More Reasons Not To Shop Walmart!

Michael Z

Michael Z

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Michael Z said:
Saw this in Facebook (screen shot below). Also an article at Yahoo News at https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/check-receipt-walmart-customers-noticing-130035736.html
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It doesn't have anything to do with WalMart per se. Prices are rising faster than retailers can keep up with changing the shelf tags. I've seen this at Macy's and Target as well. It stinks, but to demonize one place when a lot of them are unable to keep up with rapid inflation isn't right either. And someone putting an unauthorized purchase from WM on your credit card isn't actually their fault either... the person whole stole your card number could have ordered from the local pizza joint or Bloomingdale's.
 
We used to shop Walmart when everything they sold was (supposedly) made in the USA. When the Walton father died, it seems that the kids changed the business practice and went for the CHEAPEST cost items - no matter where they were made. They also tended to open several stores in one area to drive out competition and other retailers then closed two stores and leave one behind. They put a lot of people out of work. I never shop there any more!!
 

My credit card experiences were unique to Walmart. This never happened with any other major retailer. And after we got a new card, my credit cards (all of them) were repeatedly denied when checking out until an employee punched in some magic code but could give me no explanations as to what was happening. We also had other fraudulent CC activity around the same time but I can not say for sure it was as a result of WM. All of this makes me not trust them. And their prices have risen dramatically, unlike the Aldi food store 1/4 mile away that has not increased grocery prices that much.
 
If I remember right, when grocery stores demanded to switch from price tags to shelf tags, part of the deal is they had to honor the shelf tag's price by law

I was working at a grocery store when it all came aboutk may just be New York State, though. Also should note there was a town in NYS that successfully prevented Walmart from setting up shop.

Personally, I think the FB post is more than likely BS and I'm not taking it seriously.
 
Michael Z said:
My credit card experiences were unique to Walmart. This never happened with any other major retailer. And after we got a new card, my credit cards (all of them) were repeatedly denied when checking out until an employee punched in some magic code but could give me no explanations as to what was happening. All of this makes me not trust them. And their prices have risen dramatically, unlike the Aldi food store 1/4 mile away that has not increased grocery prices that much.
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Walmart's website won't accept my credit cards. I've also been charged twice on several occasions while shopping at Walmart physical store.
 
NewlySenior said:
If I remember right, when grocery stores demanded to switch from price tags to shelf tags, part of the deal is they had to honor the shelf tag's price by law

I was working at a grocery store when it all came aboutk may just be New York State, though. Also should note there was a town in NYS that successfully prevented Walmart from setting up shop.

Personally, I think the FB post is more than likely BS and I'm not taking it seriously.
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Here in Canada the process is simple . The shelf price is THE PRICE you pay. A wrong price at check out means the customer gets the item for FREE, if the retail price is under $10. I will point out that this is a national program, right across Canada. link.

Did you know you're entitled to $10 off a wrongly priced item under the Scanner Price Accuracy Code? JImB.
 
jimintoronto said:
Here in Canada the process is simple . The shelf price is THE PRICE you pay. A wrong price at check out means the customer gets the item for FREE, if the retail price is under $10. I will point out that this is a national program, right across Canada. link.

Did you know you're entitled to $10 off a wrongly priced item under the Scanner Price Accuracy Code? JImB.
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The price on the shelf is what you pay.

If the store doesn’t belong to Scanner Price Accuracy Program, you don’t get it for up to $10 off.
 
CallMeKate said:
It doesn't have anything to do with WalMart per se. Prices are rising faster than retailers can keep up with changing the shelf tags. I've seen this at Macy's and Target as well. It stinks, but to demonize one place when a lot of them are unable to keep up with rapid inflation isn't right either. And someone putting an unauthorized purchase from WM on your credit card isn't actually their fault either... the person whole stole your card number could have ordered from the local pizza joint or Bloomingdale's.
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Oooooo, I'm not buying that. It does make me laugh when, say, a grocer will say, "Oh, that can of peas has gone up 20%, we must pass the price increase on RIGHT NOW", when we all know they have a stock of those peas in the back, and further down the supply chain in warehouses etc., that they didn't pay the new price on. Then we're supposed to believe that there's such a scarcity of low paid staff, they simply don't have time to change a price ticket on a shelf? Really?

