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Food stamp shopping spree, who pays? (WalMart Looting Story Update)
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| October 14, 2013
| Fred Childers
Posted on 10/14/2013 4:04:56 PM PDT by abb
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To: abb
What about WalMart stockholders, of which I am one? We supposed to just suck it up?
If the store you own stock in allows it to happen, yes. Investing is a gamble.
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posted on
10/14/2013 4:21:29 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: abb
“Those procedures include placing a phone call and verbally approving a spending limit for the customer.”
Just a thought regarding the manager’s decision: Did he avoid a riot by allowing the gibsmedats to take what they want? I live in a low socioeconomic area and if our gibsmedats had no limits they would demand just that.
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posted on
10/14/2013 4:22:09 PM PDT
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: abb
Yes. The alternative is to have the taxpayer suck it up.
Do business with with EBTers and pay the piper. If you don’t like it, sell the stock. I would never own WMT stock for this very reason.
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posted on
10/14/2013 4:22:39 PM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
To: abb
The state has a way of tracking welfare fraud with GPS based software. DCFS knows who purchased what, and how much was spent.Hmmm... wonder how that works. I can see where, once the card is swiped, the state would know who and where, but how does the "GPS based software" enter into this? Why is it needed?
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posted on
10/14/2013 4:23:34 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(nobamacare must be stopped before it can live down to our expectations.)
To: abb
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posted on
10/14/2013 4:23:46 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Let your 'Yes' mean 'Yes,' and your 'No' mean 'No.' Matthew 5:37)
To: elkfersupper
No wonder an increasing number of retailers won't accept the EBT cards.
Which ones????
I cannot find ONE grocer, in the Houston area, that does NOT accept the Lone Star/EBT card. In fact, you can even have your groceries DELIVERED...with your EBT/Lone Star card....
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posted on
10/14/2013 4:24:38 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
To: Red in Blue PA; cripplecreek
Except that shoplifting is a crime.
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posted on
10/14/2013 4:24:38 PM PDT
by
abb
To: COBOL2Java
No no.
Pay for cameras and armed security. If anyone acts up and refuses to leave, or comes back in after being bounced out, you can cuff them and legally detain them. Don’t enable the behavior. The animals will respect you and behave next time. The wilder ones will go someplace else.
That’s how the night clubs do it.
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posted on
10/14/2013 4:25:02 PM PDT
by
grumpygresh
(Democrats delenda est. New US economy: Fascism on top, Socialism on the bottom.)
To: abb
Walmart knows how much was charged to each card. Any card with an overage should be blocked for future transactions until the difference is paid by the card holder. There is no point in doing business with a thief.
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posted on
10/14/2013 4:25:34 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: abb
Thank Democrats for this unlawful behavior. They create a dependent society, teach people they are entitled to other peoples’ or businesses’ money, and preach that it’s unfair to be a “have” when you’re a “have not.”
To: abb
The GLITCH was in the food stamp program.
Why would the retailers be responsible.???
Does a retailer get info that says how much is still available on the card BEFORE the shopper goes thru the checkout???
To: goodwithagun
I live in a low socioeconomic area and if our gibsmedats had no limits they would demand just that.
It cracked me up to see them on twitter complaining that stores were "Allowing" people to buy all they wanted with cash.
Lots of teachable moments lately. In this case Dependency is Slavery.
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posted on
10/14/2013 4:26:55 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Black Agnes
I was in the Walmart in Covington, la at the time this was going on and something strange was happening with the WM electronic charging system. I used a credit card at the pharmacy and it completed the transaction and then flashed ‘swipe card’ for a second time. A management person had to be called to clear the system. later as i was checking out at the regular cash registers the woman ahead of me had her check card first go through a transaction and then flash ‘swipe card’ again . Again a management associate had to be called to clear the system. This seemed to be happening at other registers.
To: abb
Correction, people who spend their own money at Walmart are on the hook as Walmart will have to do something to make up the loss of income and that means passing it on to the paying customers.
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posted on
10/14/2013 4:28:29 PM PDT
by
reaganaut
(I don't do hopey-changey. I do ouchy-bleedy.)
To: Myrddin
Or file theft charges, Walmart does prosecute.
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posted on
10/14/2013 4:30:19 PM PDT
by
reaganaut
(I don't do hopey-changey. I do ouchy-bleedy.)
To: abb
The best thing stores could do in the event of an actual emergency involving EBT cards is let the shelves be cleared as quickly as possible, then lock the doors, leaving the lights on so anyone can see there’s nothing left inside. At least that might minimize the damage of vandalism and fire.
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posted on
10/14/2013 4:31:37 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: abb
And Walmart allows a fair amount of shoplifting to go on as a normal part of doing business.
My sister has worked for Walmart for years and says anything under $1000 doesn’t even warrant a phone call to police. They let it go and claim it as a loss.
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posted on
10/14/2013 4:32:35 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: abb
Except that shoplifting is a crime
How much do you want to bet that Walmart will not press charges, even when identities are 100% verified as the people being the thieves? Walmart does not want to offend their "customers". Screw that and screw Walmart for allowing thefts to take place unpunished. I will take it back if I am proven incorrect, but I do not believe that will be the case.
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posted on
10/14/2013 4:32:50 PM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
To: abb; All
It’s real simple...if the system has recorded how much they stole; and if the local law enforcements don’t want to prosecute; then there’s the “simple” solution of the gov’t overseeing the program suspend these people’s cards until the equivalent amount is “garnished” from their upcoming monthly freebies.
To: reaganaut
Or file theft charges, Walmart does prosecute Non-EBT paying customers.
Fixed it.
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posted on
10/14/2013 4:33:53 PM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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