Dunkin’ Donuts stores accused of overcharging customers
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Combined overcharges were allegedly worth nearly $14 million.
Two New Jersey and three New York City residents on Monday claimed Dunkin’ Donuts was clueless about sales tax.
A store in Ft. Lee, NJ, charged the state’s 7 percent sales tax on unsweetened bottled water and bags of ground coffee in clear violation of the law, a suit filed Monday in a New Jersey state court claimed.
A store near Manhattan’s Penn Station charged a customer sales tax on pre-packaged coffee beans — again in violation of state regulations, a second suit filed in federal court alleges.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“Dunkin’ should stop dunking their customers and provide customers with refunds or discounts so they are made whole,” lawyer Carl Mayer, who filed the suits, told The Post.
A dozen different Dunkin’ stores overcharged customers around 70 percent of the time, Mayer said.
As a result of the sales tax overcharges, Dunkin’ shops across New York and New Jersey made $10 million off New York customers and $4 million in New Jersey over three years, Mayer estimates.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Dunkin’ Donuts corporate office is in the process of reaching out to its franchisees to get to the bottom of the issue, according to spokeswoman Michelle King.