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$1.5 Million Bar-code Scheme Bilks Wal-Mart Stores
nomrniceguy writes "Two couples have been charged in a
price-switching scheme that allegedly defrauded Wal-Mart stores in 19 states of $1.5 million over the last decade.
Authorities said the scheme involved using a home computer to produce UPC bar codes for cheaper products and slipping them over the real codes on high-priced items. The suspects then allegedly sold the merchandise, or returned it for refunds or store gift cards that also were sold."
Depends on what you do. If you mark a 32" plasma as 'tin of beans, $0.25' then the cashier may become suspicious, if you mark it as a 32" CRT tv of the same brand then you may get away with it. There are only a few characters on the till's readout and the cashier can't be expected to know every item. If the scanner accepts the barcode and the display reads something plausible "Tv 32 XYZ123 $300" then your minimum wage cashier might move on to the next thing in the basket.
They whose government reduces their essential liberties for temporary security, receive neither liberty nor security.
Because these are underpaid Wal-Mart cashiers. They really couldn't care less if a tv rings up as 2 bucks or 200 bucks. Especially if they are busy.
Don't take life so seriously. No one makes it out alive.
Want to get laid? Shop walmart. The girls that work there are DESPERATE and will fuck anything that walks. Hell, put a barcode on THEIR ass.. I'd buy THAT for a dollar!
The RFID self-checkout stuff is going to *rock*. I can't tell you much about it, but basically forget scanning anything, forget queues, sod all that bollocks. Take what you want, drop it in your bag, walk past the scanner (very similar to the security scanners they already use) and then swipe your card. The RFID tags are reset after reading, so you can't be charged twice.