Reply #70: i don't choose sides between corporations and citizens [View All]

I choose sides between right and wrong. In this case, the citizen was wrong.

"If you have paid for an item the store has no right to detain you in any way, and in fact they face a massive lawsuit if they do so."

Ummm....the guy at the store was checking the receipt to VERIFY that the customer paid for the item. Your own posts backs the corporation.

And you have the right to shop at any other store you wish, if you don't like Circuit City. Hell, go start your own chain of electronics stores. Of course, I'd be curious to see your shoplifting policies after a few years in business and millions of dollars in losses from theft...

I don't like showing my receipt either. That's why I rarely if ever shop at any large retailer. When their sales drop because nobody wants to shop there anymore, the "gestapo" will be removed.