new rod and reel at dicks

[triglet]

well went into dick's today to buy a new crankbait rod.. noticed in the case they had a revo sx for 99 bucks.  called the sales guy over and he figured out it was mismarked.  told me i couldnt have it for that.  but they did accept my offer of $129  ;D...

[Hooligan]

SHould have fought him on it, really.  I know that in NE they're legally bound to sell it at the tagged price or lower.

[endless]

What rod you get?

[Dan:]

SHould have fought him on it, really. I know that in NE they're legally bound to sell it at the tagged price or lower.

In what part of the legal code is that located?

[Ern]

Id took a picture of it with my cell to start. Get the evidence.

Then I d raised hell til I got it for that price. He may not have wanted to but I bet someone up the ladder would have sold it for $99.

[Dan:]

If it's clearly a mistake and the price is off by a large amount then don't fuss about it. If it was something like an old sale price that they forgot to take down, then they have the right to deny the sale for that price but they'll usually give it to you for whatever the sign said as long as it isn't too big of a price difference.

[CWilliams]

SHould have fought him on it, really. I know that in NE they're legally bound to sell it at the tagged price or lower.

In what part of the legal code is that located?

http://www.michigan.gov/ag/consumer_protect/alerts/item+pricing+(scanner+law)+frequently+asked+question+32008

We have laws about pricing here.

[triglet]

well they had an sx on top of a s box. i knew better but played stupid.  I worked in retail for several years and i remember what it was like to have people that just ranted over stuff. 

I bought one of the skeet reese crankbait rods.  Always wanted to try one so now i must wait for the storms to pass! :-/

[hookingem]

Well at least you got some new equipment your happy with! Thats all that truly matters. 

[J Francho]

SHould have fought him on it, really.  I know that in NE they're legally bound to sell it at the tagged price or lower.

In what part of the legal code is that located?

http://www.michigan.gov/ag/consumer_protect/alerts/item+pricing+(scanner+law)+frequently+asked+question+32008

We have laws about pricing here.

What's the law say about consumers switching tags? :-?

[CWilliams]

If a price sticker is attatched properly it would be hard to remove w/o destroying it in the process.

Walmart around here has their own stickers and each employee has a number that goes on each sticker they use. This helps keep track of who is making pricing errors and also lets you know if a customer used their own tags.

With anything in life, people will try to cheat the system. Seems like a lot of work to save a few bucks.

EDIT: As far as the law goes.....I guess it would be considered stealing/fraud and be treated as such???? Just guessing.

[gracefuldad]

Honor is dead in this country.

To take advantage of a simple mistake by a business as in this case or an individual seems to becoming the norm..

I think people look for these opportunities to their advantage

But if someone did it to them.... they would be mad...

[J Francho]

If a price sticker is attatched properly it would be hard to remove w/o destroying it in the process.

Walmart around here has their own stickers and each employee has a number that goes on each sticker they use. This helps keep track of who is making pricing errors and also lets you know if a customer used their own tags.

With anything in life, people will try to cheat the system. Seems like a lot of work to save a few bucks.

EDIT: As far as the law goes.....I guess it would be considered stealing/fraud and be treated as such???? Just guessing.

Dude, thieves swap tags all the time.  All that law does is handcuff retailers, and encourage thieves.  I ran retail stores for 10 years, record stores and pet shops, and it was hard enough just to keep merch walking out the door, let alone micromanage who priced what, LOL.

As far as the original post, any Dick's I've been to had little shelf stands with the PRODUCT MODEL and PRICE clearly marked, not always the individual items.  So, the card probably said "Revo S $99.99" and a Revo SX was behind it.  If you think the store owes you a reel at $100, think again.  if you were in my store, and complained long enough, you'd be escorted out the front door.

My favorite comeback for jerks that threatened to tell all their friends not to come, was "Good, they're probably jerks, too,"  LOL.

Look guys, all this swindling does is raise a retailers shrink, which increases their bottom line.  Guess where they make that up....

Something is an honest mistake, point it out, most will give it to you for that price, within reason.

[endless]

well they had an sx on top of a s box. i knew better but played stupid. I worked in retail for several years and i remember what it was like to have people that just ranted over stuff.

I bought one of the skeet reese crankbait rods. Always wanted to try one so now i must wait for the storms to pass! :-/

Did you get the shirt too or only Gander doing that? I actually like the shirt and almost picked up their shakey head rod but I went with a different rod. Good luck with the new combo and enjoy!

[Luke at Gouldsboro]

I know our economy isn't great, but if you are planning on spending 100 dollars on a reel, why go through the hassle of argument and yelling and bickering for another 30 dollars. I mean really... Don't be so d**n cheap. Anyway, I think the rod and reel you got are good.Good luck with them

[CWilliams]

If a price sticker is attatched properly it would be hard to remove w/o destroying it in the process.

