I got back at that evil Walmart today!!!

[JediDan]

Yes I had vowed to not shop there anymore BUT I was heading up north this morning and my path took me right past it. So I figures what the hey. Ok I got there at 6:30am and they had 1 each of Palpatine and Djas Puhr both it bad bad shape. So I figured if they had them they would have more on the pallets. Remember that nasty lady I told you about before? Well she was there this morning and it looked like she remembered me. Anyways I walked around and seen on one pallet that they had about 10 fricking cases of the new waves. 5 of them was the Palpatine wave. Sonobody was around I grabbed a whole case and went in pets and opened it and got my Palpatine and Djar Puhr both in mint shape. I also got the new Zam Wessell bubblevariation and the new Dexter with Pipe fixed.

I figured I would check out real quick and come back to get more just in case they seen me do what I did and tell me that I cannot buy them. So I check out and come back in and they brought the toy pallet with the SW toys back to the back. :( I just wonder if they noticed what I did and brought them back or if it was just pure coincidence that they just happen to bring back that pallet right after what I did?? They had the Bespin Luke wave the Massif wave and I think they might have had the new Chewbacca wave. SO glad to knock those 2 off of my "to find" list.

If you ever come across SW cases on pallets just grab the case and open them up in an aisle where no one is around. I now know that if you open them up in toys you will more than likely be seen doing it and they WILL make you stop and put back what you took. :rolleyes: It just doesn't get more fair than 1st come 1st serve. Oh well, they don't see it that way.

So in the end I felt I got back at them in my own little way. Not that I wanted revenge but it really felt good doing that at that store. :D

[LTBasker]

Or find a nice employee to ask if they can put the figures you need out on the pegs for your to grab so you don't have to be so secretive.

[Dooku Fett]

Cool. I have yet to see a case of Star Wars figures lying around at any store.

[CaptainSolo1138]

If you ever come across SW cases on pallets just grab the case and open them up in an aisle where no one is around. I now know that if you open them up in toys you will more than likely be seen doing it and they WILL make you stop and put back what you took. It just doesn't get more fair than 1st come 1st serve. Oh well, they don't see it that way.

That'll work until security sees you on a camera and watches you every time you come into the store:rolleyes:

[Dooku Fett]

Originally posted by CaptainSolo1138


That'll work until security sees you on a camera and watches you every time you come into the store:rolleyes:

Ah they can't do anything about what he did. He did nothing illegal. I dont think... is it illegal to open an unopended box at Wal-Mart?

[DarthBrandon]

I don't care where I'm at if I spot a new assortment, the wife grabs my keys while I'm looking through the ones on the rack, and she opens them up and tells me what's in it. Now she could care less about action figures, but she'd rather help me out and get out of the store faster if she can. That's a real Partner if ya ask me. If those blasted cases are there open them, the store is there to sell them to ya anyways.

[CaptainSolo1138]

Ah they can't do anything about what he did. He did nothing illegal. I dont think... is it illegal to open an unopended box at Wal-Mart?

But if you're constantly making a nuisance of yourself by interferring with someones work, they sure can kick you out.

[DarthBrandon]

We don't bother too many people and lots of the individuals that work at Walmart I know through friends anyways. It's a small city and everyone wants to help out his brothers and sisters sorta speak.

[DarthBrandon]

My pal Wayne is head of toys there and that makes it a plus also.

P.S. Try and make a buddie or two where you shop, it makes everything so much easier for you in the long run.

[Beast]

According to Dar'Argol it's against store policy for you to take things off the pallet, since you could get hurt and sue them for it. Here are a couple posts of his. Hope these shed some light on this.

Originally posted by Dar' Argol
Here I am with the inside info again. When those pallets of stuff go to the sales floor, it is because they just came off that nights truck and need to be worked. You cannot tell from the warehouse if a case will go to the floor or not. Also, some stores receive anywhere from 1-5 trucks a night! Most back rooms cannot accomidate(sp) that much frieght. So it is taken to the floor. When the pallets are worked, the overstock is then placed back on those pallets to be taken to the back and put in our bins. So no, all the stuff on the pallet may not be out to be put on the shelves. Its there to see IF it will go out. Any of that make sense??

