State Alignment

Hi all

Just an FYI

This morning I went out to pick up the Sunday paper. And 2 coffees & a muffin. The super market sales for this week included vitamins --buy one get one free. I bought 2 multi-vitamins @ $5.29 and 2 vitamin E @ $6.49.

The stuff was rung up in this order: coffee1, coffee2, muffin, 1 multivitamin, 1 VitaminE, 1 multivitamin, 1 vitamin E, and a newspaper. The fine print of a buy-one get-one deal is that you pay the higher price and get the lower priced item free. So in this transaction I got credit for 2 $5.29 transactions, even though I bought two identical pairs. This transaction cost me $1.20 more than I expected.

The store I purchased this at has an internet channel (Pea Pod). Assuming they use the same checkout software, they have a state alignment problem. Unless they are willing to rely on human intervention.

I obviously had a problem which I addressed by going to the customer service counter. I will spare you the details. However a copy of my receipt is available for viewing, or I can provide the details.

I would suggest this is a real world approximation of Anders Purchase Order example.

No I did not point out that there was a state alignment issue to the guy behind the counter. My pointing out the physical evidence & the obvious inconsistency on the register receipt caused enough confusion.

Sally

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