Wal-Mart Reports Couple To The Police For Not Allowing Them To Check Their Receipt

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Originally Posted by wolfman

It amazes me to learn some of the items that now have those "loss prevention" transponders in the package these days, and yes I don't mind if the door greeter checks my reciept if the person at the checkout doesn't get one killed, but that is about the only reason I will let them look through my bags.

wolfman

The only time they are supposed to check is when the alarm goes off because something wasn't deactivated, or with large items. (Or when they had layaway)

[Bill of Rights]

Originally Posted by esrice

...stopped two girls for lifting 2 prom dresses...

Y'know... the comment here is so easy... but no, I'll let discretion be the better part of valor.

As for "if they touch you, file assault charges"- spot on.

If the alarm sounds, I'll prove my purchases. If not, bugger off. I'm no thief.

Blessings,
B

[W9ZEB]

This story, relates to This INGO Member's story

As for a certain someone who took offense to a certain comment that may or may not still exist in this thread. Lighten up. It was in reference to the above link.

[Disposable Heart]

Man, some really touchy people today. Here is my flow chart for reaction:
1. If they ask for my reciept, Im giving it to them for review. Its beneath me to argue with them over them doing their job.

2. If they grab me or touch me, no prob still. If I followed step 1, there is no reason. If 1 was not followed, then I can understand. Had that happen in a Meijers once. Showed em my reciept, off I went to my next adventure. Heck, even got a 10 dollar gift card for the experience (guy literally grabbed my arm, nothing else).

3. Assault? Too many people are way too damn touchy. Touch me in the slightest (tap on the shoulder) and that is assault! How does that work? We are too litigation-minded in our modern society, looking to soak someone else. People will say they arent, but are sometimes already spending the thousands in their mind. Assault in my mind is (literally) anything that messes up my hair (short and gelled, so it will take a tackle). Seriously. If it gets to that point, even then, I will demand the person fired (a bad thing to them, if they are working at Walmart and get fired, their lives are over anyways) and return all my items. Thats it!

No screaming because they wanted to see a reciept. No bellowing and thumping my chest and pulling out my hair over a beep in their system. My time is worth more than that. Perhaps if I was retired and had more time, I would be, realistically, a pain in the ass. Maybe more people should GROW UP and be a HUMAN not bloody animals and jump a mile over a mouse fart.

Just my two bucks (inflation, you know)

[Scutter01]

Originally Posted by Disposable Heart

We are too litigation-minded in our modern society, looking to soak someone else. People will say they arent, but are sometimes already spending the thousands in their mind.

I read somewhere that we have something like 4% of the world's population, but over 60% of the world's lawyers. I agree that we are too litigious. We're too ready to lawyer up over the smallest perceived slight.

[Feign]

PAPERS PLEASE!

[40calPUNISHER]

guilty until proven innocent in a court of Wal-Mart..

[Soundslikejosh]

Originally Posted by Disposable Heart

Man, some really touchy people today. Here is my flow chart for reaction:
1. If they ask for my reciept, Im giving it to them for review. Its beneath me to argue with them over them doing their job.

2. If they grab me or touch me, no prob still. If I followed step 1, there is no reason. If 1 was not followed, then I can understand. Had that happen in a Meijers once. Showed em my reciept, off I went to my next adventure. Heck, even got a 10 dollar gift card for the experience (guy literally grabbed my arm, nothing else).

3. Assault? Too many people are way too damn touchy. Touch me in the slightest (tap on the shoulder) and that is assault! How does that work? We are too litigation-minded in our modern society, looking to soak someone else. People will say they arent, but are sometimes already spending the thousands in their mind. Assault in my mind is (literally) anything that messes up my hair (short and gelled, so it will take a tackle). Seriously. If it gets to that point, even then, I will demand the person fired (a bad thing to them, if they are working at Walmart and get fired, their lives are over anyways) and return all my items. Thats it!

No screaming because they wanted to see a reciept. No bellowing and thumping my chest and pulling out my hair over a beep in their system. My time is worth more than that. Perhaps if I was retired and had more time, I would be, realistically, a pain in the ass. Maybe more people should GROW UP and be a HUMAN not bloody animals and jump a mile over a mouse fart.

Just my two bucks (inflation, you know)

Amen DH.

[karlsgunbunker]

Put on your TinFoil hat.

Wal-Mart has been working with MFG of Razors and other small plastic items to put imbeded RF chips in their products.
This is for Inventory Control and of course Loss Prevention.

Wal-Mart loses a crap load of money on people shoplifting small stuff like razors etc.

Critics say that it will be used to track usage. That they could drive a van down your street and tell what brand of Razor etc. you are using in your house.

I read an article a couple years ago about all of this and did some research for my employer.

The technology exhists to put a tracking chip in almost any product.
We were planning to use it to imbed unique Serial Numbers in our speakers that could not be removed for warrenty and fraud purposes.

Now go line all the wall inside your house with tin foil and have a great day.

[W9ZEB]

For what it's worth, RFID tags have no power source. The transmitters inside of them only activate when a receiver, which is also a transmitter provides enough RF to power the tiny transmitter inside the tag.

An RFID scanner that would work at a range of more than a few feet (read 6' or under) would require a substantial power source, a substantial amount of RF, and would not be safe to work around for any extended period of time.

Originally Posted by karlsgunbunker

Put on your TinFoil hat.

Wal-Mart has been working with MFG of Razors and other small plastic items to put imbeded RF chips in their products.
This is for Inventory Control and of course Loss Prevention.

Wal-Mart loses a crap load of money on people shoplifting small stuff like razors etc.

Critics say that it will be used to track usage. That they could drive a van down your street and tell what brand of Razor etc. you are using in your house.

I read an article a couple years ago about all of this and did some research for my employer.

The technology exhists to put a tracking chip in almost any product.
We were planning to use it to imbed unique Serial Numbers in our speakers that could not be removed for warrenty and fraud purposes.

Now go line all the wall inside your house with tin foil and have a great day.