WALMART SELF CHECKOUT THEFT UPDATE

WALMART SELF CHECKOUT THEFT UPDATE

Update 8/12, 12:45 p.m.: This article has been updated to include comment from Brenna and Walmart.Self-checkout Kiosks save grocers time and money and give customers more convenience and flexibility. The three largest and most basic expenses for Americans-food, housing and energy-have all skyrocketed in price, forcing people who live on fixed incomes or who are surviving paycheck to paycheck to face impossible financial trade-offs. Meanwhile, overall inflation has remained persistently high. The cost of 'food at home' shot up 13.1 percent in July from the previous year, the highest year-over-year increase in 43 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mistaken price markups can be particularly painful for Americans already struggling with surging grocery prices nationwide. 'Take photos of everything when you are getting your items!'Īnother comment said, 'This has happened to me 3 times already! I think it's on purpose and they think people won't catch it.' 'This happens every time go to Walmart,' said a viewer.

Many of Brenna's viewers said they had experienced similar markups.

Among the locations were 19 Walmart stores, 27 Dollar General stores, six Family Dollar stores and two Target stores. On August 3, North Carolina fined 61 stores in the state for price-scanning errors after they were found to overcharge at checkout, according to an announcement from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Toddler Hospitalized After Restaurant Mistook Alcohol for Lemonade.Mom Sues Walmart After 6-Year-Old Died in The Parking Lot.Walmart Bans Man From All Stores for 99 Years.'We encourage other customers to bring pricing inaccuracies to our associates' attention, and we will happily address the matter.' 'We appreciate Brenna for bringing this to our attention and know we need to get better,' a spokesperson added. With more than 120,000 items available in our stores, we understand our commitment requires continuous attention and innovation. Walmart told Newsweek in a statement, 'We pride ourselves on helping customers save money to live better and are committed to selling products at the price shoppers see on our shelves. They'll put it at the right price-but I'm honestly legitimately disgusted, because it happened with six items today.' They're not telling you because most people are not going to check that when they're checking out.'īrenna cautioned, 'Be sure to check all of your items when you are checking out and if it is not the same price, go tell the cashier. The frustrated shopper said she saw only one explanation for this pattern. 'I then proceeded to watch her ring up the rest of my stuff and there were another five things that were ringing up higher than they were online and in the store.' 'She rang them up and she price-adjusted them down,' said Brenna. I went to ring them up and they were ringing up for $4.00 each.'Īlarmed, Brenna brought up the disparity to the cashier. I went to the store, in the aisle it said that they were $2.62. 'I ran there for a few things to get a cake for,' she explained. Gilles Mingasson / Contributor/Getty Images North America Here, shoppers are pictured at a Walmart store in Bentonville, Arkansas. A Walmart customer has gone viral for warning shoppers about price markups in the checkout line.

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