One more Circuit City thought. (I don't usually get into these things..but..)

It seems to me that at the point of Sale, I would be the owner of the merchandise and the Sales slip.

1. I mean, if after paying for a new IPod (at Circuit City) I could...before going out the door... twist the IPod into a useless mess and there would be no consequence.....the useless hunk of broken screen and plastic is mine....all mine.

2. If the above is correct ...then what would be the differance between wanting to see my IPod and something I already have on me?...It is just as much mine as the broken IPod....and why should circuit city have the right to inspect something they (at that point in time) Have
NOTHING to do with? ...it is simply not theirs...Yes, it WAS yours...now it's mine and no you can't touch it, examine it or whatever...it is Mine. :)

You thief! :rofl: (I carry all my receipts along with my personal possessions wherever I go. Doesn't everyone?)

You don't know the friend that well. When the friend leaves, he's carrying a briefcase that looks exactly like yours, and you know he didn't have it when he came in.

You can ask him where he got the briefcase, or just assume he wouldn't be walking out with it if it wasn't his?

Did you hear the story last month about the man who went into Walmart, bought a big screen television, paid for it in a self-checkout line, and was stopped at the door by the greeter? He had switched the tags, and paid like five bucks for it. Did the greeter have the right to examine his receipt, since he had paid for the television?

while you figure out who's briefcase it is.

Even if it turns out it was your briefcase after all, you're still in deep shit.

until he opened the briefcase and showed you it was his. Especially if you let the kid use his cell phone to call the cops.

then he shows it was his briefcase after all, and the cops lock him up anyway.

Now you're in deeper shit, and so are the cops.


Oh, and by the way, it is still unlawful imprisonment if you block the kid from getting in his car. If you physically prevented him from leaving, you have imprisoned him.

if like Schrödinger's cat he may or may not be in the closet when you go to find him.

How can you pay for something as large as a big screen TV in the self-checkout line? You couldn't scan it. And those lines are observed by a store clerk, who would have had the right to stop him right then.

extra to put in that bag as you leave the store.. Receipt has 4 items, and you have 5 in the bag..

It's also a way to curtail scheming regarding the employees.. They could deactivate the security tag, but not ring up a device for their friend..

if you do not want to possibly submit your purchases for inspection, just do what I do..
go to google.. type in "no tax free shipping", and whatever you want to buy ..You'll have your stuff brought to your house in a few days, and no one will inspect the box or your receipt :evilgrin:

it is about what the store can and cannot legally do to enforce the store's policy.

Everybody here understands what the store is trying to accomplish. The question is, what legal right does the store have to detain a citizen without probable cause.

Remember, the rent-a-cop never accused the guy of stealing, never claimed the guy had store's property in his bag. He just demanded to see the receipt and the contents of the bag. There was no probable cause, it was a blind check.

there will be a decision that should end the controversy.. I would never go to CC anyway :)

I don't go to CC, but that's because they have crappy products and high prices.

CC is not that different in policy from other major chains. I bet if we checked CC's stated corporate policy, we'd find that holding customers without verifiable proof of theft is a firing offense.

:hi:

... besides Larry Craig. :evilgrin:

"It's only a minor inconvenience, and if it helps prevent crime..."

:rofl:

... if it didn't include a cavity-search ... to show what Good Shoppers they are. Maybe it's one of the rare times another human shows personal interest in them?? Sad.

:shrug: Well, off to the showers.

The contract has been completed. You forked over the money, they forked over the goods.

If any of their employees stops you after that, it is no different from any other stranger trying to stop you in the street.

:)