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Pugchief 03-20-2024 04:02 PM

Walmart To Charge For Guaranteed Self-Checkout
 
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Walmart will begin charging people an extra fee if they want to use their self-service checkout.

Those that want to take their sweet old time and scan and bag their own products will now have to purchase a Walmart+ subscription, which is around $99 for the entire year. Some Walmart locations have already started enacting the new policy, with many on social media not happy with the change or the absurdness that one has to now pay even more just to bag their own products!

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The self checkout at Colony is already insane as they don't have enough cashiers. This would be enough to make me not shop there anymore, not that I go often anyway.

tophcfa 03-20-2024 04:20 PM

They should give a discount for using self checkout. If I wanted to be a cashier, I would get a job as one.

Dusty_Star 03-20-2024 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Pugchief (Post 2313639)
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The self checkout at Colony is already insane as they don't have enough cashiers. This would be enough to make me not shop there anymore, not that I go often anyway.

I prefer going to cashier lanes anyway. Now I will only go to cashier lanes.

Bill14564 03-20-2024 04:30 PM

Seems like a self-correcting issue: reduce the manned checkouts then drive people back to them resulting in longer lines. People will vote with their feet - I know I will.

Keefelane66 03-20-2024 04:33 PM

I’ve been to the Neighborhood Walmart. Funny to watch the Sheeple line up to produce depart to use self checkout when there is no one in the cashier lanes. Boy are Villagers easily trained.

Arlington2 03-20-2024 04:39 PM

Walmart seems to have a very odd business plan trying their hardest to alienate customers. First self check out itself was an affront, then inadequate space for the merchanise at check out, then competing with the walmart staff with their large carts hogging the aisles fulfilling online orders and now extra charge for using the self checkout . I think they must be trying to push us out of the store and into online ordering.

Two Bills 03-20-2024 04:47 PM

Many stores in the UK invested heavily in self-checkout, but lack of use, has meant that many now are closing them.
We have always bagged our own purchases, so that is not a factor, majority just refuse to use them.
Some with one or two items use self check-out, but they are the exceptions.

Stu from NYC 03-20-2024 08:44 PM

Why should I do the job they pay cashiers to do while putting cashiers out of work. Shades of Tom Sawyer

Topspinmo 03-20-2024 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Pugchief (Post 2313639)
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The self checkout at Colony is already insane as they don't have enough cashiers. This would be enough to make me not shop there anymore, not that I go often anyway.

No Walmart that I have been to has enough cashiers. I see plenty of walmart employees walking around or taking breaks out side. I’ve come to conclusion that is federal government job:duck:
Charging me to check myself out. What concept, I bet that’s going to go over real good:MOJE_whot:

Topspinmo 03-20-2024 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Keefelane66 (Post 2313654)
I’ve been to the Neighborhood Walmart. Funny to watch the Sheeple line up to produce depart to use self checkout when there is no one in the cashier lanes. Boy are Villagers easily trained.

Maybe they trying the two for one discount… scan two and bag one for 5 finger discount? :faint:

Topspinmo 03-20-2024 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 2313648)
They should give a discount for using self checkout. If I wanted to be a cashier, I would get a job as one.

Charge Walmart for doing their job:sigh:

MrChip72 03-20-2024 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Pugchief (Post 2313639)
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The self checkout at Colony is already insane as they don't have enough cashiers. This would be enough to make me not shop there anymore, not that I go often anyway.

Fake News.

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Lisuccia 03-21-2024 04:17 AM

Walmart is not charging for self checkout
 
Reading if fundamental folks. Walmart is not charging extra for those that want to use self checkout. They are reserving a station or two for those who are Walmart members. Here is the article.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other...sly%20reported.

Lutesaware 03-21-2024 04:53 AM

That's fake news started on Tik Tok and other social media. Walmart has a $98 annual membership program (similar to Amazon) and corporate is allowing store managers to experiment with special lanes for annual membership holders, some are experimenting with fewer self-checkout lanes and more traditional checkouts and some are experimenting with self-checkout lanes designated as 10 items or fewer. I like to use the self-checkout lanes, even when there are no open stations, they quickly open up. One can count on Walmart to keep pace with what works, they aren't going to impliment changes that affect their customer traffic in the long run. What works in one market may not work in another; that seems like a smart strategy.

headsx 03-21-2024 04:58 AM

First time you go to ck out and you see you will be charged for using self ck,
Just leave merchandise on stand and leave.
We all do this,might make a point! Most likely Fake News!


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