Joe Millitzer and Tim Ezell talk about the top posts on St. Louis social media
Are you being overcharged at the checkout? Here’s how to tell
• A 2022 lawsuit accused Walmart of inflating weights on groceries at registers, leading to a $45 million settlement.
• Ohio's 2022 lawsuit against Dollar General revealed significant overcharging, with error rates between 16.7% and 88.2%.
• Dollar General settled with Wisconsin after found to overcharge by 17% on 9% of items.
• In North Carolina, over a dozen stores, primarily Family Dollar, were fined for high scanning error rates.
• Consumers are advised to verify prices at the register match shelf prices and report discrepancies to manage overcharging.
Your $1 bill could be worth thousands — if it has these 3 things
• Over 6 million $1 bills printed in the last decade have duplicate serial numbers, as reported by Wealthy Nickel.
• The Bureau of Engraving and Printing mistakenly issued matching serial numbers on bills from Washington, D.C., and Fort Worth, Texas.
• Collectors Ed Zegers and Karol Winograd started a project in 2017 to locate these $1 bill pairs, finding 10 pairs by 2020.
• Project 2013B has since found 16 matching pairs out of over 47,000 $1 bills cataloged from the duplicated series.
• Identifiable by "Series 2013," a "B" seal, and a starred serial number within specific ranges, these bills have sold for up to $25,000 at auction.
