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I am generally happy with this store, but when visiting today I almost got scammed. I'm not sure if this is a new scam, but it is the first time I have caught it. In the produce section, Smith's has two different produce bags that are the same size, except that one has a yellowish tint. It turns out that the yellowish one is for organic produce. I was selecting produce from the non-organic section, which was at least 30 feet further down the aisle from the organic section, and needed some bags which I got off a nearby roll. I did not realize that the yellowish bags were for organic, and did not know that it was necessary to read the bag; I never have in the past.
After checkout, I thought the amount was higher that I expected, and upon reviewing my bill, found that the cashier had charged organic prices for non-organic food. I did request and receive a refund, but to my mind, the presence of the organic bags in the non-organic section of produce is a deliberate method of trapping the unwary into overpaying for their non-organic produce. Other scams I have run into at this store are: 1. The occasional missing price marker and 2. higher priced items stocked behind a lower price marker.
It seems that nearly every week if find some corporation has found a new way of scamming additional money from their customers, and I am getting tired of having to be so suspicious every time I buy something.
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