Now, tell me again why court cases take forever?

[Lady's Human]

Maybe because they're tied up with frivolous garbage like this:

http://www.wpxi.com/news/29340757/detail.html

Suing over $.02.

Calling this woman a "consumer activist" is a little over the top. Frankly I'd call her a nuisance.

[Karen]

Complete and utter waste of the time and resources taken for her case. They offered to refund her the difference, what more does she want?

[Lady's Human]

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

This isn't her first case like this, either.

[phesina]

Complete and utter waste of the time and resources taken for her case. They offered to refund her the difference, what more does she want?

Attention.

Her 15 minutes (at least) of fame.

[Alysser]

I really wonder what the heck is wrong with people like this. WHY waste everyone's time and money? That's such a shallow thing to do. She needs to stop preaching this BS and start doing some real "activism". Or maybe if you have such an issue at wal-mart, how about you don't shop there?

[pomtzu]

Activist??? - nope - pain in the keister - yes! She's getting her point across at tax payer's expense, and got a quick $100 from Walmart to boot. I agree with Alysser - maybe she should shop elsewhere if she has such issues with them. And shame on the state for even allowing such trivial nonsense to go thru the court system and waste taxpayer time and money.

[Lady's Human]

Pom, somehow I knew you'd put your $.02 in....

[pomtzu]

Pom, somehow I knew you'd put your $.02 in....

And I didn't have to go to court and sue anybody for it either...........

[Cataholic]

Another position to consider: when we begin determining which case makes the grade, in OUR opinion, we begin to 'lock the door to the courthouse'. I believe the door must remain open to any and all. Regardless of my personal thoughts on the merits of the case.

There must have been some merit to the case- irrespective of the amount of the damages- or the Judge would not have ruled in her favor. There are several motions that opposing counsel could have filed that would have had this case dismissed. There is actually a pleading that could have resulted in the filing attorney being sanctioned for frivolous filings. Might be more here than meets the eye.

[wombat2u2004]

The fact that this women even had standing in a court of law is reason enough to warrant a decent overhaul of the system.

[lizbud]

2 cents here, 2 cents there, it all adds up.

The store needs to get it's act together & get the barcodes in synch
with the register prices. How many tmes have you picked up something
marked at a sale price only to get to the check out and find it does not
match with the register price? Very annoyiing.

[wombat2u2004]

2 cents here, 2 cents there, it all adds up.

The store needs to get it's act together & get the barcodes in synch
with the register prices. How many tmes have you picked up something
marked at a sale price only to get to the check out and find it does not
match with the register price? Very annoyiing.

Sure does.
And after a year or two you could be 10c richer.
Go for it.
Just think, in another 600,000 years, you could buy a new hairbrush.

[lizbud]

You need to think bigger than that silly man.

.o2 cents x 100,000 people = $2,000. One Walmart gets 100,000 on a slow day.

[Cataholic]

Is that true, Liz? 100,000 people walk in that store? Man..that explains why ours (it is a 'new' one) is already so stinky.........

[pomtzu]

You need to think bigger than that silly man.

.o2 cents x 100,000 people = $2,000. One Walmart gets 100,000 on a slow day.

Geeze - I was in Walmart this a.m., and I think I was one of maybe a dozen people in the whole store!!! Of course I could find hardly anything I went in for too. NASCAR race fans cleared the place out over the weekend, and the store is getting ready to close down in a few weeks (new Supercenter opening closer to me), so they aren't restocking much of anything. What I did manage to find - I wasn't overcharged on.

I can see making an issue of overcharging by much more than 2 cents - but 2 cents wouldn't even be worth the time and effort. I know it's a matter of principle, but look at the time and effort that went into filing a court case. Since this isn't the first time that this person has had an issue with this particular store, it seems to me that she's milking it for all it's worth. She got $100 on a 2 cent price discrepancy??? - not a bad profit margin at all. I wonder how much she got in her other disputes???