Saturday, 26 June 2021

Costco receipt checking is about catching overcharges

Why do receipt checking stores do it?

Since the days of Fry's Electronics I'd often wondered if paying receipt checkers was really more profitable than just letting the small shoplifted items go.

I had no idea, but it seems like common-sense now, that stores with miserable return and remediation policies would benefit from up-front attempting to keep you out of them. — Read the rest