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- Introduced by Sen. Cameron Brown (R) on March 12, 2009, to exempt non-food products from mandatory item pricing if detailed pricing mandate information is conspicuously displayed with the product and the store’s automated checkout system meets certain accuracy standards. The bill does not apply to food or nonprescription drugs, except for frozen foods and refrigerated dairy products.
- Referred to the Senate Commerce & Tourism Committee on March 12, 2009.
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1) Re: 2009 Senate Bill 376 (Allow certain item pricing exemptions ) by gypsy on October 3, 2009I see no need to exempt any items from the item pricing requirements. This law has saved Michigan shoppers money and made shopping within one's budget much easier.
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It must be truly wonderful to have options in regard to where one can shop for food. Personally, I feel that there are great benefits to item pricing, well worth the "millions of dollars" it costs me as a consumer. Often, the people you find to ask about a price have less of an idea of what an item costs than the shopper does. I feel this is a terrific law that finally puts the consumer first instead of the powerful retailer. Do you really think prices will go down if Michigan does away with mandatory item pricing? Do you really believe there will be "shoppers' assistants" all over the store with current price lists for each and every item? Do you honestly think they would be willing to go through your whole cart full of food to let you know approximately how much that cart full will cost at the checkout? I'm old enough to remember what it was like before the 1976 law was enacted and I truly appreciate just what this law has done for consumers. Your comment "If you can't find someone to ask, don't shop there." really is not applicable to many Michigan residents who either don't live in a city where there are several stores to choose from or are otherwise limited to one local store. If we eliminate mandatory pricing, you won't be able to find someone to ask and all stores will be in the business of surprising the customer at the checkout so it won't really matter if you shop at a particular store or not. You may feel that shelf pricing is all that is needed but, as I've often discovered, the price of the item and the price on the shelf sign can be two very different things. Besides all that, if I have to traipse all over the store several times to find someone to ask about a price or just give up and hope I'm not too surprised at the checkout, it will end up costing me "millions of dollars" in lost time and aggrevation and retailers more to put all the items back on the shelves that consumers decide are too expensive when they find out how much these items really cost. Yes, it must be truly wonderful to be one of those people with the wherewithal to have many options.
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How about eliminating mandatory pricing altogether. This law costs Michigan consumers millions of dollars with very little benefit. If you aren't sure how much something costs, ASK. If you can't find someone to ask, don't shop there. Another stupid law that puts Michigan residents at a disadvantage.
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