Walmart around here has their own stickers and each employee has a number that goes on each sticker they use. This helps keep track of who is making pricing errors and also lets you know if a customer used their own tags.

With anything in life, people will try to cheat the system. Seems like a lot of work to save a few bucks.

EDIT: As far as the law goes.....I guess it would be considered stealing/fraud and be treated as such???? Just guessing.

Dude, thieves swap tags all the time. All that law does is handcuff retailers, and encourage thieves. I ran retail stores for 10 years, record stores and pet shops, and it was hard enough just to keep merch walking out the door, let alone micromanage who priced what, LOL.

As far as the original post, any Dick's I've been to had little shelf stands with the PRODUCT MODEL and PRICE clearly marked, not always the individual items. So, the card probably said "Revo S $99.99" and a Revo SX was behind it. If you think the store owes you a reel at $100, think again. if you were in my store, and complained long enough, you'd be escorted out the front door.

My favorite comeback for jerks that threatened to tell all their friends not to come, was "Good, they're probably jerks, too," LOL.

Look guys, all this swindling does is raise a retailers shrink, which increases their bottom line. Guess where they make that up....

Something is an honest mistake, point it out, most will give it to you for that price, within reason.

I never said it worked. That is how things are priced at walmart, with each employee having to put in their number. Try taking a properly attatched price sticker off. It will most likely tear. If you feel so strongly about it contact walmart and tell them how they are wasting time. I was just passing along what I know about the walmarts in my area.

LOL...thanks for the education in retail.........

[The Rooster]

I worked at Walmart for 10 years. Here they went to a system where they use paper shelf tags that slide into a holder for them and they can be easily removed and replaced elsewhere. As far as I know there is no marking system here to keep up with who made the tags either, but I quit that job about 9 years ago now so that part may have changed since then. They still use the paper tags though.

Also here, they are required to sell the product at the marked price as well, even if it's incorrect in the customer's favor by a large margin, or at least that's what they always told us anyway, so there was a lot of selling at lower prices going on there too. They would limit the amount to one item only though, and any subsequent items bought that were the same would be at the full correct retail price.

Personally, I never force the issue, even when a product is missmarked, and it was NOT a result of moving a tag around. Sometimes the tag is for that product, and it has an old price on it that wasn't updated. It's not worth the hassle to me, and I have a conscience about such things too so I just don't do it.

But, I think the legality of it would fall in the "bait and switch" area so that's why they sell it at the marked price when it's discovered to be wrongly labeled.

[triglet]

I know our economy isn't great, but if you are planning on spending 100 dollars on a reel, why go through the hassle of argument and yelling and bickering for another 30 dollars. I mean really... Don't be so d**n cheap. Anyway, I think the rod and reel you got are good.Good luck with them

ha i didnt argue i just said ok and picked out my rod.  just a thought hit me while i was getting the rod and i went back and asked the guy at the counter if he would take 129 for it since i was going to buy a rod and he agreed!  And i didnt swap any sticker or tag.. all the reels are locked up in a case. 

[triglet]

endless- didnt get any shirt to go with the rod.  wonder if its a maile in for the tshirt?

[J Francho]

I just bought a Saint Croix rod from Gander.  It had two stickers on it, one was $159.99 and the other one, a red one, said $169.99 on it.  I went with the higher price.  Red labels were 40% off, LOL.

[Dan:]

Rooster, bait and switch is different than prices being mismarked inside a store

[CWilliams]

I worked at Walmart for 10 years. Here they went to a system where they use paper shelf tags that slide into a holder for them and they can be easily removed and replaced elsewhere. As far as I know there is no marking system here to keep up with who made the tags either, but I quit that job about 9 years ago now so that part may have changed since then. They still use the paper tags though.

Also here, they are required to sell the product at the marked price as well, even if it's incorrect in the customer's favor by a large margin, or at least that's what they always told us anyway, so there was a lot of selling at lower prices going on there too. They would limit the amount to one item only though, and any subsequent items bought that were the same would be at the full correct retail price.

Personally, I never force the issue, even when a product is missmarked, and it was NOT a result of moving a tag around. Sometimes the tag is for that product, and it has an old price on it that wasn't updated. It's not worth the hassle to me, and I have a conscience about such things too so I just don't do it.

But, I think the legality of it would fall in the "bait and switch" area so that's why they sell it at the marked price when it's discovered to be wrongly labeled.

It varies from state to state. The law in Michigan is there to protect the consumer. I do believe Michigan is trying to change the law so just the use of shelf tags is sufficient.

The law itself is not bad(like most laws). Its the people that abuse or even lie to take advantage of laws like this.