Grocery Store Scams 40 Ways Supermarkets Trick You Eat This Not That

Hidden Cameras Catch A Scam That Is Happening In Grocery Stores Around Shutterstock. a store advertises 10 cans of soup for $10 and it seems like a pretty good deal—$1 each! it is, until you read the fine print that says you have to buy all 10 to get them for $1 each, otherwise they're $1.75 per can. you don't need 10, but you buy them anyway to get the deal—and that's what stores want. Beefing up your meat. you may have noticed that some of the meat in the grocery store have a note that says that a saline solution has been added. that means that the giant piece of steak you're holding has been injected or soaked with water. it may seem harmless, but it gives the meat more weight, causing you to pay more for less meat.

Grocery Store Scams 40 Ways Supermarkets Trick You Eat This Not That Confusing bulk deals. shutterstock. in the same vein as bogos, stores will also try to trick you with puzzling and strangely worded bulk offers. "when you see 10 for $10 or 5 for $5.50, there's a marketing gimmick at play," says andrea woroch, consumer savings expert and tv personality featured on good morning america, nbc nightly news, today. Not all checkout line money traps are scams. grocery stores made an art out of parting shoppers from their money at the checkout line long before scammers decided to get in on the action. julie. The gift card scam. grocery stores offer convenient options to grab gift cards while you’re shopping. it can be an easy purchase for a birthday card or a gift for a friend. but it can also be a great way to scam you as someone posing as a needy shopper may ask you to buy a card to help them pay for groceries as they’re struggling. Shelf positioning is a sneaky strategy that stores (and brands) use to make sure that customers see pricy items and those with high profit margins first. when you look at a supermarket shelf, the highest end items will be in the center of the display, on the shelves that are at eye level for most shoppers.

Person Explains 12 Ways Supermarkets Trick You Into Buying More Than The gift card scam. grocery stores offer convenient options to grab gift cards while you’re shopping. it can be an easy purchase for a birthday card or a gift for a friend. but it can also be a great way to scam you as someone posing as a needy shopper may ask you to buy a card to help them pay for groceries as they’re struggling. Shelf positioning is a sneaky strategy that stores (and brands) use to make sure that customers see pricy items and those with high profit margins first. when you look at a supermarket shelf, the highest end items will be in the center of the display, on the shelves that are at eye level for most shoppers. Ending prices in .99. the oldest trick in the book: tick down the price by one penny and that top number will go down an entire dollar. but in reality, it’s just a penny. admit it—when you see something that’s $4.99, you think it’s so cheap. but in reality, the item is virtually $5. 14 15. The problem is that the $500 value is distributed in hundreds of different ways: $0.25 off pet food, $0.20 off frozen food, $1 off magazines, $0.50 off plants, etc. the total discount – you still have to pay – would be worth the full $500 only if you buy products from every supermarket section.

50 Grocery Store Tricks You Still Fall For Courtecy Reader S Digest Ending prices in .99. the oldest trick in the book: tick down the price by one penny and that top number will go down an entire dollar. but in reality, it’s just a penny. admit it—when you see something that’s $4.99, you think it’s so cheap. but in reality, the item is virtually $5. 14 15. The problem is that the $500 value is distributed in hundreds of different ways: $0.25 off pet food, $0.20 off frozen food, $1 off magazines, $0.50 off plants, etc. the total discount – you still have to pay – would be worth the full $500 only if you buy products from every supermarket section.