Here’s another list from Cracked.com,  although I disagree with the reasons given for a few of them.   My comments are in red under the ones I have issues with. 

 

We all know that, even with list in hand, the minute you walk into a store your plan goes to hell. There’s a reason for this.

As you’re about to see, stores know you better than yourself, and are happy to take advantage of that information. With the help of Auntiememe, we bring you just a few examples of how stores control you.

 

 This can be true, however it’s also possible it’s just a small store and their corporate office just sends them too much merchandise and they literally have nowhere else to put it. 

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#19.

This can be one reason for limits, the other may be that it’s a loss leader and the store is trying to limit their losses on it.  So a limit could be trying to get you to buy more, or to buy less. 

#18.

This one is just plain creepy. 

#17.

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#16.

#15.

More likely, it’s a mess because customers mess it up and it’s not worth the labor hours it takes to organize it.  In fact, in some cases if it’s messy, the customers will think there are better deals in it than if it’s clean and organized. 

#14.

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#13.

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#12.

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#11.

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#9.

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#8.

Remodeling and redoing planograms is much too time-consuming to be done just to create havoc among customers.   Stores are remodeled only when a certain category needs to be added or replaced.   

#7.

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#2.

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 And while this is often true, the majority of the time we’re asking “Can I help you find something?” to make sure the customer says “yes” when they are asked on an email survey “Did anyone offer you help?”