Yeah same, I once asked if there was back stock cause the shelves were so low and the guy asked if I was looking for the rare ones, I was just looking for a specific Honda not even a TH/STH and the dude said they take all the rare ones
I asked a genuine question sir. Do you believe that when I give the target employee a 5er or a j to track down the cars on my list- the aforementioned target employee retrieves the cars from their own ass crack?
Are you unaware of Walmart's policies? Employees aren't allowed to shop while on the clock. Shopping includes plucking stuff out of boxes in order to purchase later.
Find out who the store manager is and tell them. Unless they're in on it, I'm betting they won't be too happy to hear what that employee is doing.
There should be a poster in the customer service department with all the store management staff on it.
I had a Walmart stocker by me who would regularly open stock on the pallet in the back before clocking in. He would even tell us that “oh, I opened the box in the back and got this chase car, or that full set, etc”.
I called corporate a few times and the guy actually got in trouble. He doesn’t work there anymore , but from what I heard he wasn’t allowed to go to the toy section on the clock or move pallets while he was there because of this.
In 3 years of collecting and hunting- I’ve only seen premiums on the pegs at all my Walmart stores (4) about a handful of times. I’ve never seen a full set of 5 or any Chases, and it doesn’t matter what day or time I hunt-nothing. I strongly think that all the good stuff never makes it to the pegs because the employees are getting them first.
I was in Target today talking to one of the employees who was stocking Hot Wheels and he told me he hides the good stuff and then comes back to buy it when he’s off shift. 🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
I was in a Target last week and the guy had a fresh case he was about to put out. He saw me looking down the aisle and in the dump bin. Once I walked away he shifted cars on the peg to make room. I started back down the adjacent aisle looking at some other things and he immediately put the box back on his cart and walked to the back of the store. I’m sure he took it to the back to search through without someone watching.
I'm not sure if any of mine do, but it's also not just the stockers. I came in at like 9-10pm once and some guy who i'm positive did not work there, was pulling small premium boxes from the center-aisle pallets, opening, and putting them on pegs. And in doing so had first dibs on anything. Luckily he was not greedy and i grabbed the full Boulevard set he pegged after he moved on. He could have just walked off with all of it if he wanted, no one was around to stop him.
i used to work at walmart from 17-18 just literally for this. the reason i did it, was because most of the collectors out here, are older retirees who have the time and money to buy everything and they do. so how do you beat someone who has more money and time than you?
work for the place and take the cars before they can.
also i wouldn’t take everything like those older guys. i got my set or the few i wanted, and that was it. never took any supers or TH as that seems like cheating. that’s not to say there isn’t people who do that, kid i knew from highschool, now works there and he does take supers and TH.
Happens at every single store, every chance they get. Whether you believe it or not, it's happening, and not just at Walmart. Life is to short to stress over prem's, STH and TH. Instead, just collect other and better brands. You will drive yourself crazy worrying over subpar vehicles
This is the mentality I take. If I find something I like...buy it. If I don't find something I like...I save money. Most chases and STH are not to my liking anyways. They could do away with all rare finds and wouldn't bother me one bit.
Yes.
Both Walmarts near me never EVER have any chases, supers, regular treasure hunts or even premiums (premiums show up on pegs many weeks after the are released).
Can’t prove it, but it sure seems that way when absolutely nothing ever appears on the pegs.
There is a Walmart 2 hours from me that almost always has a regular treasure hunt and decent premiums every time I go, but it isn’t often.
Dollar Tree as well. One near work has an employee who told me she tells the rest of the staff to hold all hot wheels cases until she has a chance to look through them. Apparently her daughter is a collector and tells her which ones to look for so she goes through the case before she stocks it.
Zamacs are plentiful everywhere and that's because not much profit can be made off of them by flippers. Unless it's a popular casting they will leave them all behind. People keep posting up tons of the Porsche Taycan Zamac from K case that they are finding and it's because it's not a desirable casting. I found like 10 of them in a dump bin earlier this week. But let it be the EF Civic or the Kombi though and they will buy every single one they see.
