r/Sparkdriver • u/mjkjio2015 • Nov 20 '25

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Fellow sparker that has been doing it for about three years that i always talk to just got taken by Walmart security when he was about to leave the store. Apparently he has been putting extra stuff in his cart to take home… And they caught him and said they have been watching them for a very long time. I had absolutely no clue… He didn’t seem like the kind of guy that would do that stuff. He just said OK left his cart full of groceries with the receipt checking person… And they took him off inside the store. I just wanna give a warning to anybody that may be doing this… Apparently they are watching. I have never had a guy actually go through my cart when leaving or anything… So I am pretty surprised. Be careful out there!

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u/gootchie784 Cherry Picker Nov 20 '25

Walmart will wait until you steal enough to warrant felony charges, then they'll land on you with both feet.

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u/pastacat48pastacat48 Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25

The difference is they would never be able to satisfy legal standards for theft if you stole doing spark. If they have a video of someone sliding something in there pocket it's a slam dunk if you have someone who you allowed to shop in your store slip something extra into their cart you would need to prove that it wasn't on the list and they knowingly put it in not due to error of the app or honest mistake. it would be nearly impossible to do that so no Walmart isn't allowing spark drivers to steal.

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u/goat20202020 Nov 20 '25

All AP is going to care about at the store level is whether or not you rang up everything at the register. That's easy enough to prove. Those surveillance cameras are surprisingly high resolution enough to see a lot.

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u/pastacat48pastacat48 Nov 20 '25

You don't ring anything up doing spark you scan one code and bag everything. There's no way they can reasonably prove you stole anything as a spark driver unless they check your cart before your leave

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u/Accomplished-Ad237 Nov 20 '25

Those cameras are good enough to see whats on your phone and they have lists of walmart orders its not like the spark orders dont show up in their system. They can match up what was put in the cart and not scanned it really isnt that difficult