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- From: tzs@carson.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: KMart's policy if items scan at the wrong price.
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 10:09:42 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington School of Law, Class of '95
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- In article <C0wH3C.66I.2@cs.cmu.edu> murthy+@EDRC.CMU.EDU (Sesh Murthy) writes:
- >I just bought an item (STP oil treatment) from Kmart(at the
- >Monroeville storin Pittsburgh) and the price marked on the
- >shelf was $1.42 and the price on the bill was $1.77. Normally
- >all stores where this happens refund the price of the
- >item. I even thought this was the law.
- >
- >The manager at the counter was very rude when I told her that
- >returning $0.35 was not sufficient restitution. When I called
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- $1.77
- -$1.42
- ------
- $0.35
-
- I'd be very curious to hear under what theory you claim that $0.35 is not
- sufficient restitution.
-
- --Tim Smith
-