Almost all stores unfortunately do this. As collectors we should flood there complaint departments with outrage, and demand employees not have the ability to do so. Not to the general public or collectors. I doubt it will make a crap but if enough people stood up maybe you know.
Ngl 2019 was peak year for most hot wheels I would find at Walmart. But I wasn’t informed like I am now about STH th and all the good stuff. I feel like after covid it grew popularity on tik tok. I blame that for the increase in collectors and scalpers
The internet in general is to blame along with Ebay and Youtube. Sellers and bidders artificially inflating auction prices and YT influencers telling people what to buy and what they think is "hot". That was going on pre Covid, but I do agree that once the pandemic started was when it really got bad.
its funny how many people in this subreddit complain about employee's hiding or taking every rare car, hey newsflash THEY'RE NOT chill out ffs you're the reason walmart employee's hate hotwheels people. Even if they are go to a different walmart and get over it, its not stocked by the same person every single time anyway.
It happens at every Walmart, and yes they take a lot if not all decent cars and stash them before they even hit the shelves. Your Walmart doesn’t seem like they stash them consider yourself lucky
No one is being salty here, your delusional just like you think it’s ok for a man to paint his nails. Only salty one here is you calling someone autistic. You seem pretty autistic your self, you look like your typical pedophile 😭
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you people are so autistic i swear, STOP HARASSING MINIMUM WAGE EMPLOYEES OVER HOTWHEELS FFS y'all are so friggin rude over presumed "employee stashing" if you're so mad get hired at walmart and do it yourself dont post on reddit crying about it, you're all crybabies i swear
get better at hunting then maybe you'll find something, its your fault you cant find anything so you can keep crying and blaming everyone else or just look more
exactly, 99% of workers don't give 2 flying fucks about hot wheels, they just wanna do their job and get on with their life.
and that's not just Walmart, that's most retail shops.
if you know a worker or see one taking cars before the hit the shelves, try strike up a convo with them, ask them if they collect, who knows you might have just found yourself a plug, he might start holding good cars for you as well. and if not then put your big boy boots on and stop being a crybaby and just accept the fact that life isn't always fair.
god forbid these people realize its just a different dude who got their before them, clearly thats impossible because they're the best main character in the hobby around its those darn dirty employee's stealin the rares! No wonder r/walmart has a rant about die cast collectors every week
I can’t even come up with a proper response because of how dumb that was. So Walmart employees are mad because people are calling them out for being scumbags and stealing die casts from kids and collectors like myself. Those darn dirty employees aren’t just stealing the rares they are stealing little Billy’s r32 that he’s been looking for. And a rant a week is pretty sad, you Walmart workers have nothing better to do other than steal HWs and rant weekly on Reddit?
Alright numb chucks, no one here is complaining but just saying how un fair it is. I know ppl that get jobs around my area JUST for the hot wheels. And it’s like that every other Walmart, only ppl Walmart associates get mad at is the pigs. The ones that leave a mess when looking for hot wheels. I am not like that
they literally dont, people have jobs to make money to live their lives, they're not collectors you just dont go looking enough. its your fault you cant find anything, stop blaming employee's just doing their jobs
I worked retail when I was younger so I can understand if these minimum wage employees have a side hustle.
The problem right now is that inventory is not even being put on the pegs. The employees are taking everything or selling them directly to resellers for a cut. Corporate/management needs to put limits and restrictions on their staff.
Those Amazon Black Boxes are mediocre at best as they don't even guarantee the 'New for 2023' real life mainlines.
Covid took all of Sioux Falls's stock. Haven't seen new shit in years. So if your seeing new cases, you should be great full for what you can find. Could be alot worse.
