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/CoolRanchBaby 2d ago edited 2d ago

Listen. I’m convinced it’s not an accident, whatever they claim. This past week I had:

B&M charge me £22 for a £15 toy. (£7 error)

Boots sunscreen was buy one get one free, so I got two £13 bottles, and they charged me full price. For both (£13 error).

ASDA charged by £13 for a £7 kids clothing item (£6 error).

In each of these cases I was paying attention and it was also a big enough amount it was noticeable right away. It still took forever for them to “check it”/correct it. And yes I was correct and their till was wrong. I bet enough people doing a big purchase don’t notice. I was just telling my husband I do think it’s on purpose.

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u/Arthur_Figg_II 2d ago

Exactly. If you have a large shop with a queue behind you and a self serve till shouting at you about bags and weights its easy to miss. Ignoring the fact you dont expect any of the automation to be wrong. It's staggering that it's allowed to happen and you need to xheck every single item you buy to make sure your not pverpaying.

You go to Spain or Portugal and they have the automated prices that change across the network in sync yet in 3rd world Bwexitland we have supermarkets that are not honoring offers or shown prices.

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u/CoolRanchBaby 2d ago

Exactly. I was the most pissed about the sunscreen because I specifically look out for the BOGOF every spring to stock up and THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE YEARS. Like why would this happen year after year by accident?? I don’t trust big companies at all on this stuff. They’ll never get the “benefit of the doubt” from me, lol.