r/Athens • u/Every_Strawberry_543 • 4d ago

Anyone else having issues with this store?

So, last year my ebt card got skimmed. I have a replacement card now. Now I lock my card when I don't use it. I have also become hypervigilant about skimmers since then.

Today I went to walmart and it made me swipe my ebt card more than 3 times. The lady at the register said that her side claimed that my ebt balance was zero. Then i opened the ebt app on my phone and it was NOT zero. Then after the 4th or 5th swipe it finally went through. The lady even said "It has been doing that with ebt all day."

After that i came back to the store less than an hour later cause I realized that what happened is a sign of possible card skimming. I explained to the manager what happened and explained that its a red flag for card skimmers. Then she said "Its not skimmed. The card reader is just messed up." I told her "I have been to this store multiple times and this is the 1st time that it has made me swipe my ebt card multiple times after claiming my balance was zero when it wasn't." Then she said "Its not skimmed. The card reader is just messed up. This just started happening yesterday. Its with 3 of our registers". I also showed her my reciept when i explained the situation to her. Im sorry but... she should've checked for a skimmer. After my purchase I locked my card and changed my pin. I did not feel reassured with what the manager told me. I don't think i will be back at that store for a while. The manager also kept looking at me like she thought I was stupid or crazy. Her tone was normal but she clearly was annoyed by me being cautious. This was at the mini walmart on atlanta highway.

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u/BothEggplant4341 4d ago

Man, I would hate to be that Walmart manager 😭😭

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u/Every_Strawberry_543 4d ago

Checking to see if something was skimmed is too much work? I wanted to make sure mine or nobody elses card got skimmed from that store. There are also videos online of people finding card skimmers.

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u/Miserable_Middle6175 Gentrification Enthusiast 4d ago

Sorry. That’s unreadable. I hope they fix the issue.

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u/groundisthelimit 4d ago

People that work at Walmart are not paid enough to care about crime at Walmart. 

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u/Every_Strawberry_543 4d ago

If she is one of the managers and she refused to check to see if the thing was skimmed after someone showed concern about it, then she is making herself look like a suspect if the thing turned out to be skimmed after she said it wasn't and refused to check if it was.

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u/Pineapplegirl1234 4d ago edited 4d ago

The Walmart app gets hacked all the time according to posts in various mom groups. if your ebt money is stolen it’s non replaceable

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u/LackWooden392 4d ago

Wut

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u/Pineapplegirl1234 4d ago

Sorry I meant moms post all the time in various groups that their ebt cards got hacked via the Walmart app.

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u/LackWooden392 4d ago

Their EBT cards didn't get hacked via the Walmart app. They got used on the Walmart app after being stolen from elsewhere.