A neighbor of mine was expelled from Walmart for taking pictures
With her cell phone so she could compare prices. I didn't know you can not compare prices at Walmart

A store can't stop someone from comparing prices covertly, but they can stop anyone from doing anything they want. I do know they will expel anyone taking pictures because it's the subject on TV right now on Goodmorning America or Sunday Morning or whatever the show with the sun logo is - there's a famous artist who paints nothing but scenes from inside Walmart, LOL. And they have the legal right. It doesn't fall under any of the civil rights (race, creed, religion, gender, etc).

Maybe it is Walmart policy or a local issue?

That's interesting since stores display QR codes prominently. So How do they tell whether someone is taking a picture of a price tag or scanning a QR code.

But the store has the right to do this.

Cellphones, especially smart phones, have had a huge impact on retailing. I've seen families deploy to different stores then call each other to report prices. Scanning QR codes and then comparing prices online is very common. There are many sites that can do that.

So its not surprising that some stores are fighting back.

I've been asked to leave WM when taking photos, presumably of prices, actually of accident scenes. Management has never been rude or banned me, just asked what I was doing, checked my business card and/or license, asked me to leave.

It's their store.

On the other hand a pizza chain geared for children called the Police to escort me from the store. Too bad - with any luck I'm banned from that particular germ pit for life.

I've been in retail for forty years and I have never worked in a store where picture taking was allowed. This is not a Walmart policy, but an across the board retail policy.
You can compare prices all you want. You just cannot take photographs of the store.

Deborah Moyer

Very Interesting Thanks
The Pastor

"I've been in retail for forty years and I have never worked in a store where picture taking was allowed. This is not a Walmart policy, but an across the board retail policy.
You can compare prices all you want. You just cannot take photographs of the store."

Of the store or inside the store? People take cell phone photos of prices all the time without a problem.

Cellphone cameras are making this type of policy moot. For example, concerts have long had a policy against taking pictures, and would confiscate cameras at the gate. But cellphone cameras have made this nearly impossible to police. And most concerts venues have given up.

I've worked at Staples and Best Buy and neither prohibit taking pictures of price tags or merchandise. But if you came in with a camera and just started taking random phots, you would be removed from just about any store.

My neighbor old me years ago at albertson, he was comparing prices
On a note pad, and the manager gave him the third degree . I guess price comparison is better done by memory?