In some stores on the electronic scoreboard, which is located for viewing, reproduced every pierced purchase. And the buyer sees both the name and the cost of the purchase, and can monitor what will be in the check. And some supermarkets install other cash registers. It seems that they were specially invented to deceive trusting customers. Here, the buyer can see only the final amount, even without intermediate results. And how many times you could see that the scoreboard is simply covered up with something! This, of course, is already a violation. In such stores it is worth using at least a mobile phone calculator for the correct calculation of the cost of purchases. If you are deceived - boldly call the administrator. The protection of consumer rights is based on the education of consumers.
Mysterious price tags
There are well-proven ways to deceive the buyer. I think each of us has repeatedly been indignant that in some large stores the price tags are placed arbitrarily. They do not correspond to the product that is located next to the price tag. As a result, you can buy the goods, thinking that it costs much less. But you will already find it when you study the check.
Not all barrooms can be found bar code readers. Do not run into them, checking the cost of each purchase. The only way out is to compare the barcode of each price tag and the barcode of the product. Coincide - it means, in the price you are not mistaken.
Other people's purchases.
Here is the fault of the buyers themselves. Only with the light hand of buyers who do not take a check, dishonest sellers rob the next buyer. The cashier can not reset the purchase of the previous buyer from the computer and include it in the cost of the next customer. You have to be on your own. Watch for cash to be reset, before the cashier begins to break through your purchases. Make the habit of not departing from the checkout without checking the check. Do not hesitate to bring a calculator with you to the store. Even if everything in the check is correct, do not throw it away. Where is the guarantee that at home you will not find a poor-quality goods. But know that even in the absence of a check for evidence, records from the surveillance camera, as well as labels with marking of the store on the goods, can go off. Well, if you remember exactly when and where you paid for the goods. So you will have a chance to return money for a poor quality product.
Games with barcodes.
If a cash register scanner is installed in the store, which reads barcodes, the error is virtually eliminated. But you probably watched such a picture more than once, the device for some reason can not count information and the cashier has to dial it manually. Cunning sellers, knowing by heart the commodity codes, can dial the code of a more expensive product. Truth sometimes it can be an accident. Who is not mistaken? But it is in your interest to keep everything under control. Also, the buyer can be deceived when the goods are weighed on an electronic balance. You put on the scales, for example, cheap apples, and the seller types the code of expensive apples. And again, in our interests, check the sticker with the barcode on the purchase. There necessarily will be the name of the product. Check its name on the price tag, make sure that you are not deceived. In some shops resort to another kind of tricks. So sellers can incorrectly "encrypt" the goods for scanners. And the buyer will pay for it at the cashier's higher price.
Superfluous purchase.
How often in the supermarket, by typing a large amount of goods, you get a huge check. You can not check it at the cash desk, you will delay the queue. But having paid off, step aside and check purchases with a check. It happens that the cashiers punch you more quantity of some goods. What if this happened? Be on the alert. To not be deceived, buy less, but more often. The longer the check, the greater the probability of fraud.
Mythical sales.
Recently, sales have become fashionable. When buying goods at such sales promotions at reduced prices, products with expiring shelf life are often sold. And shares such as "buy 3 at a price of 2" are also designed for naive buyers. In a store in the usual department, you are unlikely to find the same product to find out the real savings. There are cases when on the price tag with the word "Action!" There is an obviously overpriced price, which is crossed out and a "new" price is entered, according to which the goods were already sold.
Products that dry up.
It is known that some products are prone to drying out. This especially applies to fruits, vegetables, sausages, etc. In order not to be a loser, the stores have adapted to pre-pack the products. So on products the initial weight and corresponding cost is underlined. So having paid for 1 kg of potatoes, you can bring home home practically somewhere 930g. The difference in monetary terms can be significant. The only way out for the buyer is to weigh the prepackaged goods on the checkweigher. And then decide for yourself.
Stale food.
On the sale of expired products sell well. But the buyer can lose not only money, but also health. From the variety of tricks, which are resorted to in stores, sometimes it becomes scary. We can only warn you a little:
1. Do not buy cheese, sausage or fish in the form of slicing, but in non-factory packages. Sometimes such cuts get slices that are constantly updated from the products in the display case. Sellers can fold them up with a "fresh" side, and you'll think that everything is in order.
2. Sausage products in a natural package, if they become moldy or become slippery, sellers wash and rub with sunflower oil. The product shines as new, fresh. The same is done with fish and meat. Fresh meat when pressing on it with a finger will not leave a hole. It disappears instantly.
3. Goods in factory packaging with expiring shelf life unfair sellers are opened, re-packaged in already store packages and put new expiration dates. Such goods are put ahead to be bought faster.
4. Avoid buying semi-processed minced meat. On its production can go spoiled meat.
5. New Year's gifts stores can be completed with candies with expired shelf life.
6. Information about the shelf life in stores can be pasted with a price tag. Do not be lazy and pick it off.
7. Cooking is the department that is best avoided. Here, as a rule, products are used, far from fresh. A ready-made salad is best purchased only in factory packaging.