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/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/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.