Here's Why Costco Really Checks Your Receipt Before You Leave
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- Some situations in life seem to exist for the sole purpose of making you feel guilty for no reason at all. Seeing a police car just driving behind you, or catching the teacher’s eye in an exam when you’re just looking around will do it. Sometimes, so will getting your receipt checked before you leave Costco.
After spending hours shopping, standing in massive queues, and wondering how to get everything back home, being stopped by a Costco employee who wants to check your receipt can feel odd, if not truly guilt-inducing.
Why do they do it? Here’s why Costco really checks your receipt before you leave.
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Why do you think they check your receipt?
verifying large purchase items, its all loss prevention same reason Walmart has greeters its not to be nice its to prevent shrink
Mashed for shop lifters you tard
Loss prevention. I had a time where the cashier forget to scan a case of water and I wasn’t paying attention. So I went to exit and the dude looked at my receipt and told me the water wasn’t on there and I had to go back and pay for it. Like I said. Loss prevention. And I would of came back to pay for it anyway.
I thought they did it because they are seeing if you stole something
Mashed Fuck Costco
Ex-Costco employee:
We were actually looking for shoplifters lol
Why don't they check food court receipts then. I will go in and only buy from food court and they never check so that is not that reason cause they dont know if paid for my hot dog or pizza.
@@toyotarizzle No clue dude lol, that's pretty much all we were told. I kinda thought what you stated and when I asked my old manager, they were shrugged their shoulders and were like, "uhh ah uhhh"
@@CannibalLecterWhen someone only purchased items from the food court you checked? We sent an employee to pick up a pizza from costco we ordered and they made her buy a membership. I think the food court is exempt from membership though.
@@toyotarizzle You have to have a membership to basically purchase anything in the store, but if it's like, a thing of toilet paper or prepackaged food, we checked it. Anything from the food court was exempt. It was really weird. It's like going to cedar point JUST for the pretzels. You have to buy a ticket to get in, even though all you want is the stuff from the food court. That's really the best example I can come up with. Like, I don't have a costco membership anymore, but my parents have a Sam's club membership. Sam's has got some great hot dogs, and I wish I could get into the store just for said hot dogs. Unfortunately, I'd have to bring the membership card to be able to get into the building.
@@toyotarizzle. You typically pay before you receive your food. Even if you somehow managed to get a hotdog without paying, Cotsco probably isn't too worried about the potential $1.50 theft of a hot dog. They're a lot more concerned with electronics and alcohol theft.
That was a long Costco ad.
GabenEvans yep totally
ANYTHING that a company does is for their benefit and not yours.
However, they will ALWAYS PRETEND THAT ITS THE OTHER WAY AROUND by treating you like a kindergartner and lying to you.
I mean, not entirely true. Stores like costco are obviously out to make a profit, thats the entire point, but do do so at a fair deal and try to make the experience as smooth as possible. Same with amazon. As shitty as amazon treats their employees at times, the user experience and value is how they make their money.
for most stores the bakery and food court are only In the building for the members. my Bakery is planned to loose the company around 60k. my foodcourt is planned to loose around 20k. meat department is the major cash cow and deli does alright.
I worked at Costco for 2 years and was at the exist door many shifts and I know for a fact that Costco is looking out for the customer! They would find things that you hadn't been charged for and would just let you walk out with it. So give them a little credit.
@@jessie-ef2kk Costco DOESN'T PAY FOR ADVERTISING. The reason they stop you is to keep you from getting screwed by ASS-HOLES that would be able to walk out without paying. This saves millions and they actually pass the savings on to their customers.
@@towallomeesgel1703 I don't get why you taged me in this. I didn't talk about Costco advertising anything. And I worked there for 2 years lol I know why I checked the receipt! Goodness. Have a good day
Yeah, I'm calling bullshit on this. I've had several mistakes on my receipts at Costco, not a single one was caught by an employee checking my receipt.
Me too. I can buy the counting items part, if it's only a handful of items. I've only ever spent 2 or 3 seconds while they check my receipt.
Not Me... I will lose my membership to any store before I let them check my receipt upon leaving the store. You don't want my business ? I'll take my business somewhere else. People keep in mind, the consumer is in control, not the company. The company is depending on customers to stay open for business. No customers, No company. The company will go out of business.
