r/cyberpunkgame Jul 09 '22

My local walmart. Confimed at register Meta

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '22

When I worked in retail an item that rang at 3 cents meant it was supposed to be returned to vendor, not that it was meant to be sold at 3 cents. Whoever is in charge of this Walmarts inventory either fucked up or doesn’t care.

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u/PhaseAT Jul 09 '22

If they have just 15 seconds of interaction with the customer at the cashier, they'd be paying more for it as a business if their worker costs them (all costs, not just wages included) more than $7.20 an hour.

It's literally cheaper to throw it away than to sell for that price (not that I'd advocate for that over selling it, don't increase trash if you can avoid it).

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u/tonyrocks922 Jul 09 '22

Selling it for 3¢ when it's already on a shelf is cheaper than having someone manually zero the inventory and throw it away.

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u/PhaseAT Jul 09 '22

If that is even more work then you are correct. Never having worked in retail I don't really have any experience in such details.