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AFAIK this is more about making sure people have what they paid for rather than checking for shoplifting.

• myrloc 10y ago
  This is the optimist's view; in fact, I've never considered this in the 10+ years I've shopped at Sam's Club/Costco. They just briefly skim over the receipt -- until they hit a more expensive purchase, so your view would make sense (the opposite is not possible for shoplifting).
  • dboreham 10y ago
    In my experience they do check to see if you have items that are likely to be forgotten because they have to be brought from the wire cage such as stamps and gift cards.
    • a3n 10y ago
      I doubt that. They've been checking receipts since long before gift cards were a thing.
  • chiph 10y ago
    They're looking at the "Items Sold" number, and comparing that to the count of items in the cart. They may also be looking specifically for expensive items, to make sure there wasn't a substitution made.