Sttroner right!!
@@guesswhomartin9249 can't understand why it matters to you.
@@lukeirot ... You are right. It does NOT matter to me. I don't shop there.
There is also another store, I no longer shop there either. I had some very bad experiences with a different store. Their store policy may have changed since then, I would not know, I don't shop there anymore.
Thank you for your input.. have a great day.
What a crock of sh/t. They're looking for shoplifters.
Yeah, this video is a *painfully* blatant lie. Door greeters are trained to assist in loss prevention, especially during busy shopping hours.
Anyone who believes otherwise is a fool, or hasn't worked for Costco.
This feels like a paid ad.
I dont know cause I go in to buy items from the food court and they never check so they wouldn't know if I paid for my hot dog or pizza.
Ryan Abbott, really??? They don’t give you food UNTIL you’ve paid for it... 👿
F*CK 🖕 COSTCO...
I used to work for them years ago.. They treat the hired help like 💩
Lmao
This video was brought to you by Costco
Its SECURITY THEATRE
But getting a smiley face when you gave them your parents receipt was the best thing ever 😂
Hahaha yes
Sams Club does that too. Aw. I thought we were special.
Same! Ugh now I give them mine and I only receive dead eyes from them🙄
IKR
They looking for thiefs lol
Hahaha, judging from the top comments, this video totally backfired. I am a frequent customer, but Costco went overboard on PR with this one.
I believe it not what this video is saying!
Fun fact: Costco doesn't advertise. :)
Utter BS - They’re looking for Shoplifters and NOTHING else - what an utter insult to even try and explain it as ‘Looking out for the customer’ - Total Bollocks!😡
parky2310 not true I work at the door I make sure they didn’t get over charged and make sure the cashier didn’t kiss anything
Customers buy things.....and when shoplifters become epidemic, the customers get to pay higher prices to cover those losses.....so yes, they are looking out for their customers.
I use to work at Costco and this was part of my job. It is basically to check if you are shop lifting. We were told to look for the most expensive items in the cart then check for it on the receipt.
Costco also hires undercover security that walk around the store pretending they are customers to watch for shop lifters. It’s amazing how many people got caught!
How much did Costco pay you?
@@ericamachado7073 I hope this is either a joke/misunderstanding. The OP meant how much did Costco pay them for this video, since it seems like a bunch of BS.
Costco doesnt advertise. They rely on the members to spread the word.
Impossible. There is no way they can count the items that fast.
Its a gimmick.
It's mainly looking for obvious errors, they'll never catch everything. They're mainly looking for things that got double scanned, expensive items given outbcorrectly.
@@hatchjustin no... Its not. Its about controlling the shoppers. Making us jumo through hoops.. That we pay for...
Yes, it's about seeing if the costumer has a receipt at all and then they pretend to look at it, mostly only wanting to know if you had a receipt in the first place and aren't stealing this stuff. It's using the customer as a cheap security system at the inconvenience of the costumer that they don't really care about. They know how the milgram experiment works and people always bend to what they think is authority.
Trust me after doing that for a while, you can count the items in the cart before you even see the receipt.
@@JiM-SWEET-art if it was about stealing, they could just watch on security cameras... Its about control.
I bought a tv there and they were checking my tv box and receipt like i was osama bin lying
Lmao xD
If That was my job I would start fucking with customers so bad “ okay sir I think you stole a candy bar I’m gonna have to check your anus”
Hahaha Osama bin lying lmao best comment I've seen on youtube lmao
@@magicjohnson27 But it's for your health, we are checking if you have prostate cancer.
Funny one
I’m offended this video even exists lol... yeah right.. I’ve been overcharged multiple times at Costco and I caught it!! The only thing the greeters are checking for is to make sure I didn’t steal anything
Danielle Caldwell There’s only 2 genders
I’m OfFeNdEd
Juan Pablo it’s called a joke
Its the Cashiers, and the assistants job to check for theft, its the Greeters job to double check that the Cashiers didnt mess up. But people are human and make mistakes, and then some people are better workers than others, to put it nicely.
@@jasonr9969 after my mom bounced me off the floor I'm still smart enough to not piss off my paying customers by making them feel like criminals. That's why they're happy to come pay more to shop at my store and don't go to Costco.
