Supermarkets are sneaky and dishonest(both)

Something I have noticed a lot of lately is shelving at the end of aisles. 3 brands of products, the middle one has a "Special" price tag. The products either side have no price.
Sneaky in that elderly people with not good eyesight might think everything on that shelf is the "Special" price.
Some people would be caught out, thinking they are getting the special price, when in fact they will pay full price.

"Buy 2 for $8" single price $5.20. You buy 2 and spend $2.80 more than you really intended.

Any sneaky tactics you notice at your supermarkets?

This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies »

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

Yes it seems they’ll have certain flavors or varieties of the products on sale but the most popular of those will not be on sale and people will assume that they are also sale-priced and grab them. Won’t catch it at the register, might catch it when they look at the receipt at home.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@cherokeepatti Yes, my point exactly. Dishonest in the extreme. Preying on the elderly.
I find large corporations despicable.
Across the board, the public are being screwed. I bought a packet of cream biscuits, the filling was always about 3mm, this latest packet had filling that was about half that thickness, and more expensive.
I honestly believe that these crooks should be kneecapped, and I am a very passive person.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Gusman someone on another website wrote last year about watching Walmart’s Good Value line of products. Said she was buying boxes of pasta and weighing them and was getting shorted on weight. So I bought some and found the same thing, weighted them on my food scales. They weighed less even with the cardboard box than what the weight was supposed to be, like at least 2 ounces short on those products. The next time I went to the store I picked up a box and weighed it on their produce scales, those scales are calibrated regularly so they should be accurate. Still coming up short on the weight. This is a huge corporation and I’m pretty sure they know about this, no telling what else in their line of products is falling short.

This is part of the reason I’m shopping at discount stores several times a month and stocking up on items that I use regularly. It saves me from buying those things at Walmart or other large corporations.