DWF £125 Fine Harrassment?

Science_apart

a long story short
Went to tesco
Picked two bags of vegs
Paid for one on the self scan
Security caught me
Took my details and said its a minor incident and let me go
3 days later recieved a letter from their solicitors (as it seems, (dwf)) saying I owe £100 for security costs
My question is
If i send them a letter of denial
Would they keep on sending me letters?

powerful_Rogue

Science_apart wrote: »

Hiya
My query is very similar to this
Pls can you replace * with - 't'. Its not letting me post a link

*ww.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?406697-DWF-Sainsburys-Civil-Recovery-Letter

If you can read it
My question is
If i send them a letter of denial
Would they keep on sending me letters?

Very similar dosent really help you get advice. Do you work for Sainsburys? Best off posting what happened.

You went stealing and got caught?

Science_apart

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

Very similar dosent really help you get advice. Do you work for Sainsburys? Best off posting what happened.

You went stealing and got caught?

Thanks for your reply
Basically went into tesco's (same idea) went to buy 2 bags of vegetables and went to the self scan and basically paid for one. Since the vegs are light weight the computer didn't notice it when I put it in the bag. Ended up here basically

Collabora

link is here

http://consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?406697-DWF-Sainsburys-Civil-Recovery-Letter

basically your wife took DVDs failed to pay and then was detained by police and interviewed (this is the procedure that happens to any caught shoplifter) the fact she was an employee makes no difference infact it makes it worse as she found out. the store followed their procedure and did an internal investigation and then sacked her.

what did you expect to happen. she stole from an employer, so what do you want anyone on here to say or do. so you want use to say its OK to steal from an employer. now they want their legal costs back and you moan about it and call it harassment.

tomtontom

You're complaining about harassment from a company you stole from? Can you see the irony there?

What happened with Argos and the camera you claim not to have received?

Science_apart

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

Very similar dosent really help you get advice. Do you work for Sainsburys? Best off posting what happened.

You went stealing and got caught?

Also no police were involved in my part. The security just said it was a minor incident, took my details and said I should go. Then recieved this letter from dwf 3 days later

Science_apart

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

Very similar dosent really help you get advice. Do you work for Sainsburys? Best off posting what happened.

You went stealing and got caught?

Collabora wrote: »

link is here

http://consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?406697-DWF-Sainsburys-Civil-Recovery-Letter

basically your wife took DVDs failed to pay and then was detained by police and interviewed (this is the procedure that happens to any caught shoplifter) the fact she was an employee makes no difference infact it makes it worse as she found out. the store followed their procedure and did an internal investigation and then sacked her.

what did you expect to happen. she stole from an employer, so what do you want anyone on here to say or do. so you want use to say its OK to steal from an employer. now they want their legal costs back and you moan about it and call it harassment.

Could u read the post above you pls
And I said this is similar to what happened to me - this is what happened to me.
Please read my other posts on this thread

Collabora

Science_apart wrote: »

Could u read the post above you pls
And I said this is similar to what happened to me - this is what happened to me.
Please read my other posts on this thread

yes your tesco post you took too bags of veg but paid for 1, but never got caught,

all this shows is that both you and your wife are prolific shoplifters

Science_apart

Collabora wrote: »

yes your tesco post you took too bags of veg but paid for 1, but never got caught,

all this shows is that both you and your wife are prolific shoplifters

Wat?
I don't even have a wife?
Im 17
What are you talking about
That other link has nothing to do with me??
I just said it was similar what happened

tomtontom

What help are you looking for Science apart? I'm not sure whether there is treatment available for thieves, perhaps you could ask your doctor?

Collabora

Science_apart wrote: »

Wat?
I don't even have a wife?
Im 17
What are you talking about
That other link has nothing to do with me??
I just said it was similar what happened

well you confused the issue with that link, but either way you shoplifted and got caught and now are are being asked to pay a fine/legal fees. even if the security guard says its minor, he still has to report it and the final decision is not his to make.

also your case was totally different to the link you gave