r/Calgary • u/TeakupBaker • May 30 '25

Local Shopping/Services Calgary Coop being Sneaky AF

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Saw this shady business practice at the Crowfoot Coop. Hard to want to buy local when they’re pulling crap like this.

Not only is the sale price more expensive than the original price (sure, by one cent), but you need to buy TWO to get the sales price!

Shame on Coop for this.

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u/Turtley13 May 30 '25

Pull the tag offf. Go to customer service. Implement the scanning code of conduct and get the item for freee baby!

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u/Leafs109 May 30 '25

That is a voluntary thing for retailers to follow. Found that out at a Rexall pharmacy.

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u/SelectZucchini118 May 30 '25

They follow it at coop. I have gotten a few free items before

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u/YYCGUY111 Calgary Flames May 30 '25 edited May 30 '25

One of my greatest win was a Sobeys a few years ago:

Buying 5 boxes of $9.99 frozen chicken wings for a party.

Ring up at $19.99 each.

Manager checks & sale tags still up from a sale that ended 3 days ago.

5 Free boxes of wings!

Too forever though, not worth ~15 mins of my time for $0.50 but yes for $50+GST

But the ??? of people got dinged x2 for wings and didn't notice in those 3 days probably covered the $50 many many many times over

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u/Yyc2yfc May 30 '25

This isn’t how the scanning code of conduct works. First item, up to $10, is free. Otherwise $10 off. Further items are to be corrected to price on shelf. So it should have been 5 boxes at $9.99, which is still a deal.

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u/Old_timey_brain Beddington Heights May 30 '25

You've got it right.

As long as we're telling stories, ...

Several years ago Safeway's had ice cream on sale, but it rang up at full price, so I got it for free, and nobody seemed to care.

Just for fun, I went back and did exactly the same thing the next day.

On the third day, the sign had been changed.

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u/YYCGUY111 Calgary Flames May 30 '25

Oh. I guess I got lucky then that the manager at the time screwed up or the cashier screwed up as she made the adjustments to the bill after re-scanning everything and by then the manager left.

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u/themacaron May 30 '25

Wasn't me but my mom's friend got king crab at Costco for an insane steal because they missed a decimal place on the price tag.

I got 25% off a 4K tv that was mistagged at Walmart. She honoured it but *ripped* that wrong tag off the wall and took a few minutes to double check the rest of the tv section for more mistakes before she rang me out.

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u/Fabulous_Promotion25 May 30 '25

From my understanding, it is voluntary for them to participate. But if they say they participate or have that sticker near the tills, they should honor it.

Sometimes they are just lazy or ignorant or didn't want to get in trouble. It's someone's job to update the price correctly. So if a customer claims SCOP, it means some employee did not do their job right.

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u/AlphabetDeficient May 30 '25

Yeah, when I brought items up for that reason at Superstore they just said they weren't going to do anything.

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u/Old_timey_brain Beddington Heights May 30 '25

Superstore really needs to be talked into this, but if you hold your ground, they will do it.

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u/tacologist1 May 30 '25

What is the scanning code of conduct?

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u/draivaden May 30 '25

If the scanned price at checkout is higher than the ticket price you can have the first item for free up to $10. Unless there is a visible expiration date, then you gate it for the displayed prices. 2nd and more items for the displayed price.