Eagle-eyed shopper spots problem with Kmart undies

A bright yellow ticket advertised the “sale” price of $8 on a pair of the popular anti-ride mid-length bamboo blend trunks at the Gladstone store in central Queensland.

But its original price tag was $6.

Shopper Michael Sanderson spotted the undies on Monday, saying it “seems a bit dodgy”.

To make things more confusing, he bought two pairs last week.

“I noticed a lot of their men’s underwear seem to have been repriced with yellow ‘sale’ stickers with the original price tab removed,” he said.

“I purchased two pairs last week for $6 each (not on sale) while this week they have been reticketed to $8.

“Then I came across a couple sets of underwear ‘sale’ [items] ticketed for $8 but they seem to have forgotten to remove the original price tab of $6.”

A photo shared with news.com.au shows just that. The tag brandishing the original price appears to have a tear-off section above the price.

The pricing bungle left Mr Sanderson scratching his head.

He said: “$6 on sale for $8? What’s their game here?

“Seems a bit dodgy to see all these garments yellow tagged and original price tabs removed.”

A Kmart spokesperson later said that it was an accident, explaining that the store had placed the markdown price on the wrong version of the product.

The anti-ride bamboo blend trunks come in two length options, and the markdown price was mistakenly placed on the mid-length version, causing the price to appear to have gone up.

“So while the price appears to have gone up, the correct pricing actually provides a $2 markdown on the mid-length trunks,” the Kmart spokesperson said.

“We encourage any customer who is unsure about the price of a product in-store to use one of our price check stations located throughout the store or reach out to one of our friendly team members for assistance.”