Walmart and Razor Blades

kwselke said:
If he was paying by credit card, that may have been the issue calling for ID.
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Could be. But I was carded in a Kroger store when buying a bottle of non-alcoholic wine for a friend. I'll be 76 in a month and change. I look 80 plus.

The kid checking apologized, but said the product code forced her to card me or the computer would kick out the purchase.

I just shook my head--it wasn't her fault the policy was stupid.
 
the ringo kid said:
With WM-no telling if paranoia or not? Each individual WM seems to have their version of their rules.
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When I was caring for a diabetic foster dog I went to buy syringes at a different Walmart than usual. California requires zero anything to purchase insulin or syringes. The WM sold me the insulin but said I needed a note from the vet for the syringes. HUH? Not a Rx, a note!:rolleyes:

Went out of my way & got 'em at a different WM.
 
Made my semi-annual run to WM today to pick up a few things I couldn't find anywhere else in town (only reason I go to WM in the first place), thought while I was there, I'd pick up some DVD-R's and get a can to blow out the dust in my CPU... couldn't find them....then got thinking, they probably don't sell them anymore (or have them locked away) since so many kids are into huffing all sorts of ridiculous thing today. Couldn't find anyone in the electronics section (typical) so got out while I was still in a somewhat good mood....:D
 
Stevens said:
A guy (50ish) checking out in front of me at Home Depot was buying a lazer level, the girl had to card him, she didn't know why. Maybe bad press about lazers flashed at landing planes? or maybe just shined into someone's eye?
or something else?
Steve W
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There have been several instances of pilots complaining of lasers being pointed into the cockpits of planes landing at SeaTac airport. All it takes is a couple of morons to make life difficult for everyone else. 99% of product packaging and labeling is the result of someone doing something stupid.
 
Hodgin said:
Me too, except I use Feather. A little more expense than Astra but for about $15 plus shipping I can get 50 blades. Last me about at least 1.5-2 yrs.
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50 blades last 1.5 years? Is that getting daily use? I shave daily, swap them out on a weekly basis (Monday) but I gotta tell ya' sometimes day 7 (Sunday) is an adventure.:eek:

Sounds like we could start a safety razor blade thread. Lots of choices out there. I tried Sharks but they were too thin. I'm using Wilkinson Sword but since my source dried up I'm tempted to try Kroger Store Brand as they are USA-made.

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Is this new security on razor blades a national thing, or is it just local store paranoia?
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I don't think that it's paranoia... it's probably the result of the thieving clientele of your local store. I'd move.
 
A part-time co-worker also works at a local Walmart. She says they have either laid off or failed to replace at least thirty employees this year. The biggest hits were to the theft prevention department and stock associates. They are locking more merchandise up because they don't employ the number of 'eyes' the stores were designed for.

A couple of the biggest theft items are fresh meats and Tide detergent.
 
blujax01 said:
50 blades last 1.5 years? Is that getting daily use? I shave daily, swap them out on a weekly basis (Monday) but I gotta tell ya' sometimes day 7 (Sunday) is an adventure.:eek:

Sounds like we could start a safety razor blade thread. Lots of choices out there. I tried Sharks but they were too thin. I'm using Wilkinson Sword but since my source dried up I'm tempted to try Kroger Store Brand as they are USA-made.

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Shave just about everyday. Occasionally I might miss a Saturday now and then. I'm a two pass shaver and blades last about a week and a half to two weeks. I clean my double edge Merkur after each shave. I think that adds to the blade's life. I also use a brush and shaving soap instead of the cream. Not sure if that has an effect on blades but I like it better.
 
My grandfather on my mom's side used the same razor everyday for years and years. I'd bet pop's dad did too.
Neither one of them died from bleeding out due to shaving cuts.

A good straight razor, a strop, and a brush & mug are all you need for a very long time.

Or do as I do - Have your barber trim your beard when you get your hair cut :)
 
Stopped by our local family dollar store, not the same as dollar general, and bought a nice 3 blade razor that I really like, and 5 replacement blades for not quite 4 dollars. While I was there I picked up a 16 box of aa batteries, guaranteed or you money back for five dollars, I will shop there again.
 
Hodgin said:
Shave just about everyday. Occasionally I might miss a Saturday now and then. I'm a two pass shaver and blades last about a week and a half to two weeks. I clean my double edge Merkur after each shave. I think that adds to the blade's life. I also use a brush and shaving soap instead of the cream. Not sure if that has an effect on blades but I like it better.
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Another mug and brush man here. Two pass shaver, too. I twist open the Parker and rinse it off. Must be the blades...

Thanks!
 
