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# Consumer overcharge
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/consumer-overcharge/
- Published: 2003-12-12T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:19:23.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*Six stores paid nearly $30,000 in fines*

Diesel: 3 counts — $9,910.51 Carlton Cards: 2 counts — $4,110.51 Walgreens: 2 counts — $4,057.12 Urban Outfitters: 1 count — $3,722.27 Bebe: 1 count — $2,752.27 Coffee Bean: 1 count — $3,737.12

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 12, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/121203.pdf?ref=smdp.com)