Dollar General prices class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: Lori Hartline filed a class action lawsuit against Dollar General Corporation and Dolgencorp LLC doing business as Dollar General.
- Why: Hartline claims Dollar General regularly charges more than the advertised shelf price for products sold at its grocery store locations.
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in Oklahoma federal court.
Dollar General regularly charges customers a higher price for various items at the cash register than what their advertised price is on the shelf, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff Lori Hartline claims she has noticed a discrepancy in what she was charged and paid at checkout versus the advertised shelf-price for merchandise she purchased at a Dollar General in Porum, Oklahoma.
Hartline argues she has filed three complaints with the Oklahoma attorney general this year over Dollar General allegedly charging her more at checkout for merchandise than what the advertised shelf-price was.
“It is Defendant’s policy and practice to charge a higher price at the register for merchandise than the price advertised on the unit price labels for the same merchandise on the shelves in Defendant’s Oklahoma stores,” the Dollar General class action states.
Hartline wants to represent a class of consumers who, within the last three years, have paid more for merchandise than the advertised price labeled on the shelf at a Dollar General store located in Oklahoma.
Complaints also filed against Dollar General in New Jersey, Ohio, New York, class action says
Hartline cites complaints that have been filed against Dollar General in New Jersey, Ohio and New York by consumers claiming the store regularly charged customers higher prices at the register than the price of merchandise advertised on the shelves.
“Defendant used the same procedures that they employed in charging a higher price than advertised to Plaintiffs when selling the same and/or similar merchandise to numerous other consumers in its Oklahoma stores,” the Dollar General class action states.
Hartline claims Dollar General is in violation of the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act. She is demanding a jury trial and requesting injunctive and declaratory relief along with an award of actual, treble, statutory and punitive damages for herself and all class members.
A separate class action lawsuit was filed against Dollar General earlier this year by a consumer arguing the company failed to make its website fully accessible to and independently usable by individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
Have you been charged more at checkout than the advertised shelf price for a product purchased at a Dollar General in Oklahoma? Let us know in the comments.
The plaintiff is represented by William B. Federman and Jessica A. Wilkes of Federman & Sherwood, and Brian D. Flick and Marc E. Dann of DannLaw.
The Dollar General prices class action lawsuit is Hartline v. Dollar General Crop., et al., Case No. 6:23-cv-00319, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
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732 thoughts onDollar General class action claims stores charges higher prices at register than advertised on shelves
Arkansas too
Add me.
I live in Georgia and the Dollar General stores here do the same thing. They charge more than what is on the shelf and when questioned always say they just haven’t had time to change the price on the shelf but several weeks later the price still has not been changed.
This happens in Florida, too. I have taken pictures of the item on the shelf and returned to the register to show the cashier the price difference. I have done this on numerous occasions at the Dollar General where I always shop.
I too live in Florida and almost every week my purchases come out higher than I expected. Every time I try to dispute it, they give some excuse I don’t even understand as to why I cannot get the advertised price! I want in on the action!
It’s so true they charge you different price on the register than what’s on the shelves done it to me a few times. I’m from NYC the Bronx
Yes it happens in Florida also.
I agree. Live in Alabama and you never know what you will be charged.
Yes happenvto me i’m Jersey numerous of times..Add me..Thanks
Yes, it’s the same here in Pasco and Pinellas counties in Florida. I am routinely charged a different, higher price at the register than what is labeled on the shelves or even what is listed as the price in the app.
Same here in Wichita KS at my neighborhood store it happens all the time and when I ask why the manager tells me it’s not his problem
Prices at the register in Tuskegee, Alabama are also different than what’s posted. This is at both dollar general.
Texa too… we have seen it more then once at several stores here.