A possible reason things are wrongly priced up.

Dublindude69

Today at work I realised a reason why we have some wrongly priced up prices. It's because people pick things up and don't put them back where they belong, not only that but they tend to put them in the total wrong place and seem to hide them behind other stuff.
So when we get the orders that the prices have changed we just can't find one item at all and a few days later a customer finds it in the wrong place.
So next time you pick something up, please put it back where you got it.

Yeah, that's the reason alright.

we'llallhavetea_old

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BluesBerry

Dublindude69 wrote: »

Today at work I realised a reason why we have some wrongly priced up prices. It's because people pick things up and don't put them back where they belong, not only that but they tend to put them in the total wrong place and seem to hide them behind other stuff.
So when we get the orders that the prices have changed we just can't find one item at all and a few days later a customer finds it in the wrong place.
So next time you pick something up, please put it back where you got it.

No they have staff that get paid to do that damn it :mad:

alwaysadub

or just put things back yourself. Search a bit harder next time,you'll find things then.

AnonoBoy

So why are hookers wrongly priced then?

Same reason?

Do you have to drop them back to the same spot on the canal?

AckwelFoley

BluesBerry wrote: »

No they have staff that get paid to do that damn it :mad:

Nice attitude there :rolleyes:

I like good manners myself. If i pick upa box of cornflakes and decide i dont want them, i leave them back where i got them - not in the freezer with the fruit and veg, because some min wage eastern eurpean is there to clean up after me

Buford T Justice

Yeah, that's definitely why prices are increasing

Retailer greed has nothing to do with it at all at all.

AckwelFoley

Fingers McGee wrote: »

Yeah, that's definitely why prices are increasing

Retailer greed has nothing to do with it at all at all.

Retailers are not charities, if i have something you want ill charge as much as i can get you to pay for it.

Competition and demand determine prices.

Its a free market, if you dont like the prices you can always set up your own store and give away your merchandise for cost price. You wont be in business very long and wont pay any taxes or generate any jobs - but you'll be an awefully sound fella in the eyes of the consumer

asmobhosca

Dublindude69 wrote: »

Today at work I realised a reason why we have some wrongly priced up prices. It's because people pick things up and don't put them back where they belong, not only that but they tend to put them in the total wrong place and seem to hide them behind other stuff.
So when we get the orders that the prices have changed we just can't find one item at all and a few days later a customer finds it in the wrong place.
So next time you pick something up, please put it back where you got it.

How do you reconcile this theory with the fact that most retailers use bar code scanners to process sales.
The price that comes up on the till is not based on what is written on the tag. Its based on what has been entered into the computerised Point of Sale system.
If the price is changed in the system the tag is irrelevent.

Dublindude69

Yeah but the reason the price on the tag is wrong is because we can't find it to change it.

asmobhosca

Dublindude69 wrote: »

Yeah but the reason the price on the tag is wrong is because we can't find it to change it.

yeah but this is only happening to a tiny tiny fraction of goods sold, and is rectified at the till be it up or down in price.
Therefore no real benefit/cost to the retailer except potentially lost sales due to the higher tag price turning some customers off the product.
no big deal imo

kraggy

Yeah that's the reason dude, cause you see it takes so many staff to keep finding these lost items so the store has to employ more staff and so costs are high and so that's why I pay over 6 euro for a pint of Heineken in some bars in Dublin.

actuallylike

kraggy wrote: »

Yeah that's the reason dude, cause you see it takes so many staff to keep finding these lost items so the store has to employ more staff and so costs are high and so that's why I pay over 6 euro for a pint of Heineken in some bars in Dublin.

The OP said it was a possible reason, that's all. Never said that was the reason...oh and have no idea what your pint point means? Don't think it has anything to do with what's been talked about.

Alessandra

Eh no that's not a very good reason at all. don't ye have the EPOS system? In the bigger stores there are people specifically employed to coordinate all the prices and things on special offer with the labels.

