Its maffs innit.

**Biff** · 24th November 2005, 11:03

I've just come back from the garden centre, where I noticed a couple of books that were on offer - 15% off.

I went to the cash desk with both books, paid, left, then got to the car and checked the receipt. The arse serving had multiplied the 15% discount by 2, and gave me 30% off each book!!

I took them back of course.
Yeah right.

**Sniper** · 24th November 2005, 11:09

Good on ya. So where was this errrrr, bargin bin

**bugjuice** · 24th November 2005, 11:12

careful, the cops could follow your trail and get you for it! They went after the gas station lot..

I've managed to get 'free' stuff before, thru simple confusion of the till jockey in one form or another. I rarely mean to do it. May be it's just me.

One time, thru simple confusion, I filled up my bike with BP 98, got 3 bottles of V for 5 bucks, went to pay. They aren't 5 bucks for 3, so fumbled around for cash, didn't have the change and no eftpos. So one back, I'll have the two and gas. Paid over the top (which I knew), he gave me the change, then gave me back my money in one hit. Not realising until I went to get more gas later in the day, I had more money than I started the day with, and still a bottle of V to go!

**jrandom** · 24th November 2005, 11:30

I got some free smoked salmon from the Mad Butcher once, thanks to a lovely overworked blonde girl at the till.

I ate it quickly in the car on the way home, with a vague sense of disquiet.

**Biff** · 24th November 2005, 11:48

Originally Posted by Fish

I got some free smoked salmon from the Mad Butcher once

Cannabalism?

**Lou Girardin** · 24th November 2005, 11:48

So in the spirit of the cheap gas thread, are you giving the money back?
Or are you going to take advantage of their mistake and risk getting a criminal record?

**Biff** · 24th November 2005, 11:50

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

So in the spirit of the cheap gas thread, are you giving the money back?
Or are you going to take advantage of their mistake and risk getting a criminal record?

Yes........

**Lou Girardin** · 24th November 2005, 12:02

Originally Posted by Biff

Yes........

Good on ya.
Don't give the suckers an even break

**Virago** · 24th November 2005, 12:22

Reminds me of an experience my father had a few years ago. He went to a bookshop sale, there was a table of books marked "$1.50 each, or 2 for $1.00".

Tries to talk to shop manager, but no joy.

"But I only want one book".

"That's $1.50, sir".

"But if I take another book, it's 50 cents less?"

"That's right, sir."

Dad picks up another book at random, pays his $1.00. As he leaves the counter, he reaches around the counter and drops the unwanted book in the waste bin. He then walks out, followed by a string of "Hey you..." type comments from the shop staff.........

**Big Dave** · 24th November 2005, 12:53

Originally Posted by Fish

I ate it quickly in the car on the way home, with a vague sense of disquiet.

Were they out of tartare sauce and lemon?

**Yokai** · 24th November 2005, 14:45

Dude - the missing money is likely to come out of THEIR wage packet... If you notice the mistake, take it back, or at least phone up and check... The best thing about it is that you make friends, people realise you are a good guy/gal...

2 examples (though I'm hyper-square so...)

At a Christmas shopping extravaganza back in the UK I spent over 100 pounds on wrapping paper at paperchase. I gave the girl at the till a 20 and she gave me change for a 50... I didn't even notice. My gf noticed and when we were outside the shop she said "hey look - you got given extra change there!" I went back in and queued, gave the money back. Transpired that she would have had to pay the money back out of her own wage packet, and as a temp 1 day a week holiday worker that would have been a chunk of the wage... Well worth the extra time to get that feeling of helping someone out!

Second example - last year my gf bought me a pair of draggin jeans and a triumph t-shirt from a store on Kyber Pass Road in Auckland (just down from the motorway bridge, and next to Eden Electro Platers)... She got me a womens cut by accident. Went in and exchanged them later for a mens cut. Somehow, and I'm not sure how, the price was different but no-one checked. I finally get to come home and figure this out (about 2 weeks later) and phone Lou and email him and let him know and am all about to pay the extra, and he's very nice and lets me off... That guy gets a lot of kudos from me - I recommend the staff and service to all my friends, and when I get a licence that allows me to ride a bigger bike than my 250, I'm buying a new bike there.

Just a thought - these people have to make a living, and you were willing to pay the advertised price - if you notice the mistake, live honestly... Karma, dude.

<-- HAHAHA! I didn't know what that tag was called - that's funny!

**Lou Girardin** · 24th November 2005, 14:53

Originally Posted by Yokai

Second example - last year my gf bought me a pair of draggin jeans and a triumph t-shirt from a store on Kyber Pass Road in Auckland (just down from the motorway bridge, and next to Eden Electro Platers)... She got me a womens cut by accident. Went in and exchanged them later for a mens cut. Somehow, and I'm not sure how, the price was different but no-one checked. I finally get to come home and figure this out (about 2 weeks later) and phone Lou and email him and let him know and am all about to pay the extra, and he's very nice and lets me off... That guy gets a lot of kudos from me - I recommend the staff and service to all my friends, and when I get a licence that allows me to ride a bigger bike than my 250, I'm buying a new bike there.

<-- HAHAHA! I didn't know what that tag was called - that's funny!

Aaawww shucks yokai

, honesty deserves a discount

**Biff** · 24th November 2005, 15:14

Originally Posted by Yokai

Dude - the missing money is likely to come out of THEIR wage packet.....

Sorry mate - I don't buy that he'll have to pay it back out of his own pocket. And an example of a temp in the UK telling you that their employer would have made her pay it back (which is against the law in the UK, if proven to be a genuine mistake - I know this for fact. ) doesn't convince me that the local garden centre in NZ operates the same as a garden centre at the other end of the globe.

I probably would have gone back in, but I couldn't be arsed to run accross the car park in the pouring rain in order to queue again for the sake of $6.

**Hitcher** · 24th November 2005, 15:32

I can't do this stuff. Must be something Calvinistic in my genes. Knowingly taking something for which you know you should have paid more for, must still be theft. I always point out errors (if I spot them) to retail assistants, such as their inability to do simple arithmetic or failure to charge for the second bottle or red wine or desserts. Ask yourself how you would expect your customers to treat you if the situation was reversed...