Originally posted by Dar' Argol
As far as the pallet goes. It is concidered a saftey hazard for a customer to go rooting through a pallet. If it is not stacked properly, if there is a weak board on the pallet, or even if you slip off the edge of the pallet and crack your head on the display next to it, spurting blood all over the place, WM is liable for all of it. Everytime someone is hurt at WM it costs $5000 on the adverage, sometimes more. All those injury costs take of the bottom line. If we have too many accidents, we lost money, we will be forced to jack up the prices to compensate, and then we would all really be b****in! So the person who told you not to root through the pallet was covering WM butt. If it was me, I would have gone over and opened the case for you and let you pick what you wanted, but I am a collector too and I would expect the same.
MTFBWY and HH!!

Jar Jar Binks

[CaptainSolo1138]

I myself am a retail worker. My department (coincidentally, but thank God!) is toys. I do all that I can to help people out with what they need. If I have to, I'll even send them to other stores, Wal-Mart included. If I have a case of figures out and waiting to be stocked, I will be more than happy to open it as long as you ask and aren't a jerk and run off into a corner of the store drooling over it.

[DarthBrandon]

I don't have that problem with opening cases cuzz my buddie is head of toys and he basically lets me do what I want (opening cases) and just if your wondering he lets me know what stock has just come in hours before he puts it on the shelf. I conduct myself like a gentleman and sometimes I help Wayne(Cuzz he lets me get the new stuff first) stock shelves. God, I guess I need a life. I also make sure to leave all kinds for the kids and others,
like I said one to open and one to keep carded.

[SirSteve]

A woman got robbed at my local Wal-Mart in the parking lot and guess what? The cameras were not on!

[DarthBrandon]

Are you serious or just kidding Sir Steve ?
And if so what happened (details), what the store said etc. Is she
O.K. ?

[Dooku Fett]

Originally posted by SirSteve
A woman got robbed at my local Wal-Mart in the parking lot and guess what? The cameras were not on!
Man that's gotta suck.
The woman could sue Wal-Mart if she wanted right?

[browndroid]

i thought she could, cause didnt something similar happen? if your in there parking lot and something happen i think you can sue the store

[DarthBrandon]

I think you can sue, but I'm not 100% sure, if you look at the lady who spilt coffee on her lap from Mickey D's, then I say yes.

[Beast]

Actually, I don't think Wal-Mart would be able to be sued over it. If you were mugged in the store, maybe. But out in the parking lot stores arn't liable for things that happen. Just like if your car gets hit by a cart, or another car in their parking lot they arn't liable. The only thing that I know of that they have to comply to the law with, is having enough lighting in the parking lot.

MTFBWY and HH!!

Jar Jar Binks

[CooLJoE]

Actually I think she can.

I know that if you fall or hurt yourself in their parking lot they are responsible. I'm sure same thing goes for muggings and such.

Car accidents and carts hitting cars are a different story I would think.

[Beast]

Yes, but that is a case of them not properly maintaining the parking lot during the winter. Wal-Mart didn't contribute to the mugging, even though it happened in their parking lot. :)

MTFBWY and HH!!

Jar Jar Binks

[DarthBrandon]

anything is possible nowadays.

[Jedi_Master_Guyute]

hehehehhe I just got back from my local Super Wal-mart in cols and picked up Palpatine and Djas as well...I saw sooo many more boxes on a pallet but they took it in the back...i don't think it's the Chewie/Han/Obi wave though...i don't think those are even shipping yet, are they?

[mistikal07]

I went to Walmart earlier today and saw 7 Star Wars boxes on pallets. Of course I grabbed one and opened it up. With my luck, two employees catch me and lecture me that I'm not supposed to do that. I ended up getting most of the new figures, but no trace of palpatine or Djar Puhr .

[Turbowars]

If I saw a box of starwars sitting on a pallet, there's no way in hell I'm NOT going to open it. If you get hurt opening a box, you deserve it. Let me make something clear. Walmart is in it for the money, nothing else. They want to move product. The problem is the minimum wage employee's, they take their job too seriously. They should make it easy on themselves and go with the flow. The customers happy, the worker in happy, the manager is happy because he doesn't hear about how some Starwars collector got in a fight with his worker and unlimately Walmart is happy. When I first started working my friends and I acted like we had the most important job in the world, so I know what it's like, but come on, we are talking about Walmart.

[Dar' Argol]

Originally posted by CooLJoE
Actually I think she can.

I know that if you fall or hurt yourself in their parking lot they are responsible. I'm sure same thing goes for muggings and such.

