Buy 3 Old El Paso Refried Beans, Get Zero FREE
Reader Jeff tells us Genuardi's grocery in South Jersey is running a special now where if you buy three cans of Old El Paso Refried Beans, you get zero for free. Quick, someone post it to Fatwallet. Price tag errors are all around us, and if we look close enough, they're potentially amusing. Other times, they're not funny and cost you money. Wait, maybe that's not a zero. Maybe that's what your rectal chute looks like after eating three cans of Old El Paso Refried beans. They're advertising the "unique product benefit."
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Buy three and you'll get _something_ for free, though I'm not sure anyone at home will consider it a discount.
At least I know that 4th can I won't buy is free.
Props, GNITEROBOT
I was in a Walmart today and saw an employee taking pictures of all the discount signs. If it was me they would of thrown me out!
Have to send proof in to the main office that they've put the signs out properly.
And, of course, the joke isn't as funny when you realise that they're a private business which does have the right to tell you that you can't take photos in the store.
my favorite shelf tag error ever:
last year Office Depot had a cordless phone on clearance for $62 - with $70 worth of rebates. Yes, you actually got paid to buy it (and yes, I did actually get the rebates).
The shelf tag, clearly posted, said this:
phone $62
rebates - $70
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DO NOT POST CALL HELPDESK
Off topic but Genuardi's is the worst supermarket ever, thanks to Safeway buying it and umm messing it up. Their prices are higher than everyone else, even on sale items, so this doesn't surprise me one bit. I don't know how they can stay in business especially with Wegmans on the higher-end (not price wise though) that Genuardi's is/was struggling to be.
I work for Safeway and i can explain this actually common occurance. When tag data is sent down from the corporate level to the store level there are often mistakes. Those mistakes are most of the time caught and corrected by the day that the tags are supposed to be changed, but there is one problem with this. Safeway's system does not automatically remove the incorrect tag from the printing queue, but adds it to a seperate batch called the "corrections batch".
If your dealing with an experenced price change team (sometimes refered to as "Tag Hags") the correct tag will be hung first, and then be removed and replaced with the incorrect tag. In a normal sized Safeway about 6,000 to 10,000 tags are changed weekly so mistakes are bound to happen. Just remember Safeway's policy, if the tag doesn't match what you are charged, the first item is free and all subsequent items are rung as the lesser value.
@MBZ321:
I don't know how they can stay in business especially with Wegmans on the higher-end (not price wise though) that Genuardi's is/was struggling to be.
1 big reason is that there's still not enough Wegmans, at least in my area. None within an hours' drive. Genuardi's was always more expensive than the other local stores even before Safeway took them over. Papa Genuardi is rolling in his grave.
The Stp & Shops in the Boston Area are notorious for spelling and logical errors. For three years running the signage in the produce department has had this little gem: "Lemons. Perfect for orange juice!"
You don't own El Paso beans, you just rent them...