Not worth the time or effort, especially as I am 99% sure the store would say, "Ooops, our mistake. Keep the beer." And yes, I'd sleep just fine.
Wouldn't you sleep better if you KNEW that the owner/manager/cashier had said "oops, our mistake. keep the beer"?
But I probably wouldn't come post about it on this board either
Such a good point.
Just to clarify: the OP said the credit card was swiped and the girl typed in the wrong amount. She never said the beer itself was swiped, so it's not a pricing error in their system, so the "right price or free" policies are irrelevant.
So glad you caught that too.
That's not what karma is.
Even if it were, karma might be "evening" things out FOR YOU, but you have no way of knowing if it's evening things out for the stores! Unless this is ONLY happening at ONE store you go to, of course. If it's over several stores, there's nothing "even" going on.
So ok I call, and maybe even get the same girl so she would have some idea of what I'm talking about. What does she do? The only way they could take the money at this point is by credit card, if the system allows them to do that without ringing up a sale, and then there drawer is going to be off again.
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I just don't want to have to explain what I'm trying to do and be looked at like I have 3 heads for trying to pay this.
You call them and tell them what happened, and *let them figure it out*. You don't have to worry about HOW they'll do it. What's important is that the call/visit be made.
Even when cashiers/owners/managers give you a funny look for doing something that most people woudn't do, it FEELS GOOD. It feesl GREAT to do the right thing like that! To give them the opportunity to figure out what to do, to show them that not everyone is a creep, to show them that you're a decent, caring person. It feels good. I highly recommend it.
The disboards has such morally sound people
It's nice to be around people like that, isn't it? Feels pretty good!
The OP didn't stiff the store.
The OP didn't stiff the store for the time period they didn't know about the to-low charge. The OP is NOW stiffing the store b/c she knows about it.
All of this has reminded me that I have a debt like this I need to clear up! I'm going to go in at a time I figure the owner will be there, and just give them the money (and a bit extra), since I don't even remember when what happened happened. (DH went to buy soup b/c I was sick, and they only take cash but he forgot. The employee was closing up and said he could come back another time to pay, and we just keep forgetting to do that.) They might end up confused, but it'll be in a good way!