Dumbo Market overcharging
Hey neighbors - not new to the hood, but am getting sick of needing to be hypervigilant about prices being correct at the register.
I've filed complaints with 311 before, but I'm thinking of trying to get something bigger going with the Dept of Consumer and Worker Protection. It's theft, pure and simple - between the lack of price labels and the inaccuracies at the register, and it's never in the customer's favor. It may not be a lot, but if you're going to the store multiple times a week, it adds up. if *we* don't catch it, we lose out, and the store never gets punished enough to stop doing it. Correcting it to the right price is fine but then it's just one person they didn't screw over. There needs to be consequences.
In Canada, if the price is wrong and it's under $10, you get the item for free. Australia also has similar protections. What would life be like in the city if this were true in NYC? Lose enough product and the grocery stores might make more of an effort to be accurate.
If getting together to hold Dumbo Market accountable is something you're interested in, shoot me a DM!