Man buys TV at Walmart and successfully avoids receipt checking at door

[Freeper]

Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sat Mar-12-11 02:05 PM
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Man buys TV at Walmart and successfully avoids receipt checking at door
   
Edited on Sat Mar-12-11 02:08 PM by Liberal_in_LA
legends of receipt checking
Calm Man Successfully Buys TV And Denies Walmart Receipt Checkers

Rick is the Gandhi of receipt-check deniers. He writes in with a story of how he bought a 37 inch TV from Walmart and was able to successfully say no to the receipt checker blocking his way with his body.
Rick writes:

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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.

Tony: No, I need to see your receipt.
Me: No thank you!
Tony: What do you mean?
Me: I mean no thanks; I'm walking to my car with my purchase.
Tony: Well, I need to see your receipt.
Me: I just purchased this TV in the back of the store. I don't need to show you a receipt.
Tony: Yes, you need to show me your receipt.
Me: Actually, state law dictates that once I pay for something, I don't need to show ownership of it. I just paid for this TV, the receipt is in my pocket, but my hands are full, and I don't feel like getting it out. I'm going to leave now, thank you.

At this point Tony has positioned himself between me and the door. As I step towards the door he places his hand on the box in my hands and lightly pushes back, preventing me from moving.

http://consumerist.com/2011/03/calm-man-successfully-bu...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x625327

Yep way to support the poor working folks that you guys say you love so much.
My God, yes it can be annoying when asked to present your receipt, but an adult will comply and then move on. In fact some of us are smart enough to have the receipt in hand when walking out in order to make the wally world greeter's job a bit easier.

On the flip side if they didn't check for deadbeats, you goons would be the first to complain about higher prices to make up for the DUmmies who rob them blind.

The things that gets the DUmmies up in arms is just incredible. Then again they are the ones so oppressed by Christians yet, support radical Islam.

[Evil_Conservative]

I haven't had my receipt checked at Walmart in months.  Sam's Club is a different story, but we only go into Sam's about twice a month. 

If someone asks for my receipt at Walmart, I will gladly show it to them.

[Freeper]

I haven't had my receipt checked at Walmart in months.  Sam's Club is a different story, but we only go into Sam's about twice a month. 

If someone asks for my receipt at Walmart, I will gladly show it to them.

That is because you are an adult not some snot nose sniveling DUmmy, who thinks the world owes him beer and travel money.

[GOBUCKS]

I haven't had my receipt checked at Walmart in months. 

Same here. I've seen them checking others, but I don't remember the last time they've asked to see my receipt. On the other hand, I don't steal like a DUmmy.

Remember how DUmmy Tangerine LaBamba bragged about stealing from the grocery store with help from a confederate who worked there? I think they underweighed cheese, or something like that.

[Ballygrl]

I've been asked a few times to show my receipt at Walmart and I just show it to them.

[Freeper]

Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sat Mar-12-11 02:14 PM
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7. This man understands that our freedom and rights are slowly being chipped away
   
because most people don't challenge them and stand up, but would rather give in so they won't endure the hassle or embarrassment. We all need to stand up more often in the small things, such as not giving in to illegal searches w/out cause when being stopped by a traffic cop, etc. The more people who give in to this the more we become a police state.

Ok so asking for someone to prove that they actually paid for an item while leaving the store is chipping away at freedom. Now taxing the same person until he bleeds is somehow not taking away freedom. DUmmy logic makes no sense.

ProgressiveProfessor Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sat Mar-12-11 02:29 PM
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18. Loss prevention officer...which is what they like to be called
   
Several LPOs were fired after dealing with me improperly...it got to the point where it was no longer sporting.

Yeah I'm sure you got people fired for doing their job.  

SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sat Mar-12-11 02:41 PM
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27. Costco is the only store I shop at, that asks
   
I have not been inside a walmart in a decade or more..

The thing that gets me is this.. Unless they have changed the configuration of their stores, you cannot even get to an exit without going thru a checkstand, so of course you would have a receipt, having just checked out... :eyes:

OMG the liberal oasis of Costco asks customers for receipts?  

I would too if a bunch of DUmmies were my customer base.

[formerlurker]

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

Oh you have to read the whole thing.  The guy is a pathetic attention whore.  Show the receipt and you are out the door.  He turned a five second flash of paper into a 20-minute-everyone-look-at-me circus.

I really don't know which is more pathetic though, this clown or those who H5 him.   

[Ballygrl]

The comments section at the OP's original link and this is only the 1st 2 pages of comments

Thassodar
March 7, 2011 3:05 PM

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Stop being difficult just for the sake of being difficult

PercyChuggs
March 7, 2011 3:12 PM

I seriously wonder about some of you Consumerist people. HOW #$%$^& HARD IS IT TO SHOW SOMEONE A RECEIPT? It's people like you how put these workers in such piss poor moods, that they treat the rest of us consumers like garbage.

It takes literally 10 seconds, and it violates none of your rights. Just shut up and do it.