Car accidents and carts hitting cars are a different story I would think.

Actuall she could not sue WM. Most times the properly WM sits on is rented or leased from someone else. As long as the lights in the parking lot are working, WM has no liablity there.

As far as if you fall in the parking lot, if it was directly WM's fault (i.e. cardboard all over the place, oil spilled there etc). Other then that, if it is they fall off the grass islands or trip over their own 2 feet etc, it gets dismissed most times. Or shot down in court.

The cars thing, if it was a WM cart that damaged the car then yes, WM is liable. If someone hits your car, or keys it, WM can't be held responsible for it.

[Turbowars]

Originally posted by Dar' Argol



The cars thing, if it was a WM cart that damaged the car then yes, WM is liable. If someone hits your car, or keys it, WM can be held responsible for it.[/COLOR] How would you prove it if some A hole keyed your car or hit it with a cart?

[LTBasker]

Well obviously they'd have to run the cameras at some point, otherwise it's quite pointless for them to have paid for them to be put there and hooked up in the first place. ;)

[Turbowars]

Originally posted by LTBasker
Well obviously they'd have to run the cameras at some point, otherwise it's quite pointless for them to have paid for them to be put there and hooked up in the first place. ;) Who's to say they are hooked up? Lots of places have dummy cameras. Hey you wouldn't happen to be Larry H. Parker, would you?

[Hasbro'sBountyHunter]

Wal-Mart Wars: JediDan Strikes Back!

[Turbowars]

Originally posted by Hasbro'sBountyHunter
Wal-Mart Wars: JediDan Strikes Back! OK?

[Dar' Argol]

Originally posted by turbowars
How would you prove it if some A hole keyed your car or hit it with a cart?

Well, when someone Keys your car, there is usually a long thin scratch going down one side. If it gets hit with a cart, there is usually a dent:rolleyes:. And yes, the camera's outside are live cameras, not dummies. The real question then is are they recording????

[Turbowars]

Really, when someone keys a car it leaves a scratch, WOW I had no idea! Oh and if a cart hits a car it leaves a dent? WOW, isn't that something! Look, no one cares if someone keys a car or if a cart hits a car. Do you think Walmart cares. Go to a manager at WM and tell them someone hit your car wih a cart and see what they say. I bet he or she will say "It happens all the time and there's nothing we can do about it"

[JediDan]

Originally posted by Hasbro'sBountyHunter
Wal-Mart Wars: JediDan Strikes Back!

ROFL!!!! :D :D I like it.....:D :D

[DarthChuckMc]

This isn't a Walmart story, but one about what happened to me at Target yesterday. I went to the SW aisle (duh), to get my kids a Jango final battle, Mace rescue, and a Massiff after taking them to see AOTC for the 3rd time. The SW aisle was practically empty, so I found a Toy Dept. employee, and asked him if he would scan the shelf tags (since he happened to have an LRT in his hand) to see if they had any more in the back. He hesitated, but finally did.
When he scanned them, the LRT beeped twice, meaning, yes, they were in location in the stockroom. He looked blankly at the screen, and said, "No sir, we are ALL out. What we have is on the floor." I explained to him, that I used to work at Target, THIS Target, and that I know how to use a LRT, and that two beeps meant they DID have something in the back. He looked dumbfounded, like I solved the riddle of the sphinx, and didn't know what to say. I said, "Well, would you mind bringing a case or 5 out to fill the pegs?" He then tried to tell me that "Only Cindy the HASBRO lady is allowed to put Star Wars figures out." Now, I know Cindy the HASBRO lady, because my ex-wife worked for HASBRO for 2 years with her, and I know Joe, the former toy department manager of said Target, who is now the overnight flowteam supervisor. Anyway, to make a LONG story short, my kids didn't get their figures yesterday, but I was there at 8am to meet Joe before he left for the day, and they DID get them this morning. Come to find out, the "customer friendly" Travis is a SW "collector". Sounds more like a "buy all the HOT toys and sell them on eBay colletor" to me.

[Turbowars]

Originally posted by DarthChuckMc
This isn't a Walmart story, but one about what happened to me at Target yesterday. I went to the SW aisle (duh), to get my kids a Jango final battle, Mace rescue, and a Massiff after taking them to see AOTC for the 3rd time. The SW aisle was practically empty, so I found a Toy Dept. employee, and asked him if he would scan the shelf tags (since he happened to have an LRT in his hand) to see if they had any more in the back. He hesitated, but finally did.
When he scanned them, the LRT beeped twice, meaning, yes, they were in location in the stockroom. He looked blankly at the screen, and said, "No sir, we are ALL out. What we have is on the floor." I explained to him, that I used to work at Target, THIS Target, and that I know how to use a LRT, and that two beeps meant they DID have something in the back. He looked dumbfounded, like I solved the riddle of the sphinx, and didn't know what to say. I said, "Well, would you mind bringing a case or 5 out to fill the pegs?" He then tried to tell me that "Only Cindy the HASBRO lady is allowed to put Star Wars figures out." Now, I know Cindy the HASBRO lady, because my ex-wife worked for HASBRO for 2 years with her, and I know Joe, the former toy department manager of said Target, who is now the overnight flowteam supervisor. Anyway, to make a LONG story short, my kids didn't get their figures yesterday, but I was there at 8am to meet Joe before he left for the day, and they DID get them this morning. Come to find out, the "customer friendly" Travis is a SW "collector". Sounds more like a "buy all the HOT toys and sell them on eBay colletor" to me. This very same thing happened at Target with the 12" speeders! I hate Target employee's. Their just another bunch of workers thats mad that they have a job that leads to nowhere!

[JON9000]

She could sue Wal- Mart and Wal-Mart could join whomever they lease the property from. I doubt it would come to that becasue the cost of defending is usually greater than $5,000. If WM can settle most claims for 5K it is probably in their best interest to do so. Whether the plaintiff would be successful or not would depend upon whether most stores in the area take greater precautions, whether any muggings had already taken place in that lot, whether the general area is high crime and WM knew about it. 5K buys a lot of Star Wars guys!

[JediDan]

What an A-hole. That employee just outright lied to you. I bet he felt stupid after you got through with him though. :)

[Firebird]

DarthChuckMc, you said that the Target employee's LRT beeped twice. If he was in a regular location search it should only beep once. However, if he was in research then it would double beep to indicate the item was instock. Of course that store may have different LRT'S than my store.

[Dar' Argol]

Originally posted by turbowars
Really, when someone keys a car it leaves a scratch, WOW I had no idea! Oh and if a cart hits a car it leaves a dent? WOW, isn't that something! Look, no one cares if someone keys a car or if a cart hits a car. Do you think Walmart cares. Go to a manager at WM and tell them someone hit your car wih a cart and see what they say. I bet he or she will say "It happens all the time and there's nothing we can do about it"

FIRST off turbowars, the attitude is NOT needed nor appreciated. I was replying in a funny sarcastic manner. Anyone who knows me understands.:rolleyes:

And second if someone hits your car w/a cart and you tell a Manager, yes it does matter. Because it was Wal-Mart property that did the damage and WM is liable! If I hit someone's car with our fork lift, is WM not liable then?? Its WM forklift right. "It happens all the time and there is nothing we can do about it" is not going to fly with anyone. IF someone does tell you that then your butt better be on the phone right then and there to their District Manager and get some results!

JON9000, Most WM in a high crime/mugging area have better security then places like where I'm at. I worked at a Supercenter in Roanoke VA for 2 weeks helping them out and they had about 30 cameras on the exterior, plus 2 security guards posted outside the door, and had twice as many parking lot lights then most stores. And the 5K is the starting amount of an accident, not a lawsuit. It is estimated that the moment someone hurts themselves in our stores, it costs the company about $5,000 on the spot for medical bills and could increase from their. Now this is for major injuries, like cuts, breaks, falls, falling merchandise, etc. That is what the 5K is in referance to.

[Turbowars]

[DarthChuckMc]

LOL......"Would you like a buggy?"

[Dar' Argol]

OK, this was my fault between turbowars and I. Upon my inspection of my previous post when I brought up keys and carts, I failed to type the 't on my "can". The line should have read, "can't be held responsible." I have since corrected this error and I appologized to turbowars in a PM but I am also doing it here, publically.

turbowars, I appologize. It was a typo error that started this on my part and we got off on the wrong foot. I have no qualms with you, it was a mis-understanding. No harm no foul:D.




BTW turbowars, I edited your last post to make look right, The quote box was nowhere to be found and it was a bit hard reading the first time. So all I did was finish off the HTML codes to make it display properly:D

[Turbowars]

Everthing is cool on my end, sorry for the mix up!