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ANOTHER possible conspiracy?

by seasoned
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I don't recall this happening before! WHY NOW!?!?!?!? Weren't they supposed to be one of the things REDUCED?

EBT Outage Sparks Black Friday-esque Run On Food Shelves at Walmart

However, a store employee told KSLA they were forced to stop selling food by 9 PM because there was nothing left to sell.

In Springhill, many overflowing shopping carts were left in the aisles after limits were restored, and employees spent nearly an entire day putting items back.

According to ABC News, Walmart will be held responsible for any amount spent over the limit by EBT card holders.

A Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services spokesman said the company chose not to adhere to the emergency policy which limits all sales during a system outage to no more than $50.
BTW $50 times 100 is $5000!!!!!!!!! So even a limit of $50 would have cost a LOT of money. In fact, it might not have saved anything over the no limit.

It is worth wondering, HOW did they have enough space to carry so much ANYWHERE? NO LIMITS listed for SEVEN HOURS!!?!?!?!?!? That is REALLY suspicious!

Steve
  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    A spokesman for the company acknowledged that the stores got the green light to allow customers to use their EBT cards despite the glitch — a decision which led many to load up on hundreds of dollars worth of food items, clearing out entire shelves by the time limits were restored two hours later.
    Surprise! People on an entitlement program take advantage of the program? Who would have thought?

    They could have imposed a $50 limit and taken the cards and those who needed to have food NOW could get food. Whoever decided to allow unlimited charging to EBT cards should be fired.
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    But WHO is to say an "outage" occurred? From what I have read, NO outage occurred. There was simply no limit. And WHO could control a $50 limit? The claim(stating outage on a card that was ACCEPTED), said PER SALE! How many sales might the people do in 7 hours? And why charge walmart? The people wanted the benefits of credit cards, SHOW THEM THE PROBLEMS! Charge THEM the deficit.

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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      The outage was a problem at Xerox that administers some of the EBT car program.

      They was a power outage during an upgrade that took the system down for a few hours. It wasn't a govt problem - but a computer one.

      There is an emergency procedure in place that allows stores to permit purchases of $50 on an EBT card if the system is not working properly - a system not showing the card's spending limit is not working properly. The stores know that as they process these cards daily and know how they work.

      Common sense would tell them when people are storming the aisles and taking multiple carts of groceries out per person....something is not right. However, they just let it happen.

      I saw the photos of the store on the local news - and it was crazy. Anyone could see it was not normal. Every aisle leading to a checkout station was lined all the way to the back of the store with carts filled to the brim with food and household items. I'd be willing to bet the store employees were well aware of a problem but thought along the lines of "finders keepers".

      For some reason, the store did not follow that $50 limit procedure and that's why the store will be liable. The alternative is for taxpayers to pay for this store's "giveaway" and I don't think that's a good alternative.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        There's a funny end to this story that the media reporting about "poor people can't use their EBT cards" conveniently ignored.

        At the walmart in Louisiana where this happened, the card system was not working right for just 2-3 hours or so. When it came back online an announcement was made over the store speakers that the EBT system was working properly again.

        Immediately after that announcement multiple dozens of loaded carts were abandoned in the aisles as the "shoppers" left the store. They knew full well exactly what they were getting by with -and the "free window" had just closed.

        Rough day for store employees who had to put all those items back in place.
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    Really? No one noticed that EBT Card holders were going crazy getting more food then they could possibly have on their card? No Walmart employee pondered that people with food stamps were getting 5K in groceries?
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      They noticed - I think the person who made the decision (at the other end of the phone) was thinking of "sales" rather than "who will pay". I expect they were worried about headlines of "WM rejects EBT cards" the next day....

      Let's get real - no one starves in a few hours. People know how much they have on their EBT cards. A store clerk said the people were on their cell phones calling others to let them know about the problem. One woman bought $700 of supplies and had .49 on her card to begin with.

      It was a rare free for all and it's pretty funny as long as we don't have to pay the tab.

      It doesn't say much, though, for the honesty of the people "deserving" of govt subsidies, does it?
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