update in post 1 - would this annoy you? cashier

I was in Payless tonight and boots were on BOGO sale, so I got a dressy pair and a winter weather pair. The dressy pair had the 34.99 sale sticker on the box. They were the only 2 pairs in the aisle. 95% of the boots had the sale stickers on the boxes. I took the box with the orange sale sticker on it, and my winter boots up to the register. I KNOW that I took the one with the sale sticker on it. Guy rings up pair #1 while I'm looking for my wallet. He scans the dressy pair and they come up 39.99. I say, "Oh, they're on sale for 34.99" and he gives me a smirky look and shrugs his shoulder. He pretends to look for the orange sticker, but it's nowhere to be found. I pick up the box, etc., take a peek behind the register, and don't see it. I tell him that I am 100% certain that they were on sale, as I had JUST picked up the box and walked literally 10 feet to the register. He says "oh, no, well, if it doesn't have the sticker, it's not on sale..." Of course I retraced my step back to the aisle and it was nowhere to be found and there wasn't another box with a sticker to show him.

He totally took the sticker off the box while I was getting my credit card out. I know it's only $5, but the whole idea of it frustrates me. If it was a mistake for the tag to be on the box, that's one thing, but don't swipe the tag from the box and play dumb.

I have been home for an hour now and I am still perturbed. Would anyone else be annoyed? I almost want to return the whole $60 purchase.


UPDATE:
was at work all day and am just seeing all these replies now. Whoah, I didn't mean to cause drama!!!!

First off, and most importantly, I'd NEVER call and get someone fired, especially not over $5 and certainly not in this economy. He was nasty and snooty, but whatever, that's not my place. I just won't give that store my business anymore.

Secondly, there were 2 pairs of that style in the entire store - I went back to the shelf and checked and there was the one I took with the sticker, and the one without, hence there was no "proof" that they were originally tagged. I know for a fact they were - I was on my phone with a friend and was commenting on the deal and what my total would be while I had them both in my hand.

Sure, maybe it fell off, but he picked up the box and the counter was empty, I peeked behind the register, looked on the floor behind register and by me, retraced my steps - it wasn't there - no real mysterious place for it to have fallen out in plain sight, especially considering he didn't even take the boots out of the box to scan them - just used the gun.

In any event, my question was whether you'd be annoyed or not. Sorry if people thought I was stupid for buying them - as I said, I NEED them for this weekend and have no other opportunity to go shopping (and I was between meetings while I was at that store visit so I couldn't just go elsewhere).

I was just coming to vent and thought some of you would share my frustration. My sincere apologies if I offended anyone, as I seem to have done inadvertantly :(

Message edited 12/4/2008 7:17:19 PM.

Re: would this annoy you? sneaky cashier

I would not have bought them. That would totally p!ss me off as well!

Re: would this annoy you? sneaky cashier

Send an e-mail to payless corporate and be sure to include all of the numbers on your receipt, so they'll know which cashier it was.

That stinks.

Re: would this annoy you? sneaky cashier

I would send a complaint e-mail / letter. Make sure to include the store location and name of employee, if you have it.

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i wouldn't have bought them. i would have walked out right then and there.

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I should have walked out and not bought them, but this is literally the first chance I've had to set foot into a store in weeks and it was something I needed. Dumb, but, I need the winter pair for when we go away this weekend and I have obligations after work tomorrow and Friday.

Re: would this annoy you? sneaky cashier

Devil's advocate....

What does he have to gain by making you miss out on a $5 difference? I don't think they work on commission or anything. Maybe it really did fall off and land under a shelf or something where you didn't see it?

I dunno - just a thought.

Message edited 12/3/2008 7:45:05 PM.

Re: would this annoy you? sneaky cashier

in most stores they have to go by the price it rings up

people change the stickers

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Doesnt it go by what it rings up? The cahsier cant change the price that is set in the computer.

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Totally make a call tomorrow. Tell them that in this economy, someone who smirks like that & gives attitude is the last thing they need in the store.

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Message edited 12/4/2008 8:07:45 AM.

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Message edited 12/4/2008 8:26:35 AM.

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I wouldn't have bought them, JMHO

Re: would this annoy you? sneaky cashier

I wouldn't have bought them -
Not for the $5 - Just for the fact that the creep p*ssed me off.

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Message edited 12/4/2008 10:01:35 AM.