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Walgreens Mistakenly Doubles Bills of Customers Who Use Credit, Debit Card.

Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)

| August 25, 2000 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Saint Paul Pioneer Press. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Sheryl Jean

Aug. 25--Talk about inflation. Joany Cody was shocked to discover that Walgreens drug store had charged her bank account almost $72 for several notepads, a pen, ice cream and a few other small items she picked up one day last week.

The St. Paul resident had a hunch something was amiss, and she was right. The store had doubled her bill, along with the bills of thousands of others who used a credit card or debit card to buy items on Wednesday, Aug. 16, at more than 3,100 Walgreens stores nationwide.

The company acknowledged the error, blaming a processing fluke. Walgreens credited customer accounts on Aug. 20. It said it has no …

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