Costco just looks at my receipt for like 3 seconds and says “your good”
Exactly. I've been in exit lines waiting for the customer in front of me to get scrutinized and move along. How much time did it take? Maybe 10 seconds? How is the employee able to do all that "for your benefit" stuff when the customer has an overflowing cart? I've always thought that the scrutiny was just so much BS.
Wrong. When I go to Costco, I see them looking at the total number of items on the receipt, then counting what's in the cart.
There's two reasons they check your receipt at the door. First, because items are not bagged, they can't tell if you went through checkout or not, and they can't keep track of every person in the store. You could simply just walk out with the cart. Second, and I suspect this is the more important one, to mark your receipt. If receipts were not marked, you could walk back in within minutes, hand it to a second shopper with a second cart full of merchandise and show the same receipt again, and again, and again.
Yup...marked receipts can no longer be reused..they also check fo purchasers that you pick up at the kiosk to be sure you got those items..
Yes I knew a guy years ago who did this at Home Depot; he made hundreds of dollars each week. Then they time stamped the receipts which makes it a lot harder to do so. He would go back twice and return whatever he bought or just sell the stuff on the street. He disappeared off the radar when he owed too much money to the wrong kind of people; crime doesn't pay.
Lawniac ... You nailed it!
They mark the time you bought it on the receipt😑
I believe it not what this video is saying
They're looking for shoplifters. You can at least be honest about it.
Mia Strong I got nailed once for a hotdog theft. I unknowingly had mustard on my face. They asked about it at the door and I told them it was from a warehouse sample. Busted!
@@RaoulThomas007 One time, one of the door greeters at Walmart said hi to me, assuming I was going to stop. I just kept strolling right along. I just didn't feel like it. Nothing happened. I am assuming people do that a lot.
You are being watched more closely than you realize. Saw 2 ladies walk out of Costco without a basket, only their purses. They were confronted by loss prevention 5 steps out the door asking them to open their purses.
@@pattravis3455 Uh, I wasn't stealing, dumbass.
@@pattravis3455 There is a law about unlawful searches, dipshit.
They check and mark your receipt so you can’t go back in the store and steal the same items and reuse the receipt.
As an ex-Costco worker, this video is completely bs. The employee's are looking for stolen goods. They look at the most expensive items on the receipt to make sure the carts match the receipt.
yeah, i doubt the employees want to help you retrieve goods you already payed for.
And I don’t think employees memorize sale prices 🤣🤣🤣 excuse me the Mac and cheese is supposed to be $3 off this week, looks like you were overcharged said no Costco employee ever 😂😂😂
I think they are also making sure that you can't use the same receipt Again by going outside loading stuff into your car then coming back inside and using that receipt again a second time. That's why they put that Mark across it. Given the number of items that some people have there is no way that they are actually checking items against the receipt. Probably only if someone has a really big ticket item
Ignitowsky m
This is why Walmart marks the receipt but usually only during Christmas.
this is the most accurate point
No one:
Costco: Oh you overpaid this! Here's your money.
Also no one: k
That's BS !!! It's for checking to see if you're stealing and that's all !!!
it is checking if you are stealing, it's just checking to see if it's a valid receipt.. they just make sure that one thing in your cart matches up with your reciept. this video is so stupid and made up for money... also very convenient that the "costco employee" that confirmed their story is anonymous
Not really. Costco employee here, and door greeters aren’t loss prevention, nor do we do the job of loss prevention. If someone is trying to steal, we just notify our manager, and they call the police. We’re just trying to make sure we didn’t fuck up your bill.
@@dezandres5518 BS !!!
cranleighpark Bottom Line!
@@cranleighpark no u
"They're looking out for your best interests'... HAHAHAHAHAA !!!
in their 2 seconds they figured out if promos were applied.....right, these people should be mathematicians then instead of working the door at costco
This video is BS. I used to work retail Loss Prevention and the only purpose of door greeter receipt checks is to make sure expensive items or items under shopping carts are on the receipt, and to make sure big boxes weren't unsealed and unpaid merchandise stuffed inside of them. If they were to check for all the other fake reasons this video mentioned, it would be a ridiculous 5 minutes per receipt check. Customers would never put up with that.
