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Dollar General has quickly increased as an essential shopping destination in the cities of American inflation prompted buyers to be put back andDollars stores, which offer higher prices relief in all sectors of the economy. ByThe New York Times, Dollar general CEOTodd Vasos said people were shopping more often but bought less, its stores seeing an increaseHigh income buyers. But even if those who have more money to burn have a budget, Dollar General is now prosecuted to do something that affects all customers. Read the rest to find out what officials call "appalling behavior".

Read this then:Dollar General is under fire for doing this to buyers: "a serious problem".

Last month, Dollar General received his just part of a bad press when he was confirmed that20 different stores In overcharging Ohio of customers, theNew journalsreported.

October 14, county verifierRoger Reynolds, from the Ministry of Weights and Measures, made of price verification checks in the Dollar General Stores in the County of Butler, identifying the "two -digit error rate", according to theNew journals.

Errors varied from 16.7 to 88.2%, which is significantly higher than the error rate of 2% authorized by the Ohio Ministry of Agriculture. The problem was first underlined by the residentWilliam Anderson, which wrote a letter to the listener's office and noted that management to a general dollar displayed a panel which indicated "prices cannot be changed in the register. All prices are final".

Reynolds said toNew journals That overload "is a serious problem" because people turn to these good deals stores for lower prices and end up being too billed. Now Dollar General may have to face music.

On November 1, the state of Ohio continued General Corp.Ohio prosecutor's office (FROM). The press release quotes "consumer complaints from several counties" concerning the drop in prices on general dollar shelves and higher prices in the register.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"Everything we buy these days is more expensive - Ohioans can badly deal with companies that attract people with the low price promise only to deceive them at the cash counter," said the Attorney General (AG)Dave Yost, said in the press release. "It looks like a business that tries to make additional money and hoping that no one will notice it. We have not only noticed, but we take measures to stop it."

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The official survey was carried out in the county of Butler, but between March 2021 and August 2022, he received reports of "disloyal and deceptive practices similar" in eight other counties, namely Cuyahoga, Franklin, Highland, Lucas, Madison, Richland, Summit and Trumbull.

In a case, a County of Franklin's County said they saw a shampoo at a price of $ 1 on the shelf, but they were then invoiced double during the verification. Similar to what Anderson has described on policies that change prices, it noted additional complaints from general stores to a dollar not changing prices even after the buyers noted the gap.

The state trial alleges that Dollar General's constitutes a violation of the OHIO consumer sales practices by listing inaccurate prices and violating its rule on "bait advertising", also known as Name of "advertising of bait and switching". He was officially deposited in Butler County Common Pleas Court, according to the press release.

Ohio asks Dollar General topay damages Consumers and $ 25,000 in civilian fines for each violation, according to the trial. In addition, there is a request "a judicial intervention to remedy the unjust situation for consumers and bring Dollar General in accordance with the Ohio law".

"This is appalling behavior and should be responded to a court," Yost said in the press release. "If you see that happening in a store near you, let me know at my office. We are here to protect Ohioans from arnocations."

Ohio residents can contact the Ohio Attorney General Office on www.ohioprotects.org or 800-282-0515 with any concern about questionable business practices. But although the trial is filed by Ohio, it is not the only state to report errors like this; Earlier this year, North Carolina inflicted a fine of several general locations for price sweeping errors that made buyers pay more. In 2019, theVermont state Also reached a regulation of $ 1.75 million with general dollar for violating its consumer protection law, Wxix affiliated to Fox reported.

Better life Contacted Dollar General about the last trial, but has not yet heard.