Comments on: Some ways to stimulate the economy http://maderatribuneredline.com/some-ways-to-stimulate-the-economy/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:39:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Darlene http://maderatribuneredline.com/some-ways-to-stimulate-the-economy/#comment-701 Darlene Sat, 03 May 2008 19:06:39 +0000 http://maderatribuneredline.com/some-ways-to-stimulate-the-economy/#comment-701 Last night I visited the local ... (fast food restaurant) in Madera. I spent over $23 for dinner for 4. At the order board in the drive thru the posted price for a double (No#2 meal) was $5.99. I noticed when I placed my order the price on the screen came up as $6.99. I waited until I got to the window to see why I was being charged that. The girl at the window said that is what the computer says to charge. I asked how much is cheese? She stated $0.50. I said how can you get $6.99 from $5.99 plus $0.50? That should equal $6.49. She called the on duty manager. This was even worse. When I stated that it was illegal to charge more than the posted amount, she basically blamed the computer. I said you need to change it. She said I needed to talk to the store manager. I said I thought you said you were the manager? She said no. I said you know if you sell 20 of the same item with cheese, and you charge $1 instead of your posted amount of $0.50 and I know that the $0.50 may not sound like a lot but after 20 that becomes $10 worth of over charges. In times like these when families are trying to save every penny just to make the fuel bill to go to work, how can these operations take advantage of customers. This is not the first time I have been overcharged, but it is the first time I have been refused a correction. Last night I visited the local … (fast food restaurant) in Madera. I spent over $23 for dinner for 4. At the order board in the drive thru the posted price for a double (No#2 meal) was $5.99. I noticed when I placed my order the price on the screen came up as $6.99.

I waited until I got to the window to see why I was being charged that. The girl at the window said that is what the computer says to charge. I asked how much is cheese? She stated $0.50. I said how can you get $6.99 from $5.99 plus $0.50? That should equal $6.49.

She called the on duty manager. This was even worse. When I stated that it was illegal to charge more than the posted amount, she basically blamed the computer. I said you need to change it. She said I needed to talk to the store manager. I said I thought you said you were the manager? She said no.

I said you know if you sell 20 of the same item with cheese, and you charge $1 instead of your posted amount of $0.50 and I know that the $0.50 may not sound like a lot but after 20 that becomes $10 worth of over charges.

In times like these when families are trying to save every penny just to make the fuel bill to go to work, how can these operations take advantage of customers. This is not the first time I have been overcharged, but it is the first time I have been refused a correction.

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