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