Doesn't happen often, but often enough to be annoying. Got home last
Saturday after grocery shopping and found I didn't have ~$5 worth of stuff
I was charged for. Possibly previous customer got the stuff, or perhaps I
left it behind. Why can't these checkout people be more careful? Usually I
check bag turntable to be sure I got everything. Can't recall if I did so
this time. Checkout people should do that. Check stuff in bags against cash
register list? Way too much trouble - and hard to do - for such an uncommon
event.

What to do? Live with it? Something else?

TIA


--
You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 9:39:09 AM UTC-4, KenK wrote:
> Doesn't happen often, but often enough to be annoying. Got home last
> Saturday after grocery shopping and found I didn't have ~$5 worth of stuff
> I was charged for. Possibly previous customer got the stuff, or perhaps I
> left it behind. Why can't these checkout people be more careful? Usually I
> check bag turntable to be sure I got everything. Can't recall if I did so
> this time. Checkout people should do that. Check stuff in bags against cash
> register list? Way too much trouble - and hard to do - for such an uncommon
> event.
>
> What to do? Live with it? Something else?

A couple of weeks ago, I left about $20 worth of groceries on the turntable.
I wrote it off, as it was my own darned fault I didn't pick up that bag.
Sometimes the cashier will notice and alert me that I've left a bag behind,
but this guy was a space cadet. I swear, if you looked up "stoner" in the
dictionary, you'd see his picture.

I don't often have that problem, because I generally use brightly-colored
reusable bags and it's easy to see when I've got them all. But this trip
I was in a hurry, and I know that bagging is faster if I let the store
give me their plastic bags, so that's what I did, much to my chagrin.

Cindy Hamilton

Cindy Hamilton

On 8/8/2016 7:39 AM, KenK wrote:
> Doesn't happen often, but often enough to be annoying. Got home last
> Saturday after grocery shopping and found I didn't have ~$5 worth of stuff
> I was charged for. Possibly previous customer got the stuff, or perhaps I
> left it behind. Why can't these checkout people be more careful? Usually I
> check bag turntable to be sure I got everything. Can't recall if I did so
> this time. Checkout people should do that. Check stuff in bags against cash
> register list? Way too much trouble - and hard to do - for such an uncommon
> event.
>
> What to do? Live with it? Something else?
>
> TIA
>
>
I realised that I'd left something behind at the s/m a couple of weeks
ago. I went back the following day and found out that they kept a "left
behind" book and sure enough, my item was listed.
Graham

On 2016-08-08, KenK > wrote:

> What to do? Live with it? Something else?

Return and complain. I had one checker charge me $22 fer three buns
of cilantro. She made good and I didn't even hafta return the
produce. Later, a Safeway checker tried to refund my $$ fer some bad
pecorino I complained about. I had neither the receipt nor the
cheese, so could not, in good conscience, accept her refund.

nb

KenK wrote:
>
> Doesn't happen often, but often enough to be annoying. Got home last
> Saturday after grocery shopping and found I didn't have ~$5 worth of stuff
> I was charged for. Possibly previous customer got the stuff, or perhaps I
> left it behind. Why can't these checkout people be more careful? Usually I
> check bag turntable to be sure I got everything. Can't recall if I did so
> this time. Checkout people should do that. Check stuff in bags against cash
> register list? Way too much trouble - and hard to do - for such an uncommon
> event.
>
> What to do? Live with it? Something else?

Jeez KenK, between this group and the other group, you have many
problems.

Learn to look at your receipt *before* you leave the store's parking
lot. If there is a mistake, go right back in and get it fixed. In my
grocery store, if they charged me the wrong price they will not only
refund the money but I get the item for free.

Occasionally, I forget to check. Once I get home and find a mistake, I
usually just "eat it" and remind myself to check better the next time.
In your case, a $5.00 overcharge, I would drive back and get it fixed.

On 2016-08-08 9:39 AM, KenK wrote:
> Doesn't happen often, but often enough to be annoying. Got home last
> Saturday after grocery shopping and found I didn't have ~$5 worth of stuff
> I was charged for. Possibly previous customer got the stuff, or perhaps I
> left it behind. Why can't these checkout people be more careful? Usually I
> check bag turntable to be sure I got everything. Can't recall if I did so
> this time. Checkout people should do that. Check stuff in bags against cash
> register list? Way too much trouble - and hard to do - for such an uncommon
> event.
>
> What to do? Live with it? Something else?
>
>

Did you check your car? A friend of ours has a strange smell in her car
and it got worse and worse. It turned out to be a package of cream
cheese that had somehow ended up between the passenger seat and console
of her car. She had been sure that she had bought cream cheese but when
she went to get some a few days later she could not find it and thought
she had simply forgotten to buy it.

