I'd rather scan the few items I get myself instead of having to stand in line.
Me too. I can check myself out quicker than the typical clerk can do so. By the time I'm at the checkout stations with my paltry handful of merchandise I want to get out the front door as expeditiously as possible.
Guy I used to work with said that every time he went through self checkout he gave himself a 20% employee discount. Whatever that means. He may have been gaslighting me.
Ha, I caused an incident at Sams the last two times I went. It was back in the mid 2000's at least. The line was very long to leave the freaking store. So, I just took off. Then others followed. It ended with me in the parking lot, loading my car, and an old guy (an employee) blocking me from leaving. I told him to call the police, move, or I would call them on him, as this is false imprisonment. I was told they have to check every item for accuracy. I pointed out they don't, they just mark the stupid thing.
So, the next and last time I went in. There was the same guy "checking receipts". When I stopped for them to check my receipt. I called their bluff, and had them count everything and price checked each item. As per their policy, they must check it for accuracy. I may have been asked to not come back. Sometimes (ok many times), I'm just and obstinate jerk.
Not sure why, doesn't bother me at Costco, but Sams was all secretive about it back then, and I was young and stupid
Don't think I've ever stopped at WalMart, I rarely go there anyway. They are free to call the police.
So, the next and last time I went in. There was the same guy "checking receipts". When I stopped for them to check my receipt. I called their bluff, and had them count everything and price checked each item. As per their policy, they must check it for accuracy. I may have been asked to not come back. Sometimes (ok many times), I'm just and obstinate jerk.
Not sure why, doesn't bother me at Costco, but Sams was all secretive about it back then, and I was young and stupid
Don't think I've ever stopped at WalMart, I rarely go there anyway. They are free to call the police.
Saw a crazy video where a legal guy discusses shopkeepers privilege. One of the video clips he played was a Wal-Mart CSM having a psychotic breakdown flipping a wheelchair over and screaming like a banshee. He didn't explain what happened though.
I don’t like 4473s either if we’re honest.
But at least that’s an agreed upon part of the buying process that everyone goes through.
I have a Costco membership and I don’t care about them checking my receipt because they check everyone’s, and I agreed to that when I got my membership.
My issue with Walmart is not just the innocent until proven guilty part, it’s that it causes too much room for discrimination for someone who is not nearly qualified for the judgement assignment bestowed upon them.
At Walmart, it’s left to the door gestapo’s discretion on who’s receipt they check and why. As many of you have mentioned, you’ve never even been stopped. I know there are guidelines they’re supposed to follow, which is what started this thread, but that’s not been my experience. A five second receipt check turned into an entire ordeal, all over a $1 grocery item. I’m glad not everyone has has the experience I have had, but I have and it has shaped my opinion on the subject.
To sum it up, there’s a pretty big difference between buying a firearm and buying a carton of eggs, however I’ve only been harassed over one of those things and it wasn’t my Glock.
Now that its 7 pages deep, I didn't wanta come here in the 1st place, it's too big, always changes I end up leaving with items I didn't come for and missed items I wanted, I couldn't find help, you discountinued my ice cream, there's 3 checkers with lines, I got chit to get done and you got to call a manager cuz it's mis marked. Then on my way out you want to look at my receipt . 
Good, bad or otherwisw leave'em talkin about ya.
Good, bad or otherwisw leave'em talkin about ya.
I don't think I ever had anybody ask for a receipt at WM but they quit carrying pistol ammo, their grocery shelves were poorly stocked (even before COVID), their produce is pitiful, they cut back on the media items they carried (books/magazines/CD/DVD), they started getting rid of cashiers and have you do the work and then once the Rona hit, they decided they didn't want to accept good old U.S. legal tender.
WM can kiss me where I can't and I don't mean on the elbow.
But I am not pissy toward their employees, just the company's management who made those decisions.
WM can kiss me where I can't and I don't mean on the elbow.
But I am not pissy toward their employees, just the company's management who made those decisions.
Sam’s Club is a membership store. If you have a Sam’s Club Card you signed an agreement to have your receipt reviewed.
Receipt checking at Walmart is a loss prevention ATTEMPT.
If a customers says “No Thanks” when asked by the employee to see his receipt, there are no negative repercussions on the employee.
Once I pay for my stuff, it is my property, WalMart employees have no right to hinder me when leaving in any way shape or form.
Precisely my point. I worked loss prevention for a store for about a month. My hands were tied so much by their "policy" I had no idea why they even hired me. I quit after a month of watching people walk out with merchandise and not doing anything about it except write a report.
