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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
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