More and more stores are opting out of labeling the prices of their products, and it’s no surprise that customers don’t care for this strategy at all
When you’re at a store and you don’t see prices, just go ahead and assume you’re going to get drastically overcharged. It’s unfortunate, and it shouldn’t be allowed, and yet so many store operators get away with it.
There’s a lot of convenience stores around my neighborhood that do this. One place where I go to buy candy will charge me $2.50 (half price more or less) for Sour Patch Kids if I’m alone. But if they see me with a guy, they’ll charge me full price, which is like $4.50. They do this all the time, so when I want cheap food, I go there alone and watch as they ring me up for like, 5 items for $7. Is this fair or ethical? Well no! I get a good deal out of it sometimes, but perhaps it’s at the cost of other customers who are getting overcharged every time.
Apparently, a lot of stores have stopped putting labels on their foodstuffs because of the constant market changes that make the prices rise and fall. As soon as they label a food, it goes up in price the next day. Or, and perhaps this is worse, some big chains have taken to using those electronic labels. That’s so they can change the prices at will, multiple times per day, if they felt so inclined.
This person had a choice to make when faced with a lack of gas station snack prices… Do you think they made the right choice? Read their short tale below, and see what you think about it.
Author: Kayitsi.com
