Supermarket price codes

Supermarket price codes

From Kompas

I am a customer of Supermarket Super Bazaar Matahari
Pondokgede, Bekasi. Of late I have been disappointed by the
pricing system using bar codes. I've often experienced that the
prices displayed on the shelves do not match prices on the
cashier's computer, with differences sometimes ranging from Rp
500 to Rp 1,000 per item. If asked for an explanation, the answer
given is not satisfactory, for example: the code refers to the
old price and the new price has not been displayed yet or has
been mislaid. The prices are only good for one-week mailing
program, but when the mailing program terminates, the mailing
prices are not replaced immediately.

Consumers are even advised to check at the bar code scanner in
the supermarket. But do we have to check each time we want to
shop and learn the real prices of individual goods?

It would be a waste of time to walk to and fro to check the
bar code scanner in order not to be deceived by the prices stuck
on the racks. Please pay more attention to this matter, so the
impression of "dishonesty" (seemingly cheap but expensive) will
not affect clients again and again.

SENTIA AGULISCA

Bekasi, West Java