The New York state attorney general's office says the retail chain launched a national sale in June advertising 12-packs for $3, but consumers at 117 stores in were routinely charged $3.50.
Investigators say consumers who complained were falsely told the state has a "sugar tax." They say the markup of more than 16 percent violated two laws.
When customers brought the inflated price complaint to Walmart, which was documented, Walmart didn’t adjust the price to reflect the $3 advertised price until the attorney general’s office stepped in.
They say Wal-Mart ran a similar sale in March, and 66,000 12-packs of Coca-Cola have been sold in New York at an inflated price.
The settlement requires Wal-Mart to pay over $66,000 in penalties and costs and improve internal reporting.
A message left at the , company was not immediately returned.
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Damien's note: I realize that shenanigans by this retailer (and many others) is hardly a queer thing in our world. Perhaps the queer thing about this story is that enough people complained that something was done about it.
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