Walmart locking up batteries?

[Donald]

I was in a Goldsboro NC Walmart and they had the batteries locked in the shelf. I don't think they do in DE but it's been awhile since I looked. Goldsboro is a poor area unless in USAF.

I wonder the reason? Kind of big to stuff in your jacket to shoplift. Kind of heavy also. They are $100 but not $1000 like a big screen TV. Heavy and people dropping them getting hurt? People testing them incorrectly and getting hurt. Battery acid is dangerous if you do something dumb? Walmart wants you to take the first one not look for newest mfg date?

 

[supton]

Alkaline or lead acid? I'm guessing lead acid but various other stores are locking up all sorts of things.

Who knows. Maybe someone went and shorted out a battery with a spraypaint can.

I think this is up to the store's discretion as to what to lock up? I've seen little locked up in NH.

 

[JohnnyG]

If you're talking about automotive starting batteries, you obviously did get a chance to see the video of a woman remove 6 from under her dress, all while carrying a young child!

 

[Chris142]

They have been doing that here since forever. But the racks are on wheels so you can just wheel it out to get your battery. The smaller thin ones will fit through the bars if you lay them flat and the acid does not leak on you.

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

If you're talking about automotive starting batteries, you obviously did get a chance to see the video of a woman remove 6 from under her dress, all while carrying a young child!

Link please.

 

[Owen Lucas]

There have probably been instances of people just walking out the door with them.

I saw someone at Home Depot years ago, get busted for filling up a storage bin with spray paint cans. Looks innocuous if you have a storage bin in your cart, but with the top on, it is suspicious.

They just walked out the door but store security, apparently an undercover employee, followed them out, opened the bin and the guy took off.

 

[shortyb]

Most of the places around here have been securing the lithium batteries for years. Like the Sudafed that is locked up, it makes it slightly more difficult for DIY meth(amphetamine) makers to do some home cooking. I'd personally like to see them easier to steal so more could blow themselves up .

 

[Snagglefoot]

The average gamer cannot safely pick up a car battery. I’ll bet there are law suits out there for crushed toes.

 

[cptbarkey]

Why do they do it? Its their property. Ask them.

 

[Capt W]

I've been TDY to Seymour-Johnson AFB many times over my career. When you said "Goldsboro" you answered your own question. The city is a cesspool with rampant crime and theft. Actually surprised Wal-Mart hasn't left.

 

[Dave Hess]

I've been TDY to Seymour-Johnson AFB many times over my career. When you said "Goldsboro" you answered your own question. The city is a cesspool with rampant crime and theft. Actually surprised Wal-Mart hasn't left.

What did you do in the USAF ?

Lots of areas surrounding military bases are lower income throughout the USA.

 

[CarLuver]

i once was at the walmarttire shop waiting and saw a guy walk out with a battery . guy at the counter did nothing . they use inventory data and they know what walks out the door

 

[Capt W]

15 years SF (enlisted and officer); 10 years intel.

Understand the lower-income nature around many military facilities; however, there's a difference between low income and crime-ridden. Lots of bases in the deep south are simply surrounded by ghetto and the issues that come with it (Fort Bragg, Maxwell AFB, Ft Jackson, etc.). Many bases are in poorer areas largely full of good, hard-working folks (Goodfellow AFB in West Texas and Holloman AFB in NM come to mind). You wouldn't think twice about walking outside the latter, while with the former you'd be taking personal risk. Big difference that's not directly attributable to income.

 

[Dave Hess]

i once was at the walmarttire shop waiting and saw a guy walk out with a battery . guy at the counter did nothing . they use inventory data and they know what walks out the door

Yep.

I saw a guy walk out with a big screen TV and hopped into a waiting Ford Explorer.

Employees did nothing but watch the theft take place.

 

[paulo57509]

They've been locked up in my local Walmart for the last couple of years. Along with the cleaning supplies:

Walmart - June 2024

 

[The_Jeff]

Most of the places around here have been securing the lithium batteries for years. Like the Sudafed that is locked up, it makes it slightly more difficult for DIY meth(amphetamine) makers to do some home cooking. I'd personally like to see them easier to steal so more could blow themselves up .

The walmart here sells a blister back of a dozen 123 batteries. Their only legit uses are "tactical flashlights" and 1990s film cameras like the Olympus Stylus. Of course both Energizer and Walmart say "we don't know nothin'" when asked who needs a dozen at a time.

 

[Owen Lucas]

They've been locked up in my local Walmart for the last couple of years. Along with the cleaning supplies:

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Walmart - June 2024

I'm going to brag about it again, but in my Walmart, they only lock up ammo / sportsman's stuff. They don't even check receipts.

It's a sad flex that you brag about nowadays.

 

[jws926]

My local WalMart started locking things up early this year( in a low crime area) , all of Automotive electrical stuff , some stuff in the electronics section(like headphones) and the electric tooth brushes and cologne . But the car battery's are not locked up.

 

[Chris142]

I'm going to brag about it again, but in my Walmart, they only lock up ammo / sportsman's stuff. They don't even check receipts.

It's a sad flex that you brag about nowadays.

Your Walmart sells ammo?

 

[JohnnyG]

Link please.

It's been a year or two ago, so I doubt the video is still around. I did a short search for you though and came up with several other examples. Just not one that amazed me as much as that particular video.