my boyfriend and my dtr 16 just went thru checkout line - self pay and when my 16 year old went to swipe the card -- after I had already been verified as adult over 21 (i'm 36)---they then refused to sell the alcohol which was fine, but then they decided to not let me go back thru the line for the alcohol purchase by myself and they also held onto my card-- in my name that my dtr was just helping me by swiping and stated that she could not even push the cart with alcohol in it. we were just letting her slide the card with my name on it, just to help-- in no way was i contributing to an alcohol purchase for her, it didn't even cross my mind. She then completed the transaction of the alcohol and other misc items and signed at the bottom of the receipt- "underage purchase" and then rang up the other items minus the wine and then let me sign for the purchase. now both the purchases are shoeing on my acct. one with the wine and other items and one without the wine bbut with the other items. so, we were charged for the wine, but didn't get to leave the store with it and then in essence we were double charged for the other misc items we had purchased. We are currently awaiting return call from corporate. she in essence did complete an underage sell by charging our card-- if that is what she think was going on -since she signed where my signature goes "underage sale" and charge my bank account-- did she do something illegal by completing this transaction if she thought it was a third party purchase for alcohol???if it would have been cigarrettes, would it be the same, if i would allow my 6 yr old just wipe the card to help would it still be an underage sell???-- it's frustrating because they even told me i was not allowed to come back and purchase alcohol until the next day. I understand them trying to cut down on underage purchases, but this is riduculous and their attitude towards me here in south carolina was ridiculous-- like i was a criminal-- so, I guess a child--even a teenager is not allowed to push a cart with alcohol, or slide the card in their moms name while in self checkout for the parent when there is alcohol involved. Pretty sad that they completed the transaction and charged my acct and i didn't get to leave with my bottle of wine. Guess I'm getting a little educatin on alcohol purchases here and how walmart deals with the public-- it was quite embarrassing for the guests behind me to see it unfold as I would never purchase or let my 16 yr old purchase the alcohol for her consumption. I did get my card back in the end but only after i had to use some words that I normally wouldn't say...