The main purpose of checking the receipt is to stop employee theft. Cashiers fail to actually scan items and just bag them. Rather than assume the responsibility of monitoring the cashiers they place the burden on their customer.
I’ve had Best Buy security do this. They watched me buy two DVDs and walk to the exit. There they asked for the receipt.
A tactic that seems to get the message across is to return the items. Talking to the managers is a waste of time until they see sales reversed because of their asinine policy.
“”They watched me buy two DVDs and walk to the exit. There they asked for the receipt.
A tactic that seems to get the message across is to return the items. “”
That is a very civilized and effective response.
This is a good point... I once worked at a pharmacy and it turned out that there was a ring of cashiers who had people they knew coming in and buying lots of cosmetics, but they only actually rang up about 1 in 5 of them. It seems that they had a pretty good "flea market" deal going.
Mark
Is this a scam so that this guy can get money for himself or the ACLU?
>>The main purpose of checking the receipt is to stop employee theft. Cashiers fail to actually scan items and just bag them. Rather than assume the responsibility of monitoring the cashiers they place the burden on their customer.
The more common issue is having a customer colluding with a cashier. More stuff goes into the bad, than gets scanned.
I’m not saying I agree with the checking, but that’s another reason stores play that game.
I’d also say it’s a different deal when there’s a membership involved, like Costco or Sam’s. While I don’t think in most states, they have the right to stop you, they do have the right to revoke your membership.