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Originally Posted by Apache
Wal Mart did away with greeters years ago to save $3,000,000.00 a year. There costs associated with shoplifting and employee theft then rose by more than 10 times that amount.
The greeters were originally hired as a way to deter shoplifting and employee theft without intimidation. Now they have replaced them with a combination of employees and security guards.
I was in a Wal Mart yesterday and thought I was in Sam's because they were scanning customer's receipts and checking their purchases.
Now your signed membership contract with Sam's Club states that you agree to allowing them to do this. The last time I checked there isn't a signed agreement to allow Wal Mart to do this. It also comes across that they consider their customers thieves. I would not be surprised if some lawyer brought a class action suit against them for this.
Apache
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Computer and electronic stores have been doing this for years. Yea, they do think their customers are thieves. For a while, Apple did the opposite of this, they would let you pick up an item off the shelf, pay for it via your Apple shopping app and just walk out with it, not having to show anyone anything. Don't know if they still do that or not. I really felt weird the first time I tried it.