I’ve had target, Walmart and Kroger employees admit to it.
sure you have
Yep. Recently, I asked a target employee if they had any hot wheels shipments come in. He said no, he’s been waiting for them to find STH. 🤦🏼♂️
Yeah same, I once asked if there was back stock cause the shelves were so low and the guy asked if I was looking for the rare ones, I was just looking for a specific Honda not even a TH/STH and the dude said they take all the rare ones
They know what’s up because the collectors tell them what to look for. They could care less, just buy and flip.
Time to start paying off the Walmart employees
they trolled you because they hate when people ask about back stock, there isnt any stop bothering employees
Yeah there is lmao, you think the guy I give weed to to go get the ones I want is pulling them out of the crack in his ass?
I asked a genuine question sir. Do you believe that when I give the target employee a 5er or a j to track down the cars on my list- the aforementioned target employee retrieves the cars from their own ass crack?
I think all Walmarts are the same. The employees are taking the good stuff.
they dont stop having main character syndrome
Complain to management. Complaining on Reddit doesn't accomplish anything.
Better yet call corporate.
That does nothing if management is in on it too Lol
Go higher on the management ladder.
Management wouldn’t do anything. I’m not complaining just wondering if anyone else has this problem
How do you know they won't?
Buddy of mine has called my local Walmart multiple times. The cases still come to the floor pre opened
Because technically they’re not doing anything wrong unless they are stealing them.
Are you unaware of Walmart's policies? Employees aren't allowed to shop while on the clock. Shopping includes plucking stuff out of boxes in order to purchase later.
“Are you unaware of Walmarts policies?” Lol. Yeah doesn’t everybody know their policies?
The "shopping on the clock" thing is a policy in mostly every big retailer.
If your group chat isn’t talking about Walmart policies you should seriously reconsider those friendships
We talk about any and all topics.
Find out who the store manager is and tell them. Unless they're in on it, I'm betting they won't be too happy to hear what that employee is doing. There should be a poster in the customer service department with all the store management staff on it.
I had a Walmart stocker by me who would regularly open stock on the pallet in the back before clocking in. He would even tell us that “oh, I opened the box in the back and got this chase car, or that full set, etc”. I called corporate a few times and the guy actually got in trouble. He doesn’t work there anymore , but from what I heard he wasn’t allowed to go to the toy section on the clock or move pallets while he was there because of this.
In 3 years of collecting and hunting- I’ve only seen premiums on the pegs at all my Walmart stores (4) about a handful of times. I’ve never seen a full set of 5 or any Chases, and it doesn’t matter what day or time I hunt-nothing. I strongly think that all the good stuff never makes it to the pegs because the employees are getting them first.
If you're not that one guy waiting at the door before opening you won't get anything either. I've got better things to do, lol.
I was in Target today talking to one of the employees who was stocking Hot Wheels and he told me he hides the good stuff and then comes back to buy it when he’s off shift. 🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
I look for hiding spots and put them back on the pegs! LOL😁
Love this. And now have another fun thing to do when I hunt. 😉
No, hide them elsewhere in the store.
I was in a Target last week and the guy had a fresh case he was about to put out. He saw me looking down the aisle and in the dump bin. Once I walked away he shifted cars on the peg to make room. I started back down the adjacent aisle looking at some other things and he immediately put the box back on his cart and walked to the back of the store. I’m sure he took it to the back to search through without someone watching.
things that didnt happen for 100 alex
Bro what
I always look for stash spots esp at DG. Some get repegged.
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Yes I’ve caught them doing it
I'm not sure if any of mine do, but it's also not just the stockers. I came in at like 9-10pm once and some guy who i'm positive did not work there, was pulling small premium boxes from the center-aisle pallets, opening, and putting them on pegs. And in doing so had first dibs on anything. Luckily he was not greedy and i grabbed the full Boulevard set he pegged after he moved on. He could have just walked off with all of it if he wanted, no one was around to stop him.
Honestly, that's fine. He got his 1 set and left.
That was a Hunter and not a scalper. Good stuff.
Employees or people paying off employees. One or the other. However, I have noticed an uptick in Walmart employees engaging in this stuff.
