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    I never said we were the smartest people in the world. But alas, like I said, there are companies that will promote a price either on the shelf or in an ad and then when you get to the register and you’re not paying attention to prices ringing up, the price can be up to $3 USD higher than you saw.

    Elantra is one that comes to mind for this really bad not to mention if you have 2 or more stores in one town the prices will reflect differently based on its location in the city.

    For example in my hometown there are 2 Walmart stores. One on the east side and one on the west side. The east side, which is a poorer section of town the prices are 3%-5% higher then the one on the west side, which is more prosperous in income. Their reasoning behind this is a simple case of this standing. The east side store customer base buys things they need where those on the west side buys more things that they want. So they price gouge the customer base with less disposable income.

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      My system acted up, so I reposted this as a reply to my reply.

      I never said we were the smartest people in the world. But alas, like I said, we here are companies that will promote a price either on the shelf or in an ad and then when you get to the register and you’re not paying attention to prices ringing up, the price can be up to $3 USD higher than you saw.

      Walmart is one that comes to mind for this really bad, not to mention if you have 2 or more stores in one town the prices will reflect differently based on its location in the city.

      For example in my hometown we have 2 walmart stores. One on the east side and one on the west side. The east side, which is a poorer section of town, the prices are 3%-5% higher than the one on the west side which is more financial prosperous in income. Their reasoning behind this is a simple case of this standing. The east side store customer base buys things they need where those on the west side buys more things that they want. So they price gouge the customer base with less disposable income.