As a Costco fan, I came across this video and wanted to see if the reason I was told or heard elsewhere is what's here. This video is less than accurate on many counts. There is no way, one can scan the receipt and the card in few seconds to see if everything paid was in the cart. The reason I was told is to avoid 'whole cart' shoplifters. Two members fill their carts with identical items (with intent to pay for one of them only), one pays for and unloads and comes back with the receipt and tries to leave with the second cart! Bingo, the first exit trip has the receipt marked with a marker. So what they are doing at the exit is making your receipt void for another exit.
That makes sense
They never look at the price for me, they just look at the receipt length and assume based off of how many items you have in ur cart.
More items=longer receipt
We showed them a walmart receipt and didn't even noticed they just said thank you and have a nice day...
Shocked face
“And that was the day I stole 5k gallons of tomato soup”
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So if it isn't for loss prevention and is strictly for helping me then I should be able to just say no thank you and walk out the door. Right?
Every time I leave Costco they just draw a line straight through my receipt and spend no more than one second looking at it... surely not enough time to thoroughly scan the receipt and my basket for missing items...
When I go they don’t check they just mark without looking at my cart Lol
You could take any random receipt and they will prob blindly mark it.
Sadly true
Having worked there I can tell you that if you take a long time checking receipts, this will cause overcrowding and you will get yelled at by a manager....not to mention impatient members.
RavenStillBeguiling oh okay
Total BS. They just want to make sure that you don't have something large in your cart that doesn't show on your receipt. They're checking to make sure that you're not a thief. They do not trust their customers.
Well if your not a thief you have nothing to hide
@@killer-gaming you are totally missing the point. if you are not a thief then let me into your home and do a full search and let me look in your car and through all your records and your computer if you have nothing to hide. That's what they did Nazi Germany.
@@rds766 those examples are different. Were talking about a grocery store. You go to their business to buy food or whatever. It's like their house they can check to see if you actually bought. If you do not like it shop somewhere else. I get the point of not being trusted but not everyone is a honest person.
@@killer-gaming If an establishment inherently distrusts me and their other customers then something is definitely wrong with their procedure. If they have no reasonable suspicion nor probable cause that I have stolen something then they have no right to search me when I leave their establishment. I will admit that Costco is different. Part of your membership agreement allows them to check your items, it is like a contract you have signed with them. However I do not let other stores check my bags when I leave. I have never had a problem yet, I just tell them no thank you I am good. I asked if they have a reason to believe that I have stolen any items. They will always tell me no. Most stores have undercover asset protection, a plethora of video cameras, end theft deterrent tags on valuable easy to pilfer items. The world is based on trust and it should stay that way. If we distrust everybody that we run into what kind of world would this be? On the other hand stores that ask you to check your bags when you enter have been known to give your bags to someone else. It has happened to my mother. If a store does not trust me without a valid reason, why should I trust them? I do tend to shop only in stores that don't use the everybody is a thief policy. Other than that nobody accuses me of being a thief without repercussions. I have been ripped off, overcharged, shortchanged and outright cheated by certain establishments. They owe me the same amount of trust that I give to them. In addition any loss prevention expert will tell you that most losses are internal. In other words it is their own employees that are stealing from them. Not the public.
Have you worked retail RDS? There are plenty of untrustworthy customers. You pretty naive if you think everyone is honest.
This happen to me once at Costco, they rang up an item twice and I was immediately refunded
Believe it or not there theft rate is pretty high.
I am going to bring a receipt from a previous visit next time...I'm watching the watchers.
That's why they use different colored ink everyday.
Bull, its loss prevention.
Carl Brutananadilewski lol
As a current employee, when I'm checking receipts I'm checking the number of items charged and items in the basket. And also the bottom of the basket. We are mainly checking for cashier's mistakes.
There is a special on 55 gallon drums of mayonnaise this week.
I surpose you could have a bath in it , if your that way inclined after all there some kinky people out there lol
And lube
I was so excited I immediately went to my local Costco and realized it was mayonnaise and not KY lmao
So fake. My parents used to own a grocery store 15 yrs ago and they shopped at costco for some products. They used to sell cigarettes in costco. Whenever they had cigarettes theybwould check for a long time and count every single carton to make sure they didnt miss anything. If you go thru with cheap grocery items they check in seconds and let you thru. They are only looking for 2 things. Shoplifters and miscounts.
