La San Diego Apple Store has been hit with a 'Notification of Failed Inspection' through the county's 'Price Accuracy Inspection Program for charging' for charging customers a higher price than advertised. The notice is displayed in the window of the San Diego Apple Store, and this notice will be for ten days, ends on November 22, and reads the following:
This establishment has been fined for violating and having irregularities found during an inspection 01/09/2015.
They have the highest prices, while their price is lowest in posts or in their advertisements, it is a violation of the Business and Professions Code Section 12024.2.
They have spoken to an employee from the apple store, who told them the price discrepancy was not related to pricing on Apple's own productsbut in a third-party accessory. The employee could not confirm further details. The program is administered by the County of San San Diego in the Department of Agriculture, which routinely inspects prices at local businesses, and enforces the law.
The department in its program inspects companies to verify that the prices charged to consumers are the same as those recorded, In the advertising or listing price. The inspectors also confirm that the check-out is clearly (in plain view) the price of each item. California have more information about this type of law on its website, which outlines the various rules that prevent companies from overloading customers one way or another, contrary to the advertised pricing.
This they do here in Spain, and I think that all stores would have that warning sign. They are laws to alert users and humiliate one of the world's great companies, although it also applies to retailers, and demonstrating that none would be saved.
It was not uncommon for it to happen and that in Spain if they did, almost all the stores would veneer ...
What I say at the end of the article, we agree Tony Torres. Thanks for the comment.