I was rewarded with pushbaok from staff when I pointed out the apples that were in the sale bin area had no price.

They didn't threaten me with concrete galoshes but there were some unpleasantries. These Cosmic Crisp apples were in the sale bin for $1.49/lb. a few days ago. Same apples, same bin location, pretty sure now they were not fresher, with no price shown right inside the door with other produce on sale, and now they were just shy of $5 per apple.

Retail conjob or just forgot to put out the unusually large markup price signs? This is the store with the apples that go on sale, with a sale price displayed but the register charges the full retail price.

Manager indicated trouble with staffing, so that $1.49 apples became $4.99 apples. I waited to see a price displayed, which is when things got testy. No price was displayed while I was there.

You may ask, why am I tooting this when murder and mahem is de rigueur?

Because when simple age old human interaction becomes con-like, we have a moral obligation to make it straight. Otherwise, hell starts to break loose. Just make it straight.