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We have the impression that inflation is relentless these days, with Holiday shopping Much more expensive than years ago. But what happens if you end up paying twice as much for your gifts this time? This is something that none of us wants to do, even if it is for someone special. Avoiding surpassing is one of the many reasons why people buy from Walmart, but earlier this month, the super-magasin actually admitted that it has doubled certain customers-ended them with a lot more steep. Read more to find out why customers have been accidentally billed twice.

Read this then: Walmart, Dollar General and Family Dollar are all under fire to overcome buyers .

While some customers have realized that they had been billed twice for their entire order, Walmart also faced recent reactions to overload buyers on individual items. In a press release of December 9, the Ministry of Agriculture and Services for Consumer Consumers in North Carolina (NCDA & CS) confirmed that 70 stores in 38 counties were Fine for price scanner errors . Among these retailers were 14 Walmart stores, which were slapped with fines totaling more than $ 46,000.

Walmart was not the only retailer on the NCDA & CS list: large channels like Family Dollar and Family Dollar were also fined. The errors have been identified thanks to the routine price scanner inspections that NCDA & CS performs to confirm that prices are the same in the register as on the shelf.

But a customer noticed a separate problem with Walmart, who ended up costing him more than she planned to spend this holiday season.

According to Ktvi affiliated with Fox, a Missouri wife was recently invoiced in doubles for her Christmas purchases. Pam Tovar , from Lee's Summit, Missouri, spent about $ 588.37 on toys and supplies for her vacation dinner. After making the purchase, she said that she had checked her bank account.

"It was a big post and I had a lot of money to go out and I generally try to check them just to make sure, and I'm happy to have done it," she told Ktvi .

When Tovar reviewed its recent purchases, it was surprised to see two charges of Walmart instead of one, amounting to more than $ 1,100. According to KTVI, when Tovar contacted Walmart about double accusations, they told him to reach out to his bank.

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Once she reached the bank, Tovar realized that she was not alone in her experience. "When I spoke to the lady of the bank, she said that the person before me had the same problem at Walmart," she told Ktvi. Tovar then published on his experience on Nextdoor, a neighborhood application, thinking that the problem could be isolated for the Walmart at the top of Lee. However, it was not only this store, or even simply in Missouri. A buyer in a walmart Pine Bluff, Arkansas , reported several costs on their bank statement, as are other social media users.

"Hey @walmart, it's totally unacceptable To double customers, "a tweet reads". Putting the same transactions through a conversation later is fraud. Expect a recharge while I plan to report you to the financial driving governance office relevant to the United States. ""

Another tank carillon user, a mobile banking application, questioning double costs credit card . "I only went to Walmart once and it was Monday, December 5 for $ 87.36 ... Why am I billed for the same thing exactly ... again?" A third Walmart buyer responded to this tweet, declaring that the same thing had happened to them on the same date.

Walmart Help responded to customer complaints on Twitter, asking buyers to send the support of a direct message so that they can examine the costs. But according to a Walmart spokesperson, these customers were affected by a larger problem.

The buyer of the Arkansas, who was not appointed by Katv, said that she had called the headquarters of Walmart, and a representative said they were aware of a "technical problem" with the payment system. This was later confirmed to Better life by a Walmart spokesperson. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"On December 5, a Walmart payment processor used for credit and debit transactions experienced a technical problem that billed certain customers twice," said the spokesperson. "The problem has been resolved and the impacted transactions have been identified and corrected."

The spokesperson managed customers with "questions on publication hours" to contact their bank. Although it is not clear how many customers have been double -loaded, the shopper Walmart in Arkansas and Tovar confirmed that they had received their complete reimbursements.