Tesco consider adding the points of discarded receipt as theft

SlowCooker

I doubt the incident ever happened

Cornucopia

Money-Saving-King wrote: »

Not a single bit of that is relevant.

And yet it is.

Tesco have banned him for breaking the terms of their clubcard rules. They haven't put him in prison of given him any sort of criminal punishment they have banned him from one of their stores which they are perfectly entitled to do.

Sure. And I said that they were legally able to ban him for whatever reason they chose. (With implied limitations with regards to discrimination).

However, according to the OP, he was not banned for breaching the Ts & Cs of Clubcard, but for "theft". Therefore, they brought in the question of criminal law, not me.

This has nothing to do with the legal system which is a completely separate thing. Being allowed into a Tesco is not a civil right.

This is an interesting point. I didn't ask to be born a citizen-consumer, but as long as I am, then surely the capability to consume is part of being a citizen.

As private interests control more and more of our public space, then this will increasingly happen. It's not a great way to address the issue of personal freedom.

topdaddy_2

Cornucopia wrote: »

And yet it is.
Sure. And I said that they were legally able to ban him for whatever reason they chose. (With implied limitations with regards to discrimination).
However, according to the OP, he was not banned for breaching the Ts & Cs of Clubcard, but for "theft". Therefore, they brought in the question of criminal law, not me
This is an interesting point. I didn't ask to be born a citizen-consumer, but as long as I am, then surely the capability to consume is part of being a citizen.
As private interests control more and more of our public space, then this will increasingly happen. It's not a great way to address the issue of personal freedom.

Are you on drugs? They gave the reason for the banning as "theft". Police were not called it hasnt become a criminal matter. But they gave the reason for the banning which is more than the OP is entitled to.
And personal freedom? You are not free to shop at Tescos, its not a "public space", there has been no erosion of rights, just enforcement of the the retailers.

JulieElizabeth

I find discarded receipts and add points on all the time

I don't bother with anything less than 20 pointers

Cornucopia

topdaddy wrote: »

Are you on drugs?

Ah yes, the pithy repost of those who have nothing constructive to say.

If you don't agree with my posts, that's fine. See if you can summon up a new argument that is not simply restating the logic I have already objected to.

Police were not called it hasnt become a criminal matter.

It became a criminal matter as soon as an alleged crime was committed.

As I said, I don't really understand why some people consider my views on this to be controversial. These people (Tesco, the Banks, TV Licensing, the PPCs) are there to serve us. It concerns me greatly that they seem to want to make up the rules as they go along, hold inappropriate or even unlawful investigations and seek to dispose of the matters concerned in ways that many reasonable people would/should consider to be "taking the law into their own hands".

... enforcement of the the retailers.

There's a phrase I never expected to read on a Monday morning... or ever.

Retailers are there to retail, let them leave the policing to the professionals.

[Deleted User]

Cornucopia, where do you live?

I wouldn't mind having a look through your bins to see if there is anything of value I could use. I'm sure you won't mind.

mjm3346

Why would Tesco waste time and money taking legal action when the 2 points were not credited to the "offender" so there is no loss to claim for and they don't need court action to ban someone.

Cornucopia

mjm3346 wrote: »

Why would Tesco waste time and money taking legal action when the 2 points were not credited to the "offender" so there is no loss to claim for and they don't need court action to ban someone.

Exactly - the "crime" in fact has no practical merit in law. Therefore Tesco should not have made the allegation and should not have sought to impose a civil penalty upon the alleged offender.

2010

Money-Saving-King wrote: »

Well the op's going to have to shop somewhere else anyway, it's hardly a threat saying you'll shop at Aldi or Lidl lol!

Have you been asleep since Tesco`s results came out a couple weeks ago and the CEO resigned because of the disastrous figures, blaming lost of market share to the discounters, Aldi and Lidl.

Shareholders accuse ‘deluded’ Tesco bosses over fall in profits: Loss of sales to rivals Aldi and Lidl blamed on ‘arrogance’

• Bosses blasted as 'arrogant' by angry shareholders after sales slump
• Underlying pre-tax profits down by six per cent in the last financial year
• Effectively means a fall of some £500million compared to two years ago

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2672920/Shareholders-accuse-deluded-Tesco-bosses-fall-profits-Loss-sales-rivals-Aldi-Lidl-blamed-arrogance.html

subboy2

tyw7 wrote: »

:)Tesco Truro security guard considered that adding points from a receipt discarded in a trolley as 'theft' and banned me from store. There was no prior warning or anything. And it was for a measle 2 points. I'm considering to appeal. Think I have a case against them and how do you consider doing this?

Edit for detailed description:

I found a trolley in the trolley park with a receipt in it. It had 2 points on it. I went to the customer service with the discarded receipt to get the 2 points. And out swoop the security guard who claim it's' 'theft.' He took me to the back room and said that 2 points is considered the same offense as shop lifting and banned me.

Perhaps learn your lesson and don't be so dishonest in future.