DOVE's blog: "CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS ESP. WAL-MART"

Subject: FW: Check your receipts esp. Wal-Mart!

> >           Be
> > careful and read your receipts….
> >         OMG!  YES!  THIS
> > IS
> >         TRUE!  It happened to me at Wal-Mart
> > (Supercenter Store #1279, 10411
> >         N Freeway 45, Houston , TX 77037 ) a month
> > ago.  I bought a bunch
> >         of stuff, over $150, & I glanced at my receipt
> > as the cashier was
> >         handing me the bags.  I saw a cash-back of
> > $40.  I told her I
> >         didn't request a cash back & to delete
> > it.  She said I'd
> >         have to take the $40 because she couldn't
> > delete it.  I told her
> >         to call a supervisor.  Supervisor came &
> > said I'd have to take
> >         it.  I said NO!  Taking the $40 would be
> > a cash advance
> >         against my Discover & I wasn't paying
> > interest on a cash
> >         advance!!!!!  If they couldn't delete
> > it then they would have
> >         to delete the whole order.  So the supervisor
> > had the cashier
> >         delete the whole order & re-scan
> > everything!  The second time
> >         I looked at the electronic pad before I signed
> > & a cash-back of $20
> >         popped up.  At that point I told the cashier
> > & she deleted
> >         it.  The total came out right.  The
> > cashier agreed that the
> >         electronic pad must be
> > defective.  Obviously the cashier knew
> >         the electronic pad was defective because she NEVER
> > offered me the $40
> >         at the beginning.  Can you imagine how many
> > people went
> >         through before me & at the end of her
> > shift how much money she
> >         pocketed?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >         Sent:
> >         Tuesday, July 14, 2009 12:50 PM
> >
> >         Subject: Check your receipts
> >
> >         .
> >
> >
> >         This could
> >         probably happen at any store where they will give
> > you cash back so be
> >         cautious.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >         Just to
> >         alert everyone. My co worker went to Milford
> > DE Walmart last week.
> >         She had her items rung up by the cashier. The
> > cashier hurried her along
> >         and didn't give her a receipt. She asked
> > the cashier for a receipt
> >         and the cashier was annoyed and gave it to her. My
> > co worker didn't
> >         look at her receipt until later that night. The
> > receipt showed that she
> >         asked for $20 cash back. SHE DID NOT ASK FOR CASH
> > BACK. My co worker called
> >         Walmart who investigated but could not see the
> > cashier pocket the
> >         money. She then called her niece who works for the
> > bank and her niece
> >         told her this. There is a scam going on. The
> > cashier will ask for
> >         cash back and hand it to her friend who is the next
> > person in
> >         line.  Please, Please, please check your
> > receipts right away
> >         when using debit cards. The store has the cashier
> > under investigation
> >         now. We can only pray that she is caught very
> > soon.
> >
> >
>
> >
> >         I am
> >         adding to this.  My husband and I were in
> > WalMart North Salisbury
> >         and paying with credit card when my husband went to
> > sign the credit
> >         card signer he just happen to notice there was a
> > $20 cash back
> >         added.  He told the cashier that he did not
> > ask nor want cash back
> >         and she said this machine has been messing up and
> > she canceled
> >         it.  We really didn't think anything of it
> > until we read this
> >         email.  Please be aware