EBT card glitch prompts unlimited Wal-Mart shopping sprees

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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Jason P wrote:
    At least they could only spend it on food and not electronics.

    I'll bet someone a Coke that the produce aisle was the last to be cleaned out. :fp:

    Wal-Mart has a produce aisle?

    Some do


    I buy my bags of lemonheads from walmart.. theyre fruit right??? ;)8-)
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293

    I buy my bags of lemonheads from walmart.. theyre fruit right??? ;)8-)

    :lol:
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,051


    I buy my bags of lemonheads from walmart.. theyre fruit right??? ;)8-)

    Well, grapes are coconuts are anyway. :lol:

    LEMONHEADS
    Item # 1476

    INGREDIENTS: Corn Syrup, Sucrose, Modified Corn Starch, Gelatin, Grape Juice Concentrate, Citric Acid, Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Carnauba Wax, Artificial Colors (Red #40, Yellow #5, Blue #1) Beeswax
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  • aerialaerial Posts: 2,319
    I feel Walmart stoled the taxpayers money since They profited from it. As far as bring back the merchandise I am not sure how Wal Mart's policy works. Where I work (grocery store) when anything is brought back that can be consumed it is considered damaged and goes into the trash. They don't want to take the chance that it was tampered with.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    brianlux wrote:


    I buy my bags of lemonheads from walmart.. theyre fruit right??? ;)8-)

    Well, grapes are coconuts are anyway. :lol:

    LEMONHEADS
    Item # 1476

    INGREDIENTS: Corn Syrup, Sucrose, Modified Corn Starch, Gelatin, Grape Juice Concentrate, Citric Acid, Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Carnauba Wax, Artificial Colors (Red #40, Yellow #5, Blue #1) Beeswax


    corn syrup and gelatin??? great now lemonheads are on the banned list. thanks brian. :P
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,051
    brianlux wrote:


    I buy my bags of lemonheads from walmart.. theyre fruit right??? ;)8-)

    Well, grapes are coconuts are anyway. :lol:

    LEMONHEADS
    Item # 1476

    INGREDIENTS: Corn Syrup, Sucrose, Modified Corn Starch, Gelatin, Grape Juice Concentrate, Citric Acid, Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Carnauba Wax, Artificial Colors (Red #40, Yellow #5, Blue #1) Beeswax

    corn syrup and gelatin??? great now lemonheads are on the banned list. thanks brian. :P

    I was more concerned for you eating Canauba Wax. Isn't that what people use for polishing cars? Well, no worries-- next time you're in Walmart just ask them where their all natural organic non-GMO vegan snacks are located. :D
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  • unsungunsung Posts: 9,487
    I quit eating jello when I found out what gelatin was made from.
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    chadwick wrote:
    nice jab at me & nice stab at comedy.
    now go on about your day in your over sized city where nobody gives a hoot about anyone else.

    sorry ... but i had to ... what you said was so absurd - it had to be at least slightly addressed ...

    ya ... i live in a big city ... but this city also comes up in a lot of liveable cities surveys as one of the best ... you don't get that ranking if no one cares for each other ... but you're not the first person to shit on a place you've likely never been ...
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    polaris_x wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    nice jab at me & nice stab at comedy.
    now go on about your day in your over sized city where nobody gives a hoot about anyone else.

    sorry ... but i had to ... what you said was so absurd - it had to be at least slightly addressed ...

    ya ... i live in a big city ... but this city also comes up in a lot of liveable cities surveys as one of the best ... you don't get that ranking if no one cares for each other ... but you're not the first person to shit on a place you've likely never been ...

    i typed up a couple nice paragraphs for you but deleted them as im not going to derail the thread & topic. but please rename your beautiful city so i can do my research. btw, no hard feelings. i'm a country dude & could not ever live in any fucking city anywhere. y'all city folk freak me out.
    cities are a cluster fucker of noise & bullshit. nice concrete & steel though.

    iowans are a fucking wonderful lot. iowa's entire population is less than the population of oversized fat ass dallas - ft. worth, texas

    speaking of absurd. running up EBT cards with tax payers' dollars is absurd & walmart allowing it to happen is very absurd.
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  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    chadwick wrote:
    i typed up a couple nice paragraphs for you but deleted them as im not going to derail the thread & topic. but please rename your beautiful city so i can do my research. btw, no hard feelings. i'm a country dude & could not ever live in any fucking city anywhere. y'all city folk freak me out.
    cities are a cluster fucker of noise & bullshit. nice concrete & steel though.

