and tied to [...]