It must've seemed like a good idea at some point, but in hindsight, it obviously wasn't.

According to reports – two women went through a self-checkout counter at the Highway 27 Walmart after allegedly changing prices on a number of items and then failing to run others through the checkout at all.

A Chattooga County Sheriff's Office Deputy responded to the report of the theft made by the Walmart Asset Protection Manager and then took both Darlene Michelle Nettles, age 34 and Amanda Kay Spivey, age 36, both of Lafayette into custody on charges of theft by shoplifting