Walmart Customers Are ‘Sick And Tired Of All The Scams’ After Check-Out Experience Goes Viral
May 4, 2023 by Faith Geiger
Listen up, Walmart patrons! One TikTok user is urging shoppers to keep an eye out for a self-checkout scam that could potentially cost you hundreds of dollars if you’re not careful. And we’re not talking about the alleged price-gouging that people have reported happening at stores in the past, or the new surcharge on delivery orders. Instead, this one has to do with a sneaky charge for pre-paid cards that could find its way onto your receipt.
That’s right: A man who goes by @eddiestrange45 on TikTok says he recently almost paid nearly double what he intended to because someone swiped a gift card at his self-checkout register before he rang up his own items. Find all the details below.
Using the self-checkout kiosks at Walmart can be a great way to save time (or just keep social contact to a minimum if you’re not feeling up f0r an interaction with a cashier). However, @eddiestrange45 says you should be sure that no one is trying to pull the wool over your eyes by ringing up a gift card at the kiosk, leaving without paying for it, and hoping you’ll pay for it without noticing while you’re checking out.
“I just want everyone to be careful and look out at Walmart,” he states at the beginning of his video. Eddie says he recently went to Walmart for some simple groceries that should have only cost him around $55. But after he scanned everything, he noticed the total was much higher, at a whopping $130.