By . Andy Dolan . His receipt bears the slogan ‘Saving You Money Every Day’. But a quick trip to his local supermarket for a few breakfast basics turned out to be the most expensive of John Brown’s life. The warehouse worker was charged £450 for a loaf of bread after he rushed a handful of goods through a self-service till – and neglected to check the receipt. When John Brown, 37, made a quick visit to Asda for some groceries, he was charged £450 for a loaf of bread . Ironically, Mr Brown had purchased the loaf only because he saw it was reduced! He visited the Asda store on March 15 . to buy eggs, but picked up his favourite wheatgrain loaf when he noticed . it was on offer. He also bought jam and another cut-price loaf which he . planned to freeze. The . groceries should have come to £3.88, but Mr Brown was so keen to get . home for breakfast he did not notice the exorbitant total on the till or . the debit card machine. It . was only when he printed a mini-statement at a cash machine later that . day that he noticed his most recent transaction was for £453.19 at the . store in Jack Hayward Way, Wolverhampton. When the 37-year-old . checked his Asda receipt, he discovered the £1.25 Roberts Bakery Malted . Wheatgrain loaf – supposedly reduced to 69p – had cost him £450. Yesterday . Mr Brown, who lives a short walk from the shop, admitted he should have . checked the amount before typing in his debit card PIN. Mr Brown says he only noticed the error when we went to withdraw money to buy a new car days later . ‘I . regularly use the self-service tills as they are generally quicker than . queuing for a manned till,’ he said. ‘I just like to get in and get out . of these supermarkets. I got a terrible shock when I realised what had . happened – I hadn’t even looked at the total when I paid as I’d only . bought a couple of items and knew what the bill should roughly come to. ‘It’s . made me think twice about using a self-service machine again. I think . the safest course of action will be to use cash in future.’ The . error scuppered Mr Brown’s attempt to purchase a car as it left him . unable to put down a deposit. He complained to the supermarket and has . now received a refund and a £15 gift card. An . Asda spokesman said the error was an ‘isolated incident’ relating to an . error on the coding of the reduced price sticker attached to the loaf. He added: ‘The system glitch meant that the bread was scanned at the wrong price. ‘It goes without saying that we’re sorry for any inconvenience caused to Mr Brown.'
John Brown, 37, made a quick trip to the superstore in Wolverhampton .
Was charged £453.19 for two loaves of bread, eggs and a pot of jam .
Only noticed when he went to withdraw cash for new car three days later .
Store apologised and gave refund but Mr Brown says he missed out on car .
By . Andy Dolan . His receipt bears the slogan ‘Saving You Money Every Day’. But a quick trip to his local supermarket for a few breakfast basics turned out to be the most expensive of John Brown’s life. The warehouse worker was charged £450 for a loaf of bread after he rushed a handful of goods through a self-service till – and neglected to check the receipt. When John Brown, 37, made a quick visit to Asda for some groceries, he was charged £450 for a loaf of bread . Ironically, Mr Brown had purchased the loaf only because he saw it was reduced! He visited the Asda store on March 15 . to buy eggs, but picked up his favourite wheatgrain loaf when he noticed . it was on offer. He also bought jam and another cut-price loaf which he . planned to freeze. The . groceries should have come to £3.88, but Mr Brown was so keen to get . home for breakfast he did not notice the exorbitant total on the till or . the debit card machine. It . was only when he printed a mini-statement at a cash machine later that . day that he noticed his most recent transaction was for £453.19 at the . store in Jack Hayward Way, Wolverhampton. When the 37-year-old . checked his Asda receipt, he discovered the £1.25 Roberts Bakery Malted . Wheatgrain loaf – supposedly reduced to 69p – had cost him £450. Yesterday . Mr Brown, who lives a short walk from the shop, admitted he should have . checked the amount before typing in his debit card PIN. Mr Brown says he only noticed the error when we went to withdraw money to buy a new car days later . ‘I . regularly use the self-service tills as they are generally quicker than . queuing for a manned till,’ he said. ‘I just like to get in and get out . of these supermarkets. I got a terrible shock when I realised what had . happened – I hadn’t even looked at the total when I paid as I’d only . bought a couple of items and knew what the bill should roughly come to. ‘It’s . made me think twice about using a self-service machine again. I think . the safest course of action will be to use cash in future.’ The . error scuppered Mr Brown’s attempt to purchase a car as it left him . unable to put down a deposit. He complained to the supermarket and has . now received a refund and a £15 gift card. An . Asda spokesman said the error was an ‘isolated incident’ relating to an . error on the coding of the reduced price sticker attached to the loaf. He added: ‘The system glitch meant that the bread was scanned at the wrong price. ‘It goes without saying that we’re sorry for any inconvenience caused to Mr Brown.'
‘Saving You Money Every Day’. But a quick trip to Brown, 37, made a quick visit to Asda for some card PIN. Mr Brown says he only noticed the error when we went to withdraw money to buy a new car days later . ‘I . regularly use the self-service to get in and get out . of these supermarkets. I