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The Price is Wrong

Number 16395
Subject Fraud
Source NBC News Dateline
State NY
Year 1999
Publication Date Dec. 14, 1999
Summary A Dateline investigation of holiday shopping reveals that consumers are charged the wrong price on 1-out-of-6 items. "Using hidden cameras, we start the piece by shopping with the Michigan Attorney General, and her investigators, they shop for about a dozen sales items, spending approximately $150 at each store."
Category Contest Entry
Pages 14
Keywords TAPE TRANSCRIPT holiday shopping prices sale items markdowns retail pricing fraud department stores
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