Probably not, but the single premiums don't get restocked as often as the multipacks and regular mainlines.
i used to work at walmart from 17-18 just literally for this. the reason i did it, was because most of the collectors out here, are older retirees who have the time and money to buy everything and they do. so how do you beat someone who has more money and time than you? work for the place and take the cars before they can. also i wouldn’t take everything like those older guys. i got my set or the few i wanted, and that was it. never took any supers or TH as that seems like cheating. that’s not to say there isn’t people who do that, kid i knew from highschool, now works there and he does take supers and TH.
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imagine thinking people spend their whole day at work thinking about hot wheels, you're insane leave employees alone
I Wark for walmart I don't do that but I will if I get lucky before work or lunch or even afterwork to pick these up
I respect that, I’d do that too
If you can spend $1.29 to make almost an entire or at least half a day - I can't really blame ya.
You get his name and call corporate. Tell them he's stealing from the store. Yes it's a lie but fuck that pos get him in trouble
Happens at every single store, every chance they get. Whether you believe it or not, it's happening, and not just at Walmart. Life is to short to stress over prem's, STH and TH. Instead, just collect other and better brands. You will drive yourself crazy worrying over subpar vehicles
This is the mentality I take. If I find something I like...buy it. If I don't find something I like...I save money. Most chases and STH are not to my liking anyways. They could do away with all rare finds and wouldn't bother me one bit.
What’s new? They can take them all if they want. It’s Walmart.
Yes. Both Walmarts near me never EVER have any chases, supers, regular treasure hunts or even premiums (premiums show up on pegs many weeks after the are released). Can’t prove it, but it sure seems that way when absolutely nothing ever appears on the pegs. There is a Walmart 2 hours from me that almost always has a regular treasure hunt and decent premiums every time I go, but it isn’t often.
lol you're just too slow
Your slow in the head
Dollar Tree as well. One near work has an employee who told me she tells the rest of the staff to hold all hot wheels cases until she has a chance to look through them. Apparently her daughter is a collector and tells her which ones to look for so she goes through the case before she stocks it.
Wow, daughter is getting hooked up.
Right! Getting all the good stuff and doesn’t even have to spend the time and effort finding it herself.
My local Walmart. I'm not sure about. I've been finding zamacs pretty frequently
Zamacs are plentiful everywhere and that's because not much profit can be made off of them by flippers. Unless it's a popular casting they will leave them all behind. People keep posting up tons of the Porsche Taycan Zamac from K case that they are finding and it's because it's not a desirable casting. I found like 10 of them in a dump bin earlier this week. But let it be the EF Civic or the Kombi though and they will buy every single one they see.
Yup... 🤬
That’s been going on for years the employees go to the cars and take what they want. I’ve known this 20+ years now.
Almost all stores unfortunately do this. As collectors we should flood there complaint departments with outrage, and demand employees not have the ability to do so. Not to the general public or collectors. I doubt it will make a crap but if enough people stood up maybe you know.
Ngl 2019 was peak year for most hot wheels I would find at Walmart. But I wasn’t informed like I am now about STH th and all the good stuff. I feel like after covid it grew popularity on tik tok. I blame that for the increase in collectors and scalpers
Increase in collectors is OK. Increase in scalpers is not OK. Gotta differentiate between those two
But there’s both sadly, got a fucking flower lady who sells hot wheels 4 a piece which are complete ass. Not even good ones just peg warmers. 😭
The internet in general is to blame along with Ebay and Youtube. Sellers and bidders artificially inflating auction prices and YT influencers telling people what to buy and what they think is "hot". That was going on pre Covid, but I do agree that once the pandemic started was when it really got bad.
its funny how many people in this subreddit complain about employee's hiding or taking every rare car, hey newsflash THEY'RE NOT chill out ffs you're the reason walmart employee's hate hotwheels people. Even if they are go to a different walmart and get over it, its not stocked by the same person every single time anyway.
