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Daily Mail
25-06-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Walmart shopper stunned after being hit with $25.68 receipt charge: 'Pay attention!'
A Walmart shopper was left stunned after being charged $23.99 for an item she did not purchase. Meegan Simon Diaville said the incident occurred during her weekly shop at a Walmart supercenter in Marksville, Los Angeles. Diaville assiduously checked her receipt in the car only to find that she had been charged $23.99 for an 'emoji sheet' which she had not added to her cart. The disgruntled shopper complained to the store's service counter about the overcharge only to be told 'these machines do crazy things.' The Walmart employee said the till likely double-charged her for the last item scanned. However, Diaville pointed out that the previous item, a pack of meat, was only $4.28. She also noted that the mystery sheet's item number did not even 'come up in the system.' 'Pay attention to your Walmart receipts!' Diaville warned others in a Facebook post. 'Thank goodness I'm observant and noticed a $23.99 charge that I knew I didn't pick up anything for that price,' Diaville wrote of her experience. She says she was refunded $25.68, the cost of the item and tax. Diaville was not alone in finding mysterious items and overcharges on her Walmart receipt. 'I found stuff like that often on my receipts, so now I only self-check and watch the screen to see what rings up as I scan,' one fed up consumer replied. 'Happened to me at dollar store by Walmart!' another added. 'I addressed it fast, only like a little over five dollars but got my money back. Check receipts.' Last March Walmart suffered a technical fault that prevented price data flowing to self-checkout kiosks in 1,600 stores across the US. The glitch resulted in customers being overcharged for thousands of everyday items. Meegan Simon Diaville (left) was stunned to find the mystery charge on her receipt Walmart has seen no end of issues stemming from its self checkout machines In a statement at the time Walmart said it 'made it a priority to refund customers who were overcharged.' One Walmart shopper was recently left so incensed by mistakes at a self-checkout machine that he called the police claiming he had 'been robbed.' Walmart has seen no end of issues stemming from its self checkout machines from crafty theft to card skimming scams. The retailer has begun pulling the machines from many of its stores as a result. The grocery giant also hopes a return to the traditional checkout system will improve the 'in-store experience' for customers.
Daily Mail
02-06-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
I found a Sainsbury's receipt from 1981 in a second-hand bag - people can't believe how much prices have changed
A receipt dating back to 1981 was found inside a vintage bag bought by a charity shopper. The anonymous shopper took to Reddit, where they shared their fascinating find with others. They posted an image of the now 44-year-old sales slip in the r/CasualUK forum, accompanying it with a short post. Their post simply read: 'Got a vintage bag from a charity shop, got more excited about the sainsbury receipt left inside from 1981.' The receipt was a fascinated throwback, and a good reminder of how much everyday items have changed over recent decades. One Reddit commenter pointed out how well the item was maintained - despite being around 44-years-old. They wrote: 'I'm impressed at how well the ink held up and they were still using the half penny.' Another noted that this is because the retro receipt was printed with traditional ink (as opposed to the thermal ink now used on receipts). They explained: 'It's proper ink, will last forever if properly stored. Not like the thermal receipts you get now which fade after a few years or less if exposed to sun or heat.' A further commenter was intrigued by the use of old currency. They wrote: 'Love the fact stuff appears to be be priced in some cases at a half penny.' In response, another Redditor said: 'Because there were 1/2 pennys then.' This observation prompted a conversation about new currency. February 15, 1971 is known as 'Decimal Day', as it marks the day British currency changed from the old system of pence, shillings and pounds, to the decimal system of pennies and pounds. However, as another Redditor pointed out: 'It's half a new pence, different from an old pre decimal ha'penny. They're what you bought sweets with in the 70s.' Half pennies were phased out after decimalisation - in 1984 - as inflation and the cost of production meant they were no longer considered economically viable. Meanwhile, another Reddit user was shocked that the sales bill only dated back to the 80s, as they initial thought it was much older. They wrote: 'It's like we are looking at a war time receipt. It's 1981 for God's sake lol. I was born a year after this was printed. I was reading the post thinking "do they mean 1940's receipt?". I thought currency was in its current form at this point with maybe the old pound coin and bigger 50 and ten pence coins. That's what I remember from my childhood, but I guess the change happened when I was very young.' Others noted that the total bill came to a considerable amount of money when converted to reflect how much it would be worth now. One said: '£41 in today's money is around £205.' Another was curious about the purchases made, which are not identified on the receipt. They wrote: 'Ahh right. Would be even better if we could see what they actually bought to confirm value but that's no small amount of cash. Thank you.' 'There are some pretty expensive things on there. I'm guessing that they are meat. I can't think of anything else that would be over £5 in a supermarket. It's not as if they sold clothes or household appliances then,' one mused. Other suggested the more expensive items could be alcohol. 'Bottles of spirits would have been 5 or 6 quid,' one commenter suggested.
