溫哥華老友記討論區 - Powered by Discuz! Board

標題: Replacing price tags on products [打印本頁]

作者: kaimui22 時間: 2008-3-9 15:17 標題: Replacing price tags on products

today I saw the most dispicable thing happen @ Metrotown superstore..

I was with my family when I saw 2 chinese ladies pushing two carts. Each had a 5-drawer shelf in their cart. So I looked around to see if it was on sale...I saw the price tag at the shelf was $31.99/each.

Then I walked closer to the ladie's carts and saw that it had a yellow sticker with $4.96 on it. I recognized the yellow sticker to be from the clearance kids clothing in the next aisle. So I stayed close to those ladies and they just kept adding item after item into their cart..all with a yellow price tag ($3.96, $4.96..etc).

One of the ladies then appeared with an iron, with a $3.96 sticker on it. She said to the other lady "哇﹐這個要成$40! 但我家裡已經有一個﹐要不要好?" then the other lady said "又不是貴﹐你看﹐其他人都想買﹐快D拿走啦"....

I told my husband about these 2 ladies so he went towards them to listen a bit more.....then what he heard was amazing:

Lady 1 : " 怕不怕啊﹐如果他問起來該怎麼辦?"
Lady 2 : "扮無知就得啦!當聽不懂﹐死口否認就okay ga la!"

Then the second lady took ANOTHER iron and it magically turned into $3.96 again.

I didn't SEE them put the stickers on but I was pretty sure those items are not clearance..and I also heard them say to pretend they don't understand english when asked. Then I went to buy my stuff and after I paid, they were at another counter, beside mine. The cashier didn't even scan the items...she just say the price tag and typed it into the machine and they paid $4.96 for a $32 shelf and $3.96 for a $40 iron. The next lady skipped couple of persons and bought the same items, same price.

i feel so ashamed to see chinese people doing this...BTW, they spoke CANTONESE.
but then, the cashier was also stupid not to scan the item or question the cost...if she had scanned the barcode, she would've seen it was much more expensive than they priced it.

sigh~

作者: 華美子 時間: 2008-3-9 15:37

If I were you, I would notify the staff there. This is almost like stealing.

作者: abcvancouver 時間: 2008-3-9 15:47

Yes, agree, this is stealing.

作者: ordinary_girl 時間: 2008-3-9 15:58

i would have gone over to that cashier and tell her the truth..........

作者: siuming 時間: 2008-3-9 17:28

the cashier is quite stupid. lol

作者: its_visa 時間: 2008-3-9 18:15

i no !
how can the cashier be THAT dumb?
omg...
4.96 for a shelf ?
COME ONNN use ur brain mannn ! -__-

作者: Traum 時間: 2008-3-9 19:56

提示: 作者被禁止或刪除內容自動屏蔽

作者: kaimui22 時間: 2008-3-9 20:29

it was at superstore and they did NOT scan the barcode. The ladies had taken some of the demos off the floor..therefore the item didn't have a barcode on them. For example, there was like 6 or 7 irons on display..she took one of them from the display (they weren't locked down) and she even went over to a power plug to try it out. She didn't take a boxed iron to the cashier so there was no barcode..and the cashier didn't bother asking either.

I think they took the sticker off the shelf and the girl didn't ask for a price-check so she just plugged those numbers in..we saw the whole process. She didn't even try to scan them.

BTW, I have no "proof" that they stuck the stickers on..I just heard them discussing it after they did it. How can I proof that they had done the scam? And even if I told the cashier, the ladies could've just acted dumb and pretend that they didn't know the real price. They were already discussing on what to do if they were caught...

they could really just say :
"Oh, I saw this somewhere somewhere and the price tag was already on it. Oh, so it's not on sale, oh well. Then I won't buy it."

