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Comment on What's the deal with buying single cans out of a multipack at a bottle shop? (Australia)

CaptainMcMonkey@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

These items are usually marked “not for individual sale“. I’m pretty sure what you are witnessing is people just stealing things. (At least some of the time, But smaller stores do break those “not for individual sell” rules too).

If you’re not sure, just asking an employee.

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bestusername@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’ve never seen “Not for individual sale” on alcohol.

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- CaptainMcMonkey@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Fair enough.
  
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- Zippy@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  If it is in a closed packb and no price is listed individually, then it is likely not for sale individually. You certainly should not be opening something to take one out.
  
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- Magrath@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You just haven’t looked hard enough.
  
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SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That notice is not a legal restriction, nor a rule to stop stores from breaking up multi-packs. What it’s there for is to alert buyers and cashiers that the barcode printed on each unit contains the product code for the multi-pack. If stores want to sell individual units, they just have to re-label them, or at least not scan the barcode.

The store in which I used to work sells individual bottles of beer, or build-your-own 6-packs. The liquor department manager just puts a slash through the barcodes with a black marker, so they won’t scan on the registers.

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