Class action lawsuit filed in California alleging Walmart is forcing consumers to use Walmart’s self checkout
Editor's Note: Attorneys representing the plaintiffs are pending.
San Francisco, California (Issuewire.com) - California resident Richard H. Davis, a consumer watchdog, has filed a class action antitrust case against Walmart alleging violations of the Antitrust Laws of the United States. Perhaps it’s no surprise that some people hate using self checkout machines vs. human cashiers. “Anyone who uses a Walmart self checkout is a total moron,” says Davis, “Walmart is forcing you to use their self checkout, period. They are tricking you into working at Wally-World as a de facto cashier for free!” Davis believes that self-checkouts profit Walmart $1.50 per transaction (this secret savings is not passed on to the Walmart consumer, whats-so-ever).
The complaint charges that Walmart gives preferential treatment to self-checkouts by limiting Walmart $15 dollar per hour cashiers serving customers. The complaint alleges that open transaction rates are higher than rates would be in a truly competitive system. “There is no way in hell, to protest this way of doing business inside of Walmart, management saying you have a free choice, of waiting in a long line or using the so-called quick self checkout.” noted Davis.
The complaint also calls for the breakup of the Walmart monopoly into separate and independent companies in accordance with the precedent of the breakup of Standard Oil company into Exxon, Mobile, Conoco, Amoco, Sohio, Chevron, and others. Full service gas stations have gone the way of the dodo bird. A gas station where an attendant pumps the customer's gas is on par with a Walmart associate checking you out. These stations are relatively uncommon in most places today, but in a few locations — including certain parts of the United States, like Oregon or New Jersey — gas stations are legally required to be full service. Some people prefer not having to get out of the car or risk having the smell of gasoline on their hands, and would rather pay a little more for the extra service.
However, this is not a matter of choice due to the long lines at the traditional cashiers, waiting for over an hour for a human cashier, forcing consumers to use Walmart’s self checkout. It’s your time and inconvenience versus their profits. Like the old Texas oil patch Wildcatters, Walmart is herding its longhorn consumers into the self checkout coral. Sorry for the inconvenience, just doesn't cut it anymore!
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