XPost: nyc.announce, nyc.general, nyc.politics 
 From: presence@MUNGEpanix.com 
  
 In nyc.general Freedom Man  wrote: 
 > The Foodtown store on McDonald Ave. & Albemarle Rd. in Brooklyn - and 
 > probably many others - DELIBERATELY posts signs and price tags showing a 
 > lower price than is actually charged when the scanner-register rings up the 
 > sale on some products. 
 > 
 > Complain to the checkout clerk, and it is likely he or she will claim that 
 > the scanner price is correct. 
 > 
 > Get ahold of the manager, and he or she also may claim this. 
 > 
 > PROVE you are right by taking the manager to the shelf the product is on, 
 or 
 > showing the "sale" sign or flyer with the advertised price, and you'll get 
 a 
 > grudgingly-given reduction of the price to what it should be. 
 > 
 > THE STORE IS LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO CHARGE ONLY THE ADVERTISED OR POSTED 
 > PRICE. 
 > 
 > THE STORE IS LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO POST ON THE SHELF OR TAG THE PRODUCT WITH 
 > A PRICE, AND THE CORRECT PRICE. 
 > 
 > Don't be afraid of causing a delay, and SPEAK OUT LOUD for all to hear when 
 > you complain of this attempt to ROB YOU. 
 > If shoplifting is illegal and unacceptable, it is also illegal and 
 > unacceptable for a store to rob its customers! 
 > 
 > If these thieving scumbag stores keep this up, shoplifting squads may be 
 > needed to even the score. Or maybe some fed-up store scam victims will get 
 > angry and do some damage - those big windows are fragile, and pretty 
 > expensive! 
 > 
 > 
  
 ha, shoplifting squads! 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
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