Forgot £ in self service checkout. Any advice please?

PasturesNew

I know somebody who left £20 in the Asda one. Even though the next person was seen on CCTV scooping it out within 30 seconds .... there was nothing the store could do.

ThumbRemote

I suspect the store may be unwilling to let you look at the CCTV anyway, citing 'data protection'.

pendragon_arther

Give these people a call and they'll look into it for you https://www.fbi.gov/

lucy03

It's entirely legitimate to call the police and report it as a crime (a quick Google search shows a couple of police forces who specifically refer to it as a crime) - our local regional newspaper had a CCTV image of someone who took some cash left by another customer from a self-service machine a couple of months ago.

I'll try again at finding the link later but I've heard of several criminal actions over it, such as:

http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Readers-debate-taking-money-left-cash-machine/story-22981130-detail/story.html

http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/9649657.Woman_stole_cash_left_by_another_woman_at_self_service_checkout_in_Shoebury/

xHannahx

PasturesNew wrote: »

I know somebody who left £20 in the Asda one. Even though the next person was seen on CCTV scooping it out within 30 seconds .... there was nothing the store could do.

Although that is theft/dishonesty, and becomes a police matter.

marliepanda

xHannahx wrote: »

Although that is theft/dishonesty, and becomes a police matter.

They're not going to get involved over £20 someone left behind. It's only a little different to finding £20 on the floor of a supermarket and not handing it in.

George_Michael

marliepanda wrote: »

They're not going to get involved over [STRIKE]£20[/STRIKE] £10 someone left behind.

Especially as there is no way of knowing for sure if the person who took the money did so deliberately.
I know it's extremely unlikely but there is a small possibility that the next person using the checkout put in a large denomination note and simply picked up the extra tenner along with their change without realising it.

unholyangel

If they'll get involved for shoplifters stealing items worth less than £10, I really don't see why this should be different.

Both show intent to permanently deprive. Theres no requirement for the owner to be known/identified in order for it to be theft.

marliepanda

unholyangel wrote: »

If they'll get involved for shoplifters stealing items worth less than £10, I really don't see why this should be different.

Both show intent to permanently deprive. Theres no requirement for the owner to be known/identified in order for it to be theft.

Again theres some forethought to going to a shop and taking an item.

Finding a tenner in a machine is not the same. Yes its 'stealing' but so is picking up money you found on the floor.

As someone said, if they had put in a £20 they could have possibly assumed the £10 was part of their change, they'd be no more guilty of stealing than not checking what they were taking from the machine, same as the OP.

unholyangel

marliepanda wrote: »

Again theres some forethought to going to a shop and taking an item.

Finding a tenner in a machine is not the same. Yes its 'stealing' but so is picking up money you found on the floor.

As someone said, if they had put in a £20 they could have possibly assumed the £10 was part of their change, they'd be no more guilty of stealing than not checking what they were taking from the machine, same as the OP.

For that to work they'd have to be utterly !!!!! at maths.

ie if your shopping comes to £17.56 and you put in £20 - it should be blatantly obvious to anyone over the age of 12 that you won't get £10 + back.