Vons grocery in Santa Monica has been posting sale prices on shelf items (to lure shoppers into buying the item?) but - at the cash register - the clerks have continued to charge the customer the regular price.
For example, when I attempted to purchase two doughnuts this morning at the listed "sale price" of fifty cents each, the Vons employee rang up a charge of $1.18.
"Is there tax on that," I quizzed the cashier.
"No," she snapped back at me.
Well, when I went to grade school, I was taught that two doughnuts at fifty cents each which total the grand sum of $1.00.
When I brought the matter to her attention, she was inclined to have a box girl double-check the price (in spite of the fact a sign that read "fifty cents" was clearly posted on the window of the doughnut dispensary nearby and within eyesight).
Obviously, Vons actions are suspicious.
Although, the sale price has been in effect for several days at Vons (and Pavilions) in West Hollywood and Santa Monica, management has neglected (?) to correct the price in their terminal at the cash register.
In sum?
Anyone who purchased a doughnut over the past few days is entitled to a refund if a cashier failed to catch the slip-up and charge the shopper the sale price as advertised.
CVS has been slapped-on-the-wrist (and penalized financially, by way, by way of fines) for engaging in this kind of deceptive business practice, false advertising, and outright fraud.
Is Vons next in line?
News at 11!
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