Dave Smith > wrote in
:

> On 2016-08-08 9:39 AM, KenK wrote:
>> Doesn't happen often, but often enough to be annoying. Got home last
>> Saturday after grocery shopping and found I didn't have ~$5 worth of
>> stuff I was charged for. Possibly previous customer got the stuff, or
>> perhaps I left it behind. Why can't these checkout people be more
>> careful? Usually I check bag turntable to be sure I got everything.
>> Can't recall if I did so this time. Checkout people should do that.
>> Check stuff in bags against cash register list? Way too much trouble
>> - and hard to do - for such an uncommon event.
>>
>> What to do? Live with it? Something else?
>>
>>
>
> Did you check your car? A friend of ours has a strange smell in her
> car and it got worse and worse. It turned out to be a package of
> cream cheese that had somehow ended up between the passenger seat and
> console of her car. She had been sure that she had bought cream
> cheese but when she went to get some a few days later she could not
> find it and thought she had simply forgotten to buy it.
>
>
>
I thought of that. No such luck. It was on my receipt so I bought it.



--
You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 3:39:09 AM UTC-10, KenK wrote:
> Doesn't happen often, but often enough to be annoying. Got home last
> Saturday after grocery shopping and found I didn't have ~$5 worth of stuff
> I was charged for. Possibly previous customer got the stuff, or perhaps I
> left it behind. Why can't these checkout people be more careful? Usually I
> check bag turntable to be sure I got everything. Can't recall if I did so
> this time. Checkout people should do that. Check stuff in bags against cash
> register list? Way too much trouble - and hard to do - for such an uncommon
> event.
>
> What to do? Live with it? Something else?
>
> TIA
>
>
> --
> You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
> when something closes the door from the inside.

The reality is that you're responsible for your purchases. Pretend that you're a shepherd and your purchases are your flock. Who's fault is it when a shepherd loses a lamb? This requires that you be mindful and keep an eagle eye on your sheep... err I mean your stuff unless, of course, you're actually buying sheep or lamb.

On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 10:13:55 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>
>
> Learn to look at your receipt *before* you leave the store's parking
> lot.
>
>
> Occasionally, I forget to check.

K

On 2016-08-08 1:36 PM, Thomas wrote:
> On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 10:13:55 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>>
>>
>> Learn to look at your receipt *before* you leave the store's parking
>> lot.
>>
>>
>> Occasionally, I forget to check.



I try to keep an eye on the screen as the items are being scanned.

"KenK" > wrote in message
...
> Doesn't happen often, but often enough to be annoying. Got home last
> Saturday after grocery shopping and found I didn't have ~$5 worth of stuff
> I was charged for. Possibly previous customer got the stuff, or perhaps I
> left it behind. Why can't these checkout people be more careful? Usually I
> check bag turntable to be sure I got everything. Can't recall if I did so
> this time. Checkout people should do that. Check stuff in bags against
> cash
> register list? Way too much trouble - and hard to do - for such an
> uncommon
> event.
>
> What to do? Live with it? Something else?
>
> TIA

Call the store and tell them. This has happened to me before. They'll give
you the missing items. Once for me it was some meat and something else. I
sent husband to go get it. He wound up getting a refund on the meat.
Apparently they had no more of whatever I bought and they were trying to
make him take something else instead that was lesser quality.

I once rang up and put quite a few pairs of women's panties into a bag for a
man. He was buying something for a party and neither he nor the customer
behind him were paying attention when I rang up the panties. Our store had
no dividers at the time to separate orders. He paid with a credit card and
didn't pay attention to the total which IIRC correctly was well over $50.
What he intended to buy was only about $5.

I have also gotten home and found weird things in my bag that I did not buy
or pay for. Often it is candy. Once it was some eye product that was badly
expired. Once it was some sort of produce.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> KenK wrote:
>>
>> Doesn't happen often, but often enough to be annoying. Got home last
>> Saturday after grocery shopping and found I didn't have ~$5 worth of
>> stuff
>> I was charged for. Possibly previous customer got the stuff, or perhaps I
>> left it behind. Why can't these checkout people be more careful? Usually
>> I
>> check bag turntable to be sure I got everything. Can't recall if I did so
>> this time. Checkout people should do that. Check stuff in bags against
>> cash
>> register list? Way too much trouble - and hard to do - for such an
>> uncommon
>> event.
>>
>> What to do? Live with it? Something else?
>
> Jeez KenK, between this group and the other group, you have many
> problems.
>
> Learn to look at your receipt *before* you leave the store's parking
> lot. If there is a mistake, go right back in and get it fixed. In my
> grocery store, if they charged me the wrong price they will not only
> refund the money but I get the item for free.
>
> Occasionally, I forget to check. Once I get home and find a mistake, I
> usually just "eat it" and remind myself to check better the next time.
> In your case, a $5.00 overcharge, I would drive back and get it fixed.

Looking at the receipt isn't going to help if he is missing items. I do tend
to look at the receipt though, especially if the total seems too high.
Sometimes I don't get a sale price or they have scanned an item too many
times.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2016-08-08 9:39 AM, KenK wrote:
>> Doesn't happen often, but often enough to be annoying. Got home last
>> Saturday after grocery shopping and found I didn't have ~$5 worth of
>> stuff
>> I was charged for. Possibly previous customer got the stuff, or perhaps I
>> left it behind. Why can't these checkout people be more careful? Usually
>> I
>> check bag turntable to be sure I got everything. Can't recall if I did so
>> this time. Checkout people should do that. Check stuff in bags against
>> cash
>> register list? Way too much trouble - and hard to do - for such an
>> uncommon
>> event.
>>
>> What to do? Live with it? Something else?
>>
>>
>
> Did you check your car? A friend of ours has a strange smell in her car
> and it got worse and worse. It turned out to be a package of cream cheese
> that had somehow ended up between the passenger seat and console of her
> car. She had been sure that she had bought cream cheese but when she went
> to get some a few days later she could not find it and thought she had
> simply forgotten to buy it.