Quake 'n' Shake
March 7, 2011 3:20 PM

The biggest a-hole in all this are the bystanders yelling at him to show his receipt.
What do they care if some guy is going to stand up for his rights. More importantly, whether he shows his receipt or not, or even if he's arrested, they have absolutely zero stakes in the outcome.

Mike
March 7, 2011 3:21 PM

Listen, I am totally cool with resisting ridiculous TSA procedures. Getting quasi-nude photos stored on computers and having people touch your junk is not cool. But this resisting the Walmart receipt checkers is just kind of lame to me. They are not touching your junk, they just want to make sure you are not walking out with a TV. Seems reasonable to me. They are a private company and I have plenty of other options so showing a receipt just does not seem that big of a deal.

plumenoir
March 7, 2011 3:30 PM

You know, I am torn. While I hate receipt checkers, I can understand this situation: the item was purchased in the back of the store where the greeter person couldn't see. (But, Wal-mart can't put a PAID sticker on the box like the grocery store does?) It's when you wait in line at the front not fifteen feet away from the checker and they still want to check your receipt.

Having said that, I actually stopped at Wal-mart on Saturday to get my tax software. I paid for it in the back and when I walked to the front, I asked the checker if she needed to see my receipt (I hadn't pulled it out, though). She waved me through and said she didn't need to.

PaulaBean
March 7, 2011 3:33 PM

Yes - I understand that you have the right now to show your receipt. Walmart also has an interest in preventing theft. This keeps their prices low. I can guarantee though, that if incidents like this continue to happen and garner bad publicity for Walmart, they will react with some sort of policy that will allow them to verify that the item was purchased without seeing your receipt - such as requiring items like this to be brought to the front of the store for you to pickup from some doofus like Best Buy does. So the end result is that people like me (who have no problem showing their receipt) will have to wait in the hellhole that is Walmart for some guy to pick up my TV and meet me up front with it.

anime_runs_my_life
March 7, 2011 3:34 PM

As sad as it sounds, I'm actually siding with the woman who called him a prick. There's a difference between leaving and setting the alarm off because an item didn't get deactivated properly and leaving with a large ticket item and no proof of purchase.

It obviously wasn't that hard to put down the box, so I'm sure at the same time, it wouldn't be that hard to pull out the receipt.

InsertCoolNameHere
March 7, 2011 3:37 PM

I'm all for privacy and everything, but had the OP shown his receipt, he would've avoided the entire hassle.

Granted, receipt checking is annoying and I don't like it, but its only what, 10 seconds as compared to 10 minutes?

And what is the point of trying to avoid receipt checking at stores where it's not required? Maybe I'm missing something, but in my experience, receipts don't contain sensitive information.

CFinWV
March 7, 2011 3:44 PM

Am I supposed to applaud this guy?

[Freeper]

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

Oh you have to read the whole thing.  The guy is a pathetic attention whore.  Show the receipt and you are out the door.  He turned a five second flash of paper into a 20-minute-everyone-look-at-me circus.

I really don't know which is more pathetic though, this clown or those who H5 him.   

(Woman: "Now just take four fingers, put them in your pocket, take out the receipt...

The same woman also called him a prick. 

[miskie]

..moonbat who wants to manufacture his own 'don't touch my junk' moment that targets Walmart... Not impressed.

[seahorse513]

WTF?? just show the guy your reciept!! All you do is hold up the line jack ass!!(can we get a smiley for that??)
Usually the checker will check a reciept if it is coming out of electronics or any other big item that cannot be bagged. The dinger should be going off. The dinger also reflects which cashiers are deactivating the items. I know it is a pain in the butt for everyone, but shrink does affect our profit and loss which affects our paychecks. Sorry for the inconvenience!!!   

[franksolich]

That's got to be a bouncy.

Every store I've been at the past ten years where there's people at the door checking for receipts, and one has made a large-boxed purchase (television, stereo, whatnot), the cashier's always taped it to the top of the box itself, and so one never has to look for his receipt if asked for it.  It's right there on the box, for anyone checking to see it.

That includes Wal-Mart in Omaha, Lincoln, Norfolk, Nebraska, and one-time stops at Wal-Marts in Illinois, South Dakota, and Missouri.

Every time.

[Freeper]

That's got to be a bouncy.

Every store I've been at the past ten years where there's people at the door checking for receipts, and one has made a large-boxed purchase (television, stereo, whatnot), the cashier's always taped it to the top of the box itself, and so one never has to look for his receipt if asked for it.  It's right there on the box, for anyone checking to see it.

That includes Wal-Mart in Omaha, Lincoln, Norfolk, Nebraska, and one-time stops at Wal-Marts in Illinois, South Dakota, and Missouri.

Every time.

Well to be fair, Frank I know the wally worlds here will ask for a receipt for big items as people walk out the door. The difference is, the people are adults and show them the receipt and are on their merry way in mere moments. This moonbat wasted god knows how long making a stupid point when he could have had the damn thing in his hand and showed it as he walked out.

