...Woman Buys Computer, Other Electronics for $3.70 at Walmart After Allegedly Swapping Barcodes

KTLA ^ | 111/08/2017

[BenLurkin]

The two then allegedly went to the clearance section, where they took out the devices from their boxes and placed clearance price tags on them.

The pair then proceeded to a self-checkout counter, where they allegedly scanned the clearance barcodes and paid a total of $3.70. The electronics cost a total $1,825.20.

According to the arrest affidavit, the 25-year-old said, "I am just trying to get gifts for my son that I cannot afford. The computer is for my husband. Since he just got me a Coach purse, I figured he deserved something nice as well.”

[Fresh Wind]

Since he just got me a Coach purse...

Did he steal that too?

[Moonman62]

According to the arrest affidavit, the 25-year-old said, “I am just trying to get gifts for my son that I cannot afford. The computer is for my husband. Since he just got me a Coach purse, I figured he deserved something nice as well.”

...

I wonder if he used the same tactic for the purse.

Don’t her excuses make her sound like a Democrat?

[Don Corleone]

Totally without a moral center.

[dfwgator]

I’m gonna pop some tags
Only got 20 dollars in my pocket
I, I, I’m hunting, lookin’ for a come-up
This is f....... awesome

[kingu]

So they had a friend in the electronics department who was a keyholder who unlocked the merchandise so that they could get them and then apply the 99 cent clearance tags to use at the self checkout which was probably caught when exiting the store and the employee there looked at the receipt and saw ‘clearance cover’ on a computer...

I'd hope that Loss Prevention also found the keyholder who aided and abetted in the attempted theft and that conspiracy charges are added for both.

[mbynack]

My ex worked as a manager at one of the big stores. She once caught a woman doing something similar. The woman went to the toy section and picked up a big box that had a trike in it. She took the trike out of the box and filled it with DVDs and CDs and tried to check out and pay $29 for it. My ex caught her at the register, but security let her leave the merchandise and walk out without calling the police.

[BenLurkin]

Totally without a moral center.

And as Moonman said...sounds like a Democrat.

[AppyPappy]

“I am just trying to get gifts for my son that I cannot afford.”

Oh well, that’s understandable then

[AppyPappy]

Lawyers have a way of making it expensive to prosecute shoplifters.

[Fresh Wind]

A self-checkout counter.

My local Walmart installed them, and almost immediately removed them. Maybe this kind of activity was the reason.

A semi-intelligent checkout person would know that a computer doesn’t cost a couple of dollars.

[Gamecock]

Yada Yada Yada, I gifts for my son that I cannot afford.

[IamConservative]

Wonder how one would defend themselves if someone took something to clearance, swapped the barcode and then another person bought the item thinking it was in clearance? If it sat there for awhile, there may not be video.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

"Since he just got me a Coach purse, I figured he deserved something nice as well."

Pfft. You can buy a Coach purse at the Outlet store for $100. She thought she had to reciprocate with a $1400 computer?

[CodeJockey]

Gibsmedat

[A_perfect_lady]

I feel like the name Cheyenne is very often associated with out-of-legal-parameters type behavior. Just a passing observation. It might be the white version of Laqueshia.

[ClearCase_guy]

She thought she had to reciprocate with a $1400 computer?

Naaaah, she just got him some cheapo computer that only cost $3.70.

[Pollster1]

I know someone who did that and was proud of it - one person swapped the discount tags so they would only be guilty of some sort of mischief and not theft if caught. The other one entered the store a half hour later and successfully bought the high-priced items in self checkout. Sadly, it was a distant (but not distant enough) relative. I will never trust him again.

[BlueLancer]

"Naaaah, she just got him some cheapo computer that only cost $3.70."

[cyclotic]

I once bought a range hood at Home depot. They had one for $50 and another for $125. I bought the $125 one and it felt a little light. Just before I made the purchase, we opened it and found someone had switched them. Pigs.

I had to complete the job that day and had to drive about 25 miles to another store.