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20. +1. Calm Man Successfully Buys TV And Denies Walmart Receipt Checkers:

Sun Jun 23, 2019, 09:01 AM

Jun 2019

https://consumerist.com/2011/03/calm-man-successfully-buys-tv-and-denies-walmart-receipt-checkers.html

After work I stopped by the Walmart to pick up a TV for my girlfriend. After circling the whole store in search of the bathroom before realizing it was right next to the entrance, I made my way back to the Electronics section and picked out a TV quickly. I wanted a midsize Vizio, so I chose the 37? 1080p Eco model. I purchased the TV with my debit card at one of the rear registers about 20 feet away, and walked to the front of the store carrying the box in both hands.

I made it through the first set of doors into the front atrium of the store, but before reaching the outer doors I heard a man say “Sir?” I turned and faced Tony, the receipt checker.

Tony: May I see your receipt?
Me: No thanks!
Tony: Oh, ok.

I turned and continued walking towards to automatic doors. Tony called again, so I turned back.

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In the checkout line at Walmart [View all] spinbaby Jun 2019 OP

Walmart often checks receipts for large items to prevent shoplifting. bearsfootball516 Jun 2019 #1

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

Mine regularly checks too. ananda Jun 2019 #60

Ahh, but they discriminate about whom the check. Texin Jun 2019 #64

Your post is point on. Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #78

Please explain this to me...? Maxheader Jun 2019 #89

There are organized shoplifting rings... jberryhill Jun 2019 #93

Self-checkouts bearsfootball516 Jun 2019 #97

Sometimes I am stopped on my way out of a Walmart for a bag and receipt check. Quemado Jun 2019 #2

Just an FYI: If you go through a cashier line, and they make a mistake, you will be arrested. TheBlackAdder Jun 2019 #73

I've been checked at my local WalMart every week for livetohike Jun 2019 #3

I've never been checked spinbaby Jun 2019 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #4

White male here True Dough Jun 2019 #5

I've been checked for some purchases Generic Brad Jun 2019 #8

Hate self check out DownriverDem Jun 2019 #28

I'm with you. I hate self checkouts and avoid them like the plague. pazzyanne Jun 2019 #50

I LOVE self checkout. I rarely have more than a few things. I dont want to wait behind a cartload. oldsoftie Jun 2019 #57

Standard practice at my WM for all. efhmc Jun 2019 #6

here in Bristol,tn kozar Jun 2019 #7

Costco does that.....I have no problem with it..... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2019 #9

I think the OP was worried that they only do it with people of color. wryter2000 Jun 2019 #65

Costco is consistent Boomer Jun 2019 #71

Yep, everytime, & Sams too. But ive never seen checking onetexan Jun 2019 #109

Costco can do it because it's a clause in your membership Drahthaardogs Jun 2019 #83

If you have a sign in your house... jberryhill Jun 2019 #95

Walmart has no such sign Drahthaardogs Jun 2019 #105

I recently went to a Wal-Mart store in Virginia with my granddaughter. There was someone checking Arkansas Granny Jun 2019 #10

They have NO AUTHORIZATION to check your receipt Drahthaardogs Jun 2019 #11

+1. Calm Man Successfully Buys TV And Denies Walmart Receipt Checkers: dalton99a Jun 2019 #20

That's what I do. tazkcmo Jun 2019 #30

Why would anyone refuse to let them check the receipt? Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #38

I agree. Scarsdale Jun 2019 #49

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

You mean like the people who unlawfully demand to see your receipt? Drahthaardogs Jun 2019 #84

Because they have no right Drahthaardogs Jun 2019 #81

Because I'm a customer, not a thief. pintobean Jun 2019 #90

Why would anyone refuse a warrant-less police search? Progressive Law Jun 2019 #106

Ah, who remembers the great circuit city fascist regime receipt check of 2007? jberryhill Jun 2019 #12

Neither link works. 3Hotdogs Jun 2019 #14

Depends on what you mean by "it" jberryhill Jun 2019 #25

The DU2 archives suck. pintobean Jun 2019 #92

Wait... jberryhill Jul 2019 #114

What a sad waste pintobean Jul 2019 #115

After this, therefor because of this, eh? LanternWaste Jul 2019 #113

Just skimmed over it treestar Jun 2019 #79

Why are you avoiding Walmart? ksoze Jun 2019 #13

Good products at good prices is Aldi for me spinbaby Jun 2019 #16

I don't have an Aldi in my city. We have Walmart. Several of them. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #41

