Not Given The Correct Change - Is There Really Nothing I Can Do?

[dk345]

Right,

Maybe a bit of a rant here, but I'm quite annoyed really.

Just been to the Costcutter on campus to get some milk, the total came to £2.46. I paid the woman at the till will a five pound note and she gave me £1.40 change. I glanced at the change and it didn't look right, but there was a queue so I moved away from the till. It was ridiculously busy, so I moved just out of the shop to check my change.

I wasn't given a receipt because the woman disappeared off straight after dealing with me and I should have been given £2.54 change, so I'm £1.14 out of pocket. So I went straight back into the shop only to be told by the manager that I have left the shop and policy states that errors cannot be rectified once you leave.

I have the feeling there is nothing I can do and I know that it's not much money really, but it's more the fact that the woman was stupid enough to give me the wrong change when it's shown on the display for her!

So yeah, sorry for the rant... Is there anything I can do, or is it my own fault for leaving?

 

[dk345]

Yeah, it isn't anywhere near a significant amount of money, I just wondered if that was what happens. As people say though, my own fault, lesson learnt

 

[dk345]

Steal something and run out, when she comes out say 'I've left the shop, there's nothing you can do'

Fair's fair!

Haha. I think that's probably taking things too far, I'll leave it as my mistake and won't go making another one!