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 life 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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725 thoughts onDollar General class action claims stores charges higher prices at register than advertised on shelves
This happens on repeated occasions in Indiana and Michigan Dollar general stores I have had it happen multiple times over the last year and even when you bring it up to the stores they refuse to fix the problem
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This happens REPEATEDLY in seneca sc! Also the coupon issue with the app and stores not honoring it even online orders being cancelled just so DG makes sure u will not get the use of there coupons in any way and it takes weeks if not months for them to respond to a email complaint!!
This happens to me quite frequently. In my DG you can’t see the amount each item rings up for as the cashier is scanning the item…only the cashier can see it. I check my receipt each time I shop there.
This seems to happen a lot at Kroger as well. It happens at Lowe’s, Menard’s & CVS too. I’m always checking the receipts now. I shopped 3 x at Dollar General this year so far according to my Quicken records.
This happens all the time in Alabama and when I complain, I’m told that the prices change all the time and the staff can’t keep up. If that’s the case, they should honor the shelf price but they don’t.
Yes this always happens to me all the TIME!!!
I shop at dollar general frequently, this has me infuriated. Work to hard for my money to be misleading. This world is crap with scammers, and just unethical people.
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