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I found a whole untrimmed beef tenderloin for $0.50 at Costco. The employees refused to let me buy it and ran to the back to get the rest of the incorrectly pri

by wil421 7y ago

I found a whole untrimmed beef tenderloin for $0.50 at Costco. The employees refused to let me buy it and ran to the back to get the rest of the incorrectly priced ones out of the cooler. I was younger and didn’t press the issue. Now that I’m older I would’ve pressed the issue and grabbed the whole cooler but I don’t really want to get someone fired. Who would you complain to if they refused to let you buy it?

jedberg 7y ago
Costco is membership based so they could just revoke your membership.
- dwild 7y ago
  I'm not sure testing the law on that would have been something that worth it for them for a bit of meat. The impact on their PR would awful too.
reaperducer 7y ago
Who would you complain to if they refused to let you buy it? Your state attorney general. It usually has a consumer fraud department for this sort of thing. If your city is large enough, there may be an equivalent city office. For things like gas, it's often the county or state department of weights and measures.
BurningFrog 7y ago
Insisting on buying at the mistaken price might have been legal, but it would still be a major jerk move.
- welly 7y ago
  > but it would still be a major jerk move. Why? Genuinely curious.
  - shard 7y ago
    Well, whichever worker accidentally mislabeled it could have a really bad day, depending on how much money the store ended up losing.
    - welly 7y ago
      That's fair.
  - BurningFrog 7y ago
    To me it's basically stealing. The misprinted price is clearly not what the store intended, which means it would not be a consensual transaction. I'm in turn genuinely curious how this is not obvious. Would you be comfortable doing the same to someone who accidentally omitted a zero on their used car sales price on Craigslist?
- MrBuddyCasino 7y ago
  How is this downvoted? Is capitalising on someone else's innocent mistake at all costs really the high road to take here?

by wil421 7y ago

jedberg 7y ago

Costco is membership based so they could just revoke your membership.

dwild 7y ago
I'm not sure testing the law on that would have been something that worth it for them for a bit of meat. The impact on their PR would awful too.

reaperducer 7y ago

Who would you complain to if they refused to let you buy it? Your state attorney general. It usually has a consumer fraud department for this sort of thing. If your city is large enough, there may be an equivalent city office. For things like gas, it's often the county or state department of weights and measures.

BurningFrog 7y ago

Insisting on buying at the mistaken price might have been legal, but it would still be a major jerk move.

welly 7y ago
> but it would still be a major jerk move. Why? Genuinely curious.
- shard 7y ago
  Well, whichever worker accidentally mislabeled it could have a really bad day, depending on how much money the store ended up losing.
  - welly 7y ago
    That's fair.
- BurningFrog 7y ago
  To me it's basically stealing. The misprinted price is clearly not what the store intended, which means it would not be a consensual transaction. I'm in turn genuinely curious how this is not obvious. Would you be comfortable doing the same to someone who accidentally omitted a zero on their used car sales price on Craigslist?
MrBuddyCasino 7y ago
How is this downvoted? Is capitalising on someone else's innocent mistake at all costs really the high road to take here?