WARNING: Check your Aldi receipts before you leave
I don't know if you know this, but cashiers can add or delete items from self-checkout transactions. It's very useful when you accidentally double scan an item. I have had one cashier add my watermelon so I didn't have to lift it, but they yelled over and told me they were doing it.
Last week, I went to Aldi and something showed up on my receipt that I hadn't purchased. I went back over my receipt, and everything I had purchased was on there, plus this item. I took it back to the store and asked them to check and see what it was, because it was exactly the same price as a bag of produce I had bought, which was almost $5. Since produce is weighed, it seemed strange that it would be EXACTLY that same price.
They checked it and gave me a refund, but I will still check my receipts in the future.
In fact, it's not a bad idea to check all of your receipts, because Walmart once double charged me for a $50 item, which I caught immediately. I didn't check out myself, and I know the cashier only rang it up once, so something went wrong somewhere. Anyway, they acted like they didn't want to give me the money back, and said they needed to check the video to see if I had only bought one, and they would get in touch with me. I refused to leave the store until I had my money back. They said it could take hours. I said "I'll wait." Ten minutes later, the store manager came and apologized to me and refunded me the money. I check every single receipt from there now before I leave the store. #finance source