Unfortunately, it has long been known that retail chains often deceive customers. On this, unscrupulous traders earn a lot of money. There are special marketing techniques that, although not aimed at deceiving, but they allow you to manipulate the buyer, forcing him to take more than is required.
Price tags, shares
Many, having come to the store, have probably come across the fact that when they buy they take a product for one price, and at the checkout they get another one. Similarly, stocks can occur when the price tag continues to hang after the stock. People take goods based on the old price.
In such cases, according to existing legislation, the seller must sell the goods at the price indicated on the price tag. Of course, you will have to listen to a lot from the employees of the outlet, spend your nerves. But it is worth demanding that the goods be sold to you at the price indicated. Unfortunately, some people often simply do not pay attention to it. Others don't bother. Bottom line: the store wins, which remains in the big plus.
Another variant. The price tag is deliberately hung not under the product, but a little to the side. For example, the same bananas can cost 50 rubles, or they can cost 100 rubles. You just need to move the cheap price tag to the side. And then, taking expensive bananas at a different price tag, you will "punish" yourself by paying 2 times more. The store can be justified by the fact that the buyer himself was inattentive.
Sometimes sellers do not put price tags on cheap goods at all. These products may be in the same category, but they cost differently. Therefore, be sure to scan your purchase to find exactly the one you intend to buy. If there is no scanner, then invite an employee. He is obliged to find you the cheapest product that you wanted to buy, knowing that it costs less than other products in this category.
Checkout
Cheating at the box office is already commonplace. Here you can make a whole list with a list of how visitors are deceived at this point of the store. Too many buyers never check checks and do not take them, do not count the change. But in vain. Cashiers re-punch one item. Something that you did not buy can be hammered into the check. Promotional goods are driven in at full cost. They may not deliver the change. Therefore, always check receipts and money at the checkout.
Re-freezing
You can deceive the buyer in different ways. If, for example, a trading network does not comply with the rules for storing goods, especially perishable goods, and sells it as fresh, then this is also one of the forms of deception. For example, freezing. If frozen food has been defrosted, the quality will be much lower. Having noticed this, it is better to bypass the product.
Shelf life
This deception is so old that almost every customer knows about it. And, nevertheless, they still continue to use it. The point is that a new price tag is glued to the expired product. Sometimes a point of sale does not even bother to remove the old price and just sticks a new one on top or on the side. Be careful. Check the suitability of the product, do not rush to throw everything into the basket at once. Such deception is especially relevant before the big holidays, of which there are quite a few in Russia.
These methods of deceiving customers in stores are the most common, but they are far from unique. A lot of them.
Do not allow yourself to be deceived, do not hesitate to check everything.