Not, they don’t take long
I went through 1sec later crosses off and let’s go through not even looking anything
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They make sure the cashiers didn't mess up the counting.
You can look at both ways though.
i work at costco and sometimes do member service
Main thing we would check for was shoplifters/unrung items. Second priority was double charged items or if you forgot to receive your items at merchandise pickup.
Former Costco employee.
I still work at the door for Costco. We check for overcharges, undercharges, and missing items. For instance, movie tickets and gift cards are locked up at merchandise pickup. You have to get the lockup item after you pay for it. People often forget this. Especially if they stop at the food court first.
Majority of these "Receipt Checkers" power trip. They demand to check backpacks though some women have pursues bigger then my backpack and they don't check them.
William Lauzon Even employees have to show their purses, bag, etc. when they leave. They definitely don’t “power trip”. It’s called doing their job.
@@ILoveMorty Yes "Employees" need to, the majority of theft in retail is internal. Employees have easy access to cash, jewelry, smart phones/watches, giftcards and documents. I have had the door checker ask me to dump the contents of my bag, that isn't going to happen.
They’re not allowed to check members bags ever
Exit greeter.... sounds like an oxymoron
hmmBEEFY oh god yeah
When I check, I look for bottom of basket (since it is often missed) and double scans...
As a Costco employee, I check receipts daily to cover the exit ladies breaks. We are looking for the number combo on the top left of receipts to make sure it’s a legit receipt from that day, and we do a quick scan to see if anything in the receipt was scanned twice, if so we check to see if they actually have multiple of that item. Then we check the bottoms of basket to make sure they caught those items. The receipts are well organized and the process take no more than 4-5 seconds
And the reason we mark your receipts with highlighter is so you can’t reuse the same receipt
No. BJ’s Wholesale also does this, and so does Samsclub. They’re looking for shoplifters🙄
I hate that Walmart does this we don’t pay membership at Walmart wtf
DosDev You don’t actually have to have them check your receipt. I’ve always walked past them at Walmart.
When they ask "can I see your receipt" Just say no thanks and keep walking. They cant do anything about it at Wal-Mart. They need probable cause to check your bag...or a warrant. That's your personal property now.
Good to know
Dont like it dont shop there simple as that
As I approach the "greeters," I already have my receipt in my hand and my shopping bag open for inspection. Usually, they just wave me on with "have a nice day."
I love this video. Thank you Mashed for uploading it. For the past 10 years I have been obsessed with visualizing what a grocery store commercial produced by North Korea would look like, and this video definitively put my tortured thoughts to rest.
It's amazing, the more packed your cart is, and the longer the receipt check line, the faster they perform these "services" for you! I left the store with $1,000 of items across three carts and they employee did everything this video purports in a few seconds!
They are checking for people steeling.
ZackTheMuffinMan stealing
This is some Grade A+ reporting. "Some anonymous person on Reddit said......"
Everytime I leave Costco, they do a half assed receipt check then they hand my receipt back. It's to discourage shoplifting.
Mashed isn't the name of the channel. It's really the state of their brains.
My local walmart (SoCal) has been implementing the receipt check since we no longer get free plastic bags and half of the checkouts are self checkout
They may be looking for shop lifters, but a few months ago I purchased movie tickets and the cashier forgot to have the tickets retrieved for me. The person at the door caught this and I got my tickets. When the store is very busy the customer should take the time to double check that they have all their items before leaving. That was a lesson learned.
Bs .. This sounds like a marketing propaganda.
Like a lot of other comments have stated , this is just Costco propaganda they really looking for shoplifters. Like the receipt checker can fix a overcharge..haha more like point you to the service desk line
That driver at 0:35 has been “Smokin’ the Reefer!”
It’s to prevent scam. For example you could buy stuff... And if your receipt isn’t marked. You could literally walk back in and fill your cart with the same items on receipt and walk out.
They don't check thoroughly, I had been overcharge with 2 sacks of rice before, although they give back my money when I return to them. Last month they did not punched 1 sack of rice. I'm still contemplating if I would pay for it.
