<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4Ns2dF_1GrLZ2hG00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4Ns2dF_1GrLZ2hG00" width="1920" height="1896" ></figure>RALEIGH – North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is suing Dollar General, alleging the company raising prices for many of their products without updating the sticker price on shelves, so customers unknowingly paid more at the register.“We’re suing Dollar General because they’re ripping people off, and they know it,” said Jackson is a recent press release sent to media outlets. “People should be able to trust that the price they see on the shelves is the price they’ll pay. But Dollar General has been breaking that trust. They’ve failed state inspections and been told over and over to fix these mistakes. They haven’t, so we’ll see them in court.”While this lawsuit is pending, Jackson offered advice to those shopping at Dollar General, saying customers need to check their receipt before leaving the store. If you were charged more than the shelf price, ask the store to correct it. You can file a complaint with the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Standards Division via the online complaint form or call 984-236-4751.Jackson added that Dollar General is aware of the overcharging issue at its stores and has had ample opportunities to make sure that its sticker prices match its checkout prices. Its stores have failed thousands of state pricing audits and have received almost 30,000 complaints about stores not honoring the listed price. Two weeks ago, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture – the agency responsible for conducting spot checks of retail-store register accuracy and issue fines when they find prices and charges aren’t matching up – issued fines to 10 Dollar General locations for overcharging customers beyond the listed price. The 10 stores are in Hertford, Pamlico, Carteret, Transylvania, Craven, Onslow, Buncombe, and Scotland counties.In Hertford County, the Dollar General store at 114 Hertford County High Road in Ahoskie paid a $1,845 fine following two failed inspections. An initial inspection in May found an error rate of 16% for eight overcharges on 50 items. A follow-up inspection in June found an error rate of 4.33% for 13 overcharges on a 300-item lot, resulting in a $1,845 fine the store paid in July. The store passed inspection in August.In addition, Dollar General stores have failed audits in previous years in Franklin, Alamance, Transylvania, Montgomery, Brunswick, Hyde, Lee, and Moore counties.Dollar General operates more than 1,150 stores in North Carolina. The FTC and states allege these practices violate the FTC Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and state consumer protection laws.Media outlets published a response from Dollar General, who says the FTC sprung an investigation and, before going to court, gave it “no settlement demand or investigative findings.”The response from the company added, "Our goal is 100% accuracy between shelf and register prices in every store. As with other retailers and despite our policies and procedures, occasional price discrepancies can occur. When that happens, our store teams are instructed, empowered, and expected to make things right for the customer.”Attorney General Jackson is joined in filing the complaint by the FTC and the Attorneys General of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, and Wisconsin.</div></body>

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RALEIGH – North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is suing Dollar General, alleging the company raising prices for many of their products without updating the sticker price on shelves, so customers unknowingly paid more at the register. “We’re suing Dollar General because they’re ripping people off, and they know...

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