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Devils'Advocate · 08-08-2009, 07:55 PM

I went to Zellers. Bought something that was $80 on sale for $40. That deal was so good I bought 2.

When I got the cash I told the cashier "I have two of these" and only put one on the counter.

She repeated "You have two of these?".

I replied "Yes. Two."

I didn't hear how much it came to... I just handed her the credit card, signed and left. When I got home I realized that she only charged me for one.

Now, if I get home and realize that a cashier has given me too much change I'll take it back (well, anything over $5... I'm not going to go back to the store and give them a loonie). I know many stores will dock cashiers who are short at the end of a shift, so even if it is their fault, I'm stealing from the poor cashier's minimum wage pay cheque.

But in this case, nothing was rung through and it will just come up short on inventory. Am I obligated to go back to the store since it was the cashier's mistake?

albertGQ · 08-08-2009, 08:00 PM

I'd keep it. You can never have too much vaseline

flip · 08-08-2009, 08:05 PM

I always spend as little time as possible in Zellers, WalMart etc so I'd do anything to avoid having to go back.

T@T · 08-08-2009, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate

Am I obligated to go back to the store since it was the cashier's mistake?

Yes, it's the right thing to do.

Would I go back? I plead the 5th.

Displaced Flames fan · 08-08-2009, 08:15 PM

They can't dock the cashier because they won't know the item is missing until they do inventory. The cashier has nothing to worry about.

Enjoy your 75% off items!

08-08-2009, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

They can't dock the cashier because they won't know the item is missing until they do inventory. The cashier has nothing to worry about.

He's right... on the other hand if there was a cash shortage, legally the employer is not allowed to dock wages (trust me, as an employer, I've wanted to)It's up to the employer to provide adequate training and make sure that the employee is capable of handling cash and dealing with Loss prevention issues.

Should you go back? Depends on how strong your conscience is....

4X4 · 08-08-2009, 08:28 PM

If I followed you?

albertGQ · 08-08-2009, 08:31 PM

I'd go to Zellers for you and return the vaseline in exchange for a Klondike bar

carom · 08-08-2009, 08:37 PM

Do what your God would want you to do, or just forget about it. Mine tells me to drink rye, unfortunately the rye was not as good a deal as you got but it helps me forget.

Peanut · 08-08-2009, 09:40 PM

Pffft, it's Zeller's. Keep it for sure.

CaptainCrunch · 08-08-2009, 10:00 PM

I'd take it back, I've done it before. To me, it doesn't matter if its mom and dads grocery store or zellers, I've been undercharged and pointed it out, I've been overcharged and pointed it out, its all karma baby.

Of course, my dad was different, he switched pricing labels on a VCR at Canadian Tire once, just cause he had a beef with them over a bad car repair job.

He saved 100 bucks on a new vcr

BlackArcher101 · 08-08-2009, 10:17 PM

I would return the one you didn't pay for to get a refund using the receipt of the other.

wooohooo · 08-08-2009, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackArcher101

I would return the one you didn't pay for to get a refund using the receipt of the other.

Oh you're so sneaky!

Great minds think alike

bcb · 08-08-2009, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I'd take it back, I've done it before. To me, it doesn't matter if its mom and dads grocery store or zellers, I've been undercharged and pointed it out, I've been overcharged and pointed it out, its all karma baby.

Finders' Keepers...

About Karma, Karma is nothing more than a hip and trendy version of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. My shrink told me that

GreenTeaFrapp · 08-08-2009, 11:02 PM

Why should you waste your time because the store can't hire competent staff? Time is money and why should you bear the cost of the store's error?

SportsJunky · 08-09-2009, 02:21 AM

I would keep both otherwise you are just going to have to run out and buy more vaseline next week.

Crispy's Critter · 08-09-2009, 08:59 AM

I know that most of these are joke responses, but honestly if it was myself, my conscience wouldn't allow me to keep it. I guess you have to figure out how things sit with you about keeping it, and decide what to do from there. Usually the rewards for honesty far outweigh dishonesty. There's something to be said for having a clear(ish) conscience.

/soapbox sermon

Ducay · 08-09-2009, 09:16 AM

Also, show me one major store that docks cashiers' pay if they're out. Im calling BS.

Devils'Advocate · 08-09-2009, 09:23 AM

Mmm... well I've had friends have to pay, but that is back in the olden days of horse and buggy when I was in university. Maybe the rules have changed. But certainly cashiers have been fired for large shortages. But as I said in my original post, that doesn't even apply in this case.

metallicat · 08-09-2009, 09:43 AM

I'd go back. I have a guilty conscience, and felt bad once when I took two newspapers out of the box accidentally.