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maxine in ri > wrote:

> On Nov 18, 7:58*pm, notbob > wrote:
> > I've been going to Safeway to buy their great turkey bargains for over 30
> > yrs. *Never have I encountered a problem. *Go in, buy turkey, go out. Today,
> > we went to our local Safeway to buy the advertised turkey sale of $5/$7
> > turkeys, as we/I have done some many times before. *Low and behold. once in
> > the store, we were confronted with a disclaimer sign above each frozen
> > turkey bin informing us that we must buy $25 worth of groceries to get said
> > discount! *This was not in the flyer. *Upon questioning Safeway storedroid,
> > I was informed this was policy for whole Denver district stores.
> >
> > Have any other of you rfc regulars... about the country.... encountered this
> > extortion sales gambit?
> >
> > nb
>
> That's how most of the stores in New England do it. To get the sale
> price, you need to purchase X amount above and beyond the birdie.

Same for the stores in my areas (Southern NJ). Its always been the deal
where you spend some $X and you get a free turkey.