@srlawren wrote:
@heypeterman wrote:
I picked up two sim cards at Marlborough Walmart last night. The mobile department closes at 8pm during the week, I think.
Edit: you have to sign up there. They wouldn't just sell the sim cards.
@heypeterman this is not right but unfortunately many Walmart employees seem to think so. They are absolutely supposed to just sell you the card without activation if requested. You should try asking to speak to their manager if you encounter this, because it's just wrong.
@Brooke_C @Alan_K bringing this to your attention.
I do believe that it actually is quite possible that these mobile department staff members at Walmart really have been instructed not to sell the sim card without activation. If that really is the case, the employee is not going to risk disciple and/or dismissal. They will simply follow the instructions of their superirors. I know Public Mobile doesn't want it this way, but Public Mobile isn't the boss of the people working within the Walmart stores. If these people at Walmart really have been told not to sell these sim cards without activation, they won't even be reprimanded for this practice. And if that's the case, the reason that calling a manager over works may just be because the manager is giving authorization to make an exception.
Another possibility is a commission that the staff member wants to receive for the activation.
Either scenerio is possible in my mind.