作者: Alcoholic 時間: 2008-3-9 20:29

直情係偷野啦！
妳見到佢地咁偷野，妳唔督爆佢地。。。妳良心感覺如何呀? 話哂，妳都有份培植黎D低等人出黎架喎。只係識係度抱怨冇用架喎。

作者: Guy 時間: 2008-3-9 21:17

Cantonese........Sigh...shame

作者: cinderelly 時間: 2008-3-9 21:27

this happens at our store from time to time as well.
most of the time, my parents and i'd know.. cuz we know our products
but with our employees... that's a different story la..

so we try to use permanent price tags now~ they're harder to take off..~

[ 本帖最後由 cinderelly 於 2008-3-9 21:28 編輯 ]

作者: kaimui22 時間: 2008-3-9 21:39

原帖由 Alcoholic 於 2008/3/9 08:29 PM 發表
直情係偷野啦！
妳見到佢地咁偷野，妳唔督爆佢地。。。妳良心感覺如何呀? 話哂，妳都有份培植黎D低等人出黎架喎。只係識係度抱怨冇用架喎。

The problem is..i DIDN'T see them replacing the price tags...
what I saw was...them taking products with price tags mysteriously appearing on them...and I've only heard them mention what to do if the cashier questioned. Like I said before, what would probably happen even if I told on them is that they'd be questioned and they'll just act stupid and pretend they didn't know anything.

IF I saw them replace the price tags, I would definitely tell someone..but what I don't have is hard evidence..and no eye-witness to seeing them stick the stickers on either.

I'm not trying to put the blame on the cashier but she definitely didn't take time to notice nor to scan the barcode that was on the shelf. So please don't blame me or put my 良心 on the line because what could I do?

All I can say is that...from what I gather and what I've heard, it is very likely those 2 ladies replaced the tags..but I have no evidence of any sort. And the truth is, their thought-up excuse is quite viable in such a situation..unless someone comes up and pinpoints them to replacing the stickers.

tell me, what would you have done? Would you have walked over to those ladies and told them what you THOUGHT they were doing? Or would you goto a cashier/customer service rep and tell them what you SUSPECT? Even so, do you think they'd get caught?

I'm pretty sure it's not the first them they'd done this..and there were lots of people around too. Unless I have evidence, it's pretty much my word against theirs and they could've easily walked away from the sale and said "Oh, I didn't know. Then I won't buy it"

作者: blowfish 時間: 2008-3-9 22:03

Some day they'll be paying for the price.

作者: myversa 時間: 2008-3-9 22:12

原帖由 blowfish 於 2008-3-9 22:03 發表
Some day they'll be paying for the price.

Or maybe not. They might have been doing it for quite some time already.

Someone should notify superstore so they can increase the security. They are just checking personal bags or shopping bags that were brought into Superstore. I do believe that's the only store that checked your bags upon entering.

作者: Littleprince 時間: 2008-3-9 22:17

她們偷左野﹐天知地知她們兩個知﹐到未來雖然著數左但她們的良心都會終於控訴她們說這樣作是不對的﹐是下流的。

但如果她們良心麻木而繼續做﹐有天讓人捉到﹐給人告就會領受應受的教訓囉。

我以前響 SUPERSTORE 都見過唔理咩族裔都有﹐開左D飲品飲完放番個盒響度﹐本身係 SUPERSTORE 管理不善﹐都唔明點解仲年年賺錢。。。

不過你都講得很對﹐係中國人作的話﹐就連我們作為中國人也蒙羞了。

作者: myversa 時間: 2008-3-9 22:18

I often saw Chinese sitting on the floor reading Singtao or Mingpao.....

作者: pkphilip 時間: 2008-3-9 22:45

Cashier's ethic aside, consider the amount of customers coming in and out of RCSS in Metro, I wouldn't blame the cashier to let it go because 1) not all of them know about the department discount number on the ticket, 2) not all of them really care, 3) cashier's job is not LP, 4) Sometimes there are cheap deals like that.

RCSS has many undercover LP in busy stores like Marine Drive and Metrotown. Once people successfully does things like that, it won't be long before they will get caught and banned from RCSS for live.

Let's put it this way, when shrink from the store increase, the store will mostly like increase their prices to offset the losses from it.... so we all suffer if somene steals.

In my past days in RCSS, not just Chinese, E. Indian and even white people steals too.... Fortunately, Chinese people is so simple to deal with when they are caught. White and E. Indian on the other hand, always put up a scene and accused the store back. I've rarely seen police involved with Chinese shoplifters.

Philip

作者: fibbi 時間: 2008-3-9 23:07

原帖由 myversa 於 2008-3-9 22:18 發表
I often saw Chinese sitting on the floor reading Singtao or Mingpao.....

Yeah, I never want to buy chinese newspaper in superstore. The newspaper never contains all the pages or the bonus magazine inside!

But on the other hand...I don't see the same problem in T&T or Yaohan...

作者: abcvancouver 時間: 2008-3-9 23:57

quoted from finance.google.com,

Loblaw said they're trying to tackle the 1 Billion dollar problem of goods disappearing from their stores because of theft or mismanagement, by weeding out prospective employees with criminal records, while trying to reduce employee turnover by offering up a 10% employee shopping discount.

(Superstore is under Loblaw)

good disappearing like this incident! 1 billion dollar of goods disappearing while Loblaws 2007 revenue was about 30 Billion. 1/30? isn't it amazing?

probably the stock went down from $55 to $27 because of the dismanagement! I was interested to buy this stock, after i read the comment, I

作者: Alcoholic 時間: 2008-3-10 07:33

原帖由 kaimui22 於 2008-3-9 09:39 PM 發表

The problem is..i DIDN'T see them replacing the price tags...
what I saw was...them taking products with price tags mysteriously appearing on them...and I've only heard them mention what to do if th ...

i will tell you what i would have done:

even if i didn't see them do it, i would still walk over, and ask the b!tches in front of the cashier where they got those products for that cheap in which discount rack.... and i will ask the cashier where can i find damaged items for that cheap. then, i will ask customer service to help me do a price check. of course, they won't find that item for that price anyways, so if they paid by credit card, RCSS can back track their receipt records & tace those 2 C9's down. even if they paid cash, at the very least, i will scare the sh!t out of the 2 bitches, and when they leave, i would whisper to them quietly in CANTONESE: "come out to buy stuff, don't be so cheap la. did your husbands not give you enough allowance?"

a lot of C9's are just chickensh!t, all it takes is a little scare, especially from people of their own race. and as for the so-call 正義 people...they are also chickensh!t too. and it's not like the first time i scared somebody @ RCSS anyways... hahahaha

[ 本帖最後由 Alcoholic 於 2008-3-10 07:38 編輯 ]

作者: pkphilip 時間: 2008-3-10 09:51

Doing price-check in places like Metro is just not possible without holding people up. Cashiers won't do price-check unless it is really needed (in my old days).

Just like Jim Patterson, the employees knows that Galen Weston is the 59th richest man in Forbes 2006. How many would really care about the company because they all get raised every 9 months and enjoyed all the benefits regardless of their performances?

Philip

作者: siumaibb 時間: 2008-3-10 10:03

點解要同種族掛勾？好明顯係個人問題。。。
我唔信淨係得中國人會咁做

作者: Littleprince 時間: 2008-3-10 17:05

原帖由 Alcoholic 於 2008-3-10 07:33 發表

i will tell you what i would have done:

even if i didn't see them do it, i would still walk over, and ask the b!tches in front of the cashier where they got those products for that cheap in which di ...

哈哈哈。。。love you, alc...

你真係會o甘做至好呀。。。我有諗過o甘做﹐不過﹐係諗下咋。。。

作者: superberry 時間: 2008-3-10 17:41

ya........ the cashiers just get paid for basic salary. Even you tell the cashiers, they won't care! It has nothing to do with race. People are greedy and selfish in general, regardless of what race they are. The moral of the story is that RCSS needs a better price tag system. For example, they should change the system price instead of putting a sale price label on the product.

作者: kaimui22 時間: 2008-3-10 17:58

原帖由 siumaibb 於 2008/3/10 10:03 AM 發表
點解要同種族掛勾？好明顯係個人問題。。。
我唔信淨係得中國人會咁做

I only mentioned that they spoke Cantonese...because if I didn't mention it, I'm sure we'll get comments like "Asian? Must be from China.."..etc etc.. I'm sure it's a personal problem but reporting that they're Asian is just part of the fact.

