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Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’

7news.com.au Woolworths shopper sparks frenzy with wild self-serve register overcharge claim

‘Was annoyed that the amount due on my Woolies purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’

Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’::‘Was annoyed that the amount due on my Woolies purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’

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So it was resolved instore to their even better benefit, AND the person still went and posted a false story to shame and blame them?
People are fucking weird.
- Even if it was a one-time glitch that was resolved in-store, it implies that the prices shown on-screen aren’t necessarily the same prices used internally to compute the total.
  That could merit a heads-up post for people to double-check their totals, though not the suggestion of anything more nefarious.
  
  Things misscan all the time, they are using a hot topic to make an agenda.
  They could have spun it as a good story with the ending they got, but they choose to focus on a technical glitch that occurs with human cashiers as well.
  
  Nah, this wasn't an issue with the scanner, it's an issue with the core design of the software. For whatever reason, it uses different value fields when determining the price to display for an item and the price used in the total, that means this problem can occur for any number of items and the only way to detect it is to manually total the receipt. It's a fundamental problem with the software and their pricing change control process and a good PSA, the negative headline draws better attention than the positive, which is that anyone could be charged incorrectly. That the store was able to fix it is also good to include, but it is an expected responsibility of the store to do so, not some positive spin.
  
  How is this an mis-scan? Everything was scanned into the system, all recognized, all properly entered. The problem came with the display of that information. There was nothing wrong with the scan.
- That's still a major software bug. What a POS.
  
  It is indeed a Point of Sale, albeit a shitty one
  
  Not major if it only impacts the price shown on the itemized price screen of clearance mangos in one store and the total price charged is correct.
- Is this news?
  It certainly doesn't belong in /technology, right?
- instore
  Not a word, my dude.
  
  In-store is, and language is fluid. If you understood what I meant we succeeded in communicating, anything else is you just trying to be better than someone else.
  
  Languageisfluid isacommon excusefor people whoare justwrong.
  
  Except language is demonstrably fluid, meanwhile it seems like your grasping of prescriptive pedantry is coincidentally just a lazy reason to try and be correct when everyone knew what "instore" meant.
  Do you say "God be with you" when departing, or just goodbye?
  
  Of course it is. That doesn't mean every missing or grammatical mistake is an example of language evolving. Usually it's just carelessness or ignorance.
  
  Carelessness or ignorance, believe it or not, evolve language. Have you heard of compound words?
  
  I believe they are what people call a hypocrite, they have LOL in their username.
  
  fyne wut evar ur rite having stan dardz sux u cant comlane cuz u no wat i mint
  
  God be with ye
  
  Thefact thatyour commentcan stillbe understood kindof disprovesyour point.
  Beingpedantic aboutspaces andhyphens in anonline comment-section doesn’t makeyou a better-person.
  
  Okay Luddite.
  
  I apologize for knowing how to spell.
  
  So where do we draw the line on when new words can’t be created anymore? Shakespeare? Wassup? Crunk? Your username even has LOL in it, I don’t think we should be taking language lessons from someone who parades that around….
  An online forum lacking in content and engagement isn’t the place to make a stand against minor mistakes that don’t detract from the conversation.
  
  What I'm making a stand against is the position that there's no such thing as bad grammar because it's all just language evolution.
  
  If it gets in the way of communicating, sure. Butobviouslythatwasn’ttheissue here.
  
  Is gofuckyourself a word?
  
  It is to me.
  
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/in-store?q=in-store

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