This is why we need stupid laws. It is the stores responsibility to let the customer know how much a product they're offering, costs. It's such a basic part of their service. Stores compete on price, the entire market and our choice of where to shop is predicated on comparing price A with price B. Yet now it's not possible? Surely not.

When I was a young adult, I had a job stocking shelves at a large supermarket (Tesco) at night (22:00 to 6:00). In that job, you get assigned two or three aisles, and you have to restock it and make it look tidy. If there were price changes, you'd make those changes too. So, there is a run through of every item and price each 24 hour cycle. Prices are changing quickly, but not that quickly. Since the consumer cannot possibly know the price of the item and if it's changed, surely the sole responsibility to let us know is the store?
 
Michael Z said:
Perhaps. But I think there is some credibility to the claims in the Yahoo story.
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I'm one of the "there's a kernel of truth in every story" kind of person, so I agree with you there.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, I have noticed that this kind of "social media outrage in the news" stories is more or less a modern urban legend in that there's just enough detail to make it plausible, and, as it's worded in a way to be damning or inflammatory, is in essence some kind of parable meant to deter people from shopping at Walmart. At the core of it - higher prices charged at Walmart checkouts - no doubt happens every day, whether intentionally or not.

No, what I never buy in these stories is anything hearsay. She says the manager told her (in essence) Whelp, just how it is, gonna have to live with it. Without a witness or corroborating evidence, I'm going to take anything said with a large grain of salt and dismiss it.
 
NewlySenior said:
I'm one of the "there's a kernel of truth in every story" kind of person, so I agree with you there.
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The best, and most effective lie, is a lie with a kernel of truth. It's well known. Include just enough of the truth to trigger familiarity with something, and then add your lies on top. This is how political propaganda works. Few stories are completely made up nonsense.
 
Jules said:
The price on the shelf is what you pay.

If the store doesn’t belong to Scanner Price Accuracy Program, you don’t get it for up to $10 off.
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About 7,000 retail stores in Canada are a part of that program. Link. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/price-code-free-1.6263904

Obviously a corner store in a small Canadian town may not be in the program, but the national chains are. And that would include Canadian Walmart stores, too. JimB.
 
The same is true of our local Kroger owned supermarket. What else is new?

More and more I am switching to Costco and TraderJoes for most of my groceries. I shop at Krogers for some things not available at the above two. And Safeway seems to have better produce. Then there is always Target, which has my favorite cereal for $2 a box less than the Korger store.
 
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Walmart has been doing that for a long time now and I noticed Kroger is the same way. I think they have trouble keeping up. Even the online prices aren't always as posted. I just make a note of it and get something else or something smaller.
 
The law in the UK is, I believe --- the price tag on an item is "an invite to treat". If you want to buy an item, a contract does not exist until a price is agreed. This could mean that you wish to purchase an item at £10. The shopkeeper says that the price is wrong and should be £11. You have not established a contract so you cannot insist that the shopkeeper sells you the item for £10. If the shopkeeper says, it's actually £11, but you agree a different price (say £10.50), then a contract has been established, and you will pay that amount.

In reality, most shops will honour the ticket price.
 
jimintoronto said:
Here in Canada the process is simple . The shelf price is THE PRICE you pay. A wrong price at check out means the customer gets the item for FREE, if the retail price is under $10. I will point out that this is a national program, right across Canada. link.

Did you know you're entitled to $10 off a wrongly priced item under the Scanner Price Accuracy Code? JImB.
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You must be talking about Walmart only because a couple of years ago I went to my local guardian drugstore to pick up a few things and fisherman friends cough drops were on sale for a very reduced price so I grabbed 6 packs. When I went to pay for them, I checked my receipt and told them that they overcharged me on the cough drops. They said that the sale was over 3 days ago.
If that’s so then they should have taken the discount sale signs down, otherwise it’s considered fraud. When I mentioned that , they looked at me blankly and said ‘do you not want them then?’ 🙄

I’ve never shopped there since which is a shame since it’s a franchise drug store and one I normally like.

I didn’t get angry. I just left never to go back.
 

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