康涅狄格州联手联邦贸易委员会起诉达乐公司，指其长期标价与实收不符
康涅狄格州哈特福德县哈特福德市消息，康涅狄格州总检察长威廉·汤10月26日宣布，该州已联手联邦贸易委员会与其他19个州的总检察长起诉达乐公司（Dollar General），指控这家折扣零售商长期在收银台收取高于货架标价、价签与广告价格的金额。诉状称，达乐公司多年来反复标错价格、向消费者多收费，尽管公司内部早已充分了解这一问题，却未能加以纠正，借此从消费者身上获取了数百万美元的不当收费。
汤在声明中说，达乐公司明知自己在向消费者多收费却什么也没做，靠多年的欺骗获利，而美国家庭因此损失了数百万美元，消费者应当相信货架上的价格，而不必担心收银台会收多少钱。康涅狄格州消费者保护局局长布莱恩·卡弗雷利表示，长期标一个价、收另一个价不是简单的失误，而是有意占消费者便宜的做法，还会让一线零售员工无端面对冲突。诉状称，数千家达乐门店利用保障措施不足的漏洞，向弱势购物者收取了数百万美元违法多收费，具体赔偿与整改要求将由法院审理决定。
Connecticut joins FTC in suing Dollar General, alleging shelf prices long differed from amounts charged
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut — Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced on Oct. 26 that the state has joined the Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from 19 other states in suing Dollar General, accusing the discount retailer of long charging customers at the register more than the shelf, tag and advertised prices. The complaint alleges that for years Dollar General repeatedly mispriced items and overcharged consumers, and despite fully knowing of the problem internally, failed to correct it, reaping millions of dollars in improper charges from consumers.
Tong said in a statement that Dollar General knew it was overcharging consumers and did nothing, profiting from years of deception while American families lost millions of dollars, and that consumers should be able to trust the price on the shelf without worrying about what the register will charge. Connecticut Consumer Protection Commissioner Bryan Cafferelli said charging one price over the long term while posting another is not a simple mistake but a deliberate practice of taking advantage of consumers, and one that leaves front-line retail employees facing needless conflict. The complaint says thousands of Dollar General stores exploited inadequate safeguards to overcharge vulnerable shoppers by millions of dollars unlawfully; specific damages and corrective measures will be decided in court.
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