A jury has awarded $1.2 million to a woman falsely accused of shoplifting at Macy’s in Georgia.
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What is the Legality of Retailers’ Post-Sale Spot Checks?
By 1.11.06
try to leave the store. They try to FORCE everyone to stop and have their receipts & carts checked before they leave the store. I cannot tell you how much this bothers me. Once I pay for my merchandise, it is MINE – I own it! If they want to check my cart or my receipt, they need probably cause to detain me – otherwise it is illegal search & seizure. They want me to wait in one line for 30 minutes to check out, and then wait another 5 minutes to have some lackey check my receipt? FORGET IT! I have complained about this repeatedly to the store manager. They claim it is to make sure that I haven’t been “over-charged” for anything. But after some argument, they admit it is used to keep tabs on their employees, and make sure that the checkers are actually scanning all items. Is that my problem? Nope! And I refuse to be have my civil rights violated because they don’t trust their employees.
This sounds like a job for an attorney or someone who has had at least one cup of coffee, but Kaje raises an interesting point. How can stores legally search your bags or cart after you’ve paid for an item? Doesn’t the ownership of the goods transfer once you have been given the receipt or bill of sale? Wouldn’t refusing a search on their property lead to, at worse, an ejection from the premises? (You know, like, ejected all the way out to your car so you can drive home?)
You Can Call Us Flower If You Want To
By 12.27.05
Oh, honey, this mug shot isn’t your fault. This is the natural byproduct of a day spent stocking the Martha Stewart Everyday collection.
Shoplifters Run Down by Marines
By 12.20.05
Two lessons to be learned from this story about shoplifters in Ft. Myers, Florida.
Urban Outfitters: Judge, Jury, Jerkoffs
By 12.19.05
A manager at a Washington-area Urban Outfitters duped a mother and daughter into signing an admission of shoplifting by saying the form was to report ‘damaged goods.’ When the girl signed the papers, she was under the impression she was being banned from shopping in the stores, but soon received a “civil penalty” of $150 from Urban Outfitter’s law firm.
Weekend Wonderland: Security Search Shuffle
By 12.17.05
It’s the weekend and technically we could be out carousing and caroling with the best of them, but like you, we’re still on the freakin’ internet. So let’s share.
