THIS SCAM CAN BE DONE ANYWHERE, AT ANY RETAIL OR WHOLESALE LOCATION!!!

It happened at a Wal-Mart Supercenter a month ago.

I bought a bunch of stuff, over $150, & I glanced at my receipt as the cashier was handing me the bags. I saw a cash-back of $40. I told her I didn’t request a cash back & to delete it.
She said I’d have to take the $40 because she couldn’t delete it. I told her to call a supervisor.

Supervisor came & said I’d have to take it! I said NO! Taking the $40 would be a cash advance against my Discover & I wasn’t paying interest on the cash advance!!!!! If they couldn’t delete it then they would have to delete the whole order.
So the supervisor had the cashier delete the whole order & rescan everything!

The second time I looked at the electronic tab before I signed & a cash-back of $20 popped up. At that point I told the cashier & she deleted it.

The total came out right. the cashier agreed that the electronic pad must be defective. (yeah, right!)

Obviously the cashier knew the electronic pad wasn’t defective because she NEVER offered me the $40 at the beginning.
Can you imagine how many people went through before me & at the end of her shift how much money she pocketed?

Just to alert everyone. My coworker went to Milford , DE Wal-Mart last week. She had her items rung up by the cashier. The cashier hurried her along and didn’t give her a receipt.

She asked the cashier for a receipt and the cashier was annoyed and gave it to her.
My coworker didn’t look at her receipt until later that night. The receipt showed that she asked for $20 cash back. SHE DID NOT ASK FOR CASH BACK!

My coworker called Wal-Mart who investigated but could not see the cashier pocket the money. She then called her niece who works for the bank and her niece told her This is a new scam. The cashier will key in that you asked for cash back and then hand it to her friend who is the next person in line.

Please, please, please check your receipts right away when using credit or debit cards!

This is NOT limited to Wal-Mart, although they are the largest retailer so they have the most incidents.

I am adding to this…. My husband and I were in Wal-Mart North Salisbury and paying with a credit card. When my husband went to sign the credit card signer, he just happened to notice there was a $20 cash back added. He told the cashier that he did not ask nor want cash back and she said this machine has been messing up and she canceled it.
We didn’t think anything of it until we read this email.

I wonder how many “seniors” have been, or will be, “stung” by this one????

BEFORE LEAVING THE CASHIER’S STATION!!!!!
CHECK YOUR RECEIPT
BEFORE LEAVING THE STAND. I’VE SEEN PEOPLE DO JUST THAT. NOW I’LL START!

PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS, KIDS, LOVED ONES

• Pilates today. Last one of the month.
• Probably taking Erin to the Children’s Museum today.
• Talked to Barbara Hall yesterday. She should be here by T’Day.
• Emailed Lindsey about a Christmas party at Arrow’s Ridge and she’s up for combining the 2 parties into one large group. More people, more fun.
• Thinking about downgrading from .45’s to 9 mm’s due to ammo cost. .45’s are freaking expensive! Bulk ammo is 50¢ per bullet. Stupid.
• Snow in the mountains behind us.
• Going to Chicago for T’day.
• No surprises this trip Tori!
• The weatherliar chick is telling me that there’ll be rain this weekend.
• Dinner in Vegas tonight.
• Rereading the above makes me realize that I’ve got a shitload of driving ahead of me today.
• Speaking of a shitload of driving, Dennis is in Wisconsin currently. Trip is going well and he’s enjoying himself.
• #hashtag? I’m sick of hearing the word. Why does a social media term have to come up in verbal communication?
• That’s all.

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The Pecos Park people are all jealous of your trip. Your neighbor must have gave them the report from your blog.

Yesterday I was the 4th visitor at the Pecos National Historic Park in Pecos New Mexico, the first day of the government reopening. It was a cool morning and it was very refreshing. I’m planning on heading there again this morning, after finishing this posting. I missed going there for my walks. I had to buy a new pass, my old pass expired 9/30 and since I like just entering without having to remember cash, I popped for the $80 for a national pass. Money well spent in my mind.

I had a marketing meeting yesterday at Highland’s University. We got a bombshell when Lindsey told us that she’s leaving the city to move to Santa Fe in 2 months. She’s been a vital part of this process and will be sorely missed. The meeting went over what the marketing firm we hired will do and what we need to provide when they visit us in January. I will be dealing with the county portion of this presentation. Should be an interesting week.

Thinking of the holidays lately. Where will I be, who will I grace with my presence, and if I should sing Christmas carols to customers who shop with us? I need to make a decision sooner than later I’m thinking. Erin is the biggest factor that makes this difficult for me. Her birthday is on T’day and being here for Christmas both are important to her. Add to the mix that I’d like to spend one of the holidays with my family and you can see my dilemma, right? Oh well, I’ll figure it out.

I think I’m going to explore putting a polling feature on my blog. I bet there’s a plugin that will make that possible.

While hiking last weekend, I found a relic that I removed from the site. It’s a grinding stone of some sort. I kicked it over and saw the flat spot and pocketed it. This is the second find from there, the other being a small mortar and pestle stone. The first is on display at Arrow’s Ridge as part of the Glen Post Exhibit and I’m thinking of adding this new find there too. I have 5 things on display there.

• I blame Joe.
• He told me something I can’t process.
• Didn’t even think it through.
• He said he can’t go to London with me.
• Bastard!

Ignore the first minute and you’ll get some great music.

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Just a few pictures while testing my new camera.  All pictures were taken from my property, but that doesn’t mean they are all of my property.

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Peace

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll notice a slight change in the blog appearance. It should be even easier to read than the last theme.

Today it snowed and may continue to snow depending on nothing the weatherliars will say to encourage the snow to continue. Mark Ronchetti, our local weather dummy is like a cheerleader for crappy weather. I guess that unlike all the other reporters that try to control how we think, he can’t control his area of expertise and I’m sure it gives him rectal itch worrying about it.

After a huge debate between the others and Tori, Erin will be picked up tomorrow as normal so Will can go hunting. Confused? Me too. This was a several day discussion.

And people wonder why I have headaches.

Talked to Mark and/or Tim the other day. Nice chat. He/they were curious about what shit I was doing to everyone. I SPEAK THE TRUTH, OR THE TRUTH AS I SEE IT, OR THE TRUTH AS IT’S TOLD TO ME, OR FUNNY SHIT I’VE HEARD OR READ ON THE INTERWEBZ! Geez, why does everyone think I live to cause trouble or grief.

Sometimes you just need to close your eyes, count to ten, take a deep breath, realize that you wouldn’t look good in prison garb, and just smile at the dumbass and walk away.