Gas: $0.14/Litre!
It’s hard to imagine only paying $0.14/litre for gas, but that’s exactly what a few fortunate customers were treated to yesterday at Jane and Sheppard. Due to a data entry error, supreme gas at Esso was supposed to be selling for $1.40, but was actually going for $1.26 cheaper!
Have you ever been the on the receiving end of this type of error? We’ve all been overcharged at some point in our lives, but I would think very few of us have ever been so drastically undercharged. Did you realize it at the time? Did you say something about it? At what point do you think you’re morally obligated to speak up? Have your say by clicking on the No Comments/Comments link at the bottom. Today’s Jack Nation bonus code is SUPREMEDISCOUNT. It’s valid until August 17th.
August 15th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
I went to Tim Horton’s back in the day when half a dozen cookies were $1.99 (not like 89 cents each now) and I gave my money to the lady behind the counter, and I have this habit of not counting my change and just putting it into my pocket. When I got home, I was emptying my pockets, I noticed that I had more money than I thought, and therefore, the cookies ended up costing half as much. Woohoo! Half price cookies!
I’ve also had the opportunity on a couple occasions to get stuff for free from the Real Canadian Superstore, where their scanners were charging me more than what the sale price was or what their signage said. One of them was a 3-pack of shave gel which was advertised for $5.99 but it was scanning at something like $7.49. I also got a free jar of jam this way too. The same can be said when I was at Future Shop a couple months ago, but that time, I only got $10 off since that’s the most they can give you if something is incorrectly priced.
So make sure you check the prices when the cashiers scan them, and maybe you can get something for free, or $10 off the price.
Carly’s Note: You’d think a company that has such a policy would be better about checking and double checking for accuracy. Oh well, their loss is your gain!
August 17th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
“START THE CAR!!!!!!!!!!”
Carly’s Note: No kidding.
August 18th, 2008 at 10:15 am
nothing quite that significant but the regular gas sold out once, and they were selling the premium for regular prices, this was a couple of years ago when the fuel price insanity really kicked off…
Carly’s Note: That’s good of them. I guess they would rather lose the profit than send you to another company.
August 18th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
This is a little off topic, but as a sidebar, a few years ago at the Shopper’s Drug Mart near Dixie (or was it Hurontario) & Dundas…anywho, my bill came up to something like $17 and change, and the cashier gave me back what I owed her rather than my change. I couldn’t just walk away. I told her “I think you gave me too much change”, like a dog that’s heard a weird noise, she cocked her head to the side “y’sure?” “Yes, I said you gave me back all this” “Oh” she said. Having been a cashier I know she’s responsible for her float. I pretty much had to argue with her to get her to do her cash-out and and whaddya know, sure enough, she was in the red. I wanted to say, I told you so, but after she realized what a fool she’d been, she thanked me profusely? See? I’m honest, and rarely wrong
Carly’s Note: I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken. (Yes, Brown, I stole that from you.
August 25th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Hi Carly,
I had sort of the opposite happen to me at Tim Horton’s.
I usually order the same thing so i when my total was 40 cents higher i repeated my order to the cashier who confimred my order but was pretty arrogant and didn’t speak English too well.
When i got to the bagel stand the guy started to put strawberry cream cheese on my bagel instead of strawberry jam so i asked him to change it which he did no problem by givng me a new bagel(the previous one already had cream cheese) on it.
The lady who took my order was told by the other staffers that she got my order wrong even though i hadn’t complained to the manager and she glared at me as i sat and ate my bagel in fear.
For some reason a couple of times i have asked for strawberry jam and have gotten strawberry cream cheese instead so i have tried to ennunciate my words better.
Have a great day Carly.
Carly’s Note: So I guess jam is cheaper than cream cheese - good to know!