Christmas Dielema

[ayabrea38]

See what you think of this,I would be interested to hear your views.

My mate was in Tesco with her kids and they wanted to try the shop and scan trolley where you scan the things you buy.
She shopped then went to a normal checkout,but was told to go to a special scan and shop check out.
She told the woman there that she didn't think everything in her trolley was scanned but the lady said something like 'let's assume it has' and took the scanned trolley price to be true.
When she got home she found a couple of items that had not been scanned but she had them and did not know.
What would you do?
1.Go back to Tesco and tell them and hope they don't do you for shoplifting-ignorance is no excuse
2.Keep items and say nothing-Merry Christmas Tesco
3.Keep items and make a donation to Charity that is the same amount-keep the peace
4.Something completely different!

She is strongly thinking no 3

What do you reckon??

Happy Christmas AB ers everywhere

Aya B

[mrsmaveric]

if it was just a couple of cans of beans i wouldnt worry...

[Iluvspikey]

Well, as the woman in Tesco's didn't seem all that worried if everything had been paid for, then I'd be inclined to do what your friend wants to do, and put the equivalent in a charity box

[lcg]

err....what dilemma? she told them at the time and 2 things were missed. i hardly think it will dent their profits too much! my son works at a competitor and they took in their store alone - £750,000 by 4pm and had emptied most of their aisles. that is just 1 shop....imagine how much tesco makes with all their stores. no dilemma.

[ummmm]

2

[dotty.]

they will have been, just not shown on the reciept, it works llike that, tell her not to do anything.

[owdhamer]

Go back to Tesco with a full explanation.

[dotty.]

what i mean is, they will have scanned but the barcode will have not been recognised, not her fault, tesco systems error, her gain

[erin-x]

2...

[ayabrea38]

It was a couple of items value of around £20.00-the kids put a bottle of perfume in there that they wanted to get her and a few other bits and bobs.They where planning to pay but are worried Tesco might think it was deliberate

She is a very honest person,but also likes her freedom!

Said she will never use the scan trolley ever again-her and technology do not mix and this has put her off even more LOL!!

[ChuckFickens]

4. do the fandango naked up the street then forget about it.

[bert_h]

It's not about whether a tiny bit of dishonesty hurts Tesco; because, of course, it doesn't. It's about whether that tiny bit of dishonesty will hurt YOU. So although for Tesco 2 and 3 are the same, surely for yourself 3 is much better than 2.

[Maydup]

2. Without a shadow of a doubt.

[parkie]

I'd go for 2 and 3.
I had an item duplicated from a well known internet company some time ago to the value of about £12.
I rang them up and they didn't want to know. Said all the paperwork involve putting the item back into stock wasn't worth the hassle either to me or them.

[ayabrea38]

From what she said,the woman who worked for Tesco was not bothered,saying what she did.I would just keep the stuff,but my mate says every time she smelt the perfume it would remind her about her dishonesty.
I think she will end up taking the stuff back just to put her mind at rest.

Made me think though,the system of shop and scan relies very heavily on honesty and in the world we live in,I wouldn't like to trust people so much.Surly(as my mate thinks) there must be other security measures in place?

She is convinced that next time she goes in Tesco they will nab her,I said they would do it in the car park if anywhere when she 'did' it.