Don't pay for it. Costco already makes millions of dollars your cash is nothing.
If it is illegal for regular non membership stores to demand a receipt, somebody should tell Walmart they are anal about showing receipts.
Or, you should all just shut the fuck up and shop online.
Whatever the store policy is, you *as the customer* DO NOT MAKE THE RULES.
Don't like it, then spend your money elsewhere.
The end. This topic of discussion has reached its conclusion and there is no need for further discourse regarding this matter.
@@MrV902 lmao this guy got butthurt
Bitchy Witch you do know you don't have to show them any receipt? They can't stop you, if they have probable cause the only thing they can do is call the cops
@@MrV902 I'll decide when the topic is reached its end. You you don't make the rules here punk
You want to check my receipt at Walmart I say no thank you when I keep walking what are you going to do about it? Punk
How is one person at the door with no computer on them going to scan your receipt to make sure you got the coupon discount for your items in the 5 seconds they take to look at your receipt?
My local Walmart does this. Thanks for letting me know I don't have to show them!
Their biggest threat is collusion between a cashier and customer to slip unpaid items through.
That is literally every grocery store anywhere. I used to know a guy who would do that with beer when I was in college lol
They are there to draw pictures on your receipt. If you are an adult they draw you a stick. If you are an adult with a child they draw you a stick and a smiley face.
Johnnie Walker lmao 😂 I literally laughed in my bed reading this
I mean, theyre looking in general to ensure the receipt and the cart are roughly the same, both to ensure you got what you paid for and to ensure youre not stealing anything. They do a rough count of how much is in the cart compared to what is listed on the receipt and make sure major items arent double posted.
I worked at Costco for 12 years and a lot of it was checking receipts.
We pretty much check for mistakes from the cashier.
Cashiers have to work fast and keep numbers up to get people out as soon as possible. (I worked in one of the busiest Costco)
At least from my store, according to inventory (which is done twice a year) a lot of uncharged items where always at the bottom of the cart.
If it’s a small order, We look at the number of items on the receipt and count the items in the basket.
If it’s a large order we look at the bottom of the basket and look for those items in the receipt. (Bulky items that are usually at the bottom of the basket have code or stars next to it so it’s easy to to find on the receipt)
The employees who work the door are pretty good at catching overcharged or undercharged items.
The cashier is the one held responsible for making a mistake (depending on the situation)
Plus cashiers are paid more then an assistant.
Working at the door we never really looked for stolen items because uh Costco has some of the best cameras duh!
And they have a loss prevention team going on. (Again I’m only speaking for my store)
However we did occasionally catch stolen items while checking receipts.
I did have my lazy tired days where I failed to check receipts, I’d just mark em!
How many times has a Costco employee stopped you in order to fix your purchase at the exit?
Devin D it happens all the time believe me I work the door sometimes
They need to stop talking and get the line moving
Wal mart does it as well in my area. Everytime they let others go without checking and then they try to check mine I just walk out.
Walmart checks my receipt are they allowed to do that if they don’t have a membership card system?
*They don't want people Wheeling a cart full of free stuff out the store*
Wasted 3 min for a Costco ad
Hmm... so how come every time I found a mistake on my receipt, I was already home?
Or how about the employee that stands at the entrance making sure you are a member. Funny thing is, you can't purchase anything without a membership.
Well, they didn't do that to my receipt. I was overcharge and they didn't notice it. They don't even pay attention to what you have in your card and the receipt.
2:18 I have those shoes and socks
corey 😂
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At the Costco store I go to the door monitors barely spend eight seconds looking at my receipt before making their "mark" on my receipt. There is no way they are looking for any of the things mentioned above nor could they read that fast.
In Clarkston Washington there is a woman that checks your receipt, moves items around in your cart, and she has even said it’s her right to check my wife’s purse and my granddaughters diaper bag. That lady has done that to us a few times and was getting comfortable with it until I had enough asked for her supervisor and she snapped.
I legit never actually checked ppls receipts 😂😂 I just liked being on the doors as greeter because I hated being a cashier. All the stuff was too heavy and a hassle to lift
@montanadoctor guess my profile photo wasnt enough to answer your question lol n yes I was 16, and lazy at the time. Give yourself a pat in the back since you need it so bad.
