my AMAZING ground beef deal!

[pookybean]

i just had to share....

was grocery shopping today and the ground beef was just too expensive so i wasnt going to get any (3.49 regular price, may have been on sale too but not enough). so im looking through the packages and i find one for $2.20! apparently the scale was off, it said .67 lbs but it is actually 6.7lbs!

i figured what the heck, if it doesnt go through the register as $2.20 ill put it back. but it did

i figured thats what they get for charging so much in the first place! lol unfortunately there were no others priced like that!

 

[cmwade77]

Hope that was a few pounds worth at either price! I usually buy my ground beef when it is $0.99 or less per pound and freeze it.

 

[dislal]

Hope that was a few pounds worth at either price! I usually buy my ground beef when it is $0.99 or less per pound and freeze it.

Honestly where do you find ground meat for .99 we are lucky to find it here for $3 a pound....western PA here!

 

[LJSquishy]

What a great find! I hardly ever buy ground beef so if I found a deal like that I would totally snatch it up!

 

[FarmDisney]

Where do you ever find ground beef for $0.99/lb? I would love that!

Ground chuck is on sale here this week for $2.99/lb which is a great price.

 

[pixiewings71]

not here for 99 cents a lb either.....I pay $2.49 a lb minimum.

 

[luvmy3]

i just had to share....

was grocery shopping today and the ground beef was just too expensive so i wasnt going to get any (3.49 regular price, may have been on sale too but not enough). so im looking through the packages and i find one for $2.20! apparently the scale was off, it said .67 lbs but it is actually 6.7lbs!

i figured what the heck, if it doesnt go through the register as $2.20 ill put it back. but it did

i figured thats what they get for charging so much in the first place! lol unfortunately there were no others priced like that!

Thats what they get for charging so much in the first place? I guess I see $3.49 as about as cheap as you can get to feed a family beef for dinner for one night.

 

[BBandDisney]

That's shoplifting.

 

[Zhoen]

That's shoplifting.

I only scanned down to the bottom of this because I *KNEW* someone would try to say that. You are incorrect. If a store marks a price on an item or advertises it on sale a certain price, they are required by law to sell the item at that price. If they don't, that's bait and switch, which *IS* a crime, and one stores get away with a lot.

 

[DawnM]

Pretty much.

The store employee marked it incorrectly. Now the store owner has to pay the price.

Disney is considered by many to be overpriced.......should I stick it to them because that is what they get/deserve?

That's shoplifting.

 

[kathie859]

That's shoplifting.

Well, I'm not sure it's shoplifting; BUT I don't think I'd be bragging about capitalizing on an obvious store error It seems a little less than honest. I've gone thru packages of the same item and found some marked down or priced at an old "sale" price and picked those--but I'm really not sure I'd take such an obvious markdown without asking the department manager if it was accurate.

 

[Zhoen]

If they advertise a price, and you accept that offer, then yes. You can argue the philosophy of it, but she did not break a law.

 

[doxdogy]

You can spin it anyway you want too. But in essence it is stealing. You knew it was marked for the wrong price. Instead of pointing the error out, you decided to take advantage of the situation. Which means the store has lost money on the deal. Which means the loss is passed on to the shopper, which means higher prices. Maybe I am just too honest, but I would have pointed it out to the meat department.

 

[Zhoen]

You can spin it anyway you want too. But in essence it is stealing. You knew it was marked for the wrong price. Instead of pointing the error out, you decided to take advantage of the situation. Which means the store has lost money on the deal. Which means the loss is passed on to the shopper, which means higher prices. Maybe I am just too honest, but I would have pointed it out to the meat department.

And if you had, they would still have been required by law to give it to you for that price. Hopefully they would have thanked you for your honesty as they sold it to you for the offered price.

 

[mrsklamc]

If a store marks a price on an item or advertises it on sale a certain price, they are required by law to sell the item at that price. If they don't, that's bait and switch, which *IS* a crime, and one stores get away with a lot.

A legitimate accident is not bait and switch, and laws as to whether marked prices have to be honored vary by state.

As to the person who said 'That's what they get for charging so much,' - We're lucky it's that cheap and it only is due to farm subsidies. There was a drought this summer and the price of corn went through the roof, and the size of cattle herds was drastically reduced because farmers couldn't afford to feed them. So long story short, there's no justification in thinking you are somehow justified in taking advantage of the situation in saying 'that's what they get for charging so much' when the pricing is actually more than fair.

 

[CammelleandBre]

That an awesome deal. That has happened to me before too, but it was a pork roast and I bought it for....5 cents at Meijer. Cashier saw it said that's what they get for not paying attention. It tasted even better knowing how great a deal I got. Also I would love to get ground beef for 99 cents. Where i live $2.99 on ground beef is a deal.

 

[Nina1]

You can spin it anyway you want too. But in essence it is stealing. You knew it was marked for the wrong price. Instead of pointing the error out, you decided to take advantage of the situation. Which means the store has lost money on the deal. Which means the loss is passed on to the shopper, which means higher prices. Maybe I am just too honest, but I would have pointed it out to the meat department.

Agreed. Taking advantage of such an obvious mistake in price is wrong and dishonest.

 

[ceecee]

I would have pointed it out as well. Whatever you can live with. My luck I would get food poisoning! Karma! I bought two towels the other day and the cashier didn't unfold them, after looking at my receipt I told her and she rang up the other one.

 

[Burnedout]

Pretty much.

The store employee marked it incorrectly. Now the store owner has to pay the price.

Disney is considered by many to be overpriced.......should I stick it to them because that is what they get/deserve?

That is how people justify lying about ages etc. if someone took advantage of the ops mistake at her business I suspect she wouldn't see it the same way.

 

[Burnedout]

If a car dealership misprints a price as $29.95 rather than $2995 they are not required to honor it no difference. not bait and switch.