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Was This Stealing ?

Did I steal the chicken ?

  • No... You paid what it was marked, end of story.

    Votes: 33 68.8%

  • Yes, you did. You're going straight to Hell

    Votes: 4 8.3%

  • Maybe yes, maybe no. In this crazy world of ours, who's to say ?

    Votes: 6 12.5%

  • Leave me alone, I'm masturbating

    Votes: 5 10.4%
  • Total voters
    48
not stealing, you took advantage of their mistake. However(!), had I done the same I would certainly have paid the marked price but I would have told them they should check the rest.

I work retail, and if something is miss-marked (though to be honest I definitely would have caught that) I honor it for the current transaction then let the appropriate person know to do w/e needs to be done (check the rest, change the sign etc). This way if there is internal theft or a "glitch in the pricing" they can be responsible for checking.
 
In all technicality, the situation described is not stealing. (Defined: illegal taking of another person's property). Further, just being in possession, or purchasing an item with an altered or incorrect price tag is not establish probable cause to believe that you had switched the tag, which would be part of the definition of shoplifting.

Now, of course there are no Publix Super Markets in MI, so that rule does not apply. Likely also, there is another part of the price tag, such as it saying the package weighs two one hundredths of a pound, or the price per pound for stuffed chicken breast is 1 cent, in which the average prudent person would not reasonably rely on or believe - therefore, being a blatant yet inadvertant error, false advertising does not apply either. It's just a genuine mistake and no party is really entitled to artificially benefit.

As a retailer, Publix is thus responsible that the tags on the items, especially store prepared foods, as they must also include the ingredient list, be accurate. In this case, the store would not be incorrect to decline sale of the item with an incorrect tag. However, this being Publix, they would live up to the error and honor the price on the package.
 
Paying the advertised price is not stealing. In fact, most places won't argue (within reason) about an incorrectly priced item.
 
jonboy1645 said:
In all technicality, the situation described is not stealing. (Defined: illegal taking of another person's property). Further, just being in possession, or purchasing an item with an altered or incorrect price tag is not establish probable cause to believe that you had switched the tag, which would be part of the definition of shoplifting.

Now, of course there are no Publix Super Markets in MI, so that rule does not apply. Likely also, there is another part of the price tag, such as it saying the package weighs two one hundredths of a pound, or the price per pound for stuffed chicken breast is 1 cent, in which the average prudent person would not reasonably rely on or believe - therefore, being a blatant yet inadvertant error, false advertising does not apply either. It's just a genuine mistake and no party is really entitled to artificially benefit.

As a retailer, Publix is thus responsible that the tags on the items, especially store prepared foods, as they must also include the ingredient list, be accurate. In this case, the store would not be incorrect to decline sale of the item with an incorrect tag. However, this being Publix, they would live up to the error and honor the price on the package.
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Ah, I love the legalese.

A genuine mistake? No, not really. I'd buy into that if the OP wasn't aware of the standard price and if he hadn't chosen to purchase the item b/c it was marked way, way down. Many stores will honor the price tag when the buyer points out the lower price to them and there's an honest mistake, but that didn't really happen either.

I don't believe it's inherently evil to run out the store w/ a "steal." Realistically, it's not as though a store owner would be flagging the OP down if he was accidentally overcharged. It's also been proven that sometimes customers overpay due to scanning errors. I guess a person could take bargain and chalk it up the overpaying/underpaying averages--it all hopefully evens out. Still, it's hard to lump this into the genuine mistake category.
 
G-Lexington said:
You took advantage of their mistake. If you hadn't noticed it before you bought it, it would be a mistake. Since you did, you took advantage of them. But since they're a company rather than a person, it's easier to do.

Lex
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A very good point. It was a company and not a person, and that makes this "easier" to do.
 
Yooper said:
If you were in Michigan, the law is clear. (The Consumer Pricing and Advertising Act [Public Act 449 of 1976, M. C. L.])

The customer is legally entitled to purchase the item at its lowest marked price. In addition, the store cannot 'catch' the error and try to mark it up. They MUST give you the lowest marked price. You would not, however, be subject to receive the error 'bounty,' as you were not harmed by the error. If you had gotten to the Register and the clerk said to you 'Sorry, this is marked wrong, I have to charge you $12 a pound not 12 cents' and then gone ahead and done that, the store would be subject to a minimum $250 fine.

You win. ..|
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I was just gonna ask if he was willing to pay the correct price if the cashier noticed the 'mistake'.

I don't know if this applies to other states, but I'll keep it in mind if I ever get challenged on a price error.

Btw, I would have done the same thing. Overall prices are calculated to cover this very thing!
 
Speaking as a former retail manager of several years, you did absolutely nothing wrong. From a legal standpoint, even if you had pointed out the error to someone in charge, they would be legally bound to sell you the item at the price marked. Once the item is placed on display, it may not have its price changed at point of sale. The error was made by the store... an employee. You had nothing to do with it. Be happy that you were gifted by the fates and don't worry anymore about it. You may rest assured that no one at the store is worrying about it. This type of thing is factored into the operating expenses of the store and is not a big deal, trust me.
 
Absolutely, it's stealing. You knew what the right price was and should have pointed it out to the cashier.

If given the incorrect change, charged the wrong price, not charged for a item, etc., I always correct the cashier and pay what is due. Even return the next day if I discover the mistake after I get home. It is the right and moral thing to do.

You know you were wrong, Josh, that is why you started this thead. :soapbox:
 
You didn't steal it but probably should have let them know so it could be priced properly
 
You should be ashamed of yourself.
 
For the record, the Supermarket probably gets a 'Price Variance Report' or something at the end of the day; things that don't meet certain parameters show up and pricing errors can be corrected/tracked down in the morning.

Like most have said, these errors happen daily and is part of doing business.

Loss Prevention will also review the list, and if a pattern is developing they will question whomever is running the pricing machine. It could be deliberate. In most cases, LP usually is on it already, and had something been mentioned to the Cashier, it may have tipped off a guilty party.

You should have no guilt here, no matter what others say.
 
I've seen this happen several times where the cashier or manager has caught the miss-priced item, and in each case the customer was given the marked price. The store always took a "that's what it's marked as, so that's the cost" approach.
 
No. They were stealing charging 11 dollars for two pieces of chicken. You were merely acting as a servant of karmic justice.


Seriously, though. You didn't steal anything. They're merchants, and part of being a merchant is pricing things correctly. If they didn't, they were not doing their job and it's their fault. Maybe they'll learn their lesson. Most likely if you had brought it up the cashier would have just rung it up as priced anyhow because he knows it's the store's fault and it's easier for him just to scan it at the marked price.

See Yooper's response for a bit more industry jargon. ;)
 
I was raised with a certain ethical code...

Which would commend you for your actions. My parents always sort of told me that the entire, if someone screws up and it benefits you, why open your mouth?

I justify it now by looking at the larger corporations and know that they make enough money on usually overpriced items anyways, that they deserve to let one or two go for less than they're supposed to be...Not stolen, mind you, but paid for incorrectly.

Anyways, how was it?
 
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