Costco doesn't hire 16 year olds. #15 year employee
@@alcollins1132 the one in southern MD does lol a few us of worked there in highschool
HottChoc619 Costco's policies are uniform. I don't see how that is possible. but whatever...
@@alcollins1132 ok ❤ happy year tho!!
*INCLUDES PAID PROMOTION*
I work at Costco and i can confirm that we mainly do it for shoplifting reasons but also to make sure that we didn’t scan an article more than once
so youre tellin me at walmart when they ask for my receipt I can be like nah
Hahahha what a way to spin it. Making sure shoppers didn’t leave anything at checkout or get over charged? Ridiculous.
BS, you guys are really reaching here.
The bottom of the basket thing I'd believe. That's fine, and that makes sense. I haven gotten out of stores and wondered whether or not they saw something on the bottom of my cart.
As an employee at the only costco in oklahoma, we are checking more for cashiers messing up then theft, we do catch theft there dont get me wrong but its not our primary reason. If you look to your left( right in some stores) as you walk out theres literally a sign saying why exactly we check it. As for "how long it takes" we are not matching each item to the reciept, theres a number at the bottom that tells us how many items there should be, and we count the buggy. if its abnormally sized (say 50-100) we just match the big items that would have gotten left in the cart at the register ( we find that these are the most common for cashiers to miss) to the reciept. If the cashier did their job right, there should be a section of your reciept that starts with "start of B.o.B (bottom of buggy) , and ends with "end of B.o.B." this also gives us the count of how many were scanned and makes it super easy for the exit door to find a mistake. Take a look at your reciept next time and youll see it all there, but i hope this cleared a bit up!
Anyone here hold Costco stock?
I just mashed that dislike button.
Mark Mata sane
Walmart does this. The guy at the door specifically asked if I paid for my water and soda. AFTER HE SEEN ME GET OUT THE LINE AFTER I PAID FOR IT.
I work at Costco and i know the only reason they check your receipt is to see if you paid for all the items in the cart. But since there's a long line at the exit door they usually act like they are checking it before marking the receipt.
I've never ever ever seen a person get stopped because they had extra items. Making a huge line and slowing down the flow of leaving is not convenient and ruins the flow.
Oh there full of shit. This is just a nice way to sugar coat it.
I went to sams one day bought 20 2 liter sodas one Pepsi one mountain dew 10 each
A simple mistake out of confusion was made since they stack it with the cardboard 2 each I thought that was one
Boy did that exit greater chew me the hell out for that made me put it back on the shelf and everything.
cdude100 I would have refused to put it back
I know we checked receipts for items that were either not bagged ( could be too big for a bag. Lawn furniture or say tires, or a t.v. Etc)
Or just too bulky to carry in a normal cart.
It’s to confirm that yes the item matches the receipt, or we check the date. Because it’s known that people will bring in a receipt and try to steal that item.
I usually don't buy many items in an individual visit to my Sam's Club, so the door monitors don't have much trouble counting. However, the time I bought a desktop PC you can be sure the door monitor made an extra effort to verify that the model on the receipt was the one in the cart. Same experience with other pricy items. Not in my area (yet,) but I've been to a few WalMarts where they did the same as Sam's Club. I strongly doubt Costco's or Sam's Club's checkouts are quite as benign as this video depicts.
Don't waste your time. Nothing to see here. Move along.
Costco checks their receipts for the exact reason your thinking.
How much did Costco pay you to make this BS video? They check the receipt to scare potential shoplifters. No question.
Was walking out of a BJ's a bit ago with a few relatively large purchases, an office chair and a flat screen were among them. The exit lady checked my receipt and quickly asked me "where was my other chair", I hadn't noticed and she thankfully did, that I had been mistakenly been charged for 2 chairs. I now look at checking in a whole new light. Btw pretty sure that was the only time the checkers found a discrepancy with my receipts in many years of big box shopping, including Cotsco 🙃
They are in fact an element of the loss prevention team.
I'm a former loss prevention agent.
Criminal teams consisting of checkers and their outside associates/friends/family members have been involved in high-value thefts.
They pass through the checkout and their cohort in crime working the register doesn't scan high value merchandise which is later sold.