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Originally Posted by rkomar
I don't see what the big deal is about tags on the shelves being changed by hackers. You don't pay what the tag says at the registers, you pay what the database says the price is for the scanned item.
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In Canada, there is the Scanning Code of Practices. If the prices in the computer and on the shelf differ, you receive a $10 discount or the price of the item whichever is lower. Admittedly, many stores will not do this automatically (I'm looking at you, Walmart where their compliance seem more theoretical than practical) and you may need to get insistent.
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Scanner Price Accuracy Code for more information.
And yes, I am one of those nasty people who holds the lineup up or drags the staff for the self serve lineup into my issues by remembering the price on the shelf. Names & faces? The joke from some of my friends was that they were going to pin my photo on the bathroom mirror with a note reading: 'Good Morning! Your name is David". A phone number that has been out of service for 10 years? No problem.
As for the USA? There is no federal code but some states have an equivalent. You have to gaze in wonder at the Balkanization of rules in the USA. Want to sleep with your 18 year or older sibling? No problem in Ohio, New Jersey & Rhode Island. Don't plan on marrying them. In Ohio, the legality is only for siblings. A grandparent/parent/child/grandchild/dependent relationship is not permitted.