Little to nothing priced in the coolers, a violation of the Michigan Item Pricing law (now reported). Upon pointing this out to the owner's son, he threw me out of the store and threatened to "burn" me with the police, following me out of the store in a menacing manner and screaming at me.
Avoid this toxic establishment. Sad, because the retired cop and his wife who built out the store years ago were really great people and this used to be a nice community market.
1/21; In response to the owner's fabricated "response" on Google, I'm posting this update:
Thought I'd clarify the situation: I walked into the store and noticed few items in the coolers priced, grabbed two beers for later (unpriced), and looked for something else to drink. I could not see any price tags on the non-alchoholic drinks, and I asked the owner how much everything in the coolers was. His response was if you need a price, ask. I mentioned that this is a real hassle for consumers and exhausting, so consumers would really appreciate if they could price the shelves (the "shelf tag" pricing that we see in most places that tells you how much various groups of items are), which is required by Michigan's Item Pricing Law.
Upon arriving at the register, the owner rang up the beers at a price that was $.50 higher than anyone else in the area, a direct result of the lack of pricing information at the cooler that I might have chosen to purchase somewhere else. I complained to the owner that this was the same price I could have paid in Detroit, and that's when he came totally unglued: "Here's your $10 bill, get the f**k out of my store". When I then mentioned I was going to call the Department of Agriculture and make an item pricing complaint, he became incensed and screamed "I'll dial the number for you", at which point I decided it might be a good time to get out of there. The unhinged owner then proceeded to follow me out to my car in the parking lot screaming about various grievances like my hair (?!), and threatened me with calling the police to "burn" me (?!), at which point I yelled back some obscenities about him being a (rhymes with "clucking mass bowl").
At no point were there any threats or threatening language used by me. The quote from the owner: "your numerous violent threats aimed toward our employee jeopardized our safety here", is both predictable and a bald faced lie. Immediately after leaving the parking lot, I subsequently took the unusual step of calling the Oakland County Sheriff's Substation locally to make a report with the desk deputy because of this individual's threatening behavior.
This individual, who due to his age and entitled attitude I assume was the owner's son, exhibited aggressive, threatening behavior because he was enraged that a customer was making a reasonable request to follow the law and post prices for the items that they sell. This type of behavior is both disturbing and unacceptable. read more
