Walmart buyers explode the retailer for "Gouging Price"
Customers call major price differences at Walmart.
For decades now, Walmart has published cheaper costs for customers. It is even in the classic motto of the retailer: "everyday price". But the company's reputation can be in danger, like some Walmart shoppers started to question this very guarantee. In fact, a few went so far as to accuse the "price price" retailer. Read the rest to know why Walmart is under fire.
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A recent viral video hit Walmart prices.
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December 21, Nikki Adams , which goes through the username @nikkis_garden_adventure on Tiktok, published a video underline a major difference In products of products in a short period of time. According to Adams, she bought the 60 counts of large Walmart white eggs two months ago for $ 10.56. Now, the same product has soamed as a price.
"I went to the store today, and I look at how much they were. They were $ 20 today, what - what?" She said in the video, adding a clip that showed a store price of $ 20.22 on the 60 counts of large white eggs.
Some buyers call the retailer for "prices prices".
The now viral Tiktok video has been seen almost a million times in a week, collecting more than 44,000 likes and 2,300 comments during this period. "When is it considered the price of the price? In the space of a few months, the eggs have doubled by prices," wrote Adams in the legend of the video.
And this is not the only example of Walmart criticized for very varied prices. On December 23, another buyer taken on Twitter To call the price of the retailer for a must -have grocery store. "Walmart now bills $ 7-8 for an ordinary whole gallon of whole milk," tweeted the user. "But yes," what price Gouging? ""
Another Twitter user Also underlined A major leap in the prices of the retailer of large boxes recently. "The article I bought at @walmart was $ 6.99 3 months ago," they tweeted on December 5. "It's now $ 10.99. I buy it online from the manufacturer now for $ 6.50 - Inflation or price price?"
Better life Contacted Walmart for a response to these customer complaints, but has not yet heard.
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Walmart CEO recently warned of higher prices.
During an interview of December 6 on CNBC Squawk box , CEO of Walmart Doug McMillon opened on the current of the retailer and future price . According to McMillon, inflation is still down on consumers in certain areas despite efforts to "maintain low prices for everyone" in business stores.
"Fresh foods are more volatile. It fluctuates more. So, today, the prices of the beef are declining, the prices of the chicken are always high, for example. Product prices are relatively low compared to what They were previously, "he said. "Dry grocery, processed foods and consumables are the place where inflation is the most obstinate.
McMillon also indicated that a new problem could lead to Prices worsen Over time: display flight. "" Theft is a problem . It's higher than it was historically, "he said during the interview." If this is not corrected over time, prices will be higher and / or stores will close. ""
The retailer was faced with various overload problems in the past.
Buyers are now complaining about pricing in particular, but Walmart has recently obtained a counterposter for a certain number of different overcharging complaints.
In October, a buyer taken in Tiktok In a now viral video, saying that she had been overloaded during a recent trip to Walmart. Julia Taylor , which is called the username @julesakajuliataylor on Tiktok, said it had been Billed nearly $ 20 For an item that she did not buy and that the employees could not find in the Walmart system.
There have also been other more widespread problems. On December 9, a press release from the Ministry of Agriculture and Consumer Services of North Carolina revealed that 14 Walmart locations in the state were sentenced to a fine to overload customers . Stores had to pay $ 5,000 each fines , and it is in addition to fines that some stores had been forced to pay the same number earlier in the year.
This same month, several customers said they had been billed in doubles for their orders. Missouri resident Pam Tovar KTVI told Fox on December 12 that she spent about $ 588.37 On toys and supplies for his vacation dinner, but was billed more than $ 1,100. Another Buyer in Arkansas Affilia ABC to ABC Katv about a similar problem, and said that Walmart's head office said there was a "technical problem" with the payment system.
A Walmart spokesperson confirmed it to Better life at the time, admitting that some of its buyers had been charged twice . "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."