Here's Why Costco Really Checks Your Receipt Before You Leave 

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Its SECURITY THEATRE

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

GabenEvans yep totally

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.

I believe it not what this video is saying!

Fun fact: Costco doesn't advertise. :)

@@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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Ignitowsky m

This is why Walmart marks the receipt but usually only during Christmas.

this is the most accurate point

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 😂😂😂

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

That makes sense

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Shocked face

“And that was the day I stole 5k gallons of tomato soup”

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.

Carl Brutananadilewski 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

That's why they use different colored ink everyday.

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

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

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

ZackTheMuffinMan stealing

hmmBEEFY oh god yeah

Mashed isn't the name of the channel. It's really the state of their brains.

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."

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

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

Mark Mata sane

Johnnie Walker lmao 😂 I literally laughed in my bed reading this

Don't pay for it. Costco already makes millions of dollars your cash is nothing.

Devin D it happens all the time believe me I work the door sometimes

@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!!

corey 😂

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Then dont shop. You are an idiot. Probably a thief. This isnt a detention. Or a unwarranted search. I mean i guess they could be bold about it and put up a sign that says 'to help us keep our prices low, you will be asked to show your receipt upon exiting.' I mean they actually should do it that way. It makes sense. That way twats like you wouldnt have anything to say when they asked. Go run a store or be a department manager and see how you feel when people steal the crap that you are responsible for. Should they touch you? No not unless they know you are stealing. But asking for a record of your purchases that you just made? 15 ft away? Hardly a detention. Just show them your reciept. Its not a burden. Unless you are a thief. Or just crazy. This isnt the same as nothing to hide nothing to fear either. This is THEIR product and they have a right to protect it. They arent being unreasonable. You are. Fuckwit.

This was quite likely invented AT wal mart btw. This has been happening there for a long time at least a couple decades.