Sep 20 2008
Another incompetent Walmart story
I was searching high and low for a good quality Spider man costume, but came short of nothing. So as I was standing in the center isle of halloween costumes in the local Wal Mart, I found a good rendition of a toddler Batman getup. At first I was a little unconvinced, due to the lack of detail, but afterall this is a two year old were talking about. So I went ahead and took Batman, I even convinced the little guy to wear the hat and mask combo, which was my biggest worry due to the fact that little guy does not like anything over his face. So we were happily strolling around WalMart with the hat in place, when it was time to pay. The costume was only $ 13.oo, fair deal for a piece of felt with some design, what pissed me off the most was the clerck who scanned the costume and proceeded to tell me that she could not sell it due to a recall. I looked her in the eye and repeated ” Due to a recall? You have over 30 of these costumes in various different comic hero style, what are they still doing on the shelf if they have been recalled?” At this point fury and smoke was coming out of my ears due to the lack of organization and professionalism this store has. Little guy started screaming when the mask came off and returned to the clerck. How incompetent are these employees? Do they not get orderes from management to pull recalled stock off the shelves? So the internet still sells this costume, which leads me to believe that it might not have been recalled, maybe they just wanted to raise the price. This really left a bad taste in my mouth, so I guess for mediocre items I’m taking my business to Target.
Get this…They still have it on the rack 6 days after Halloween @ 75% off. Picked it up for my grandson. I scan the costume to see if it is the percentage off. Scanner tells me to get help from and associate. People scanning items in the halloween aisle scan it at 3.22. Go to the register, it sends up warning that I need authorization to purchase costume. Clerk running the self-check, runs it, and gets a warning. They confiscate the costume and tell me it’s been recalled. No more information given.
I have two questions: Why was it STILL on the rack, and what was the reaon for the recall. Actually I have another question, what about all the ones they sold previous to the recall?