The CWC staff visited its favorite local chain grocery store tonight (Copp's on Fish Hatchery Rd.) for an epic food procurement session and spied a mad deal on Black Box: $9.99 for 3L in a couple different varieties. Usually it goes for around $20 or a little more, so after checking the CWC archives (binary rating of 1!!), I threw it in the cart, even though I suspected it was a mismark (it was away from the beer/wine section on a special display with some Ravenswood Zinfandel at the same price-- a much more logical offering).
When I got up to the checkout, I made sure to watch the price when the cashier scanned it. When it came up $22.99, I told her I was pretty sure it was marked as $9.99, but wasn't going to make a big deal out of it and asked her to just take it off the bill. A manager had to come over to delete it (buying alcohol after 9pm somehow necessitates this extra step) and she sent a bagger to check the price in the wine/beer section just to be sure... He returned and reported that the price was listed as $22.99 there, but at that point another shopper in line behind me spoke up and said they saw the $9.99 display on the other side of the store, too. Without another word, the manager deleted $13.00 from the bill... Nice!!
The only downside-- after inspecting the receipt upon arriving home, we found a $3.76 mystery charge for 2 lbs. of yucca root (I never cook Euphorbiaceae after Labor Day!!)... Probably not going to fight that one... : )
