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I would suspect that since you purchased it Saturday night, the sale kicked off too soon--not that people were paying too much all week. It's also more likely that the sale was from last week, and the tag simply didn't get removed.
Laws like this, as I understand them, were enacted to protect consumers from businesses overcharging their customers intentionally--not due to sales going on and off or accidental error. Now you might have a case of "so what," but the point is that customers were getting charged pennies and dimes more so customers wouldn't notice. And an advertised price being different than the ring up is not the same as a saver card price not registering properly. The price of the item is and remains $13. They take off a few bucks for their loyal customers as a service or gimmick.
And I don't interpret the manager's acquicense as an acknowledgement that you were "right." I attribute it to maturity and recognition that $4 bucks wasn't worth his time or sanity. That, and he likely recognized that other customers who didn't know the details are starting to hear a very agitated customer.
Sometimes I go back for a buck or two, but I don't consider it a "right" when the issue is obvious it's just accidental. Depending on my mood I would have argued for it to be free. Hey, I might have even felt good about the extra cash "for my time."
But I wouldn't expect a lot of support from anyone around me if I told the story to them. If your wife is anything like my wife, she was probably embarrassed about your conduct. Mine can't stop me from acting like an ass in public, but I tend to appreciate her respect.
I would have kept this "victory" to myself.
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