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In reply to the discussion: In the checkout line at Walmart [View all]Arkansas Granny
(31,540 posts)10. I recently went to a Wal-Mart store in Virginia with my granddaughter. There was someone checking
receipts at the door when we left. Apparently, it was common practice there as most shoppers presented their receipts without being asked.
I've never encountered this at our local Wal-Mart, but it is always done at Sam's Club stores.
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It also depends on the Wal*Mart. Four are by me and one regularly checks, it's a 24-hour one.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2019
#23
Just an FYI: If you go through a cashier line, and they make a mistake, you will be arrested.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2019
#73
I LOVE self checkout. I rarely have more than a few things. I dont want to wait behind a cartload.
oldsoftie
Jun 2019
#57
I recently went to a Wal-Mart store in Virginia with my granddaughter. There was someone checking
Arkansas Granny
Jun 2019
#10
Exactly. The cost of theft adds to the costs of the items. It hurts us all.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2019
#51
Thank you. Some posters here act like they're highly insulted that anyone asks to see the receipt.
raccoon
Jun 2019
#75
Ah, who remembers the great circuit city fascist regime receipt check of 2007?
jberryhill
Jun 2019
#12
Liberals do not like to support Wally World because they pay their employees
Submariner
Jun 2019
#19
I avoid Walmarts simply because thier stores are too big to 'just run in and grab some...
SWBTATTReg
Jun 2019
#94
I would think so. They do not have door sensors. Do they have store detectives?
58Sunliner
Jun 2019
#53
They did it at Sam's also. I have not been a member there for several years, but just about everyone
dameatball
Jun 2019
#34
I go to WalMart regularly. Yes, they randomly check receipts. Even mine, a white older female...
Honeycombe8
Jun 2019
#36
I always have the receipt ready, I've been checked once in the last year. They usually just
dewsgirl
Jun 2019
#39
From all the stories seen here, it must be the fear component they want to instill.....
KY_EnviroGuy
Jun 2019
#45
Shoplifting is so bad at our Walmart they installed one way gates at the front.
bluedigger
Jun 2019
#54
I get checked if i have unbagged items. Especially if thats all thats in the basket
oldsoftie
Jun 2019
#55
Our local Walmart scans the barcode at the bottom of every receipt.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Jun 2019
#62
Yep, this is actually a big problem ... DO NOT drop your receipt outside the store or toss in
mr_lebowski
Jun 2019
#80