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The Associated Press
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The Federal Trade Commission is suing the bargain chain Dollar General for what it says are "long-running deceptive pricing practices" by charging customers more once they reach the register than the prices that are displayed on shelves and in advertisements.

bit.lyDollar General is sued by the FTC and 20 states for what's being described as deceptive pricingThe Federal Trade Commission is suing the bargain chain Dollar General for what it says are “long-running deceptive pricing practices” by charging customers more once they reach the register than the prices that are displayed on shelves and in advertisements.

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Hansel Krankepantzen
@krankepantzen.bsky.social

I feel that should be allowed in the New Confederacy / Magatonia because you know how conservative, Republican voters feel about regulations, consumer protection laws, that sort of thing, right? They don't like them. Not one little bit. Maybe in the USA proper that should be prohibited.

Diamondplate Dave
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I got a promotion from my credit card for 10% cashback on Dollar General, up to $2. I don't usually shop there, but I fit in a stop and went and filled up a basket with about $24 worth of stuff. Got up to the register, cashier rang it up. $34. I wasn't sure what went wrong, but I politely asked 1/2

Diamondplate Dave
@diamondplatedave.bsky.social

her to void the transaction and I left. Very frustrating waste of time. Some of their shelf prices were better than where I usually buy items, and I was thinking of becoming a regular patron. Obviously, that went out the window, but it wasn't until just now I knew it was *them*, not my stupidity.