209
submitted 1 year ago by ray@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml
top 13 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] athos77@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago

"May have" and "exaggerated"? They fucking did lie.

[-] WalkableProgrammer@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

I wish there was punishment for a company lying for their own interests

[-] wetnoodle@sopuli.xyz 26 points 1 year ago

I work at a target and if anything, they're actively encouraging theft. We used to have a secure lockup for electronics and they just rebuilt it to be an aisle you can climb into in a minute. Yet they complain there's nothing they can do 🤦

[-] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Having to search a store and wait for someone to open up locks is a pain in the ass and drives away customers.

[-] Cjwii@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

This. I would much rather wait 2-3 days for an item to be delivered from Amazon or something than spend 5 minutes awkwardly trying to get someone's attention to unlock a stupid case.

[-] Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

I also suspect that they mark up the prices for goods they encourage to be stolen. I was in a Walgreens and saw some Stridex pads for $22 (they go for around $4.50 on Amazon). That way if it gets stolen they can claim huge losses.

[-] Master@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So here is the facts about this. Worked at walmart and 4 pallets of aluminum foil were never delivered. Same pallet on 3 reorders.

So management raised the price to like 5 bucks a roll when they sell for 99 cents. Ran it that way for a month then marked the lost pallets as shrinkage.

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

how long ago was this, the system doesn't let store level raise prices higher than HO, they can only lower, so if they did something like this in the last at least 7 years it was initiated at home office level lol

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

Obligatory shoplifting always has been and always will be a bullshit excuse

[-] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

We may have to start making excuses for the lack of shoplifting

[-] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

If Books Could Kill had a bonus episode about this a few weeks ago. Partial audio here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/399C88vCXjV5qgHkKdDLzY

[-] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago
[-] Rom@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Sounds like we need to shoplift harder until their claims become accurate.

this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2023
209 points (98.2% liked)

United States | News & Politics

7231 readers
143 users here now

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS