Walmart, You Did it Again: Sort Of

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Explain to me how it is possible to ring up a watermelon out of literal thin air? It requires a sticker that is presumably on the watermelon itself with a bar code, or you have to manually enter it. Explain to me how anything could be rung up that didn't exist on the belt? There have been several times when something was double rung. Beer for example. On three occasions I was double charged for a 30-pack of Miller Lite. On the third event I told the store, "I think this is being done on purpose." And I made that claim because it was three consecutive purchases on three different dates done by three different cashiers. That's not an accident. On one occasion I was double charged for a Great Value 2 pound package of ham lunch meat. While I still contend at least the beer was on purpose. Even the beer and the ham are explainable to a degree. At least the items were actually on the belt and in my cart. But yesterday I went to Walmart and spent around $87 and unfortunately didn't check my receipt until I got home—something I have said before I would not do but would check it before I left the store because of all of these overcharges that seem so frequent at Walmart. I bought a 30-pack of Miller Lite, a package of ham lunch meat, a pair of shorts for my wife, 3 bottles of Powerade, a bag of cat food and a 12-count package of canned cat food. The guy in front of me didn't even buy any food. Just a bunch of pillows and blanets and what not. And there was no one behind me in the lane. But I was charged $4.68 for a watermelon. That didn't exist. Again, without a very specific code how in the world did a watermelon just magically appear on my bill? I called and told them about it and of course I have to go back to get a refund. But it did also seem strange to me that there were no questions at all when I said I didn't buy one. "Just bring your receipt back and we'll refund you." Almost as if they knew they sold 200 watermelons that day that are still in the bin.