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DeadAye said:
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A good straight razor, a strop, and a brush & mug are all you need for a very long ...:)
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That's a real art, right there. I'd need a volunteer to practice on before I'd try it on myself!:eek:
 
Earlier this year we bought a computer chair. We got the box home and I found close to $800s of loot stuffed in the box with the chair! Computer games, two smart phones, that type of stuff. We took it back and they gave the wife I think, a $30 gift certificate. They wer ringing up the stuff we brought back so I asked the ammount. They had just fired someone from that department that they had suspected.
I am not a walmart basher. I get a lot of entertainment there sitting on the bench a couple times a week profiling.
 
They lock up what people are stealing. I think it has less to do with resale and more to do with how expensive they are to actually buy. I live on the edge of a bad neighborhood. The local CVS has razor blades, condoms, formula, and a few other items behind glass. It's what poor people are walking out with.
 
Look for baby formula. That is also locked up and they record your D.L. info. I was told it is like cold medicine. Drug makers/dealers use it for some kind of mixing thing.
 
feralmerril said:
I am not a walmart basher. I get a lot of entertainment there sitting on the bench a couple times a week profiling.
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It was on this forum that I first heard the splendid term "Wal-Martians".

I've been a people-watcher all my life, and was a professional observer for nearly forty years. The Martian-profiling at Wally World can be really fascinating. I just wish they would put a bench in the sporting goods department. :D
 
I first heard about razor blades being a high theft item in graduate business school in 1986. It's not a new phenomenon. The Tide I heard about a couple of years ago.
 
Years ago I had my truck stolen right out of my driveway. I had just received a sears charge card in the mail and had left it unopened in the truck. The next day I thought I better double check with sears. Well over $4,000s had been charged in the local store plus another about 40 miles away. I went through the receipts withe the stores security woman and we found where my name was forged on all but two, and on them the woman signed her own name, a kiane neimuth. The security woman said it looks like we have a internal problem here! (Probley she knew the clerk). I took copys of everything and took it to my detective working the case. We were trying to figure out the pronouniation of the name, and I said looks like kiane neimuth to me. Another detective was walking behind us when I said that and he said I know that name! We got her on a theft about a year ago. They checked the computer and found she had just got out of jail! A couple days later my house was broke in and I lost a fortune of guns! I had just got back from wisconsin and had to put my dad in a assisted living home. I had brought a bunch of family guns back with me and couldnt get them in my already full safe so they were loose in the house. When the truck was stolen I had left a revolver slightly customised in the truck. That tipped them off I was a gun guy, I was watched and the house was hit. (I had just pulled into the driveway from my wisconsin / california trip the night the truck was stolen). They caught the woman but she wouldnt crack. She just said someone gave her a ride in the truck and she did admit she stold the CC from the truck. However I also found out she originaly got arrested for almost the same type crime orginaly. A car salesman I knew said his daughter had brought a friend and that girls friend (neimuth) to his house and a day later his house was broke into and his guns stolen. He asked neighbors and they reported niemuths didscription to him that they seen her standing in front of a car by the house while some guys were hauling stuff out. She didnt go to jail on that one but got probation which she broke and went and served a few months for breaking probation when she got out and I got hit! I went to a hearing and the judge gave her something like effectivly a few months! I got up and started to protest that I lost a lot more than just the credit card but the judge shut me up and gave me the bums rush! California is nothing but a mill to clear the docket. I have no respect for the court system in california.
 
I'm finding it harder to get Gillette Mach II blades with the slip-strip, so I just look 'em up on the internet and buy bulk from whoever offers them cheapest. I also don't react well to being treated like an untrustworthy child and having to say "Mother may I" for blades. I have a stock that should last me well into the second half of 2014. There's always another way; many times it involves walking away from paranoiac, overprotective, underthought and inconvenient sales practices. And yes, I know I'm a curmudgeon. :mad:

John
 
If they have them locked up when I go in I just wait till the people get there to open up the cabinet. It's cheaper than paying for gas to go somewhere else.
 
What a few people don't realize is that these new razors use replacement blades that cost $2 to $5 EACH. A pack can run almost fifty bucks (Gillette Fusion - $44.97 a dozen :eek:) and is real pocketable.

In Ohio they're not "behind glass", they're in plastic boxes measuring about 5x5x3 and you take them to the checkout just like everything else. The clerk then uses a magnet or something to get them loose.

We are our own worst enemy. Theft costs all of us and it's a shame that these steps have to be taken.

It's a damn shame...:(
 
arjay said:
I've gone back to the cheap 2 blade disposables at the grocery store.I like to think a patchy shave adds to my old guy charm.
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That's all I've used for many years--the ones without that slug-slimy lubricant strip--and I get fine shaves, using hand soap lather or the shampoo I'm using that day. My elderly kisser ain't that sensitive.
 
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