I make a trip to the supermarket every week and try to keep the total under $100.
The man is not allowed to go to the store because he comes home with this stuff.
For the most part I do okay, but sometimes I'm limited on time and get tricked. This makes me go over budget and then I can't bask in the glory of keeping it under $100.
The above is an example of such supermarkets tricks. The $2.89 price is for Five-Cheese Garlic Toast and the below price is just regular plain old garlic toast. However, there on the shelf of the $2.00 price is the Five-Cheese Garlic Toast and if you don't read the fine print it will cost you a buck. Today I was in the shopping zone and caught it, but sometimes I'm limited on time or am
Do you think they do it on purpose?
I TOTALLY do! At Safeway, I bought apples on sale for $1.99 lb. Except the receipt showed that I paid $2.99 lb. I went back for a refund and the cashier said this happened a LOT. So how many people don't look at their receipts closely and regularly overpay??
ReplyDeleteI'll bet A LOT of people don't pay attention. I wonder how much money is collected based on this principle alone.
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