[P1] Price Laws - was iBook Sleeves

[Scott Warren]

On Sunday, November 23, 2003, at 02:52  AM, Tom Burke wrote:

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> On Sunday, November 23, 2003, at 01:40  am, Jack Rodgers wrote:
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>> On Nov 22, 2003, at 7:51 AM, Mike Beede wrote:
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>>> They've never given me
>>> the price off the rack, though.  They're definitely members
>>> of the problem set, not the solution set.
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>> The laws may vary but when I went to buy an item the register price 
>> differed from the great big card viewable from anywhere in the store. 
>> I used my stern voice and said that the sign said...blah blah. The 
>> cashier was a bit intimidated and called the mgr over who was faced 
>> with my stern demeanor. They checked the sign and I got the lower 
>> price.
>>
>> I think Florida has a sticker price or advertised price law that may 
>> have helped, don't know about other states.
>>
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> There's a law in the UK (possibly throughout the EU now) that says 
> that if the price on an item is wrong, the retailer either has to sell 
> it at that price, or withdraw it from sale and not sell it at all 
> (presumably so they could re-label the items). What they're not 
> allowed to do is charge a higher price at the till.

With retailers in the US going to bar codes, they post the prices on a 
shelf with the corresponding barcode next to the price.  Problem is 
that the shoppers cant figure that out and when something is in the 
wrong place, dont bother to actually compare the info on the package to 
the info on the price sticker.  I like walmart's solution to this by 
putting up barcode readers everywhere so you can check the price of 
what ever you are about to buy...