Stores don't always honor price match promise

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Kohl's sale
In this file photo, sale items on display at a Kohl's store in Millbrae, Calif. (AP)
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Retailers like Kohl's and Walmart now offer price match deals. If you find a lower price elsewhere, they will match it.

But shoppers beware.

You can take price matching too far. One man found a chest of drawers for $1,200 at Kohl's website and the same one for $109 on another website. He wanted Kohl's to match the price and he ordered six of them.

"They told me due to the fact that I price matched so much, that they decided to ban me and freeze my account," said shopper Israel Mata.

Kohl's said he was abusing the price-match policy and it reserves the right to refuse extreme deals.

Most stores that offer price matching also have a ton of fine print rules.