Changes a comin at Walmart

[Chadder007]

Originally posted by: I Saw OJ
I bet a lot of their loss from theft is coming from their own employees.

Exactly. Ive heard some bragging about it. They don't particularlly have a good clientel shopping nor working there. The best people there are probably the greeters, and they are the ones getting the shaft.

 

[Slickone]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Slickone
I hate that about Sams. And I wanna tell all the other people that are waiting in the long line to get their receipts checked that they legally can't make them and to just walk though. If everyone would just keep walking I guess they wouldn't say anything, it would work but if I'm the only one that acts like I'm going to walk through, the employee asks for my receipt. But I do not wait in the line. I usually just keep walking and sort of hand it to them as I'm still walking if they ask. And I'm sure everyone in line thinks I broke line (thinking they're required to wait).

Isn't it part of the membership agreement that you agree to when you sign up at Sam's Club?

I don't know but somewhere there's a website where a guy explains all this and how they threatened to call (or did call) the cops on him. Haven't seen it in a couple years or so. Seem to remember a similar popular thread on here back then.

 

[Slew Foot]

In my experience, Walmart stores reflect the Character of their community. The one in Huntington Beach is nicely kept, clean, and well stocked. The one in Sacramento has crap strewn about and is full of micreants and delinquents.

 

[raildogg]

One of my coworkers/friends went to a Wal-Mart in a nearby town and said a man put on a shirt, ripped off the tags and simply walked out wearing that shirt. I wonder how much of this goes on around the country. When you add it up, it is a lot of money. Plus, the merchandise that gets shipped might get damaged on the trucks etc.

 

[Thraxen]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
In my experience, Walmart stores reflect the Character of their community. The one in Huntington Beach is nicely kept, clean, and well stocked. The one in Sacramento has crap strewn about and is full of micreants and delinquents.

That's exactly how it is here.

 

[fire400]

Originally posted by: FeuerFrei

Originally posted by: randym431
No big deal, but many Wal-Mart?s are seeing huge stock losses thru theft. One local was $138,000 short in their inventory. Seems people are stealing Wal-Mart blind.

I think $138,000 worth of "shrink" is pretty typical. I worked at Wal-Mart for four years and heard some figures.
They have ~$5-6 million dollars worth of inventory in the rear stockroom.

Sometimes stuff will be damaged on the truck during shipping and employees will just throw it out without properly writing it up and recording it as damaged. Also customers will open up food containers, eat a portion, and leave the rest on the shelf in various parts of the store. Many items are damaged just by customers handling and dropping stuff. Of course I'm sure returns cost them lots of money, like returned paint cans full of water, and tents that are sold by Dick's Sporting Goods, not Wal-Mart. Also, there are accidents when employees in the back room using the forklift/stacker knock a bunch of freight off a pallet and it falls to the floor... or maybe they stack the pallets too high and the whole tower tips over. Oops. Canned softdrink cases can spew pretty far, BTW. One time a manager caught this guy stealing $1200 worth of cds/dvds. He had filled a heater box full of them and paid $42 at the register but the manager had been tipped off and was waiting to inspect his purchases at the door. Assistant managers often make appearances in court to prosecute shoplifters.

Oh yeah, you can't trust contractors that remodel your store either. Various fixtures and supplies turn up missing before they are installed.

Personally, I was instrumental in knocking over an entire half-stackbase full of IBC bottle six-packs. Me and a manager were trying to straighten up the stack in the aisle without tearing it down and rebuilding it case by case. But I pushed too far and bottles of Crush and IBC shattered all over the floor.

Wal-Mart also has undercover loss prevention people that appear to be customers but whose sole purpose is to keep an eye on suspicious acting customers.

I honestly think that you should forward this to the head of Walmart operations. This sounds like one of those.. "sit in front of a camera as an anonymous Walmart worker" and show it to the executives. ROFL

 

[ViviTheMage]

target is way ahead!

 

[Acanthus]

$100k/year is pretty standard faire for walmart theft losses in a year.

The only news is they are taking steps to reduce that number.

 

[Compton]

Originally posted by: dxkj

Originally posted by: Compton
So... if I buy Walmart stock now, will I go to jail like Martha Stewart?

Walmart stock?

Yeah, as in Walmart stock. Is this considered insider information? You did know walmart is a corporation, right?

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: raildogg
One of my coworkers/friends went to a Wal-Mart in a nearby town and said a man put on a shirt, ripped off the tags and simply walked out wearing that shirt. I wonder how much of this goes on around the country. When you add it up, it is a lot of money. Plus, the merchandise that gets shipped might get damaged on the trucks etc.

heh, i remember a 60 minutes story a few years back about south american illegals in shoplifting rings. professionals and go from store to store and just take massive amounts.

 

[raildogg]

By the way, what time does Wal-Mart tire and lube open at its supercenters?

I have a flat that I need to get fixed tomorrow by getting a new tire.

 

[waggy]

the only problem i have with wal-marts new check system is that when it does not read the check then you are screwed and that happens a lot. A friend of my wife's works at walmart and complains all the time about the system.

i will be sad to see the greeters go. the local store has 2 that have been the greeter for as long as i can remember. A good 15 years or so. during highschool both me and my wife worked at the store and got to know her. so when we come in we talk to her for a few minutes. she makes it one of the postive reasons to go.

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: Pabster

Originally posted by: yamadakun
Wal-Mart has the funds and power to start its own country.

It already did... China.

QFT, in a sad way