Did I get ripped off?

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#1 TwztedElegance
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Okay, so I was just going through my bills from last month and one of them makes no sense. I bought an Xbox 360 Pro (CAD 299 retail price) about a month back from EB Games in Canada, and the total with the 14% tax came to 338.99 CAD. I paid with US Dollars and handed the cashier 400 USD. In my excitement, I didn't even look at the bill and change and just took what he gave me, assuming that it was the right amount. Now that I look at the bill, it makes NO sense to me. Can anyone figure it out or did I actually get ripped off?

The CAD to USD exchange rate on that day was 1 CAD = 0.89 USD, so basically 338.99 CAD = about 302 USD, so I should have gotten back 98 USD. The bill says that he owed me 25.01 CAD in change or like 22 USD wtf?

Looks like I got majorly ripped off. Paid almost enough to get a 360 Elite and walked out with a 360 Pro. Does EB Games charge an insane amount for the conversion or something?

Here's a crappy pic of the bill. I've typed up what the stuff is next to where it's written on the bill.


http://i38.tinypic.com/1z149pe.jpg


Sheesh :@ I could've gotten like 2 or 3 games for the extra cash I paid.

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#2 BladeOfHeaven
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:o

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#3 Pwnage_Dragon
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You got totally pwned by canada
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#4 N8A
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wow canada pwned you good there.
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#5 the_foreign_guy
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That's why kids, you should always count your change and look at the receipt. This is also why you don't go to ebgames/gamestop. ;)
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Okay, so I was just going through my bills from last month and one of them makes no sense. I bought an Xbox 360 Pro (CAD 299 retail price) about a month back from EB Games in Canada, and the total with the 14% tax came to 338.99 CAD. I paid with US Dollars and handed the cashier 400 USD. In my excitement, I didn't even look at the bill and change and just took what he gave me, assuming that it was the right amount. Now that I look at the bill, it makes NO sense to me. Can anyone figure it out or did I actually get ripped off?

The CAD to USD exchange rate on that day was 1 CAD = 0.89 USD, so basically 338.99 CAD = about 302 USD, so I should have gotten back 98 USD. The bill says that he owed me 25.01 CAD in change or like 22 USD wtf?

Looks like I got majorly ripped off. Paid almost enough to get a 360 Elite and walked out with a 360 Pro. Does EB Games charge an insane amount for the conversion or something?

Here's a crappy pic of the bill. I've typed up what the stuff is next to where it's written on the bill.


http://i38.tinypic.com/1z149pe.jpg


Sheesh :@ I could've gotten like 2 or 3 games for the extra cash I paid.

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#7 Tjeremiah1988
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report it to the manager. I remember once at Applebees the cashier over charged when I look at my bank statement when it came in the mail. I told the manager and he said thats stealing and fired the person while I got my money back.
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#8 MetroidPrimePwn
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Haha, Canadowned :P

Seriously though, sucks for you. 

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#9 bededog
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This is why you NEVER trust cashiers.
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#10 Bigboss232
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wow that sucks be carefull though I am on my second xbox 360.
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#11 iam2green
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it looked like u did.
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#14 TwztedElegance
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Does this make any sense? Cashier messed up the currency conversion and put it the other way around. Cashier thought USD 1.00 = 0.91 CAN when it is the other way around USD 0.91 = 1.00 CAN Hence he did this: my USD $400 x 0.91 = $364 CAD - $338.99 (the price of the xbox) = $25.01 CAD (the change I got) Instead it should have been this way: USD $1 = CAN $1.0989 USD $400 x $1.0989 = CAN $440
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#15 freshgman
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You got totally pwned by canadaPwnage_Dragon
yeah. i say always am wary of cashiers and bank tellers
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#16 TwztedElegance
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CAN $440 (my USD $400 in CAN $) - CAN $338.99 (xbox price) = around CAD 101 .... taking away the $25.01 he gave me back leaves me with about $76 CAD loss I got screwed out of about CAN $76 I'm gonna go talk to the manager this weekend and see if I can get my cash back or atleast some store credit