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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 2:07 am
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Originally Posted by Ann Tyrol
I have noticed the supermarkets crossing prices, but that's an old HK supermarket trick sometimes - they keep existing prices and add a "crossed" price that the wine never sold at. In any place with consumer protection laws, this would be illegal, but not here...

Am heading to NZ soon and looking forward to stocking up on decent wine
yea and they act as if taking 10 cents off some teddy crackers on a multipack is a big deal.
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