Posted on 06/09/2018 7:52:48 AM PDT by BBell
Supermarket giant Walmart has long lauded itself on its low prices and discounts, as evidenced by the tagline "Save Money. Live Better." A duo in New Orleans allegedly took that slogan too literally when they brought cut-out price tags into a Walmart store in order to buy goods at a lower price, police said.
On May 25, Jeffrey Johnson, 49, and Leilani Walther, 50, were observed on surveillance video using false Universal Product Code labels to purchase goods at a lesser price at a Walmart at 4001 Behrman Place in Algiers. The duo is suspected of cutting UPC labels from other merchandise and carrying them into the store. They then purchase goods at a self-chosen discount via the self-check lanes, according to NOPD.
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Mine too. I’m sure it’s recording for a nice conviction on the thieves.
Most stores don’t have a system where scanning the receipt will bring up the video.
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Yeah they just have to get them on every product.
Pastor friend went through one in Singapore. And that was years ago.
When the guy in the IBM video puts the packages of meat in his pockets I wondered how they pulled it off. I used to customize the software on those printers (early version w/o RFID). One of my last internal customers had one that did do the RFID. The packages of meat will be a piece of cake. So to speak.
[and your purchases are charged before leaving the store]
As you walk through the scanners, the RFID tags are totaled and charged to your account. However your account was set up (credit - debit - store credit - etc).
See the IBM commercial from 2007:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eob532iEpqk
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