I had some friends over on the weekend and we go to talking about ethical dilemmas. One of my friends had been to the liquor store to stock up. When he was putting his stuff away after he got home he realized that the teller had missed charging him for a bottle of wine. His wife said he had to go back to pay. He said it was too far, their mistake, his fortune. His wife then said he should phone in his credit card number and pay them. What would you do and why?
i never check my receipts, i am sure i have been overcharged for things and at times maybe undercharged at times. just part of life!!! it all evens out in the end. one of my pet peeves is when i go out to dinner there are those that look at every single item on the bill, its just my personality to put the card on the edge of the table and say "were done, here you go" I can't remember the last time i looked at a grocery or dinner bill.
Some of are not that affluent. We need to keep track of our pennies. Nice for you that you don't have to. I'm not sure that it does even out in the end as all these things are random. I would have to pay for the booze before I could drink it.
Nobody clips Coupons like i do. I do it every Sunday with the oldest son (5th grade) and then we go to the store Sunday evening for the weeks shopping. Our agreement is, whatever money he saves in clipping coupons and being frugal then that money goes into the boys piggy bank so they can spend it on vacation. the more he saves the more they all have to spend on vacations.
I don't clip coupons anymore, but I do have them on my phone to redeem. I also have a frequent user card at the grocery store and after I build up enough points I get "free" groceries. It works well because I get the points on things I would buy anyway. Great idea to teach kids fiscal responsibility at a young age!
I used to do the whole super couponing thing a few years ago. It's a job! Really should do that again though. It sure saved money.
Tonight after meeting up with our kids for a meal out, my husband and I stopped on the way home for an ice cream cone at a little shop just off the highway. We used the drive-thru. My husband gave the kid a twenty dollar bill and the kid gave him back two tens as change. We went around to the other side of the building and I went inside to pay for the cones. The kid thanked me for being honest. I just didn't feel right about not paying. At the grocery store we use most often, they give out a gas saver card. Every week they have things on sale that can earn you cents off a gallon of gas, like buy a box of Rice Krispies and get five cents off a gallon of gas or for every $50 you spend, you earn 50 cents off per gallon. You can only carry the points for 30 days. We keep the card they scan at the store and we gave our daughter the card to be scanned where she buys gas because she drives an hour each way to work and my husband works in the town where we live. One time we had earned $2.00 off, so she filled her car up for 15 cents per gallon. I used to do something called refunding. It went hand in hand with couponing. Companies would have refund offers for sending in labels or upc codes. I practically made a job out of it. I had rows of file boxes set up in my garage, where I would file my "trash." I saved boxes and labels in a paper bag through the week, then once a week I would file everything. I also had friends and relative saving things for me. So, when an offer came out from Procter and Gamble offering $25 for upc codes from detergent, I just went to my detergent file folder, pulled out what I needed and sent for the refund. Many of the offers were for just a dollar or two, but it all added up. One time I saved enough refund money to buy a new washer and dryer. Unfortunately, refunding is pretty much a thing of the past.
I love the loyalty card I have for groceries. I get points for buying certain items that they designate as point getters each week. I never buy anything just to get points. Today I cashed in my points to get $40 off my groceries. I remember when we used to get towels, etc in boxes of laundry detergent. I would have paid for the ice cream, too, Cheryl.
It's always nice to get some free groceries. I remember getting the towels and washcloths, too, in the detergent. Wasn't it called Breeze? Haven't thought about that in a long time.
I have no idea what company was putting that stuff in the detergent, but I may have to google it. We used to get little toys in cereal, too. I still have a tiny plastic submarine that I got from a cereal box. It would rise up out of water when loaded with baking soda. I showed it to my grandsons thinking they would think it was lame given the technology they know today. I was wrong. They were very intrigued. Positive experience !