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Two stores sued over "meet or beat" price policies

Consumers trying to take advantage of store offers to "meet or beat" competitors' prices might find that the fine print gives merchants enough wiggle room to shimmy all night long -- and send the customer home empty-handed.

But a Syosset man and a Manhattan resident have fought back, taking two major retailers to court. In March, a federal judge granted class-action status to the Manhattanite's...

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