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re: Is Walmart subtly trying to catch banana trick thieves?
Posted on 4/12/24 at 5:19 pm to StickyFingers
Posted on 4/12/24 at 5:19 pm to StickyFingers
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C on Z won’t like that one bit
Does he go through a lot of bananas?
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Posted on 4/12/24 at 5:24 pm to Tarps99
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Pro Self Checkout Tip:
Grab the organic bananas and just use the 4011 code. That way you save on the organic prices.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 5:34 pm to TheWalrus
quote:speaking of bananas, if you want to read about the apocalyptic effect of monocrop agriculture so that we can have bananas on demand, year round, go down the rabbit hole of the banana fungus that has worldwide banana crop production on a 10 year countdown to extinction.
banana
Posted on 4/12/24 at 5:37 pm to TheWalrus
Posted on 4/12/24 at 5:41 pm to Hangover Haven
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I’ll bite, what’s the banana trick? I must be out the loop..
I don’t otherwise speak poor, but based on context, I’m assuming that because bananas are very cheap by weight, people ring up more expensive (by weight) produce items and code them as bananas to get it for cheaper.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 5:43 pm to mudshuvl05
Not saying there isn't an issue, but the media has been spewing this BS for a long time
Guardian article from 2003
Guardian article from 2003
Posted on 4/12/24 at 6:20 pm to Tarps99
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Grab the organic bananas and just use the 4011 code. That way you steal from Walmart on the organic prices.
FIFY.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 9:12 pm to TheWalrus
The only banana trick I'm aware of is performed onstage at a club in Amsterdam.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 9:18 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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But a known theft method is ringing up something expensive as bananas.
Sounds like a bunch of monkey business
Sounds to me like the "Main Monkey Business".
$1 to Geddy/Alex/Neil.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 9:24 pm to TheWalrus
It’s a jungle out there.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 9:25 pm to Hangover Haven
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I’ll bite, what’s the banana trick?
Basically you scan a banana, throw it off to the side and then put your case of beer on the scale. The sensors can only tell that you scanned an item and then moved it to the bagging area.
If you do the banana trick correctly, you can get a case of beer (or other expensive item) for only a few dollars.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 9:45 pm to TheWalrus
quote:Don't know if it helps, OP, but the last two times I've bought bananas at Walmart, they have done the same thing.
scale needed to be recalibrated and an associate needed to enter a login.
And, yes, I'm well-aware that I'm trashy, redneck, and an OT poor.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 10:23 pm to TheWalrus
Walmart is moving to only allowing self checkout for Walmart+ members. You will soon have to pay to use it
Posted on 4/12/24 at 10:51 pm to AubieinNC2009
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Walmart is moving to only allowing self checkout for Walmart+ members. You will soon have to pay to use it
Won't affect or bother me whatever they do. I don't shop at WallyWorld and wouldn't swap dollar bills with them.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 11:20 pm to TheWalrus
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banana trick
The fact that people do this is an indictment of civilization.
Posted on 4/13/24 at 3:12 am to TheWalrus
Walmart is paying out a shitload right now as part of a class action where their scales over charged people.
Posted on 4/13/24 at 6:21 am to TheWalrus
You’re overthinking this. Walmart just has cheap-arse equipment that malfunctions a lot. They skimp out anywhere they can. Also the reason they run skeleton crews and call it “overstaffed”.
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