I had a run-in at Joann's this weekend, too. In the dollar bins they had spools and spools of both black and white thread for $1. I picked up 2 spools of white, and the guy at the cash register tried to tell me they were like $2.35 each. I told him they were in the dollar bins. No, he says, they're ringing up at $2.35 each. So I said if they're not $1, forget it, I didn't want them. I did, however want 2 other spools I had chosen, and there was a sign saying--you guessed it--buy one, get one free. Once again, he tried to charge me for each of them, at which point I explained that if they weren't going to honor their own signs, they shouldn't put them up. Maybe they needed a sign that said, "SOME things in this bin $1," for "MAYBE buy one, get one free." He did finally give me the two threads for half off, but he wouldn't relent on the thread from the dollar bin. I guess the person with the brain was out sick that day, so they sent him instead!