Last week's Sunday paper carried ads for candy priced two bags for $3. I went to take advantage of the ad and picked up some bags of the brand and variety named from one shelf. I went around the corner and found another aisle of candy with more of the advertised brands and the advertised price underneath the items on the shelf.

I took the first chosen items back to the first aisle and carefully chose items that were placed above the sale price on the shelf. When I checked out, some of the bags rang up as much as $3.59 a bag. The total order rang up about 30% higher than I had anticipated. The manager was called and she was very pleasant - showing me that the bags I had chosen were not the EXACT ones in the ad - the weight per bag might have been of by an oz or so (that oz was indicated in very small print in the ad) - some of the higher priced bags were of a special design. I told her I didn't care about a special design - I just wanted the advertised candy. It took her about 20 minutes to search the aisles to find the items that should have been identified by the price stickers on the shelves. All the while I cooled my heels.

It seems it would be more cost effective to train a minimum wage employee to place the sale price with the sale item than to use the manager's time to correct the problem. And I would bet the price tags are still posted underneath the wrong candy. This is not the first time something like this has happened to me at Walgreens, but it will be the last.

I should not have to police the register - I don't have to at Walmart which is about two block away. Guess where I will be shopping.

Next Walgreens Review >>>