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Walmart ???

CherryHugs — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:14:07 GMT

Walmart in our town has taken out 4 registers. Seems they are encouraging customers to use the self check outs. I have been lately since I dislike standing in long lines.

Also did they always have a 90 day return policy on clothing? If they did, I guess I always returned things sooner since I didnt realize this. Tried to return today and it was past 90 days.

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happycat — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:17:30 GMT

We don't have near the cashiers we use to have either. I guess this is the way of the future. Maybe they should knock some of our bill off, if we check ourselves out. That is saving them money, looks like.

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MoJoV — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:23:01 GMT

I use self checkout sometimes if I have a few items. But it steams me when they take out registers for self checkout stands. They're saving alot of money...are they passing that along to me? Yeah sure... like the oil companies did when they started us pumping our own gas.

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Still Raining — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:28:31 GMT

My Target has put in more selfchecks and I have come to love them. They seem faster to me. Safeway has really bad software so I avoid theirs.

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phoenixbrd — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:29:54 GMT

Our local Wal-mart took out half the registers and replaced them with self-serve. One person watches the self-serve customers. That one person replaces about five registers...all about the money, I've never heard of any merchant offering a 90 day return policy....very generous.

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sidsmom — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:36:08 GMT

90 day Return? That’s an entire ‘season’.

Very, very generous.

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Carmie — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:38:47 GMT

Our local Walmart has added a few new self check out registers, but they did not remove any of the employee run registers. The store is always super busy, even after midnight.

Everyday there are shoplifters caught at the store. I go to the police department site and check out who was arrested. I can't the believe how dumb or desperate people are. Some people are caught with a cart load of stolen goods.

Their security department sure gets a workout. I am sure the shop lifting problems inflate prices for all of us.

Wow, I am surprised they have a 90 day return policy. If you hung on to clothing for 3 months before you returned it, it would be out of season and could not be put back on the rack, and they would lose money on it.

Most retailers, including Amazon, have a 30 day or less return policy.

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lovesrecess — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:44:14 GMT

Our Walmart has 25 registers...but usually only two have cashiers. The self-checkout always has long lines due to that. Almost every self-checkout register has a glitch in it and malfunctions often from my observation...they usually have an elderly man standing by them to troubleshoot but he usually just fusses at the customer for doing something wrong....I avoid the mess altogether and go to the garden center to checkout....nice man who is usually out there....if you wake him up, he is very helpful.

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chlema — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:44:19 GMT

Typically shop at WalMart in the morning, and before they installed the self-checkout registers it was always a pain standing in line because they never had more than 3 cashiers on duty. Loved it when they put in the self-checkouts.

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freakygirl — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:45:53 GMT

i always use self checkout wherever. if i can do it myself, why not?

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CatsyCline — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:57:49 GMT

WM self checks are better now than they used to be where the robot voice would nag about every little thing. they still say Unexpected item in bagging area when you can't separate those !%&^?! cheezy gray plastic bags to open them.

But the new thing is WM i go to put in little video screen cams so you give them a selfie while checking out. Smile and No Sneaking the M&MS!!

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SharkE — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:05:56 GMT

Walmart has people stealing TV's between their legs while using long, long trench coats to cover up and acting like they're just fat or pregnant.

women take pregnancy test kits into the bathroom, get their results and pitch in trash.

mothers let their kids eat pastries without paying for. same goes for fruit.

We all pay for this, they mark up the produce to take into account loss of fruit by mothers letting their kids think it's alright to help yourself to the grapes, bananas, apples.

Husband used to work there I know. People bring back bobby pins. Wear the shoes out over a season, then, bring back the smelly shoes and whine "I want refund". People steal stuff, then, come back and want cash saying they have lost their receipt. They clamped down on that c^ap though. As far as I know, no receipt, no refund.

I wouldn't own a store nowdays if you hand me the keys. FREE. Nope.

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Nightowlz — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:06:34 GMT

They took ours out then put them back in later on both ends with regular cash registers in between. The new ones have cameras so they can make sure you are not stealing anything.

I use them all the time since I can check out a lot faster doing it myself.

Last time I was in there I was going to let them check me out but they only had 1 cashier. I had $350 worth of stuff. LOL!!!

I don't know why they have all the registers if they are not going to use them. They don't even all get used during the Holidays.

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sophiesofers — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:14:44 GMT

I have never shopped at a Walmart but it sounds like quite an experience. However, our grocery stores have installed the self check outs and they seem to work out well.

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RedTop — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:15:31 GMT

I bought tires at WalMart in September, but haven’t shopped inside the store since last April. I honestly can’t tell you what’s going on there.

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VanSleepy — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:18:37 GMT

At mine they also have employees walking around with scanners and credit card machines. They'll check you out straight from your cart as you're standing in line.

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lovesrecess — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:50:35 GMT

Wow your Walmart sounds like it has better management than mine. I do hate that they took all the scanners out so you can’t check a price without using the app on your phone....problem is, it rarely works right and gives a goofy price or it says n/a

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bonnielu — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:03:31 GMT

Color me old fashioned or just old but I don't do self checks. One it takes jobs away from people. And I don't trust myself to do it right I don't like scanning fruit or vegetables or whatever is not in a package. And I just want to be treated as a customer not a worker. If this continues they ought to lower the prices because they are not paying anyone...

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ECBG — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:11:37 GMT

Self check out usually means that jobs have been lost

Returns over 90 days are a loss to the store and hard to sell.

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FranandZoe — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:24:55 GMT

Many more self-checkouts than regular and the only "speedy" checkout is 10 items or less.