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Sigh, yes I know that. I'm fairly certain if walmart was charging people just to come through their doors they would find the payroll to check every single receipt too. WHY does signing a little piece of paper make it suddenly not a violation of your rights, not in a legal sense but in the sense of what someone feels is offensive or not. Why does a receipt check make people 'feel like a criminal' at walmart but not costco, just because of a signature? Both retailers do it for the same exact reason.
Do the people who refuse to stop for a check at walmart also refuse to shop at a membership club on the principle that they're being treated like a criminal because of receipt checks? Please don't say again it's because of the signature, a receipt check is a receipt check, done for loss prevention regardless.
If one is a member an agreement was signed which grants the privilege of going onto their property. Just to be clear, you don't have a right to go onto their property, they grant you the privilege to shop at their place of business. If a member refuses to show the receipt check, then the business has the right to "tear up" the contract because the member violated that contract. The now ex member would loose the membership and be banned forever.
WHY does signing a little piece of paper make it suddenly not a violation of your rights, not in a legal sense but in the sense of what someone feels is offensive or not.
The piece of paper is a contract. You agreed to the contract. It's that simple. When you tell someone that it's okay to check your receipts every time you walk past their exit, you have given up your right to be offended by it (on top of the obvious legal rights you may feel you have).
Oh really? I guess it depends where the Walmart is located and the socioeconomic group that shops there.
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My local Walmart is frequented by a number of engineers, computer scientists, and Navy personnel from the nearby government base. I've never seen anyone wearing camo clothing, although I have seen a lot of Navy and Marine Corps uniforms there, and most of the shoppers seem to be buying "regular" groceries like veggies, baby food, shampoo, and cat/dog food. However, I do see men buying beer and Tostitos at Wegmans.
I'm not sure what political leanings have to do with any of this.
Wal Mart culture is pretty gross, IMO, if you take a look at the "people of Wal mart" photos of those who shop there. Wearing their camo and riding their tractors into the store, buying beer and junk food. I'm proud to not be a part of that red neck culture.
Walmarts exist in all types of towns from wealthy towns to lower class towns. The shoppers at each store reflect the type of neighborhood it is in. Heck, a lot of Walmarts don't even sell camo, ammo, and beer.
Do you really think the Walmarts in Fairfield County, CT are full of rednecks?
Walmart has closed several local stores from midnight to 6 am because the overhead was more than profit from sales. They have a store every 20 miles on the interstate in this rural area. The ones they closed were in towns of less than 5,000 population. Some have never met sales expectations. Yes I am friends with a store manager, that is where I get my information.
The voluntary bag check is a national directive from the headquarters in Bentonville. But the local store manager decides what hours they have it.
Kroger did the bolded with with their stores in the Houston metro. A few of those were 24 hour stores, but many were open until 1am and now close at 12am. A few Walmarts also changed from 24 hour to being closed from 12am to 6am.
Of course Costco does. It's allowed re the membership agreement. People getting upset about Costco doing it don't have a leg to stand on. If it bothers a person that much, don't become a member. The core subject of this thread though concerns Walmart....how people feel about Walmart doing it.
No, a problem is they usually don't have the legal right to.
Of course, the issue can be taken to court, but chances are the employee will be fired or 'retrained' because a customer was not satisfied. Walmart will not take the fall for this.
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