frank_f15
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i think the GUMMY BEAR police will let u go this time, but don't let it happen again /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
What would you do? Hypothetical
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Currmudgeon
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Call store owner at home and tell him that when the register comes up $10.00 short tonight, he should require the kid handling register to call me at home and explain that....ummmm, yes sir, I did give you too much change)</font>
You're evil. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I like that.
I'd try to correct the error, but if it becomes too much of a hassle to argue with the folks, then I assume it's corporate policy and take the money.
The one particular instance where all bets are off, is in a negotiated deal. While I won't try to take someone to the cleaners, I assume they know what they want for their stuff, and will negotiate accordingly.
You're evil. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I like that.
I'd try to correct the error, but if it becomes too much of a hassle to argue with the folks, then I assume it's corporate policy and take the money.
The one particular instance where all bets are off, is in a negotiated deal. While I won't try to take someone to the cleaners, I assume they know what they want for their stuff, and will negotiate accordingly.
wroughtn_harv
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Yesterday when my wife got home from work she called back down to Tyler Texas to a ladies shop. It seems her and her aunt had bought some stuff and some way some how a fifteen dollar blouse ended up in my wife's bag. My wife hadn't paid for the blouse. So she called the store to see about shipping it back.
They were surprised and then told her they had a store operated by their son in the metroplex if she'd rather carry it by at her convenience.
What is interesting about my wife is her cajun grandma put the fear in her about keeping anything taken, innocently or not. She believes that if you steal you get punished three times. That fifteen dollar blouse represents a forty five dollar loss immediately even sooner than later.
I think honesty is neat. You'd be amazed at the quality of people you get to talk to when you exhibit it.
They were surprised and then told her they had a store operated by their son in the metroplex if she'd rather carry it by at her convenience.
What is interesting about my wife is her cajun grandma put the fear in her about keeping anything taken, innocently or not. She believes that if you steal you get punished three times. That fifteen dollar blouse represents a forty five dollar loss immediately even sooner than later.
I think honesty is neat. You'd be amazed at the quality of people you get to talk to when you exhibit it.
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I kinda figured we would only get the honest people responses on that one. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
dieselsmoke1
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While I consider myself an honest person, golden rule, bad karma for ill gotten gains, etc. , there's one special area I consider it's every man for himself - Vending Machines. My work kept me on the road and living out of motels for several years, and I basically lived out of these mechanical bandits at times. I've been ripped off so many times over the years (and why does it always happen at 2:00 AM with your last quarter?) there's no way I'll ever break even. But if the day ever comes that I drop a quarter in a vending machine and it blows a gasket and unloads it's contents, I could pick up all the honey buns and potato chips I could carry and walk away with a big smile and a clear concience.
Libertine
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PhilNH5 et al:
While visiting the Iowa state fair museum this year, saw a letter on the wall from an old guy in California. Seems he had snuck into the fair back in 1939 (if I recall the date correctly). He went to Calif in WW2 and lived there since. He sent a letter to the fair returning the money because he had always felt "guilty" about sneeking in.
On the other hand . . . I'll skip the details, but "friend" ripped me for $20k, refused to pay, judgement, bankruptcy (he lied about everything - lost nothing). Anyway found out recently he died at age 63 (a few years ago). Made my day. (No, I didn't do it).
JEH
While visiting the Iowa state fair museum this year, saw a letter on the wall from an old guy in California. Seems he had snuck into the fair back in 1939 (if I recall the date correctly). He went to Calif in WW2 and lived there since. He sent a letter to the fair returning the money because he had always felt "guilty" about sneeking in.
On the other hand . . . I'll skip the details, but "friend" ripped me for $20k, refused to pay, judgement, bankruptcy (he lied about everything - lost nothing). Anyway found out recently he died at age 63 (a few years ago). Made my day. (No, I didn't do it).
JEH
DavidJ
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I agree about the vending machines, If I took everything out of one I still would not be even.
Several years ago we were having problems with ours at work and called the vendor rep in to try alleviate the problem. He told us to just make a note and we'd get our money back. I told him that when you put your last quarter in there at 3:00am, the last thing you want is your money back, you wouldn't put your money in one if you weren't really hungry or thirsty.
Several years ago we were having problems with ours at work and called the vendor rep in to try alleviate the problem. He told us to just make a note and we'd get our money back. I told him that when you put your last quarter in there at 3:00am, the last thing you want is your money back, you wouldn't put your money in one if you weren't really hungry or thirsty.