That too. The car is always the first place I check. I've found oranges that
rolled up into a weird spot and once I think it was a loaf of bread.
Sometimes it's an entire bag. I think Angela got it and she thinks I got it.

On 8/8/2016 9:39 AM, KenK wrote:
> Doesn't happen often, but often enough to be annoying. Got home last
> Saturday after grocery shopping and found I didn't have ~$5 worth of stuff
> I was charged for. Possibly previous customer got the stuff, or perhaps I
> left it behind. Why can't these checkout people be more careful? Usually I
> check bag turntable to be sure I got everything. Can't recall if I did so
> this time. Checkout people should do that. Check stuff in bags against cash
> register list? Way too much trouble - and hard to do - for such an uncommon
> event.

This happened to me once, at least. The way the store was set
up, they'd shove your groceries down to you to bag, but they had
an out of sight plastic bag rack that they'd bag things like eggs
themselves. I was busy bagging and didn't notice that cashier
bagged something and didn't hand it to me.

You just have to pay attention that all your stuff winds up going
with you. You should be able to count on the cashier but it
doesn't always work out. And, yes, it's annoying. You just
have to watch.

I haven't had the problem since they changed the layout at my
store where the cashier does all the bagging.

nancy

I have taken milk containers back...empty...and dared the clerk to sniff. So far,
no-one has, they just replace the product.

N.

On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 12:48:47 PM UTC-10, Nancy2 wrote:
> I have taken milk containers back...empty...and dared the clerk to sniff. So far,
> no-one has, they just replace the product.
>
> N.

I don't usually take things back - it's not in my nature. I did take some cereal back to the store because the whole thing was stale and stuck together. I exchanged it and told the woman that there were other boxes that had the same problem. When I got the box back to the office, I found out that the bottom of the bag was not sealed. The hext time I went shopping, I found that the bad boxes were still on the shelf. I explained to the woman what the problem was but I doubt they did anything about it. This is why I don't do things like that i.e., try to do good deeds. (:

On 8/8/2016 9:39 AM, KenK wrote:
> Doesn't happen often, but often enough to be annoying. Got home last
> Saturday after grocery shopping and found I didn't have ~$5 worth of stuff
> I was charged for. Possibly previous customer got the stuff, or perhaps I
> left it behind. Why can't these checkout people be more careful? Usually I
> check bag turntable to be sure I got everything. Can't recall if I did so
> this time. Checkout people should do that. Check stuff in bags against cash
> register list? Way too much trouble - and hard to do - for such an uncommon
> event.
>
> What to do? Live with it? Something else?
>
> TIA
>
>
Ken, I don't know about your grocery store setup where you shop. The
ones I shop in have those little bars you put on the conveyor belt to
separate your purchases from the person in line ahead of you (and
behind) your items. Meanwhile, as items are scanned the bagger is
loading items into my shopping cart. I watch them scan and watch the
display (I pretty much know what I've bought and check whether or not
the price rings up correctly).

I truly cannot remember ever leaving the store without everything I
purchased. In your case, I'd have called the store when I got home when
you noticed you were overcharged or charged for items you did not
actually receive. They'll usually make good on things like that.

Jill

On 2016-08-08 7:25 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 12:48:47 PM UTC-10, Nancy2 wrote:
>> I have taken milk containers back...empty...and dared the clerk to sniff. So far,
>> no-one has, they just replace the product.
>>
>> N.
>
> I don't usually take things back - it's not in my nature. I did take some cereal back to the store because the whole thing was stale and stuck together. I exchanged it and told the woman that there were other boxes that had the same problem. When I got the box back to the office, I found out that the bottom of the bag was not sealed. The hext time I went shopping, I found that the bad boxes were still on the shelf. I explained to the woman what the problem was but I doubt they did anything about it. This is why I don't do things like that i.e., try to do good deeds. (:
>

I once bought a digital bathroom scale and took it back because it
didn't work. I checked the battery compartment and noticed that someone
has scratched a date into the cover. It seemed obvious that someone else
had bought it, scratched the date the batteries were installed and then
taken it back. Apparently someone in the store decided that they could
just put it back on the shelf and sell it again.

"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 12:48:47 PM UTC-10, Nancy2 wrote:
> I have taken milk containers back...empty...and dared the clerk to sniff.
> So far,
> no-one has, they just replace the product.
>
> N.