    iowans are a fucking wonderful lot. iowa's entire population is less than the population of oversized fat ass dallas - ft. worth, texas

    speaking of absurd. running up EBT cards with tax payers' dollars is absurd & walmart allowing it to happen is very absurd.

    i live in toronto ...
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    polaris_x wrote:
    i live in toronto ...
    Home of the 1967 Stanley Cup Champion Maple Leafs! :P
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    Jason P wrote:
    polaris_x wrote:
    i live in toronto ...
    Home of the 1967 Stanley Cup Champion Maple Leafs! :P

    c'mon now ... no low blows ... :lol:
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    unsung wrote:
    I quit eating jello when I found out what gelatin was made from.


    its disgusting what we eat without knowing isn't it???
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    Walmart had a website glitch yesterday that marked hundreds of items down to absurd prices like a $600 projector was listed for $8. All orders were canceled and a $10 gift card was offered in exchange.
  • Staceb10Staceb10 Posts: 675
    aerial wrote:
    I feel Walmart stoled the taxpayers money since They profited from it. As far as bring back the merchandise I am not sure how Wal Mart's policy works. Where I work (grocery store) when anything is brought back that can be consumed it is considered damaged and goes into the trash. They don't want to take the chance that it was tampered with.


    So Wal-Mart stole our money? Not the people who knew they had a $200 limit and spend $1000? How would Wal-Mart know what their EBT balance should be? That's just ridiculous.
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Staceb10 wrote:
    aerial wrote:
    I feel Walmart stoled the taxpayers money since They profited from it. As far as bring back the merchandise I am not sure how Wal Mart's policy works. Where I work (grocery store) when anything is brought back that can be consumed it is considered damaged and goes into the trash. They don't want to take the chance that it was tampered with.


    So Wal-Mart stole our money? Not the people who knew they had a $200 limit and spend $1000? How would Wal-Mart know what their EBT balance should be? That's just ridiculous.
    :thumbup:

    As I just mentioned in another thread, common sense!

    (and maybe, MAYBE, a bit of integrity too)
  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,693
    Hopefully these people will be penalized for their overspending.
  • I agree that walmart should take some responsibility. they didn't care where the money was coming from, they just wanted to fill their pockets with the cash. that is greed at its finest.

    as for the people that "take a sick day when they aren't sick" and all that other nonsense someone posted. gimme a break. I'm at work right now posting this, but I also get all my work done. And I have taken a sick day when I wasn't technically sick. I was actually considering doing that very thing today. if I were to think about all the bullshit this company has done to me, they steal from me too, if you want to get technical about it.

    But I have, and continue to, correct any store clerk if they give me too much change or undercharge me. I've even gotten out of my car and gone back into the store once I realized their error.
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    as for the people that "take a sick day when they aren't sick" and all that other nonsense someone posted. gimme a break. I'm at work right now posting this, but I also get all my work done. And I have taken a sick day when I wasn't technically sick. I was actually considering doing that very thing today. if I were to think about all the bullshit this company has done to me, they steal from me too, if you want to get technical about it.
    Completely with you on this, Hugh (except for the last part - my company has been and continues to be incredibly generous with their employees).

    Just a couple days ago, there was a BofA ATM that was erroneously dispensing more money than being withdrawn. From the report, not one person stepped up to return what wasn't theirs.

    To quote Lennon, how do you sleep (at night)?
  • hedonist wrote:
    as for the people that "take a sick day when they aren't sick" and all that other nonsense someone posted. gimme a break. I'm at work right now posting this, but I also get all my work done. And I have taken a sick day when I wasn't technically sick. I was actually considering doing that very thing today. if I were to think about all the bullshit this company has done to me, they steal from me too, if you want to get technical about it.
    Completely with you on this, Hugh (except for the last part - my company has been and continues to be incredibly generous with their employees).

    Just a couple days ago, there was a BofA ATM that was erroneously dispensing more money than being withdrawn. From the report, not one person stepped up to return what wasn't theirs.

    To quote Lennon, how do you sleep (at night)?

    I work for a quasi-crown corporation, which in Canada, means we work for the government without the "working for the government" perks. we make money for the government, and our expenses are accountable to them, so my company's executive group is ridiculously paranoid about any erroneous expenditures (of course except when they travel and buy a $40 breakfast and lobster and steak for dinner), so not a whole lot of staff perks to working here. we make billions and our staff days are once a year outings to go mini golfing. it's pathetic. we have to pay to go to our own christmas party, and also have to fork out all year so our social committee can fundraise for it to boot!

    anyway, back on topic, I still don't get how people justify taking something that is coming out of someone else's pocket.
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