r/Scotland • u/Arthur_Figg_II • 2d ago

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Anyone noticed how many supermarket items are wrongly priced and go through Morrisons tills a couple quid more than they are advertised on the shelf.

I spotted this happen to me in a co op and started to pay a bit more attention. Didn't happen again at the co op but at morrisons it's every single shop. Yesterday it was pepper marked at 1.79 that went through the till at 2.20. Morrisons immediately alter it which makes me think it's a known intentional scam.

Every single shop this year there has been at least one. Some as far as £5 marked up from what's advertised. It's not a members discount or anything as I made sure of this early on. Just either incompetence or a scam.

Just went to Sainsbury's there as I'm fed up with Morrisons and had the same thing happen on a £2 kombucha that went through the till at 2.95. No club card discount just the shelf price then an invisible 95p added to it ...

Not like the massive hikes these firms have put on everything isn't enough they now put up fake prices.

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u/karmicos 2d ago

Morrisons have slashed staff numbers so the price changes aren't being processed properly and the few staff they have left really couldn't give a dam as they are being worked to death. Source used to work for them.

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u/Vectorman1989 #1 Oban fan 2d ago

Yeah, same thing happens at Asda (or used to), staff numbers cut and shelf labels not being changed fast enough. I'm pretty sure they were still paying Walmart for help with their tills too as they didn't have their own solution in place so prices on the tills/self checkouts were a mess.

A lot of places are slowly making the switch to ESEL technology which should alleviate things

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u/Arthur_Figg_II 2d ago

That would make sense. Tbf the pepper when I pointed it out to the lady on the self serve just removed the item and complained about the company.

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u/karmicos 1d ago

Yeah that's the way if you complain to the staff on the checkout they will not give a shit about the company so freebies for you. Morrisons induction is literally all about how everyone you work with and everyone who shops there is a thief and how best to stop them or grass them up it was truly horrifying.