Miss. Walmart may press charges in EBT card glitch

[Kondor3]

Why did the store allow those thieves to leave the store?

A quick phone call to the local Police Department and only folks with (a) no Wal-Mart goods in their cars or (b) a paid receipt for those goods - gets to leave the parking lot.

Sorry we don't live in that kind of nation.

What kind of nation is that?

 

[Sunshine]

Why did the store allow those thieves to leave the store?

A quick phone call to the local Police Department and only folks with (a) no Wal-Mart goods in their cars or (b) a paid receipt for those goods - gets to leave the parking lot.

Sorry we don't live in that kind of nation.

Of course we aren't. We are the kind of nation that allows ourselves to be held hostage by the thread of riots.

 

[High_Gravity]

Why did the store allow those thieves to leave the store?

A quick phone call to the local Police Department and only folks with (a) no Wal-Mart goods in their cars or (b) a paid receipt for those goods - gets to leave the parking lot.

What's left gets fingered by store loss-prevention, searched, arrested and booked.

Even if you have to call-in the County or the State to help.

I think they were just scared of bloodshed, the Walmart I go to 90% of the people there are on assistance, by the time the cops get there the store is looted and there would be bodies on the floor.

 

[Moonglow]

Yeah? Were they pissed off enough to go out and get a job?

Alot of people on food stamps do work.

No argument there, I could just as easily say that alot of people on food stamps don't work....So?

The greater point is that if their job level, or their education level is not enough to support themselves, and their families, then they need to do something to change that, no?

So humans have a steady flow of the same income all their lives and no other factors contribute to economic decline in ones ability to earn monies?

 

[hortysir]

Walmart has not ruled out pressing charges against customers who allegedly attempted to walk out of one of its Mississippi stores with groceries that hadn’t been paid for after a computer glitch left them unable to use their food stamp cards.

“We haven’t made any type of determination. Our focus continues to be on our customers,” Walmart spokeswoman Kayla Whaling said regarding the disturbance Saturday that briefly closed down the Walmart in Philadelphia.

When asked if it was a possibility that the company would file charges, she said, “I wouldn’t say that, but, we are continuing to look into the situation.”

“We’re looking into everything, looking at surveillance video and working with the local police,” Whaling said Sunday.

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20131015/NEWS01/310150037/

I would not be adverse to boycotting Wal Mart until they press charges. We all know the theft is going to be passed on to us actual paying customers in the form of price increases.

Not sure if the people can be accused of theft because they technically "paid" for any items that left the store, and followed proper procedure, i.e. went to a cashier, had the items rung up, then "paid" for them and left.

I am curious to know if WalMart did follow proper EBT procedures (if they exist) on what to do when the system glitches like this.

The option of making anyone who overbilled on thier card have it deducted from future purposes (say 1/4 of the value of the monthly benefit per month until paid back) would be preferrable to me, and would lessen the "TEH CHILDRENZ" whining if it was done all at once.

It's not payment when the card is declined

 

[Pennywise]

I believe the minute the store realized there was a problem with the cards, they should have stopped accepting them. All the needed was a sign outside the entrance. I use my citi card for everything so I can get air mileage points. If it didn't work properly they wouldn't let me use that. I know the checkers knew roughly how much people buy on those cards each month. There was no excuse for either side. I would bet at least a cyber dollar that those of us who actually pay money for our purchases will shoulder the cost either in taxes or higher prices.

I hate to say it but if the EBT system was shut down there would be riots in the streets.

And what is the lesson you take away from that? What truth is self-evident in such an admission?

 

[High_Gravity]

I believe the minute the store realized there was a problem with the cards, they should have stopped accepting them. All the needed was a sign outside the entrance. I use my citi card for everything so I can get air mileage points. If it didn't work properly they wouldn't let me use that. I know the checkers knew roughly how much people buy on those cards each month. There was no excuse for either side. I would bet at least a cyber dollar that those of us who actually pay money for our purchases will shoulder the cost either in taxes or higher prices.

I hate to say it but if the EBT system was shut down there would be riots in the streets.

And what is the lesson you take away from that? What truth is self-evident in such an admission?

Assistance has become a life style in this country.

 

[Moonglow]

I would not be adverse to boycotting Wal Mart until they press charges. We all know the theft is going to be passed on to us actual paying customers in the form of price increases.

I am sure Wal-Mart cares what you think.

 

[Moonglow]

I hate to say it but if the EBT system was shut down there would be riots in the streets.

And what is the lesson you take away from that? What truth is self-evident in such an admission?

Assistance has become a life style in this country.

When do I get mine? When I am being buried into the grave? No, I'll have to pay someone to do that.

 

[Mr Natural]

Why did the store allow those thieves to leave the store?

A quick phone call to the local Police Department and only folks with (a) no Wal-Mart goods in their cars or (b) a paid receipt for those goods - gets to leave the parking lot.

What's left gets fingered by store loss-prevention, searched, arrested and booked.

