Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

Good for you. Everybody should be so persistent.

Most people in a big rush never see how often they're cheated blind. Every
time Barb picks up a sale item in any grocery, it rings up at the full
price. I mean 99% of the time. Every time she has to argue with the checker
and usually the line has to build up while somebody gets a manager to
verify the sale price. Of course she has the sale flyer to stick in their
face, but the checker still has to get permission to charge sale price. Of
course they blame it on the computer. This is a universal scam, and it may
be their whole profit margin. One exception: Trader Joe's, good prices, no
sale items. Don't know about Whole Foods (whole paycheck?) since we don't
want to pay sky high prices for food shipped so far it can't be fresh, and
nobody can verify it's really organic. 

BTW at China-Mart the policy clearly states, right on the checkout counter,
if they misring an item you get three dollars off.  Yesterday a checker had
the gall to tell her that policy was discontinued. Had to get a manager to
refund three dollars. They lied. If anybody wonders why we go there, we
only buy loss leaders. Help us put them out of business ;-)

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 12/5/2007 at 10:11 AM BirdWalk wrote:

>Point one, at whose risk are you purchasing United state dept. of
>agribusiness inspected meats?
>
>Point two, ASK the manager, maybe he knows and will give you an honest
>answer, then look at the goods and see if the visible condition matches
>what
>you are told.  Also look at refund policy; less hassle to this means they
>think more of their goods.  Much of the 'policies' are meant to be
>impediments to redress.
>
>Short comments about one case in particular.  Local walton's chink mart
>wants you to go to service desk and stand in line to get refund if they
>overprice at register.  I have decided I will not be told how to fix
>someone
>else's mistake.  [don't care about mistake that much, if you don't goof
>once
>in awhile you ain't doing anything]  Manager will come to lane and nothing
>else happens till problem is fixed to my satisfaction.  Amazingly enough,
>we
>have far fewer misrings anymore.    
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>
>....Some salvage store owners are picky about what they will buy--they'll
>take only surplus, for example, and not damaged goods. Others will take
>anything and you buy at your own risk.
>>>
>
>How do you know which kind of store you're shopping at?
>
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