This happened to me just this weekend. It was one of those rare opportunities where I got to go on leave for the whole weekend. And being a modern Malaysian, with a bit of extra cash in hand (final distribution of last year end's bonus - Alhamdulillah...) we decided to spend one evening shopping for the monthly groceries. This time, we wanted to try some place new to us, which was a famous hypermarket on the way to Batu Caves....it's so hyper that it even had the word 'extra' added to it's famous name....hint...hint...
So there we were, jostling with the crowd, cris-crossing through a sea of just-got-their-pay families, walking down the endless aisles all full of the "buy me" signs, eyes wide open looking for a good bargain which is just actually a few ringgits cheaper than your normal neighbourhood kedai runcit....actually, we didn't buy much, as our main aim was just to get a fresh supply of baby diapers and baby formula. In the end, we ended up lining yup with just 8 items, among them a Barbie doll toy and an RM2.90 children swimming arm floats (Now that was a bargain!)
So when we finally got to the cashier, we were stalled for a while as the seemingly busy cashier was busy gossiping with her fellow cashier about some cute supervisor who she missed having lunch with. Only when I 'ehem-ed' did she automatically smiled at me and said "you have the (storename) member card?" I handed over the card and she began to 'beep' all my eight items. "RM172.00, please" she said. All was normal till I instinctly started to review the final receipt after she said the automatic "thank you and come again!" I found there was an item 'beeped' in that was not in my list of items but cost RM49.90! I questioned her and she tried to tally up all the items I bought with the receipt but still could not figure what was the item marked as "6ft bla-bla" on the receipt. Then she apologised and ushered me to customer service on the ground floor. So when I went down, the so-called expert took a look at my receipt, and the items that I bought. Guess what - the RM49.90 turned out to be the price of the RM2.90 swimming arm band! Apparently there were 2 bar codes on it, and the 'beeper' accidentally scanned the old bar code! Of course later they refunded me my RM47.00 and said a simple "sorry, ya?"
So guys and gals, the next time you go hypermarketing or any market - just DO double check your receipt.....you'd never know when such simple mistakes may occur! - It almost cost me RM47.00!! So beware!!!
So there we were, jostling with the crowd, cris-crossing through a sea of just-got-their-pay families, walking down the endless aisles all full of the "buy me" signs, eyes wide open looking for a good bargain which is just actually a few ringgits cheaper than your normal neighbourhood kedai runcit....actually, we didn't buy much, as our main aim was just to get a fresh supply of baby diapers and baby formula. In the end, we ended up lining yup with just 8 items, among them a Barbie doll toy and an RM2.90 children swimming arm floats (Now that was a bargain!)
So when we finally got to the cashier, we were stalled for a while as the seemingly busy cashier was busy gossiping with her fellow cashier about some cute supervisor who she missed having lunch with. Only when I 'ehem-ed' did she automatically smiled at me and said "you have the (storename) member card?" I handed over the card and she began to 'beep' all my eight items. "RM172.00, please" she said. All was normal till I instinctly started to review the final receipt after she said the automatic "thank you and come again!" I found there was an item 'beeped' in that was not in my list of items but cost RM49.90! I questioned her and she tried to tally up all the items I bought with the receipt but still could not figure what was the item marked as "6ft bla-bla" on the receipt. Then she apologised and ushered me to customer service on the ground floor. So when I went down, the so-called expert took a look at my receipt, and the items that I bought. Guess what - the RM49.90 turned out to be the price of the RM2.90 swimming arm band! Apparently there were 2 bar codes on it, and the 'beeper' accidentally scanned the old bar code! Of course later they refunded me my RM47.00 and said a simple "sorry, ya?"
So guys and gals, the next time you go hypermarketing or any market - just DO double check your receipt.....you'd never know when such simple mistakes may occur! - It almost cost me RM47.00!! So beware!!!
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