# Walmart receipt checker foiled! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-receipt-checker-foiled/574607 "2011-03-14T01:22:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-receipt-checker-foiled/574607/161 "2011-03-31T12:41:59Z")
> [@Khristy](#): > > I personally get my computer stuff off Amazon or Newegg, both of which I’ve never had any problem with what so ever. Just wait until they implement receipt checking. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-receipt-checker-foiled/574607/162 "2011-03-31T13:06:08Z")
Hope I’m not repeating something that’s already been addressed, I looked but didn’t see mention of [this](http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/crime_tracker&id=8040780) guy who used a thermal imager to create his own WalMart receipts and has walked out with about $100,000 in products, which he resold to fuel his meth addiction. When they ask to see one’s receipt do they just peek at it or scan the barcode? I believe it’s the barcode that obviously wouldn’t be replicable/match the store’s records. ---
**Author:** ![Khristy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@Khristy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khristy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-receipt-checker-foiled/574607/163 "2011-03-31T14:14:55Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Hope I’m not repeating something that’s already been addressed, I looked but didn’t see mention of [this](http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/crime_tracker&id=8040780) guy who used a thermal imager to create his own WalMart receipts and has walked out with about $100,000 in products, which he resold to fuel his meth addiction. > > When they ask to see one’s receipt do they just peek at it or scan the barcode? I believe it’s the barcode that obviously wouldn’t be replicable/match the store’s records. With their prices as low as they are, how the hell do you carry $100k in merchandise out of the store? How many trips did he have to make? lol ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-receipt-checker-foiled/574607/164 "2011-03-31T17:17:27Z")
Costco checkers looks at the receipt and marks it up. This is to prevent you from passing the receipt to a buddy, who would then take another copy of that item, and then waltz by the checkout and leave with it. Since the checker marks it the first, the second person can’t exit with a “used” receipt. ---
**Author:** ![akrako1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@akrako1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akrako1)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-receipt-checker-foiled/574607/165 "2011-03-31T23:20:41Z")
> [@Khristy](#): > > I had an incident like this happen to me as well. Me and my girlfriend (yes, I have a g/f) were shopping in Worst Buy for a new laptop. I personally hate that dump, but she wanted to get it there, so oh well. > > Anyhoo, on the way out, we encountered one of those receipt checkers and held up the receipt so he could see it and politely told him “have a nice day”. > > Well, that wasn’t good enough for him so he made a scene and got a manager involved. > > So, this bitch manager comes running out of the store demanding we show the receipt. We politely told her “sorry, it’s our property and we don’t have to show it to anyone!”. > > She kept yelling at us and then said “You are banned from this store!!!” > > Yeah, banned from that shithole store after we just spent almost $900 on a new laptop. > … wow.. if this happened to me, I would have turned around right away and returned that computer. Then make sure to thank the manager for just losing almost a thousand dollar sale! Consequences for stupidity people… you can’t treat all your customers like dirt and then expect loyalty. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-receipt-checker-foiled/574607/166 "2011-03-31T23:39:21Z")
never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-receipt-checker-foiled/574607/167 "2011-04-01T01:25:57Z")
> [@akrako1](#): > > wow.. if this happened to me, I would have turned around right away and returned that computer. Then make sure to thank the manager for just losing almost a thousand dollar sale! Consequences for stupidity people… you can’t treat all your customers like dirt and then expect loyalty. Since there is about $5 worth of margin on that sale, don’t imagine you are really punishing them. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-receipt-checker-foiled/574607/168 "2011-04-01T03:49:30Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Since there is about $5 worth of margin on that sale, don’t imagine you are really punishing them. Best Buy. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-receipt-checker-foiled/574607/169 "2011-04-01T12:16:22Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > Best Buy. Yep. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-receipt-checker-foiled/574607.md?page=8)