I don't usually take things back - it's not in my nature. I did take some
cereal back to the store because the whole thing was stale and stuck
together. I exchanged it and told the woman that there were other boxes that
had the same problem. When I got the box back to the office, I found out
that the bottom of the bag was not sealed. The hext time I went shopping, I
found that the bad boxes were still on the shelf. I explained to the woman
what the problem was but I doubt they did anything about it. This is why I
don't do things like that i.e., try to do good deeds. (:

---

I hate taking things back. Once in a while I will, especially if it is a
defective item and it cost a lot of money.

On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 8:39:40 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:

> I once bought a digital bathroom scale and took it back because it
> didn't work. I checked the battery compartment and noticed that someone
> has scratched a date into the cover. It seemed obvious that someone else
> had bought it, scratched the date the batteries were installed and then
> taken it back. Apparently someone in the store decided that they could
> just put it back on the shelf and sell it again.

Never buy an opened box at Home Depot. The odds approach 100% that
someone bought it, returned it, and that parts are missing or the
thing is defective.

Cindy Hamilton

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> Never buy an opened box at Home Depot. The odds approach 100% that
> someone bought it, returned it, and that parts are missing or the
> thing is defective.

Make that...never buy an opened box from ANY store.

On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 2:39:40 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-08-08 7:25 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 12:48:47 PM UTC-10, Nancy2 wrote:
> >> I have taken milk containers back...empty...and dared the clerk to sniff. So far,
> >> no-one has, they just replace the product.
> >>
> >> N.
> >
> > I don't usually take things back - it's not in my nature. I did take some cereal back to the store because the whole thing was stale and stuck together. I exchanged it and told the woman that there were other boxes that had the same problem. When I got the box back to the office, I found out that the bottom of the bag was not sealed. The hext time I went shopping, I found that the bad boxes were still on the shelf. I explained to the woman what the problem was but I doubt they did anything about it. This is why I don't do things like that i.e., try to do good deeds. (:
> >
>
> I once bought a digital bathroom scale and took it back because it
> didn't work. I checked the battery compartment and noticed that someone
> has scratched a date into the cover. It seemed obvious that someone else
> had bought it, scratched the date the batteries were installed and then
> taken it back. Apparently someone in the store decided that they could
> just put it back on the shelf and sell it again.

My guess is that it's done a lot. I always see that at the hardware store. Packages are taped or stapled closed. On some items it's wise to check to make sure everything's in the box. I don't mind it too much since it indicates that the store has a liberal return policy.

On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 3:02:13 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> "dsi1" <dsi1yahoo.com> wrote in message
> ...
> On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 12:48:47 PM UTC-10, Nancy2 wrote:
> > I have taken milk containers back...empty...and dared the clerk to sniff.
> > So far,
> > no-one has, they just replace the product.
> >
> > N.
>
> I don't usually take things back - it's not in my nature. I did take some
> cereal back to the store because the whole thing was stale and stuck
> together. I exchanged it and told the woman that there were other boxes that
> had the same problem. When I got the box back to the office, I found out
> that the bottom of the bag was not sealed. The hext time I went shopping, I
> found that the bad boxes were still on the shelf. I explained to the woman
> what the problem was but I doubt they did anything about it. This is why I
> don't do things like that i.e., try to do good deeds. (:
>
> ---
>
> I hate taking things back. Once in a while I will, especially if it is a
> defective item and it cost a lot of money.

A lot of the time it's just not worth the time to take care of the problem. I'll just eat the problem.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in
:

>
> "KenK" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Doesn't happen often, but often enough to be annoying. Got home last
>> Saturday after grocery shopping and found I didn't have ~$5 worth of
>> stuff I was charged for. Possibly previous customer got the stuff, or
>> perhaps I left it behind. Why can't these checkout people be more
>> careful? Usually I check bag turntable to be sure I got everything.
>> Can't recall if I did so this time. Checkout people should do that.
>> Check stuff in bags against cash
>> register list? Way too much trouble - and hard to do - for such an
>> uncommon
>> event.
>>
>> What to do? Live with it? Something else?
>>
>> TIA
>
> Call the store and tell them. This has happened to me before. They'll
> give you the missing items. Once for me it was some meat and something
> else. I sent husband to go get it. He wound up getting a refund on the
> meat. Apparently they had no more of whatever I bought and they were
> trying to make him take something else instead that was lesser
> quality.
>
> I once rang up and put quite a few pairs of women's panties into a bag
> for a man. He was buying something for a party and neither he nor the
> customer behind him were paying attention when I rang up the panties.
> Our store had no dividers at the time to separate orders. He paid with
> a credit card and didn't pay attention to the total which IIRC
> correctly was well over $50. What he intended to buy was only about
> $5.
>
> I have also gotten home and found weird things in my bag that I did
> not buy or pay for. Often it is candy. Once it was some eye product
> that was badly expired. Once it was some sort of produce.
>
>
I got a bag of croutons once. Never used them. Still in the produce
drawer in the fridge.



