Everybody messes up prices every now and then

Post #27,115 by bconnors 2/3/02 9:13:02 PM Reply	Everybody messes up prices every now and then My wife pretty much goes to Super Wal-Mart and H-E-B (a Texas grocery chain) for our food and about everything else. Sometimes the Walgreens. Each one has had numerous times where a posted price wasn't honored at the register, and promises to fix it go unfulfilled (like they have a couple of data entry clerks hidden in some back room perhaps?) The worst part is getting a manager or going to the Customer Service counter and having it take way too long to get the problem corrected for the moment. This is not a K-Mart specific problem. BConnors "Prepare for metamorphosis. Ready, Kafka?"
Post #27,282 by nking 2/4/02 6:39:20 PM Reply	Some more than others we shop around, and KMart has had this problem more than the other retailers. I am not sure why? "Will code Visual BASIC for cash."
Post #27,606 by bconnors 2/6/02 11:15:13 PM Reply	Guess it's a good thing that KMart never responded when a recruiter sent them my resume last February when I was looking for a job and they were looking for MIS help. Ditto for my resumes sent to Enron. BConnors "Prepare for metamorphosis. Ready, Kafka?"
Post #27,618 by wharris2 2/7/02 5:37:06 AM Reply	Argh big belly-laugh Most of the work of government does not need to be done.
Post #27,643 by nking 2/7/02 10:08:13 AM Reply	Who knows maybe he could have written the program to save the company? ;) "Will code Visual BASIC for cash."
Post #27,668 by wharris2 2/7/02 1:25:26 PM Reply	Now that would have been a blue light special Most of the work of government does not need to be done.
Post #27,738 by static 2/7/02 9:47:35 PM Reply	You mentioned Enron. I caught a lengthy news report about it the other night on SBS. It is beginning to look like Arthur Anderson is at least as culpable. The report pointed out the Congressional Hearing mentioned they were instrumental in an insurance company collapse in Australia. Our largest, in fact. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #27,806 by a6l6e6x 2/8/02 11:49:50 AM Reply	You mentioned Arthur Anderson. A couple of days ago, I filled out some claim forms for a class action litigation settlement having to do with a company called Boston Chicken. It is not likely you would hear of it in Oz. Boston Chicken operated restaurants called the Boston Market. The stock was much hyped here in the US. They also had some questionable accounting practices. The company went bankrupt and the residue bought up by McDonalds, the hamburger giant, which continues to operate the restaurants. Of course, the shareholders got screwed. Anyway, there two defending parties settling this lawsuit - the underwriters (i.e. brokerage houses that initially offered the Boston Chicken stock) and Arthur Anderson. Do you notice a pattern there? As a shareholder, one gets to approve the Board of Directors' choice of auditing accounting firms. Never again will I vote for Arthur Anderson. Alex "Of course, you realize this means war." -B. Bunny
Post #27,990 by static 2/10/02 8:52:48 PM Reply	Interesting. It is looking like Arthur Anderson is about to get into so much trouble it won't be alive much longer. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"

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