I WISH we had an Aldi. n/t shanti Jun 2019 #87

Liberals do not like to support Wally World because they pay their employees Submariner Jun 2019 #19

Walmart starts at $11 per hour. tazkcmo Jun 2019 #31

Walmart carries the same electronics that Best Buy does... Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #44

Why wouldn't you? Drahthaardogs Jun 2019 #85

I avoid Walmarts simply because thier stores are too big to 'just run in and grab some... SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #94

Costco always checks receips. But, is it useless? 3Hotdogs Jun 2019 #15

Home Depot checks all receipts edhopper Jun 2019 #18

My local Home Depot doesn't check receipts. Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #46

Must be edhopper Jun 2019 #59

The only Home Depot in the City Of St. Louis doesn't do it. pintobean Jun 2019 #67

Hmm? edhopper Jun 2019 #72

Mine doesn't either. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #76

The receipt checking is policy Alpeduez21 Jun 2019 #21

The manager at my local Walmart said xmas74 Jun 2019 #101

I was told it was for checking non-bagged items. TheCowsCameHome Jun 2019 #22

My last trip to Walmart a couple of years ago Horse with no Name Jun 2019 #24

I blame the thieves, not the stores. Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #48

I've never been checked. SMH Ferrets are Cool Jun 2019 #26

Walmart dumped their old "door greeter" system earlier this year rurallib Jun 2019 #27

80 yr old white female, often checked nt IphengeniaBlumgarten Jun 2019 #29

Sorry-white, I get checked. Go to Costco. Get checked every time. 58Sunliner Jun 2019 #32

That is key to their big packaging thing and minimal shoplifting costs empedocles Jun 2019 #35

I would think so. They do not have door sensors. Do they have store detectives? 58Sunliner Jun 2019 #53

White middle aged woman here and I always get asked to see the receipt onlyadream Jun 2019 #33

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

Same demographic here - and I see random checks csziggy Jun 2019 #70

South Central LA Walmart TruckFump Jun 2019 #37

I always have the receipt ready, I've been checked once in the last year. They usually just dewsgirl Jun 2019 #39

I don't think it was a racist thing..... USALiberal Jun 2019 #40

They check receipt more if items are not bagged. aikoaiko Jun 2019 #42

Costco checks everyone. Walmart and Lowe's check randomly pintobean Jun 2019 #43

From all the stories seen here, it must be the fear component they want to instill..... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #45

I often get my receipt checked at Walmart left-of-center2012 Jun 2019 #47

I had one ask, "Do you have a receipt?" Traffic Interruptus Jun 2019 #52

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

hem AllaN01Bear Jun 2019 #56

Screw Walmart watoos Jun 2019 #58

This happened to me while traveling yaesu Jun 2019 #61

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

My local Walmart has manned machine gun turrets at the exits. LuckyCharms Jun 2019 #63

. dalton99a Jun 2019 #66

Our Sam's Club has done this for years NickB79 Jun 2019 #68

BJ's Checks every receipt. Tracer Jun 2019 #69

It really depends on what you are buying. If you have items that aren't bagged they usually stop you Luciferous Jun 2019 #74

Yes, if it's not in a bag, they check - OhZone Jun 2019 #77

Back in my WM days Jake Stern Jun 2019 #82

I'm a white Male and I've been stopped a few times Buckeyeblue Jun 2019 #86

Wal-Mart, Fry's electronics.. IcyPeas Jun 2019 #88

There's nothing egregious here D_Master81 Jun 2019 #91

Then why wasn't that made clear? ck4829 Jun 2019 #99

I'm a white female and I have to show my receipt Raine Jun 2019 #96

Ma Barker was a white grandmother type too Poiuyt Jun 2019 #98

It is a new policy. xmas74 Jun 2019 #100

The last few times I was in a Walmart or a Sam's Club, PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #102

I am as white as can be sarisataka Jun 2019 #103

local wallmart checks everyone lapfog_1 Jun 2019 #104

Our Walmart does this regularly radical noodle Jun 2019 #107

The Walmart in my town just started that about Doreen Jun 2019 #108

All of our Costco stores do a quick Control-Z Jun 2019 #110

I still can't figue out why anyone shops samplegirl Jun 2019 #111

That always happens at my local walmart. Blacks poor and latinos always are asked by a guy at the Oppaloopa Jun 2019 #112