Best way to stop this is something like the FTC stepping in. Honestly, this is mostly likely illegal in the context of a grocery store.
If I walk up to a shelf, grab an item advertised at $1, then when I get to the checkout stand it’s actually $2, you’ve now mislead me on the price with no ability for me to have verified the price.
Now, without getting the law involved, one thing you can do is simply make it too expensive for these stores to switch prices. Take a picture of the price when you grab an item (annoying I know) and if you get to the exit and the price is higher, reject it and have the grocer take it back.
If you don’t want to do this with everything, primarily target refrigerated foods which they HAVE to throw out if you give it back to them (And they have to take it back).
In Australia, if you see an item had scanned for more than the price advertised on the shelf, you get it free. I’ve seen it in action a few times in my life. Last one was a savvy teenager who saw his bottle of coke was higher and he called it. He got it free.
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Best way to stop this is something like the FTC stepping in. Honestly, this is mostly likely illegal in the context of a grocery store.
If I walk up to a shelf, grab an item advertised at $1, then when I get to the checkout stand it’s actually $2, you’ve now mislead me on the price with no ability for me to have verified the price.
Now, without getting the law involved, one thing you can do is simply make it too expensive for these stores to switch prices. Take a picture of the price when you grab an item (annoying I know) and if you get to the exit and the price is higher, reject it and have the grocer take it back.
If you don’t want to do this with everything, primarily target refrigerated foods which they HAVE to throw out if you give it back to them (And they have to take it back).
In Australia, if you see an item had scanned for more than the price advertised on the shelf, you get it free. I’ve seen it in action a few times in my life. Last one was a savvy teenager who saw his bottle of coke was higher and he called it. He got it free.
No such luck in the US. Company stores are barely illegal here.