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Ddr
Member

08-19-2001

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 7:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here's another way to think about it....had that clerk been very pleasant and courteous and made it a joy to shop at that store, would you have turned around in the parking lot and corrected it right then?

Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 7:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You could tell the manager about the tile - say 'some' of it but not all
You could take it all back and pat yourself on the back
You want to tell the manager about the clerk
You need to do it when the manager is in a good mood
You will feel right afterwards & remember it when the flooring is 10 years old

Deesandy
Member

08-12-2003

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 7:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
If you decide to contact the store, do it via email through their website and let them know the entire story. This way you are letting someone higher up the ladder know of the employee situation---those actually working at the store already know and seemingly do not care.

I bet they would thank you for the information and you can let them make the decision as to if you need to correct this transaction.


Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 7:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I would do what Deesandy said, or just call the store and tell them over the phone. After telling them about the clerks attitude etc., I would probably say something like, How much is a box of such and such tile suppose to be. We were charged this amount. Is that right? What should we do. Then you leave it in their hands as to what should be done.

I was at a dollar store a couple of weeks before Christmas, I ran into a person I had not seen in a couple of years, in the checkout line and we talked in the store and out. As we were walking just down the street from the store she realized that her daughter (age 5) had taken a box of candy canes. She just kinda said "Oh, I guess you just took those candy canes, because we didn't pay for them" And she continued on. I was kinda surprised that the mother didn't take the girl and the box of candy canes back to the store to pay for them. What is that teaching the children?



Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 7:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I once went back and made the clerk refund me for a 10 cent error he made in charging me for a little jar of Carmex (I'd only gone to the parking lot, so I didn't have to go far).

But, I did it cause he'd been an ass to me in the first place. He was positively livid when I went back, and even told me he couldn't believe I came all the way back into the store for a "stupid 10 cents." I told him it wasn't the amount, it was the principal of the matter.

I then went home and shot off a letter to his manager. Probably the first time anyone got in trouble over a dime. Unfortunatley, I have a tendency to be a real you-know-what if you get me at the wrong time in the wrong mood.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 7:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think Dylan must have a HUGE room. I make it to be 360 square feet!

And the math is not computing. 12 times 98 cents a sheet is only around $14 including tax, not $166. So $166 is a whole lot closer to the actual price than if she had rung it up per sheet and not per box. Maybe they were having an unadvertised special on the tile? Or it goes on sale tomorrow and they adjusted the scanners/registers today?

Shouldn't Weinermr have caught this math discrepancy already? It is a bit late in the evening for an old dawg to have to be doing sums.



Jmm
Member

08-16-2002

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 8:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Juju, There was a lamp also.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 8:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh!

So maybe I shouldn't have jumped Weinermr?:-)

Would it be okay if I jumped the Sponge instead?

Jmm
Member

08-16-2002

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You betcha' - Spongie, Glenn or Woodpecker are all fine for jumping.

Heyltslori
Member

09-15-2001

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 8:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Don't forget about Rabbit!
pogo

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 8:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
But I bet jumping the woodpecker is the most fun!!!!

Max
Member

08-12-2000

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 8:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
When these kinds of things happen to folks who have kids (especially small ones), the question I ask them is this:

What do you want your kids to learn from this situation?

Once you answer that question, you'll know what to do. :-)

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 8:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL JUju!! I was wrong, it is 20 in a box and the actual charge was only 66.00...12.00 tile and 50 ceiling fan. Bill informs me that Dylan's room is only 225 sq ft.

Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 9:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Actually, I saw on the news that the barcodes on store stuff is changing to THIRTEEN digits as of Jan 1st, as opposed to twelve. And I think in two yrs time, they will be implementing a FOURTEEN digit barcode, which is some worldwide standard. The news piece said to keep an eye on your receipts, as they expect many errors, as products are being produced with the extra digit, but store systems are not yet caught up.

Personally, I say put the bill down UNDER your new floor and forget about it.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 9:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
and ya all are cracking me up!!

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 9:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yay Pamy!!! I KNEW you didn't buy a $150 lamp for a child's room! That money could SO better be spent on Barbies and accessories.

Does this mean I DON'T get to jump the worthless hare?



Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 9:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I forgot about this part of our day...earlier we went to the other home store in town (home depot) and got a lamp, it was on sale but rang up the reg price, when I told the clerk, she acted like I was lying and called someone up to go to back of store and look it up, they came back up and said I was right, she looked pissed and re rang the sale.

So then we go to Lowes and have this prob with their clerk and their stuff not scanning properly !!

Not a good day for scanners/home stores! LOL

Again, thanks everyone for your thoughts, I appreciate them all and have enjoyed reading everyone's posts!!!!

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 9:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, personally, I would not contact the store by email. A phonecall could work, if you ensure you're speaking to management.

If you're going to go to the trouble to report this, then I would stop in and make a personal visit--by arranging a short appointment when it works for both of you. The personal touch is far more effective because then you become a person and not just some voice or account number. You're far likelier to get proper treatment if you go to the trouble to appear in person--at management's convenience (that will ensure he/she can give you the time, consideration and courtesy you deserve).

Why not email? Because you risk a flat, upward mathematical adjustment to your bill and a form letter thanking you for your honesty and apologizing for the clerk's behavior. Is that what you really want?

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 9:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Juju, jump away!!

ps, I will take pics of D's new room when it is done, his makeover is part of his Christmas present.
He picked out the colors, floor, and lamp. He is so excited about it.

Zachsmom
Moderator

07-13-2000

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 9:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The thing is, someone is going to get in trouble for having x amount of boxes of merchandise missing from a dept. I imagine that it will be the manager of the flooring not the clerk who was a shit to you. That's not really fair to whoever is ultimately responsible for this merchandise, it wasn't his/her error.

In order to have a merchadise loss/damage account the company has to set aside a certain amount in that account. The way they accrue money for this is by adjusting the price of goods (meaning the consumer price). If at the end of their accounting cycle they go over this cost, the consumer prices go up. Nothing is ever just written off...someone always pays (usually the consumer).

Go back Pamy and complain about the clerk and like someone said earlier, say that you really hesitated about coming back to make the adjustment because you were treated so badly by their clerk.

Weinermr
Member

08-18-2001

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 9:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dear Juju,

Yes I caught the math error.


Sincerely,



Bob2112
Member

06-12-2002

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 11:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dear Juju,

I didn't do the math, but just wanted to point out that the Sponge is effective for a total of 24 hours, regardless of how much jumping is involved.
It's true! I read it on the internet!

Sincerely,



Spygirl
Moderator

04-23-2001

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 11:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dear Pamy,

Thank you for providing me an immense amount of entertainment this evening. Not only did you bring out Juju's mathematical expertise, but you dug Sponge and Wienermr out of the pits of posting Spain. I anxiously await more!

Sincerely,

spy

P.S. Good luck with that whole moral dilemma thingy


Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Monday, January 03, 2005 - 12:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL! you all are cracking me up!!!

ps. I think Bob AND Weiner are sponge worthy

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Monday, January 03, 2005 - 12:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree, Pamy. But, Juju I think you should kiss the worthless hare instead of jumping him. He is getting OLD, ya know. Might shed all over ya.

hahahahahahhaha