The thing is, I find there are quite a lot of negative ideas about people from China on this forum..just like the person who gave the licensing officer $200. There was discussion about that she MUST be from China because of her last name. Then lots of people mention about bribery in China..etc etc..

the truth is all I heard was these ladies speak cantonese, were Asian. but I have no idea where they're from. They could be from ANY asian country for all I know. Mentioning ethnicity doesn't necessary mean racism.

作者: pkphilip 時間: 2008-3-10 18:08

RCSS PT employees get paid at least $10 to start + raises every 500-600 hours w/ full benefits after 90 days. They are probably one of the best in the grocery retail business.

Philip

作者: Alcoholic 時間: 2008-3-10 18:25

Little Prince:
點會唔敢喎~ 佢地時運高，遇唔到我黎個變態師奶~
有次，有絛友係parking差D車死我，仲要上黎搵我同我鬥。結果，咪比我用一招女人最利害既武器（錯，唔係眼淚），然后絛友比undercover shoppers塔起來，警察黎到趕佢走！

唔好以為個個師奶好好蝦，遇著我你就識個死字點寫。

[ 本帖最後由 Alcoholic 於 2008-3-10 18:26 編輯 ]

作者: Littleprince 時間: 2008-3-10 18:38

原帖由 Alcoholic 於 2008-3-10 18:25 發表
Little Prince:
點會唔敢喎~ 佢地時運高，遇唔到我黎個變態師奶~
有次，有絛友係parking差D車死我，仲要上黎搵我同我鬥。結果，咪比我用一招女人最利害既武器（錯，唔係眼淚），然后絛友比undercover shoppers塔起來，警察黎到趕佢走！

...

你係得o既~~~

作者: Alcoholic 時間: 2008-3-10 19:28

原帖由 Littleprince 於 2008-3-10 06:38 PM 發表

你係得o既~~~

冇辦法啦~ 我一D都唔天真唔傻

我想講既係：就手旁觀就唔好淨係識抱怨~ 齋支持但唔做返D野，黎個世界唔係示威就可以改變。

作者: makten 時間: 2008-3-12 12:12

You know something was wrong with them even if you didn't see them replace the price tags...if you said something to the cashier in front of them, at least they'll know that others can tell on them and it's not like they can get away with it that easily...

作者: maldini 時間: 2008-3-14 00:24

This is not a Chinese problem. This type of stealing technique happens all over the world with all ethnic groups. You people should mix more with other ethnic groups and go to another city or country where there are fewer Chinese people, then you will realize there are crooks from all ethnic groups.

作者: chobit 時間: 2008-3-14 10:19

I am surprised you didn't tell the staffs. Think about how all this money that they saved, would end up coming from your own pocket as well.

EL

原帖由 kaimui22 於 2008-3-9 15:17 發表
today I saw the most dispicable thing happen @ Metrotown superstore..

I was with my family when I saw 2 chinese ladies pushing two carts. Each had a 5-drawer shelf in their cart. So I looked around t ...

作者: chobit 時間: 2008-3-14 11:04

You know how you hear people saying how some saying caucasians are not smart...! As I am not working in the US, and meeting many other Educated people. I can tell you for sure they are indeed very smart..!

Somehow, I think the smart ones are in upper class working field like the CEO, etc..! And guess what.., those who are doing cash, and sale...!?

EL

原帖由 its_visa 於 2008-3-9 18:15 發表
i no !
how can the cashier be THAT dumb?
omg...
4.96 for a shelf ?
COME ONNN use ur brain mannn ! -__-

作者: chobit 時間: 2008-3-14 11:07

Well.. don't we all go to the supermarket or bookstore and read their books or magazine as well?

EL

原帖由 myversa 於 2008-3-9 22:18 發表
I often saw Chinese sitting on the floor reading Singtao or Mingpao.....