**Timbuk2**

Shopping in NI ftw! No more rip-off prices.

drunkmonkey

kraggy wrote: »

Yeah that's the reason dude, cause you see it takes so many staff to keep finding these lost items so the store has to employ more staff and so costs are high and so that's why I pay over 6 euro for a pint of Heineken in some bars in Dublin.

6 euro + for a pint of Heineken, are you daft in the head?

kraggy

actuallylike wrote: »

The OP said it was a possible reason, that's all. Never said that was the reason...oh and have no idea what your pint point means? Don't think it has anything to do with what's been talked about.

Turn on your sarcasm detector. And was just kidding about the pints thing. That was the joke

drunkmonkey wrote: »

6 euro + for a pint of Heineken, are you daft in the head?

No I'm draft in the head

actuallylike

kraggy wrote: »

Turn on your sarcasm detector. And was just kidding about the pints thing. That was the joke

Sorry, I'm using Firefox 0.01, sarcasm detector isn't installed yet:)

Buford T Justice

snyper wrote: »

Retailers are not charities, if i have something you want ill charge as much as i can get you to pay for it.

Competition and demand determine prices.

Its a free market, if you dont like the prices you can always set up your own store and give away your merchandise for cost price. You wont be in business very long and wont pay any taxes or generate any jobs - but you'll be an awefully sound fella in the eyes of the consumer

I agree, retailers are not charities, but there is a distinct difference between making a profit and profiteering.

drunkmonkey

Fingers McGee wrote: »

I agree, retailers are not charities, but there is a distinct difference between making a profit and profiteering.

Who's been profiteering? Retailers aren't estate agents and banks!

jimmycrackcorm

Dublindude69 wrote: »

Today at work I realised a reason why we have some wrongly priced up prices. It's because staff don't put them back where they belong, not only that but they tend to put them in the total wrong place and seem to hide them behind other stuff.
So when we get the orders that the prices have changed we just can't find one item at all and a few days later a customer finds it in the wrong place.
So staff next time you pick something up, please put it back where you got it.

FYP if you work for PC-world.

m@cc@

Dublindude69 wrote: »

Today at work I realised a reason why we have some wrongly priced up prices. It's because people pick things up and don't put them back where they belong, not only that but they tend to put them in the total wrong place and seem to hide them behind other stuff.
So when we get the orders that the prices have changed we just can't find one item at all and a few days later a customer finds it in the wrong place.
So next time you pick something up, please put it back where you got it.

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ejmaztec

A big coat with huge pockets solves any pricing problems in these difficult times.

Overheal

Fingers McGee wrote: »

Yeah, that's definitely why prices are increasing

Retailer greed has nothing to do with it at all at all.

You've clearly worked in accounting any time in the last 2 years.

edit: Profiteering?! lol. What exactly are you being profiteered on?

OutlawPete

****ing cinemas haven't dropped the price on one thing. The price of Popcorn is crazy, €5 for bag that costs maybe 20 cent to produce? Same with drinks, I'd say they buy it at 70cent a litre, maybe less.

AckwelFoley

Fingers McGee wrote: »

I agree, retailers are not charities, but thers a distinct difference between making a profit and profiteering.

Im not sure with what you mean by profiteering, understandibly its an ugly word in this country because we hate sucess.

I do however feel uncomfortable and think its somewhat immoral of retailers to rise prices of some things in certain situaions, certain hardware stores in athlone were selling sand bags filled with sand for 4 euro a pop during the floods,laughably they were filling the bags with the wrong sand, there real worth is no more than 1 euro at best.

Yes, people could have got their own bags and their own sand and got it alot cheaper, but its not possible for everyone to do that.. ie the elderly etc.

Absurdum

OutlawPete wrote: »

****ing cinemas haven't dropped the price on one thing. The price of Popcorn is crazy, €5 for bag that costs maybe 20 cent to produce? Same with drinks, I'd say they buy it at 70cent a litre, maybe less.

Spar ftw

OutlawPete

Absurdum wrote: »

Spar ftw

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