Wal-Mart scammed into selling PlayStation 4 for $90

[pstokely]

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http://www.cnbc.com/id/102197050
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However, any Amazon member with a registered selling account can create authentic–looking pages and list items "for sale" online. Consumers need only take a screen capture of the page and show it to a cashier at checkout in order to request the price match.

Wal-Mart's online price match policy states, "We're committed to providing low prices every day, on everything. So if you find a current lower online price from an online retailer on an identical, in-stock product, tell us and we'll match it."

Few employees appear to have verified the legitimacy of these online deals as many customers were able to purchase gaming systems for $90. "

they get what they pay for with minimum wage

[davidpdx]

1. ROFL

What are those like $200 a pop or something?

[pstokely]

3. $400

nt

[davidpdx]

4. Wow, that's a hefty discount

I need a new camera. I should have thought of that when I was in the US.

[JesterCS]

2. I think they are around $300 to $400 n/t

[Orrex]

6. Isn't this outright theft by deception?

Anyone who paid with a credit or debit card will likely be tracked down with charges filed against them.

[tammywammy]

7. It is theft and unethical.

Just because Walmart is involved doesn't make it right.

[Orrex]

8. MANY years ago I had a friend who was stealing the original PS

He was printing UPC symbols and sticking them on the PS boxes, buying them for like $39. If memory serves, he obtained over half a dozen before he stopped, but I don't think he was ever caught.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

9. Especially the dummy who posted a copy of her receipt. Transaction ID and debit card number.

I wouldn't be surprised if they made an example of her.

Walmart sues shoplifters in civil court after pressing criminal charges. Found that out the hard way when my mostly good kid dumbfuck nephew and his dumbfuck friends got caught shoplifting $8 dollar pocket knives. My brother received a demand letter from Walmart for $250 dollars. Most states have minimum awards of $200-250 ish or 3 times the merchandise value. They even went after one of the kids who was with them but didn't have anything on him.

Walmart has lawyers laying around with nothing better to do. I wouldn't advertise my scams if I were them.

[Ilsa]

13. And those lawyers kill the tapes that show

Little old ladies falling down on wet aisles and tell them "fuck you" over medical bills for broken bones. I know this from personal experience with a relative. And employees wouldn't even call an ambulance for her.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

15. The same.

[Orsino]

10. And the difference will be taken out of the employees.

Paychecks or flesh. Either works for the Bentonville bosses.

[lame54]

11. i think it's called karma...

a drop in the bucket of karma

[Orrex]

12. Still a crime

Walmart's corporate shittiness doesn't excuse or justify theft.

[lame54]

16. no tears here

[Orrex]

17. Of course that's your choice to make

However, if we applaud crimes against powerful corporations, then we have no real credibility to cry foul when powerful corporations break the law, either.

[lame54]

18. bullshit...

walmart is serial in its crimes - and nobody EVER goes to jail for them - then they pay people to re-write laws to not make them crimes anymore - doesn't make them less immoral

so they got taken - Boo-Fucking-Hoo

these people could be prosecuted

meanwhile walmart proceeds to rape our society and use our tax dollars to subsidize their workers pay

[Orrex]

19. I invite you to offer such a witty defense in a court of law

You are free to endorse this sort of vigilante theft, but then you have no basis to complain when someone burns your house down because he claims that you side-swiped his car. We aren't permitted to commit a crime even against even a known criminal.


Any "yeah, but..." justification that you offer will simply be a bogus rationalization.

[lame54]

21. i don't need a court of law...

I didn't steal anything

i'm just not gonna feel sorry for someone who rigs the game so badly

you are wasting a lot of energy on giving walmart your sympathy

you may think that you just being idealistic - but they are benefiting from it

[Orrex]

22. It's not idealism.

I'm simply not comfortable surrendering the rule of law to anyone who decides that a law doesn't apply to them.

The vile actions of a huge multinational corporation do not justify theft or fraud by an individual citizen.

[lame54]

23. then do something about it...

work tirelessly till you put the real culprits behind bars

[Orrex]

24. Sounds good--tell me how to do it.

Give specific instructions, please, because you surely must know how to do it.

I would hate to think that you're simply talking out your ass.

[LanternWaste]

34. we should immediately imprison the cancer patient in Texas ingesting medical marijuana.

No doubt... we should immediately imprison the cancer patient in Texas ingesting medical marijuana to ease her pain and help her appetite-- as she obviously believes the rule of law doesn't apply to her.

[Orrex]

35. If that's how you feel, then go for it.

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If that's how you feel, then go for it.

[gollygee]

14. Totally agree

I hate Walmart but that doesn't make fraud OK.

[Ykcutnek]

20. There's only one appropriate response to this:

[Sunlei]

25. amazon needs a large offline watermark on sale pages not actually selling products

[liberal N proud]

26. To all those cheering here that WalMart got scammed

First - you are applauding a crime, the same type of crime you would be screaming about if it were Wall Street doing the same thing.
Second - This will cost you! As a consumer, you pay for the losses companies have from theft. They just pass the loss on in the built in price increases.

So keep cheering the criminals and paying the price.

[Scootaloo]

27. Thing is, when we get scammed, we're told "It's good for you!"

Wages cut? Builds character! strengthens the economy!
Prices gouged? makes a competitive market!
Benefits slashed? secures dividends! Keeps you employed!
CEO pay is 400x employee pay? Rewards for hard work! Keeps the company afloat!

A worker-abusing shithole business lost $380 on the sale of a product constructed for eight bucks via sweatshop labor. It's theft, yes. But I have no tears when slavedrivers and exploiters don't get the full return they expected.

[liberal N proud]

28. Either way, you and I will pay

[Scootaloo]

29. What's the math on that?

($310 / U) / X, where U is total units of merchandise at the store and X is the number of buyers at that store?

Wait no, you said "you and I" and I don't think either of us shop at this particular outlet. So then, U is total units of merchandize owned by Wal-Mart, and X is total number of Wal-mart shoppers worldwide.

But wait! Wal-Mart has insurance to cover thefts. For a gigantic mega-business like this, can't imagine petty thefts hike the premiums by any amount that can be calculated outside of fractions of cents.

You and I are already paying lot of Wal-Mart's costs. I don't even shop there and I pay for them. I'll chip in an extra thousandth of a cent for someone to give them the finger.

[liberal N proud]

30. That is only a fraction of the total shrink those stores see

What walks out the front door of any store would blow your mind.

[Scootaloo]

31. My mind is dificult to blow

Ever seen someone walk out of a nursing home with three corned beef briskets, eight blocks of cheddar cheese, and one potato (why? Why one potato?) crammed into their pants? Like, literally, crammed in there like each of their legs is the elephant man?

What goes on at Wal-Mart would not surprise me. make me chuckle and shake my head, maybe.

Point is, the loss gets so dispersed with businesses this large, that it has no impact on honest shoppers.

[liberal N proud]

33. I think you would be surprised at the impact

[KamaAina]

32. Is Nelson Muntz on Amazon?