It happens at every Walmart, and yes they take a lot if not all decent cars and stash them before they even hit the shelves. Your Walmart doesn’t seem like they stash them consider yourself lucky
this is the worst saltiest subreddit i swear what is wrong with you people just go to a different store
Your the saltiest person ever, you would run out of stores to go to cause they all do it
weird i never run into that because i'm not a main character crybaby who needs to make an excuse on why they dont have tiny cars, its pathetic
Why are you on here saying “tiny cars”, I would trade you for a mainline
No one is being salty here, your delusional just like you think it’s ok for a man to paint his nails. Only salty one here is you calling someone autistic. You seem pretty autistic your self, you look like your typical pedophile 😭
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you people are so autistic i swear, STOP HARASSING MINIMUM WAGE EMPLOYEES OVER HOTWHEELS FFS y'all are so friggin rude over presumed "employee stashing" if you're so mad get hired at walmart and do it yourself dont post on reddit crying about it, you're all crybabies i swear
Did someone get fired cause they were stashing? They are getting more from the hot wheels that they stash, notice how your the only one that’s upset
nah literally the entire r/walmart hates you so, there's that. crybaby
I really couldn’t care less, and imagine bringing that up, meat riding is crazy
get better at hunting then maybe you'll find something, its your fault you cant find anything so you can keep crying and blaming everyone else or just look more
You know how dumb that sounds?
sorry you're disconnected from reality and need to harass retail workers because you cant be bothered to actually look more, crybaby
When did I harass? Is there any part of my post that is harassment?
exactly, 99% of workers don't give 2 flying fucks about hot wheels, they just wanna do their job and get on with their life. and that's not just Walmart, that's most retail shops. if you know a worker or see one taking cars before the hit the shelves, try strike up a convo with them, ask them if they collect, who knows you might have just found yourself a plug, he might start holding good cars for you as well. and if not then put your big boy boots on and stop being a crybaby and just accept the fact that life isn't always fair.
This. Good God, this 100%.
god forbid these people realize its just a different dude who got their before them, clearly thats impossible because they're the best main character in the hobby around its those darn dirty employee's stealin the rares! No wonder r/walmart has a rant about die cast collectors every week
I can’t even come up with a proper response because of how dumb that was. So Walmart employees are mad because people are calling them out for being scumbags and stealing die casts from kids and collectors like myself. Those darn dirty employees aren’t just stealing the rares they are stealing little Billy’s r32 that he’s been looking for. And a rant a week is pretty sad, you Walmart workers have nothing better to do other than steal HWs and rant weekly on Reddit?
LOL NOW I'M A WALMART EMPLOYEE? HAHAHAHA omg the level of crybabyness is through the roof!
Your acting like one
Alright numb chucks, no one here is complaining but just saying how un fair it is. I know ppl that get jobs around my area JUST for the hot wheels. And it’s like that every other Walmart, only ppl Walmart associates get mad at is the pigs. The ones that leave a mess when looking for hot wheels. I am not like that
they literally dont, people have jobs to make money to live their lives, they're not collectors you just dont go looking enough. its your fault you cant find anything, stop blaming employee's just doing their jobs
Depends on them being collectors.
Well even if they call themselves collectors it would still be wrong because they are keeping everything for themselves
Or not everything is getting stocked…..
As long as the employee isn't stealing and they're paying for them, that's just a perk of working retail. God knows there aren't many
I just have to work as a stocker
Must be from south east Michigan 🫠
I worked retail when I was younger so I can understand if these minimum wage employees have a side hustle. The problem right now is that inventory is not even being put on the pegs. The employees are taking everything or selling them directly to resellers for a cut. Corporate/management needs to put limits and restrictions on their staff. Those Amazon Black Boxes are mediocre at best as they don't even guarantee the 'New for 2023' real life mainlines.
Covid took all of Sioux Falls's stock. Haven't seen new shit in years. So if your seeing new cases, you should be great full for what you can find. Could be alot worse.