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Maybe this will serve as a wake up call to businesses to enforce secure policies and procedures.

Thieves bask in their $600 profit and Wal-Mart doesn't even know it.

Person B uses the receipt and returns the purchased one a few days later to avoid suspicion.

Person A returns the item to the counter, without the receipt, stating 'I lost the receipt, but you just saw me here'.

Person A walks over and switches out their purchased one for the non-purchased.

Person B takes the duplicate item and hides it in a mutual location.

This scenario could even be altered to work if Wal-Mart validated serial numbers.

Person A returns the second knife set for a full refund, keeping the original.

Person A puts the knife set in their car, then returns to the store, and heads over to the location where the second set is.

Person B grabs a duplicate knife set, and puts it in a secluded location within the store, then texts the other to let them know where it is.

use them! What Kind of Nasty Trickery Are We Talking About Here?Ī team of two people could walk into the store with intentions of scamming Wal-Mart by using the below exploit. Serial numbers exist for a reason, Wal-Mart. The woman behind the counter not only failed to check if the serial number matched the one on my receipt, but she also didn't ask for any receipt whatsoever! This kind of loophole could allow people to craft all sorts of nasty manipulative tricks. Great customer service, but if Wal-Mart is at all concerned about protecting themselves, they should probably stop what they're doing. Without a moment's notice, she takes it right off to the defective items area and asks if I would like cash or store credit.ĭoes anyone else see anything wrong with this picture? I brought the item up to the desk, and the woman asked if it didn't work, which I responded affirmatively. Several years back, upon returning items to Wal-Mart due to a malfunction, I noticed something very peculiar about the way their overall procedure goes.

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