Since at least 2020, viral videos claim Walmart customers could save money with a set of hidden numbers. TikTok videos claimed that a four-digit code found above Walmart’s front doors could be entered as a promo or discount code during self-checkout.
“What is a fact or statistic that seems wrong but is real?” Asked TikTok user @colinjashby. His video has been stitched together as an introduction to countless subsequent videos that claim to detail interesting facts and statistics.
On June 14, 2021, TikTok user @iammittalpatel posted a video with the intro sewn in “what is a fact or a statistic”. It was viewed nearly 6 million times and received 61,000 shares in two days.
@iammittalpatel #point with @colinjashby Mind-🤯!
original sound – Mittal Patel
According to @iammittalpatel and many others on TikTok, everyday Walmart customers walk under a four-digit code that would give them a discount when they call for items at the self-checkout.
When you go to Walmart and the doors open, look up. There is a four digit code. Remember this.
Now go inside and do your shopping, but do a self-service checkout.
Now on this screen in the upper right corner there is an option for a discount code. Click on it and enter the code.
Months earlier on January 3, @ watchoutttt.kee also made the same claim regarding a Walmart discount code in another TikTok video. It has received over 4 million views and over 58,000 shares.
The video used a different popular stitched intro, ie the trending question from @ 420loveontour: “What is one piece of information that you have learned that seems illegal to know?” “
@ watchoutttt.kee #stitch with @ 420loveontour thanks later
original sound – Ke 🧞
However, it was all a hoax. The idea that a four-digit code above Walmart’s front doors can be entered as a discount during self-checkout is wrong.
A number of TikTok reviewers have pointed out that if there was a four-digit number around the entry, it would simply be a store number.
Other TikTok users recorded videos that showed there was no room to enter a discount code on Walmart’s self-checkout screens.
For example, at least two helpful TikTok users took to Walmart stores to try the supposed trick.
Pauline Huppie, aka @metischickk, couldn’t find a four-digit code around the front doors.
@metischickk #mythbusted #wonderifitworks Follow-up video on the duo I made about a Walmart discount code and self-checkout.
Steven Universe – L. Dre
She also noted that there was no option to enter a code on the Walmart self-checkout screen or card scanner. “The myth has exploded,†she said.
A Walmart employee named Shantell Murphy also tried the trick. “So as you can see totally wrong,†she said.
@shantellmurphy walmart discount code #fact or cap
original sound – Shantell Murphy
In summary, there is no special four-digit code hidden above or around the front doors of Walmart stores that allows customers to receive a discount during self-checkout. If such a trick existed, there would be countless videos showing that it works. Instead, there isn’t.
