Posted on 03/11/2011 7:51:18 PM PST by Daffynition
So, this is covered under the Commerce Clause? LOLOL
I don't often shop @ Wal-Mart; but I do shop @ Sam's. The receipt checkers just put the Sharpie® mark on my receipt without looking at it. I think @ my Sam's store, they actually check minorities more thoroughly. I was told once by a former employee that @ Sam's they are mainly concerned about theft by friends of employees in which the employee is complicit in the theft.
Sounds to me as if you’ve been bounced out of too many nightclubs and landed on your head. You’re being ridiculous. Call it a night.
You really are senile. Did I mention the Commerce Clause in the Constitution? No. You did.
Have the nice men in the white uniforms been made aware you’re out of your cell?
Excellent. ROFL. Thanks.
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Why don’t you call it a night and resist the authoritarian need to tell others what to do?
If you’re smart enough, you can figure out GFY.
Now, muck off, Hermann.
I'm more bothered by the fact that as many people steal from them as they do. I see the need behind their request and realize they are just trying to lower costs by creating an impression of heightened security.
I think the door check is just a deterrent, and they would deter rather than have to arrest and prosecute. But they do plenty of the latter too.
Obviously those are extreme examples, but my point is that private property rights don't give property owners carte blanche to do whatever they please.
Should a consumer be forced to prove ownership of everything they are wearing or carrying in their handbags? Should you have to prove that the cash in your wallet wasn't stolen from the cash register or carry around receipts for all the clothing, watches and jewelry you are wearing?
There is also a burden of proof issue. It does sort of set a bad precedent when an individual is compelled to prove he did not steal his own property. Shouldn't the burden be on the accuser to prove or at least show probable cause that it was stolen?
If state law says a consumer cannot be compelled to show receipts stores should comply, while possibly trying to get the law changed or considering whether it is viable to do business under that law.
All that said I do sympathize with the store's need to prevent theft and understand that receipt checking is not horribly burdensome.
No way do I ever stop for that kind of thing. The manager was ill informed and acted badly. They can have all the “policies” they want. Look up the definition of receipt, and all becomes clear.
It’s understood that this is really a check or internal control that is looking for collusion between store employees and fake customers. Maybe, maybe other things. That’s THEIR problem. People accept the unacceptable because they are too stupid or unwilling to know and understand their rights.
Hey stupid jerk! Stop shopping at a store if you don't like they way they do business.
When you refuse to let the checker look at your receipt you cause my overall prices at Walmart to go up.
Loss prevention folks will tell you that is the majority of shrinkage, not fat momma off the street hiding a TV under her mu-mu.
LOL “Lord,! let me get out of this Wal-Mart with a free TV.”
LOL! That’s about the size of it!
The author is a prick
If it really was against the law in VA someone would have played the Lawsuit Lotto on Wal-Mart by now and they wouldn’t be checking receipts at the door anymore. You will note that Rick didn’t cite the law in his screed.
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Avoid Walmart Receipt Check By Loudly Declaring That You Bought Condoms
Strawman. It isn't against the law to ask to see receipts, but it certainly is against the law to detain someone for not showing them, and there is no law requiring the customer's cooperation with the store's request. The customer is legally free to just say "no" and keep walking.
It’s not really a strawman since Rick claimed there is a VA law that says they’re not allowed to check a receipt. You are also claiming that such a law exists but you haven’t given a cite to its statute number either. That’s a red herring.
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