The One That Got Away.....

It's not only with the supermarket tricks, it's with the banks too, with the rents too and every kind of contract in my country finish with the little words written in the end of the list. Here it's normal, this is why people read from the start to the end. Those who doesn't read are really screwed if it's for more money, because it doesn't worth. Every product here got it's own price. And every price, if the product is something which is not packaged but is bulk (you can take little or bigger part of it, up to you) has price for kilogram In my country, what is not packaged is cheaper. As example here we have packaged nuts and nuts which has not their own package, they are somewhere, where you can take only a part like 100 grams or more. If you buy from the bulk nuts it will be cheaper for you.

yeah that got me too with veggies most of the time but I guess if there is a law against it, they will come up with another trick

Ha ha....no..not me. I might be dumb...but I like to read EVERYTHING...esp the small print! And my husband's the same. So, we've never been caught that way and if we did...we would return it just the way you did...lol

hi pikefish oh yes I found a package of fresh looking large shrimp one time and it said on the label $3.45 so I was thrilled as it was a goodly sized package of big shrimp but when the girl weighed it and asked for $16.40 or something in that line I almost collapsed, like yours it was over three dollars and forty five cents a pound and it was close to 4 pounds. like an idiot I did pay for it as it was my birthday and I just splurged for once. lol lol,at least they were fresh and I made shrimp scampi several times with them. Usually I would just have put it back. Stores should be made to label their fish so you know that the figure you read says per pound as that just not fair at all.

Our main supermarket here does it all the time. They label all the deli items with a given price then the sticker label also has the same label but the per 1/2 lb in tiny print. I had to learn the hard way to not only look for the catch but ask also as they are very slick.

I have never been surprised exactly like this. However, the opposite happened to me few times. I mean, when per kg price is far lower than what one package or piece of the product costs. Too many times I ignored groceries I like only because I though how expensive they are while the opposite was true. This happened because the big label said price per kg and not price of the actual package. Anyway, as for the cases like your, I saw some similar tricks in supermarkets here in Slovakia too. Luckily, these cases seem to be less numerous here.

I was caught out but not quite that badly. I usually check the small print if I see an offer like that. However, there was a time when I saw bags of grapes for 99p. So I picked some up, took them to the checkout and found that they were 99p per lb or whatever it was so it was just over £3 however, I bought them anyway as I did want them and they were nice! But, as you say, shops shouldn't be allowed to do such things. People like us, for example, might be willing to return things to the shelf but there are some who would be embarrassed to do so and would just pay up anyway. It's all very well trying to entice people but they ought to entice people by offering good quality, good value products rather than making you think you're getting a bargain when you're not.

My sister was coming home from a European tour with the hubs. They were trying to use up their Euros and so lashed out with a bang up meal of prawns etc. The bill was horrifyingly large. They thought the prawn dish was 16Euros but the prawns were 16 Euros EACH!!I don't really understand the EUros but I think I got the story right...but how awful,those prawns could not go back!

Seems like all the stores love to shout the numbers but whisper the units they refer to... they may as well be stating cattails per acre...

sounds pretty fishy to me...

Yep, the old price per kilo trick! They do that one here too. But I was a tad smarter than you when they first started doing it. I actually use those prices for the purpose that I am assuming they were intended. That is to compare the price of the product to one that is similar but maybe a different sized container. Sometimes, the smaller packets are actually cheaper even though we naturally assume that bulk is cheaper so we buy large packets or boxes.

Hello. Wow, you are lucky that you have a wriggly fish in your market. I haven't been a victim yet of such tricky treat, fortunately. I am aware that the fresh products are sold per kg or per its weight, whatever it was. So, I'm always checking the label very closely so as not get tricked. I'm glad that products like this are already pre packed according to their exact weight and price. So I don't have to worry about nor knowing how much it actually cost.

Yes, I was in the supermarket and I saw a sign that read "Apple pie buy ONE get ONE FREE for $1.99 now that THAT'S A DEAL"! I said. And I proceeded to grab 4 and walk over to the checkout line. When the cashier totaled it up she said, "that'll be $10.50 please?" I pointed at the sign as she looked her shoulder and turned back an said, "that sale ended yesterday sir." So I looked her at her laughing and said, then it looks like I'm paying U ONLY $4.25 THEN?!" She then called the manager and told him what was going on and he said, "then that's ($4.25) is what he pays." YES! That those pies were good too!lol

Yes, and often. I wish the stores would just price the total cost of the food, not per pound. If I have to buy per pound I end up telling the store how many pounds I want.

Hi P1ke that happened to me a few weeks back with Pork and I was not amused as you said there should be a law against that I did not put the Pork Roast back as it was I needed it so I got it and I did say that this is wrong what they are doing it should be specified very clearly

one thing I've learned in my life is: if a deal seems too good to be true, it probably is, and look for the fine print...

What a rip off! Our stores here also have small print and I've learned that if I find a good bargain I'd better verify it. I can't think how many times I've thought I had the right product at the right price then compared the numbers on the bar code and discovered it wasn't the right product at all, just placed on the wrong shelf! Keep alert, though. You might find a real bargain similar to the salmon but you won't know if you don't stay sharp!