作者: miky 時間: 2008-3-15 01:08

原帖由 chobit 於 2008-3-14 10:19 發表
I am surprised you didn't tell the staffs. Think about how all this money that they saved, would end up coming from your own pocket as well.

EL

ya we are the ones who will end up paying their "savings"
changing price tags is considered a criminal activity la
sigh...it's not like they NEED the things and don't have the $$ to pay for it!

but with those self check-out at metro, ppl can steal too?
i think superstore expects these things to happen and the prices incorporate
these "costs"..which sucks..

作者: kaimui22 時間: 2008-3-15 10:58

maldini:  I never said this is a Chinese problem? All I said was..I saw some chinese ladies doing this sort of thing. Why is everyone so sensitive nowadays that one cannot mention the ethnicity of the "crooks" in their posts? So next time I see something happen, should I even mention the gender? Or will that be labeled as sexism too? I am not discriminating against Chinese nor am I implying all crimes committed this way is by Chinese. All I wrote is a summary of what I saw and it so happens this time I saw 2 Chinese ladies who did it.

Chobit:  It is easy to say now how I should have went to the staff..but what would you do if you were holding your baby around, trying to get your groceries done and checking out of the supermarket? By the way, they left the area before and I didn't follow them. I went to buy baby formula. Wouldn't it be weird and dangerous to follow them around with my baby with me? And I saw them check out AFTER I left superstore. I was standing outside feeding my baby when I saw them check out with no problems. What should I have done? Rush over to the cashier, stop them in the middle of the transaction and tell them what I THOUGHT happened? Again, I DIDN'T see them switch the price tag. This is all an assumption brought up by their conversation.

As for the comment about how caucasians are smart, I never implied or wrote which culture the cashier belonged to. In fact, there are smart and dumb people in every culture..and not all CEOs are smart and not all cashiers are lower-class either. Each person is in a different situation and maybe some people are smarter than those who excel academically and some people are more socially-smart. Being stuck in a job that is considered "lower-class" doesn't mean the person is automatically intellectually placed in that level.

AND, I don't read the newspaper or magazines at a grocery or bookstore. I look at the cover and if  I want to buy it, I will. Not everyone looks through the books or magazines as you have implied.

作者: 華美子 時間: 2008-3-15 20:33

我相信kaimui22這個thread寫的原意是講比我地聽有件咁既事發生，請大家唔好執Ｄ雞毛蒜皮既野黎話佢啦，偷野個個又唔係佢，有好多野當事人無交待清楚唔代表你猜測既係事實，無需下下講說話語氣用到咁重，息事寧人可以嗎？

作者: kaimui22 時間: 2008-3-15 22:02

thank you 華美子

我本來開這個thread只是想告訴大家我所看到的行為
沒想到﹐到頭來我竟然被blame...說我種族歧視﹐說我這種行為害了大家的物價加升﹐甚至說到我好像無膽鬼.

原來報告一個我所看到的行為會讓我犯了這麼多罪行....真的沒想到.
突然間我的罪行比偷東西的人更嚴重.....

我只是一個報導者﹐為什麼大家突然會化身成"正義英雄"﹖
還有...突然很多人都有assumption...assume我歧視講廣東華的人﹐assume我歧視沒有price check的cashier...assume that I've never "mixed" with other ethnic groups..assume that we all read newspaper and magazines in the supermarket without paying...etc etc

why are there so many assumptions? how many of you guys posting in here actually know who I am, what I believe in and what I do? How do you know I haven't "mixed" in with other ethnic groups? Do I really need to explain myself that I've lived here for almost 20 years and have "mixed" in with other ethnic groups nicely? That I used to have best friends that were Indian, Chinese, Korean, White?

it's easy to put the blame on someone else..but before you do, please have the facts straight and don't make "assumptions". If you really want to blame, blame it on something that you are sure about, based on concrete facts.

作者: Intelstan 時間: 2008-3-17 12:39

There are many cheap people in the world and those 2 ladies just happen to be cantonese-speaking cheap people. I think the fault belongs to the dumb cashier.

歡迎光臨溫哥華老友記討論區 (http://loyaukee.com/forum/)