This is weird. I’ve never seen a register where the cashier cannot input the price manually. Sometimes it takes a manager’s access code to do so, but the possibility is always there.
It may be there is a misc item function that’s locked out and pings on reports so even if you use it said manager then has to explain it. So could be there, but Stuart won’t let it happen and it’s just easier to tell the customer no…that or it’s a really finnicky system that doesn’t allow it for stock tracking purposes.
Inventory management can be a nightmare if an item moves quickly. You could have entire pallets of the stuff and if things get stolen, or rung up wrong, or there was extra in a shipment, or even simply misplaced and considered lost then it can affect inventory numbers until an actual inventory count is done. Since numbers are changed automatically (or through paper reports if nothing else) it’s sometimes hard to get accurate numbers when using inventory systems.
Sometimes there’s a generic number for a type of item you can use and change as needed but I’ve never seen a register that lets you punch in a price and count it as a sale. Generally speaking no barcode/PLU, no sale. If we can’t ring it up it can’t change the inventory or show on a sales report.
And this is why inventory lists and inventory do not match. Another issue is that the items may be, depending on the jurisdiction, be subjected to different tax rates due to how they are classified.
At least he’s not making THAT joke.
This is weird. I’ve never seen a register where the cashier cannot input the price manually. Sometimes it takes a manager’s access code to do so, but the possibility is always there.
It may be there is a misc item function that’s locked out and pings on reports so even if you use it said manager then has to explain it. So could be there, but Stuart won’t let it happen and it’s just easier to tell the customer no…that or it’s a really finnicky system that doesn’t allow it for stock tracking purposes.
Is this why Stuart found negative 14 of something listed in inventory once?
Inventory management can be a nightmare if an item moves quickly. You could have entire pallets of the stuff and if things get stolen, or rung up wrong, or there was extra in a shipment, or even simply misplaced and considered lost then it can affect inventory numbers until an actual inventory count is done. Since numbers are changed automatically (or through paper reports if nothing else) it’s sometimes hard to get accurate numbers when using inventory systems.
IIRC, it was something like a different SKU for different colors, but all of them were rung up under just one SKU.
Sometimes there’s a generic number for a type of item you can use and change as needed but I’ve never seen a register that lets you punch in a price and count it as a sale. Generally speaking no barcode/PLU, no sale. If we can’t ring it up it can’t change the inventory or show on a sales report.
Lidl’s in the UK has that setup: the staff have to ring up another item of the same value.
And this is why inventory lists and inventory do not match. Another issue is that the items may be, depending on the jurisdiction, be subjected to different tax rates due to how they are classified.
Guy better like that sweater–he won’t be able to get no refund with a receipt for a mop.
He’d probably just need to make sure that Marla did the return. She would probably remember the whole thing.
That mop wouldn’t cost $29.99. I’ve seen similar ones at Dollarama for far less. And that’s recently, not as far back as 2007.