“Stealth” computer technology at Wal-mart?

“Stealth” computer technology at Wal-mart?

On a few occasions i have gone to my local Wal-mart to return some item i bought without having the receipt for it. It used to be that they would simply ask how long ago i bought such an item, and i would say less than three months ago, knowing that this was their cut-off point for returns or exchanges.

Now, however, i can’t “get away” with this, because apparently they now have some sort of technology that allows them to know exactly when i bought the product simply by either scanning or entering some information from the UPC label or something into their cash register/computer terminal.

My question is, how the hell do they do that? I mean, they can’t be putting different UPC codes on their products each and every day, so they know exactly when you are buying one of their products. I’m baffled……anybody have an insights about this? Thanks

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2 Comments for “Stealth” computer technology at Wal-mart?

  • 1. spillsalot2  |  February 15th, 2011 at 9:04 am

    UPC code on any product will have been skued and the information on the UPC code will be enter into the computer system, it’ll have all information, what batch was shipped to the retailer on this date.
    How many of this product was recieved, the size and demensions, the list goes on.

  • 2. donny d  |  February 15th, 2011 at 9:28 am

    many items now have their serial number scanned at the checkout at the time of purchase, also their are a lot of items that are not carried year round (most clothing) they can tell when the last one was sold at the store. Many larger items have wal-marts shipping label on the box which have dates they arrived at the store and most electronics items have manufacture dates stamped on them, common sense says that a TV with a date from 2006 was not sold in the last 90 days.

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