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"Talk about getting nickel and dimed. A Connecticut woman sued Rite Aid for a 12 cent overcharge that happened back in 2008. Pamela Blass had purchased four 99-cent items at the drug store, bringing her total to $3.96. But she used two $1 coupons which brought the total down to $1.96. Sounds like a deal, right? Wrong! Just wait until you see what happened: Rite Aid charged her 24 cents in sales tax, based on the pre-coupon total, instead of 12 cents based on the discounted total. Blass later filed a complaint accusing the chain of unfair and deceptive trade practices. The court ruled in favor of Rite Aid because Blass didn&amp;#039;t attempt any administrative remedies (meaning that she failed to fix the situation directly with the store, usually via petition) and instead took the case straight to court. She didn&amp;#039;t stop there, moving on to Superior Court (and paying the associated lawyer fees, which I&amp;#039;m going to venture were more than 12 cents) and lost. Said her lawyer Peter Van Dyke: &amp;quot;Even though it was 12 cents to her, it represents a much larger sum of money to everyone in Connecticut that was over charged by Rite Aid.&amp;quot; Now, I&amp;#039;m the first one to get overly huffy about wrong-doings, but at the end of the day, I&amp;#039;d pay 12 cents to not have to deal with any of this. And while I appreciate Blass&amp;#039;s tenacity and her willingness to stand up for herself and the people of Connecticut, there are probably better\u2013and more helpful\u2013ways that she could have used her time and money to support her fellow statesmen. But good news for Walgreens and CVS\u2013you&amp;#039;ve probably got yourself a new customer! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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