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Old 11-08-2009, 02:59 PM   #1 (permalink)
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""Walmart Goes Crazy On Couple Suspected Of Shoplifting
By Chris Walters, 5:16 PM on Fri Nov 6 2009, 98,280 views

Walmart can try to spin itself as being on the side of good all it wants, but if it ever suspects you of shoplifting, you may find that you're powerless to fight back. In the case of a couple accused of shoplifting some Bic lighters in Niles, Michigan this past August, Walmart detained them, the police came and cuffed one of them, their two kids were taken to a security room, and—after a review of security footage proved the couple's innocence—they were banned for life from all Walmarts. To top it off, Walmart's legal team has sent the couple a letter asking to be reimbursed for 10 times the value of the lighters, even though the police determined no shoplifting had taken place.

Found this at The Consumerist: Shoppers Bite Back where you can read the complete story. I love that site, so informational. I do hope the couple sues.

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Old 11-08-2009, 08:36 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Horrible story indeed, Volunteer..I hope they are fully compensated for this wrongful act..

As a Wally Mart customer, I am angry by the very poor conduct by them...

Least we not forget, Wally is also supporting ObamaCare...
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Old 11-09-2009, 09:54 AM   #3 (permalink)
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If you take all of the employees involved and move them to Target or any other store ...the outcome would probably be the same.
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If you take all of the employees involved and move them to Target or any other store ...the outcome would probably be the same.
Accept for the lifetime ban...If that fact is true, then the corporate front office is practicing bad policy...
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Maybe it's just the environment of MI stores, but I have noticed that the employees consider all customers as THE ENEMY. With that kind of atmosphere and their requirement that items must be manufacturerd in China, I shop elsewhere.
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I consider most of my clients/customers as the Enemy AND I shop at Wally World. Do you think I'll go to Hexx when I die
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