--
You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

jmcquown > wrote in
:

> On 8/8/2016 9:39 AM, KenK wrote:
>> Doesn't happen often, but often enough to be annoying. Got home last
>> Saturday after grocery shopping and found I didn't have ~$5 worth of
>> stuff I was charged for. Possibly previous customer got the stuff, or
>> perhaps I left it behind. Why can't these checkout people be more
>> careful? Usually I check bag turntable to be sure I got everything.
>> Can't recall if I did so this time. Checkout people should do that.
>> Check stuff in bags against cash register list? Way too much trouble
>> - and hard to do - for such an uncommon event.
>>
>> What to do? Live with it? Something else?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>
> Ken, I don't know about your grocery store setup where you shop. The
> ones I shop in have those little bars you put on the conveyor belt to
> separate your purchases from the person in line ahead of you (and
> behind) your items. Meanwhile, as items are scanned the bagger is
> loading items into my shopping cart. I watch them scan and watch the
> display (I pretty much know what I've bought and check whether or not
> the price rings up correctly).
>
> I truly cannot remember ever leaving the store without everything I
> purchased. In your case, I'd have called the store when I got home
> when you noticed you were overcharged or charged for items you did not
> actually receive. They'll usually make good on things like that.
>
> Jill
>

This store doesn't use a bagger. Just a turntable holding empty bags, and
full bags of your purchase. Sometimes the previous customer is still
loading bags of stuff into their cart from the turntable even as cashier
is filling new bags. A wonder that more stuff doesn't disappear.

--
You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 2:39:40 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-08-08 7:25 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 12:48:47 PM UTC-10, Nancy2 wrote:
> >> I have taken milk containers back...empty...and dared the clerk to
> >> sniff. So far,
> >> no-one has, they just replace the product.
> >>
> >> N.
> >
> > I don't usually take things back - it's not in my nature. I did take
> > some cereal back to the store because the whole thing was stale and
> > stuck together. I exchanged it and told the woman that there were other
> > boxes that had the same problem. When I got the box back to the office,
> > I found out that the bottom of the bag was not sealed. The hext time I
> > went shopping, I found that the bad boxes were still on the shelf. I
> > explained to the woman what the problem was but I doubt they did
> > anything about it. This is why I don't do things like that i.e., try to
> > do good deeds. (:
> >
>
> I once bought a digital bathroom scale and took it back because it
> didn't work. I checked the battery compartment and noticed that someone
> has scratched a date into the cover. It seemed obvious that someone else
> had bought it, scratched the date the batteries were installed and then
> taken it back. Apparently someone in the store decided that they could
> just put it back on the shelf and sell it again.

My guess is that it's done a lot. I always see that at the hardware store.
Packages are taped or stapled closed. On some items it's wise to check to
make sure everything's in the box. I don't mind it too much since it
indicates that the store has a liberal return policy.

======

Not too long ago I got a "supposedly" Nu-Wave induction plate that had
fingerprints and scratches on it, aslo a fax machine from Staples that had
numbers for hospitals programmed into it and missing parts. I really hate
when that happens! Sometimes I think the re-packagers just tape the box and
put it back on the shelf at big box stores.

Ccheri

On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 8:16:17 AM UTC-10, Cheri wrote:
> "dsi1" <dsi1ahoo.com> wrote in message
> ...
> On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 2:39:40 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2016-08-08 7:25 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 12:48:47 PM UTC-10, Nancy2 wrote:
> > >> I have taken milk containers back...empty...and dared the clerk to
> > >> sniff. So far,
> > >> no-one has, they just replace the product.
> > >>
> > >> N.
> > >
> > > I don't usually take things back - it's not in my nature. I did take
> > > some cereal back to the store because the whole thing was stale and
> > > stuck together. I exchanged it and told the woman that there were other
> > > boxes that had the same problem. When I got the box back to the office,
> > > I found out that the bottom of the bag was not sealed. The hext time I
> > > went shopping, I found that the bad boxes were still on the shelf. I
> > > explained to the woman what the problem was but I doubt they did
> > > anything about it. This is why I don't do things like that i.e., try to
> > > do good deeds. (:
> > >
> >
> > I once bought a digital bathroom scale and took it back because it
> > didn't work. I checked the battery compartment and noticed that someone
> > has scratched a date into the cover. It seemed obvious that someone else
> > had bought it, scratched the date the batteries were installed and then
> > taken it back. Apparently someone in the store decided that they could
> > just put it back on the shelf and sell it again.
>
> My guess is that it's done a lot. I always see that at the hardware store.
> Packages are taped or stapled closed. On some items it's wise to check to
> make sure everything's in the box. I don't mind it too much since it
> indicates that the store has a liberal return policy.
>
> ======
>
> Not too long ago I got a "supposedly" Nu-Wave induction plate that had
> fingerprints and scratches on it, aslo a fax machine from Staples that had
> numbers for hospitals programmed into it and missing parts. I really hate
> when that happens! Sometimes I think the re-packagers just tape the box and
> put it back on the shelf at big box stores.
>
> Ccheri

I so used to buying used stuff that such tom-foolery doesn't bother me too much. I'm more concerned about the prices of things - either it's worth the price or it's not. The store employees don't want to create more work, more fuss, for themselves.

They're just hoping that the next guy that gets the merchandise won't put up a fuss and eats it. I guess it works most times.

On 8/9/2016 1:44 PM, KenK wrote:
> jmcquown > wrote in
> :
>>>
>> Ken, I don't know about your grocery store setup where you shop. The
>> ones I shop in have those little bars you put on the conveyor belt to
>> separate your purchases from the person in line ahead of you (and
>> behind) your items. Meanwhile, as items are scanned the bagger is
>> loading items into my shopping cart. I watch them scan and watch the
>> display (I pretty much know what I've bought and check whether or not
>> the price rings up correctly).
>>
>> I truly cannot remember ever leaving the store without everything I
>> purchased. In your case, I'd have called the store when I got home
>> when you noticed you were overcharged or charged for items you did not
>> actually receive. They'll usually make good on things like that.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>
> This store doesn't use a bagger. Just a turntable holding empty bags, and
> full bags of your purchase. Sometimes the previous customer is still
> loading bags of stuff into their cart from the turntable even as cashier
> is filling new bags. A wonder that more stuff doesn't disappear.
>
Ohhhh, okay. I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own
groceries. They'd have to be really inexpensive and still offer very
high quality items to convince me. BUT... I'd still have called the
store the minute I noticed the discrepancy on the receipt vs. what you
brought home. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Jill

In article >,
says...
>
> On 8/9/2016 1:44 PM, KenK wrote:
> > jmcquown > wrote in
> > :
> >>>
> >> Ken, I don't know about your grocery store setup where you shop. The
> >> ones I shop in have those little bars you put on the conveyor belt to
> >> separate your purchases from the person in line ahead of you (and
> >> behind) your items. Meanwhile, as items are scanned the bagger is
> >> loading items into my shopping cart. I watch them scan and watch the
> >> display (I pretty much know what I've bought and check whether or not
> >> the price rings up correctly).
> >>
> >> I truly cannot remember ever leaving the store without everything I
> >> purchased. In your case, I'd have called the store when I got home
> >> when you noticed you were overcharged or charged for items you did not
> >> actually receive. They'll usually make good on things like that.
> >>
> >> Jill
> >>
> >
> > This store doesn't use a bagger. Just a turntable holding empty bags, and
> > full bags of your purchase. Sometimes the previous customer is still
> > loading bags of stuff into their cart from the turntable even as cashier
> > is filling new bags. A wonder that more stuff doesn't disappear.
> >
> Ohhhh, okay. I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own
> groceries.

I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life must
be hell there.

On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:22:04 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 8/9/2016 1:44 PM, KenK wrote:
>> jmcquown > wrote in
>> :
>>>>
>>> Ken, I don't know about your grocery store setup where you shop. The
>>> ones I shop in have those little bars you put on the conveyor belt to
>>> separate your purchases from the person in line ahead of you (and
>>> behind) your items. Meanwhile, as items are scanned the bagger is
>>> loading items into my shopping cart. I watch them scan and watch the
>>> display (I pretty much know what I've bought and check whether or not
>>> the price rings up correctly).
>>>
>>> I truly cannot remember ever leaving the store without everything I
>>> purchased. In your case, I'd have called the store when I got home
>>> when you noticed you were overcharged or charged for items you did not
>>> actually receive. They'll usually make good on things like that.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>>
>>
>> This store doesn't use a bagger. Just a turntable holding empty bags, and
>> full bags of your purchase. Sometimes the previous customer is still
>> loading bags of stuff into their cart from the turntable even as cashier
>> is filling new bags. A wonder that more stuff doesn't disappear.
>>
>Ohhhh, okay. I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own
>groceries. They'd have to be really inexpensive and still offer very
>high quality items to convince me. BUT... I'd still have called the
>store the minute I noticed the discrepancy on the receipt vs. what you
>brought home. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
>
>Jill

I prefer to do it all myself, I use the self checkout lane. It's
easy, generally no waiting and I have got quite fast at it now, even
remember the numbers for produce that I regularly buy, all good fodder
for the brain.

On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:40:05 +1000, Bruce >
wrote:

>In article >,
>says...
>>
>> On 8/9/2016 1:44 PM, KenK wrote:
>> > jmcquown > wrote in
>> > :
>> >>>
>> >> Ken, I don't know about your grocery store setup where you shop. The
>> >> ones I shop in have those little bars you put on the conveyor belt to
>> >> separate your purchases from the person in line ahead of you (and
>> >> behind) your items. Meanwhile, as items are scanned the bagger is
>> >> loading items into my shopping cart. I watch them scan and watch the
>> >> display (I pretty much know what I've bought and check whether or not
>> >> the price rings up correctly).
>> >>
>> >> I truly cannot remember ever leaving the store without everything I
>> >> purchased. In your case, I'd have called the store when I got home
>> >> when you noticed you were overcharged or charged for items you did not
>> >> actually receive. They'll usually make good on things like that.
>> >>
>> >> Jill
>> >>
>> >
>> > This store doesn't use a bagger. Just a turntable holding empty bags, and
>> > full bags of your purchase. Sometimes the previous customer is still
>> > loading bags of stuff into their cart from the turntable even as cashier
>> > is filling new bags. A wonder that more stuff doesn't disappear.
>> >
>> Ohhhh, okay. I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own
>> groceries.
>
>I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life must
>be hell there.

