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Feds Want to Restrict Sale of Cold Medicine | 29 comments (29 topical)
Re: Feds Want to Restrict Sale of Cold Medicine (none / 0) (#8)
by txpublicdefender on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:01:43 PM EST
A friend of mine was suffering from a cold a few weeks ago. She stopped by her local Walgreens to buy some NyQuil. She picked up three boxes and headed to the checkout line. When the cashier was scanning the items, an alarm went off. The cashier told her that she had exceeded the limit of how much cold medicine she could purchase (I don't know if this is a law or a store policy). Anyway, before my friend could respond, the cashier just asked her if it would be okay to ring up her purchase in two batches and run her credit card twice to get around the alarm. Of course, my friend was grateful, but we both got a good laugh out of the effectiveness of such a policy or law when it is so easy to get around.

Feds Want to Restrict Sale of Cold Medicine | 29 comments (29 topical)

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