Even if you have to call-in the County or the State to help.

I think they were just scared of bloodshed, the Walmart I go to 90% of the people there are on assistance, by the time the cops get there the store is looted and there would be bodies on the floor.

It seems Walmarts do tend to be magnets for skeevy characters.

 

[Sunshine]

I believe the minute the store realized there was a problem with the cards, they should have stopped accepting them. All the needed was a sign outside the entrance. I use my citi card for everything so I can get air mileage points. If it didn't work properly they wouldn't let me use that. I know the checkers knew roughly how much people buy on those cards each month. There was no excuse for either side. I would bet at least a cyber dollar that those of us who actually pay money for our purchases will shoulder the cost either in taxes or higher prices.

I hate to say it but if the EBT system was shut down there would be riots in the streets.

I don't think that would happen here. They would curse and stalk out mad, but I don't think they would tear the place down.

 

[Moonglow]

Why did the store allow those thieves to leave the store?

A quick phone call to the local Police Department and only folks with (a) no Wal-Mart goods in their cars or (b) a paid receipt for those goods - gets to leave the parking lot.

Sorry we don't live in that kind of nation.

What kind of nation is that?

The hidden message is found between the lines.

 

[thanatos144]

Why did the store allow those thieves to leave the store?

A quick phone call to the local Police Department and only folks with (a) no Wal-Mart goods in their cars or (b) a paid receipt for those goods - gets to leave the parking lot.

What's left gets fingered by store loss-prevention, searched, arrested and booked.

Even if you have to call-in the County or the State to help.

Thats great PR for walmart huh? I can see the head lines now. "WAL-MART HAS POOR ARRESTED FOR COMPUTER GLITCH!"

 

[Moonglow]

Who would act worse? A poor person with a none working EBT card or a banker that lost all his dough and was broke?

 

[Sunshine]

Why did the store allow those thieves to leave the store?

A quick phone call to the local Police Department and only folks with (a) no Wal-Mart goods in their cars or (b) a paid receipt for those goods - gets to leave the parking lot.

What's left gets fingered by store loss-prevention, searched, arrested and booked.

Even if you have to call-in the County or the State to help.

Thats great PR for walmart huh? I can see the head lines now. "WAL-MART HAS POOR ARRESTED FOR COMPUTER GLITCH!"

Well, it would certainly make those of us who have to pay the bill have a bit more respect for them.

 

[Moonglow]

Punish those evil doers and hang em high.

 

[martybegan]

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20131015/NEWS01/310150037/

I would not be adverse to boycotting Wal Mart until they press charges. We all know the theft is going to be passed on to us actual paying customers in the form of price increases.

Not sure if the people can be accused of theft because they technically "paid" for any items that left the store, and followed proper procedure, i.e. went to a cashier, had the items rung up, then "paid" for them and left.

I am curious to know if WalMart did follow proper EBT procedures (if they exist) on what to do when the system glitches like this.

The option of making anyone who overbilled on thier card have it deducted from future purposes (say 1/4 of the value of the monthly benefit per month until paid back) would be preferrable to me, and would lessen the "TEH CHILDRENZ" whining if it was done all at once.

It's not payment when the card is declined

Were the cards actually declined?

 

[hortysir]

Who would act worse? A poor person with a none working EBT card or a banker that lost all his dough and was broke?

At least the bankers, on Black Monday, simply offed themselves

 

[thanatos144]

Why did the store allow those thieves to leave the store?

A quick phone call to the local Police Department and only folks with (a) no Wal-Mart goods in their cars or (b) a paid receipt for those goods - gets to leave the parking lot.

What's left gets fingered by store loss-prevention, searched, arrested and booked.

Even if you have to call-in the County or the State to help.

Thats great PR for walmart huh? I can see the head lines now. "WAL-MART HAS POOR ARRESTED FOR COMPUTER GLITCH!"

Well, it would certainly make those of us who have to pay the bill have a bit more respect for them.

They are suppose to make money not alienate customers.

 

[Pennywise]

I hate to say it but if the EBT system was shut down there would be riots in the streets.

And what is the lesson you take away from that? What truth is self-evident in such an admission?

Assistance has become a life style in this country.

The thing about being treated like a stray cat, is so long as they feed you, you will never leave. If you hand-feed a wild animal, like a raccoon or rabbit, it will never learn to feed itself. And so the recipient of the welfare feels like they deserve it, no matter what, that other people OWE them. But they also know they are dependent on government, and so will eventually become resentful and bitter, because while they do not where shackles and chains, they are a slave just the same. So in order to clear out the noise inside their heads that they know they are providing nothing to society, and that they contribute nothing, they numb themselves, with food, entertainment and stuff, and as a group they feel empowered to demand more, and there are people in government and the private sector who thrive off that greed and foster it, putting the blame for poverty and welfare on "other factors or forces". Personal responsibility is not even an element in the discussion, just victimhood and entitlements.

And then how do we turn that around?