I even ring my own groceries in, sob, I think maybe I should shoot the
PM - or something !

In article >,
says...
>
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:40:05 +1000, Bruce >
> wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> >says...
> >>
> >> On 8/9/2016 1:44 PM, KenK wrote:
> >> > jmcquown > wrote in
> >> > :

> >> > This store doesn't use a bagger. Just a turntable holding empty
> >> > bags, and
> >> > full bags of your purchase. Sometimes the previous customer is still
> >> > loading bags of stuff into their cart from the turntable even as cashier
> >> > is filling new bags. A wonder that more stuff doesn't disappear.
> >> >
> >> Ohhhh, okay. I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own
> >> groceries.
> >
> >I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life must
> >be hell there.
>
> I even ring my own groceries in, sob, I think maybe I should shoot the
> PM - or something !

Yes, time for a revolution! Bagging your own groceries, disgusting!

On 8/10/2016 5:44 PM, wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:22:04 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 8/9/2016 1:44 PM, KenK wrote:
>>> jmcquown > wrote in
>>> :
>>>>>
>>>> Ken, I don't know about your grocery store setup where you shop. The
>>>> ones I shop in have those little bars you put on the conveyor belt to
>>>> separate your purchases from the person in line ahead of you (and
>>>> behind) your items. Meanwhile, as items are scanned the bagger is
>>>> loading items into my shopping cart. I watch them scan and watch the
>>>> display (I pretty much know what I've bought and check whether or not
>>>> the price rings up correctly).
>>>>
>>>> I truly cannot remember ever leaving the store without everything I
>>>> purchased. In your case, I'd have called the store when I got home
>>>> when you noticed you were overcharged or charged for items you did not
>>>> actually receive. They'll usually make good on things like that.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>
>>> This store doesn't use a bagger. Just a turntable holding empty bags, and
>>> full bags of your purchase. Sometimes the previous customer is still
>>> loading bags of stuff into their cart from the turntable even as cashier
>>> is filling new bags. A wonder that more stuff doesn't disappear.
>>>
>> Ohhhh, okay. I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own
>> groceries. They'd have to be really inexpensive and still offer very
>> high quality items to convince me. BUT... I'd still have called the
>> store the minute I noticed the discrepancy on the receipt vs. what you
>> brought home. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I prefer to do it all myself, I use the self checkout lane. It's
> easy, generally no waiting and I have got quite fast at it now, even
> remember the numbers for produce that I regularly buy, all good fodder
> for the brain.
>
I buy fresh vegetables at the farm stand. Even the farmer will put them
in a bag for me. At any rate, there aren't any self checkouts at
Publix, which is my grocery store of choice.

Jill

On 8/10/2016 5:48 PM, wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:40:05 +1000, >
> wrote:
>
>> >I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life must
>> >be hell there.

What the heck does Bruce know about groceries or cooking?

> I even ring my own groceries in, sob, I think maybe I should shoot the
> PM - or something !

Grocery stores *pay* people to bag groceries. It's not a luxury, it's
part of the service. There were baggers at the grocery stores when I
lived west Tennessee for 35 years, too. There's nothing new about the
concept.

Even the folks at the farm stands around here will put things in bags
for you. No extra charge.

Jill

"Bruce" > wrote in message
T...
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On 8/9/2016 1:44 PM, KenK wrote:
>> > jmcquown > wrote in
>> > :
>> >>>
>> >> Ken, I don't know about your grocery store setup where you shop. The
>> >> ones I shop in have those little bars you put on the conveyor belt to
>> >> separate your purchases from the person in line ahead of you (and
>> >> behind) your items. Meanwhile, as items are scanned the bagger is
>> >> loading items into my shopping cart. I watch them scan and watch the
>> >> display (I pretty much know what I've bought and check whether or not
>> >> the price rings up correctly).
>> >>
>> >> I truly cannot remember ever leaving the store without everything I
>> >> purchased. In your case, I'd have called the store when I got home
>> >> when you noticed you were overcharged or charged for items you did not
>> >> actually receive. They'll usually make good on things like that.
>> >>
>> >> Jill
>> >>
>> >
>> > This store doesn't use a bagger. Just a turntable holding empty bags,
>> > and
>> > full bags of your purchase. Sometimes the previous customer is still
>> > loading bags of stuff into their cart from the turntable even as
>> > cashier
>> > is filling new bags. A wonder that more stuff doesn't disappear.
>> >
>> Ohhhh, okay. I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own
>> groceries.
>
> I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life must
> be hell there.

I'm glad that I'm fortunate enough to live in a country where I don't have
to bag my own groceries, and butchered meat is plentiful...so I don't have
to kill the animal on the run before eating it.

Cheri

In article >,
says...
>
> On 8/10/2016 5:48 PM, wrote:
> > On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:40:05 +1000, >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> >I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life must
> >> >be hell there.
>
> What the heck does Bruce know about groceries or cooking?
>
> > I even ring my own groceries in, sob, I think maybe I should shoot the
> > PM - or something !
>
> Grocery stores *pay* people to bag groceries. It's not a luxury, it's
> part of the service. There were baggers at the grocery stores when I
> lived west Tennessee for 35 years, too. There's nothing new about the
> concept.
>
> Even the folks at the farm stands around here will put things in bags
> for you. No extra charge.

Only a city biddy will become psychologically dependent on it though.

In article >, says...
>
> "Bruce" > wrote in message
> T...
> > In article >,
> > says...
> >>
> >> On 8/9/2016 1:44 PM, KenK wrote:
> >> > jmcquown > wrote in
> >> > :
> >> >>>
> >> >> Ken, I don't know about your grocery store setup where you shop. The
> >> >> ones I shop in have those little bars you put on the conveyor belt to
> >> >> separate your purchases from the person in line ahead of you (and
> >> >> behind) your items. Meanwhile, as items are scanned the bagger is
> >> >> loading items into my shopping cart. I watch them scan and watch the
> >> >> display (I pretty much know what I've bought and check whether or not
> >> >> the price rings up correctly).
> >> >>
> >> >> I truly cannot remember ever leaving the store without everything I
> >> >> purchased. In your case, I'd have called the store when I got home
> >> >> when you noticed you were overcharged or charged for items you did not
> >> >> actually receive. They'll usually make good on things like that.
> >> >>
> >> >> Jill
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > This store doesn't use a bagger. Just a turntable holding empty bags,
> >> > and
> >> > full bags of your purchase. Sometimes the previous customer is still
> >> > loading bags of stuff into their cart from the turntable even as
> >> > cashier
> >> > is filling new bags. A wonder that more stuff doesn't disappear.
> >> >
> >> Ohhhh, okay. I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own
> >> groceries.
> >
> > I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life must
> > be hell there.
>
> I'm glad that I'm fortunate enough to live in a country where I don't have
> to bag my own groceries, and butchered meat is plentiful...so I don't have
> to kill the animal on the run before eating it.

"I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own groceries" is
the statement of a city ****** biddy. I wonder how she transports her
groceries from her car to her door. Or do you live in a country where
people do that for you too?

On 8/10/2016 1:26 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
> "Bruce" > wrote in message
> T...
>> In article >,
>> says...
>>>
>>> On 8/9/2016 1:44 PM, KenK wrote:
>>> > jmcquown > wrote in
>>> > :
>>> >>>
>>> >> Ken, I don't know about your grocery store setup where you shop. The
>>> >> ones I shop in have those little bars you put on the conveyor belt to
>>> >> separate your purchases from the person in line ahead of you (and
>>> >> behind) your items. Meanwhile, as items are scanned the bagger is
>>> >> loading items into my shopping cart. I watch them scan and watch the
>>> >> display (I pretty much know what I've bought and check whether or not
>>> >> the price rings up correctly).
>>> >>
>>> >> I truly cannot remember ever leaving the store without everything I
>>> >> purchased. In your case, I'd have called the store when I got home
>>> >> when you noticed you were overcharged or charged for items you did
>>> not
>>> >> actually receive. They'll usually make good on things like that.
>>> >>
>>> >> Jill
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > This store doesn't use a bagger. Just a turntable holding empty
>>> bags, > and
>>> > full bags of your purchase. Sometimes the previous customer is still
>>> > loading bags of stuff into their cart from the turntable even as >
>>> cashier
>>> > is filling new bags. A wonder that more stuff doesn't disappear.
>>> >
>>> Ohhhh, okay. I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own
>>> groceries.
>>
>> I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life must
>> be hell there.
>
> I'm glad that I'm fortunate enough to live in a country where I don't
> have to bag my own groceries, and butchered meat is plentiful...so I
> don't have to kill the animal on the run before eating it.
>
> Cheri

Having a customer bag his own groceries seems awfully Micky Mouse. What
the hell kind of store manager would allow this to happen? One that
doesn't give a hoot about his customers - that's who!

>https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:21:33 -0400, jmcquown > wrote:

>On 8/10/2016 5:48 PM, wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:40:05 +1000, >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> >I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life must
>>> >be hell there.
>
>What the heck does Bruce know about groceries or cooking?
>
>> I even ring my own groceries in, sob, I think maybe I should shoot the
>> PM - or something !
>
>Grocery stores *pay* people to bag groceries. It's not a luxury, it's
>part of the service. There were baggers at the grocery stores when I
>lived west Tennessee for 35 years, too. There's nothing new about the
>concept.

But it is old - we haven't had 'baggers' here for zonks.
>
>Even the folks at the farm stands around here will put things in bags
>for you. No extra charge.
>
>Jill

I like to feel I cope with everyday things and will do so for as long
as possible. The only time I indulge myself is when I allow the owner
of the store to carry my wine juice out to the car, it weighs heavy,
he does it for other customers too but we like to say things about
local politicians and politics that I would never say, nor he, in
front of his employees.

Jill you are years younger than many here, why on earth do you want
all this stuff done for you?

On 2016-08-10, > wrote:

> But it is old - we haven't had 'baggers' here for zonks.

Sucks to be you!

We got bagger's, everywhere. If no bagger available, the clerk will
do it.

I haven't bagged since I was a bag boy.

nb