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"The complaint filed in San Diego Superior Court said that when people at Home Depot brought an item to checkout, they would be charged more money than was written on the shelf tag or on the item itself."

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I see it less as “being evil” and more about “being incompetent”.

Maybe, if items are under-priced as often as over-priced.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

In an inflationary environment, prices are only going one direction and the shelf tags are going to lag.