Several times I have been in stores and noticed that shoppers were looking at what was a good deal but bypassing it because there was no sales tag on the item. The item was advertised in the flyer or I posted about a great deal here on MSM but no one was taking the item to the register. Or asking me why their store didn’t have the Finish B1G1 at Harris Teeter or the Carnation Instant Breakfast wasn’t $3.99 (in fairness I did have to add a note to the Dunkin Donuts- originally I missed that only the holiday flavors were on sale- sorry about that!)
The reason was because they didn’t see a sales tag so they just left it on the shelf and moved on- assuming it was not on sale.
Sales tags don’t determine what the price will be at the register. Sales tags get missed every week due to the the high number that are changed in every store each week. Some misguided shoppers take the sales tags in order to get a raincheck (or a super excited 18 month old waddling down the aisle). Once they are taken down most stores are unable to reproduce the tag to replace it and shoppers for the rest of the week mistakenly think that the item isn’t on sale.
If you think that an item should be on sale for whatever reason- take it to the register. Ask the cashier (or at customer service) to “price check” the item. They can scan the item and see what the sale price is. If it doesn’t ring up for what you expected then they can take the item off your order and if it does ring up on sale- SCORE!
Thanks Jessie, I just had that problem at Walgreens with the colgate optic toothpaste but took it right to the counter and it was on sale just as I had read. Did 3 transactions so I have $6 rr to use at HT. Used bonus points to pay down my total to pocket change.
Just did this on Day 1 of Super Doubles. LOreal shampoo and Pantene hairspray weren’t marked as on sale on the shelf – and customer service did a quick scan of each for me before I bought them to confirm. Whenever I do this, though, if I’m wrong I always put the items back on the shelf instead of leaving them at the customer service desk.