Mike_Dumond
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We have a vending machine at the hospital I work out of. You'd put in your dollar bill, make your selection, get your change. Then if you hit the coin return, you'd get your dollar back. Had to explain it to the vending company 3 times before they fixed it.
mountain_man
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Watch out at Wally World (and probably your local supermarket too). Wally World will have a big posted price on something, and when you get to the register, the computer will show a higher price. I tell the manager or asst. manager about the discrepancy and they always give me the posted price. However just for yucks, I go back the next day or so and use the in-house scanner, and the price has not been changed (price still higher than posted). This seems to happen on mostly on sale items. Don't know how it work with your stores, but I see it frequently at the local supermarkets too.
Bird
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( have a big posted price on something, and when you get to the register, the computer will show a higher price )</font>
I don't recall that ever happening to me at Wal-Mart, but it was a very frequent and common occurrence at the nearest K-Mart when we lived out in the country. Of course, they've folded up and gone out of business now.
I don't recall that ever happening to me at Wal-Mart, but it was a very frequent and common occurrence at the nearest K-Mart when we lived out in the country. Of course, they've folded up and gone out of business now.
DocHeb
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In Michigan, the law states you are entitled a refund of the error, plus 10 times the scanning error, with a minimum of $1 and a maximum of $5. It only applies to items that have a price affixed and are scanned. The Michigan Attorney General estimated that errors occur in 1 of 6 transactions, but the FTC says they feel it occurs in "only 5%". Many retailers try to get around this by not putting price stickers on items, but the Attorney General has also stated they must use stickers.
In 1999, the Michigan Attorney General sued J.C. Pennys Department Store Chain after finding error rates up to 61%. This article also notes that Wal-Mart has a lower error rate of 0.5%.
In 1999, the Michigan Attorney General sued J.C. Pennys Department Store Chain after finding error rates up to 61%. This article also notes that Wal-Mart has a lower error rate of 0.5%.
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I always make sure things are right in any business transaction. I do not think there is any justification to short either myself or the other person nor to profit just because either party in the transaction doesn't know.
Just because a person can get by with it doesn't make it "ok".
Clearly to me it is deception... and it is theft.
Mike
Just because a person can get by with it doesn't make it "ok".
Clearly to me it is deception... and it is theft.
Mike
JerryG
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<font color="blue"> I always make sure things are right in any business transaction. I do not think there is any justification to short either myself or the other person nor to profit just because either party in the transaction doesn't know.
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That's right and don't you just love the look on their face when you give them money back. If you have all ready gone out of the store and had to go back in to give it to them, some times they act like they have no idea what to do with it. It's almost like they don't know how to deal with a honest person.
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That's right and don't you just love the look on their face when you give them money back. If you have all ready gone out of the store and had to go back in to give it to them, some times they act like they have no idea what to do with it. It's almost like they don't know how to deal with a honest person.
<font color="blue"> It's almost like they don't know how to deal with a honest person. </font>
We did. One part of our business was refilling propane cylinders. It was a repeat business and over the years we got so we could recognize most of the customers. Some were not nice people. One of my employees was a devil - he would, on accasion, deliberately give a customer $1 too much change -- and wait to see the reaction. The ones who gave it back redeemed themselves and went to the head of a list of customers for whom we would do almost anything. The ones who counted their change and stuck the extra dollar in their pocket probably never knew why they didn't get the free advice, etc. that others got, or why it seemed like they had to wait a little longer to get service.
Should we have had preferred customers? Probably not, in a perfect world. But, store owners are human, too. The stinkers always got fair measure, just nothing extra. It was worth the dollar.
We did. One part of our business was refilling propane cylinders. It was a repeat business and over the years we got so we could recognize most of the customers. Some were not nice people. One of my employees was a devil - he would, on accasion, deliberately give a customer $1 too much change -- and wait to see the reaction. The ones who gave it back redeemed themselves and went to the head of a list of customers for whom we would do almost anything. The ones who counted their change and stuck the extra dollar in their pocket probably never knew why they didn't get the free advice, etc. that others got, or why it seemed like they had to wait a little longer to get service.
Should we have had preferred customers? Probably not, in a perfect world. But, store owners are human, too. The stinkers always got fair measure, just nothing extra. It was worth the dollar.
