EBT card glitch prompts unlimited Wal-Mart shopping sprees

Jason P

polaris_x wrote:

i live in toronto ...

Home of the 1967 Stanley Cup Champion Maple Leafs! :P

polaris_x

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 ...

catefrances

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???

even flow - question mark

Take it anyway you can!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/p ... -1.2074671

Jason P

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.

Staceb10

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.

hedonist

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)

cp3iverson

Hopefully these people will be penalized for their overspending.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

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.

hedonist

Hugh Freaking Dillon 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)?

Hugh Freaking Dillon

hedonist wrote:

Hugh Freaking Dillon 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.