October 9, 2023 at 7:38 am

‘It’s happened so many times. I’ve just never documented it before.’ A Man Accused Target Of Switching Prices On Items And Showed Video Proof

by Matthew Gilligan

Source: TikTok/@mscottj89

Keep an eye on your receipts, friends!

A Target shopper named Matthew warned viewers in a viral TikTok video that he’s noticed a discrepancy in prices of items on the shelf and at the register.

Matthew said that it’s a recurring problem and he’s been charged more than the advertised prices time and time again at Target.

He said, “So I’ve been seeing some crazy videos about how big grocery stores are ripping people off. And I’m here at Target and it is absolutely true. Check this out.”

Source: TikTok/@mscottj89

One example Matthew showed was a bottle of Ortega sauce that was advertised as $2.69 on the shelf but he ended up being charged $3.59 for it.

He also showed viewers as gallon of bottled water that scans at the register for 10 cents more than it is advertised.

Matthew said, “It’s the mere effort that I have to go through to ask the person to come over and adjust prices and the fact that I have to track everything that I’m putting in my cart, and remember what price it was.”

Source: TikTok/@mscottj89

He continued, “Why do I have to do that? Why aren’t these companies updating this? And by the way, this is not the first time at all. It’s happened so many times. I’ve just never documented it before. And I’m gonna start documenting it. Because this is getting ridiculous.”

Source: TikTok/@mscottj89

Here’s his video.

@mscottj89

Target is pulling a bait and switch and you probably don’t realize it. #fyp #target #scam #baitandswitch #trending #grocery #shopping

♬ original sound – Matthew

And here’s how people reacted.

One person has had issues with this, too.

Source: TikTok/@mscottj89

Another individual talked about how they do things at Publix.

Source: TikTok/@mscottj89

And one TikTok user doesn’t want to check the price of every item at the store, but they’ll do it if they have to.

Source: TikTok/@mscottj89

People shouldn’t have to be checking the price of every single item. Truly ridiculous.

Come on Target!