Is it morally wrong to not say anything?

Yes.

In some situations, you’d overcomplicate the situation for very little amount of change and its better to just ignore it. For example: I constantly buy really weird leafy veggies. Escarole, curly endive, dandelion greens, turnip greens, and more. They constantly ring them up as ‘leafy greens’ instead of what they actually are. It ends up saving me like…. thirty cents. I corrected them the first few times but they didn’t seem to appreciate it. They just seemed annoyed. I buy these every week. I no longer bother.

Yes, it’s morally wrong, but I still keep my mouth shut. =\

It depends what direction your moral
compass faces.

It is definitely ethically wrong. I figure that if I speak up when they undercharge me that will stand me in good stead when they overcharge me and I want to speak up about that.

There have been times when I have not. Once I was buying two robes for my twin nephews. They were reduced 75% FROM THE ORIGINAL PRICE which was $49.95 each. This was clearly stated on the sign. Instead, the cashier charged me 75% off the marked down price of $19.96 or $4.99 each, which was a ridiculous price. When I attempted to explain it to her, she pooh-poohed me. I tried again to point to the sign and explain. She then said, “Look, don’t worry about not understanding, not everyone is good at math.” My sister Sue, who had been avoiding catching my eye so as not to burst out laughing elbowed me and said, “Yeah, Marina, not everyone is good at math. Just pay the lady.” If the cashier hadn’t been so obnoxious about my math skills, I might have persevered, but at that point, I took the great bargain.

This story is very much in the spirit of this question and is making big news in Central Florida. I was shocked that most of the people commenting to the newspaper thought the woman’s actions were not wrong!

Yes

my moral compass is confused by the impending pole switch.

Yes, it’s wrong. I went back after paying over $300 for groceries, because they only charged me for one gallon of milk when I had two. It justifies the times they charge me for three.

I think it is best to tell. A lot of the time, they don’t fix it because of my honesty

It is better to tell and fix it. Depending on the place, the cashier might get in trouble if the drawer is off. It’s not worth $5 to cause that.

I always figure that whatever the price difference is is not worth my integrity, which I value. So I bring mistakes undercharging me to their attention. And if I catch it the other way, I do that as well.

I was recently charged $40 instead of $4 for a little plant, and it was the checkout guy who said that seemed pretty high. Costs are going up so fast, I might not have caught it myself. Nice to know that honesty works both ways.

Depends on your morals. My morals allow me to keep my mouth shut – unless it’s such a big mistake that the cashier will get in trouble over it.

is it your fault their system is flawed?

I personally don’t see it as a big deal if we’re talking about a small (chump change) sum of money, on either side of the favor fence. Often, it’s not worth the time it takes to fix it. And if it’s in my favor, I give it the same “oh well”. Better to let their drawer be off a little. Maybe they get their paycheck docked to cover the little mistake and end up stocking shelves instead of constantly mis-ringing milk and little plants. :)

I would never do something like letting somebody give me to much change but what I am referring to is more along the lines of something being priced at $40— and it comes up $20— and it is not on sale.

If it comes up $20…well that means it was tagged wrong. Hardly the checker’s fault. And can you imagine the time it would take to straighten that out? Well…huh, that’s practically like scratching a lottery ticket. (kidding, of course…kind of)

But seriously…if you don’t realize it until you get home, are you going to drive (God only knows how far) back to that store – with gas at $4/gal – just to say, “Here, you need to take 20 more dollars from me.”? Reimburse me drive time and fuel…and maybe. There comes a point when Retail America takes the hit.

Morally wrong yes. Do I blame you? No.

yes. could be your money too.

I’ve had it happen to me and took both routes. When I tell it can be a hassle, but sometimes they let the mistake slide to reward me for my honesty. If I don’t tell, I feel really bad for quite some time after. I think it’s better to just let the cashier know, and if they refuse to fix the mistake, at least you can have a clean conscience about it.

As others have said, it depends on what your morals are. I try to stay as consistent as possible, and since you don’t know what the repercussions of this error may be, it’s best to point it out. And it could happen the other direction—you’d want an error not benefiting you to be corrected. For me, it’s about putting “good” out in hopes that good will return to me.

I don’t think its wrong. In the end the cashier will learn a valuable lesson and end up being better at their job for it.

I would say yes, but one time I had to argue with the cashier that he gave me twenty extra dollars, but he kept on saying he didn’t, In the end i just took it. I came out of the store with more money than I went in with and I got a cute postcard too.

In my book yes. But that is because karma always evens things out. Today I ordered an arby’s melt and a regular arby’s roast beef. Got to my table, 2 reg. roast beefs. I went up they gave me the melt and let me keep the reg. I will think of that the next time something rings up 25 cents cheaper and I let them know about it.