Walmart Shopper Warns Of Being Charged $150 For Bananas—’Check Your Receipts Before Leaving The Store!’
May 15, 2023 by Marissa Matozzo
One Walmart customer is stressing the importance of checking receipts after shopping. TikToker and Shreveport, Louisiana-based shopper Dorthy Sutton uploaded a clip to the video-sharing app this month and went viral after claiming that she was charged $150 for two loose bananas. In the video, she showed her receipt to viewers and wrote in a text overlay, “Please check your receipts before you leave the store.”
The creator mistakenly originally notes that she was overcharged for raspberries, but she later corrected her post to explain that she was charged $150.86 for bananas, which were listed as “site merch” on her itemized receipt.
This can be seen below the line item for raspberries in the pic that she shared. According to the receipt, Sutton purchased 27 items and her total amounted to $316.54 at a Walmart Supercenter location in Shreveport on Saturday, May 6, at 2:56 p.m.
Sutton recalled in the video, “I walked all the way out of the store to my car – almost to my car – and I’m saying, ‘Wonder what I paid.’ I didn’t even look, and I’m like, ‘Why is it so high? I didn’t hardly buy anything.'” She continued, “Check your receipts. I’m telling you, check your receipts. This is crazy.”
In the caption of her video, Sutton wrote that the Shreveport store location refunded her money. She noted that she wanted to share her Walmart overcharging experience as a public service announcement.