[dandi]

Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sat Mar-12-11 02:14 PM
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7. This man understands that our freedom and rights are slowly being chipped away
   
because most people don't challenge them and stand up, but would rather give in so they won't endure the hassle or embarrassment. We all need to stand up more often in the small things, such as not giving in to illegal searches w/out cause when being stopped by a traffic cop, etc. The more people who give in to this the more we become a police state.

Oh FFS. It's some minimum wage schlub at Wally World, not the Geheime Staatspolizei you posing turd. Whatever authority he has, assuming he has any at all, doesn't extend past the store property.

Freakin' idiots act like they're charging up San Juan Hill every time they make up one of these Bouncies. I'll tell you what it is - they don't have the guts to stand up to any kind of real authority so they pick on these kind of folk who are probably just trying to do their job the way it was layed out to them, then come back to DU and puff and crow about it like they just brought the NSA to its knees or something.

Friggin' egocentric, obnoxious twits. It's no wonder no one can stand to be around them and they have to congregate at DU for affirmation.

[Freeper]

Oh FFS. It's some minimum wage schlub at Wally World, not the Geheime Staatspolizei you posing turd. Whatever authority he has, assuming he has any at all, doesn't extend past the store property.

Freakin' idiots act like they're charging up San Juan Hill every time they make up one of these Bouncies. I'll tell you what it is - they don't have the guts to stand up to any kind of real authority so they pick on these kind of folk who are probably just trying to do their job the way it was layed out to them, then come back to DU and puff and crow about it like they just brought the NSA to its knees or something.

Friggin' egocentric, obnoxious twits. It's no wonder no one can stand to be around them and they have to congregate at DU for affirmation.

Yep exactly, they seem to think they are so brave when they pull stunts like this. When in reality they are acting like fools.

[Habsfan]

When I leave with a big article, they stick the receipt to it! YES! NO Need to ask!

It could even be a giant roll of toilet paper.

[Chris_]

Wal Mart's policy is to check a receipt if your purchase is not in a bag.
Being a dick about it, is just being a dick

[catsmtrods]

All the  checker at Wall Mart know me and are sweet old people. They don't stop me cause they know damn well I 'm not stealing anything. If I ran into this ass giving those people shit he would have shown his receipt or face my wrath!

[seahorse513]

Working in a smaller Walmart, we tend to get regular customers. Most of them are community natives to the area. Alot of them went to school together, worked another job with them, or possibly played against each other in school/community sports. Phil( a guy I work with) knows everyone or they know him!! One gets to know the trouble makers after awhile.

[diesel driver]

I haven't had my receipt checked at Walmart in months.  Sam's Club is a different story, but we only go into Sam's about twice a month. 

If someone asks for my receipt at Walmart, I will gladly show it to them.

I used to work at our local Walmart, all the door greeters know me.

I don't have to show mine, either.

[AprilRazz]

There was some local lib alderwoman or what not in DC that had one of the more creative reasons for protesting a new Wallyworld. She claimed that the crime rate would go up because her constituents would not be able to resist the urge to steal from it and would get criminal records. 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/09/AR2011020906783.html

[diesel driver]

There was some local lib alderwoman or what not in DC that had one of the more creative reasons for protesting a new Wallyworld. She claimed that the crime rate would go up because her constituents would not be able to resist the urge to steal from it and would get criminal records. 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/09/AR2011020906783.html

She's worried about loosing her "voting base" to the prison system.   

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x625327

Yep way to support the poor working folks that you guys say you love so much.

Workers who work for Wal-Mart are race traitors.

On the flip side if they didn't check for deadbeats, you goons would be the first to complain about higher prices to make up for the DUmmies who rob them blind

It's those lower prices that destroy the argument for unionizing. So if prices go up they in turn destroy the argument against unionizing.

The things that gets the DUmmies up in arms is just incredible. Then again they are the ones so oppressed by Christians yet, support radical Islam.

I call it "hypocrony" the convergence of hypocrisy and irony.

[bijou]

This is a textbook example of how not to behave when asked for your receipt at a store's exit. According to the Bradenton, Florida police, a 22-year-old woman tried to leave a Walmart with 43 items she hadn't paid for, worth a total of $211. When asked for her receipt, she went on a destructive rampage, causing more than $1,000 worth of damage to merchandise. She also punched and spat on store employees, and hit a manager with a bar stool from inside her cart. Police officers discovered marijuana in her purse, and she has been charged with, among other things, aggravated assault and battery.

Someone trying to create another bouncy tale?

[Karin]

It's those lower prices that destroy the argument for unionizing. So if prices go up they in turn destroy the argument against unionizing.

What a perfect specimen of DUmmie-speak!  Makes you want to twist your head off. 

Theft is serious at our Walmart.  Seems there's a news headline all the time with people getting arrested for stealing.  I don't begrudge any of the checkers or greeters trying to follow procedures.  The OP guy is an embarrassment and a spectacle.