Restaurants adding fees

[Torvy]

Sam's has automated the receipt check on the way out. They still have someone standing there, but the receipt is read automatically.

Our kid used to like to hand the receipts and get a smiley face on it.

I don't have a problem with checking receipts. Theft prevention keeps my prices lower and I'd rather have that than locked up merchandise.

 

[tradosaurus]

lol, that's funny too. Short side story about my deck. I asked several companies for a quote, not an estimate. I made sure it was perfectly clear that I wanted an out the door price, and any additions had to be discussed, as in changes I made. To the winning builder, I made sure again, that price quoted will be price paid, unless I changed something. I told him an estimate is an educated guess, a quote is a firm price. he agreed. I made a small addition, and was told $600 more. I agreed. Came bill time, his original price went up 50%, 12k to 18k. He said supplies were more expensive that he thought. If I did need help in future from any trade, I would have told him to pound sand. I agreed to 3k, which brought him up to two other bids.

If the time from the quote to the time for work was an extenuated period of time I could see the increase. If the time was less than, say, 2 weeks, I would have the guy he should have quoted better.
My guess is he quoted to get the job and then made the excuse of suppy cost increase to make up his shady quoting.

 

[DarkBlack]

Nothing compared to today’s add on restaurant fees, but I still remember my disbelief for getting charged an extra buck for maple syrup to go with my Belgium waffle. She later explained, the common fake syrup would have been free.
I remember another place charging 50 cents for pads of butter, but fake butter margarine would have been free. Times have changed, but they haven’t.
One other old memory.. I remember being peeved with an unexpected adder charge for the little sour cream container for using on my baked potato… on an already expensive steak dinner…good thing I didn’t say ok to croutons on the salad

 

[Mtsoxfan]

If the time from the quote to the time for work was an extenuated period of time I could see the increase. If the time was less than, say, 2 weeks, I would have the guy he should have quoted better.
My guess is he quoted to get the job and then made the excuse of suppy cost increase to make up his shady quoting.

yes, less than 2 weeks.

 

[D&D]

I don't have a problem with checking receipts. Theft prevention keeps my prices lower and I'd rather have that than locked up merchandise.

Since Sam's is a national chain, do they tally losses for just Texas (82) or nationally and divide by 601 ?

 

[Torvy]

Chains operate locally and regionally as well as nationally.