Would you point out a cash register error (in your favour)?

Would you point out a cash register error (In your favour)?

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It really is their own fault for getting it wrong. Also, most companies do not need your money.
 
I'd keep the money. Their fault if they can't keep track. Unless it was an independant business run by people I know. But that's rare, so I'd say pocket the cash.
 
JonnyB said:
It depends on the store and on the error. I'll usually be honest, but if it's a store like Walmart...
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But at Wal-mart (and many other stores) there is a beeper thing that will go off when you walk out the door and carrying something that wasn't paid for. Yes, they could review the survellience cameras and see that you didn't try to sneak it out (cashier's mistake), but I wouldn't want to look like a shoplifter for that period of time.
 
Sidhe said:
at the end of the day if her cash register was short by ten dollars she would of probably of been ok. So no harm really or is there? Let's just say that a few other seedy characters decided to do this that night and left her $50 short, now she's in trouble, maybe it's happened before she get's fired, you get a free bottle of wine but are you really thinking about what would happen?

She's left out of a job turns to prostitution, and get's involved with crack, and ends dying of an overdose in a scum soaked alleyway after dragging herself into hell.

OK seriously it's no big deal, but, me personally I always point out underpayment, who knows how many crack whores I'd of created in my life otherwise.:)
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but if she never rings it up, it won't show up on her register, and her boss would never know. If she rung it up, but misquoted, that would be different, but in this situaion, no one would notice.

Voted honest Abe btw.
 
Sidhe said:
at the end of the day if her cash register was short by ten dollars she would of probably of been ok. So no harm really or is there? Let's just say that a few other seedy characters decided to do this that night and left her $50 short, now she's in trouble, maybe it's happened before she get's fired, you get a free bottle of wine but are you really thinking about what would happen?
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How would her register be short? The bottle in question was never rung up, means no receipt, no proof of transaction. As far as the store is concerned, it was either shoplifted, misplaced, or broken, nothing is linking that bottle of wine to the cashier that made the mistake.
 
CIVPhilzilla said:
How would her register be short? The bottle in question was never rung up, means no receipt, no proof of transaction. As far as the store is concerned, it was either shoplifted, misplaced, or broken, nothing is linking that bottle of wine to the cashier that made the mistake.
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looks like you're aboute 3 minutes late :p
 
RedWolf said:
What would you have done?
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I'm sometimes working behind a cash counter myself. Sometimes there are so many things to do (because it's a small shop and often I'm the only personnell there) that I make a mistake with the bill (easy to do since we have to type everything in manually). I found that many customers are honest enough to correct a mistake in their favor, and when I'm a customer somewhere else, I do so too.

I thought different when I had another job and had little money, but working on the other side of the counter is a good opportunity to change one's mind. :)
 
augurey said:
It depends on the store. I've had this happen at an LCBO too and I walked away -- government is making a killing through taxes there as it is. I've also had it happen at small independantly-owned stores. I pointed out the error there.
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Ok... since there are some other Ontarians in this thread...

The government plans to introduce a wine bottle deposit charge - $0.20. Which will start in a few months. Basically they'll charge you $0.20 per bottle at time of purchase and to get the money back you have to take the empty bottles to another location to get your refund.

If I start saving empty bottles now (when theres no deposit charge....) I may get $5.00 or so outta this deal for free. Is THIS immoral? I figure if I have to drive my empties back to a DIFFERENT location for the rest of my life... I may as well scam $5.00 now if I can.
 
Yep, and it just happened the other day too. At Best Buy getting the very last of my shopping done and the scanner rang up a couple of PSP DVD movies up with the wrong price, way too cheap (like $14 instead of $24). I pointed it out, the guy tried it again and it rang up the same so he said "Don't worry about it, just enjoy the extra money".
 
Mise said:
Do you need a $15 bottle of wine...?
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I don't NEED a $15 bottle of wine... but we drank it tonight and it was FANTASTIC. :)

The wine reviewer in the Toronto Star claims that this stuff "drinks like a $90 bottle"... I've never had a $90 bottle to compare with but it WAS damn good.
 
I never do really. Unless the cashier is especially charming or cool in some way.

Why? Because when I do the cashier is usually too lazy to ring it up again, and tells me to consider it my lucky day.

Besides, if they mess it up its their business.
 
How do you people actually get these lucky messups? :hmm:

I never seem to get someone to mess up a price on me. :(
 
VRWCAgent said:
Yep, and it just happened the other day too. At Best Buy getting the very last of my shopping done and the scanner rang up a couple of PSP DVD movies up with the wrong price, way too cheap (like $14 instead of $24). I pointed it out, the guy tried it again and it rang up the same so he said "Don't worry about it, just enjoy the extra money".
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It could just be that the price dropped, and it wasn't marked that way.
 
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