Falsely Accused of Theft

Aylesbury_Duck

Manxman_in_exile wrote: »

I wouldn't if I were you. To fund a defamation action requires very deep pockets. Maybe a free solicitor will confirm this.

Perhaps if you hang around the solicitor's practice at 5ish on a Friday, they'll reduce their fee?

lincroft1710

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

You're right, you already come out of this pretty poorly, as does the store management. You'll probably make it worse pursuing it beyond making an official complaint and leaving it there. Vote with your feet and your wallet. Retail is a difficult environment nowadays, so taking what you claim is a substantial amount of custom elsewhere will hurt them. There's your retribution.

I doubt if a supermarket chain would actually notice if 4 less people no longer shop there and remember that that supermarket had already decided it no longer wanted their custom.

This is one of those occasions where there will be no satisfactory outcome, so I can only say to OP however hurt and humiliated you may feel, it is best to just put all this behind you and devote your energies to more positive aspects of you life.

Aylesbury_Duck

lincroft1710 wrote: »

I doubt if a supermarket chain would actually notice if 4 less people no longer shop there and remember that that supermarket had already decided it no longer wanted their custom.

This is one of those occasions where there will be no satisfactory outcome, so I can only say to OP however hurt and humiliated you may feel, it is best to just put all this behind you and devote your energies to more positive aspects of you life.

I agree, it was more about making OP feel better, knowing they'd made a small dent in the supermarket's revenue.

Mistral001

As someone who gets reduced food quite often, I certainly know that what OP did would certainly mean that he/she could have gotten the item at a lower price than those who were queuing up for the last reduction. One of the people who were waiting for the last reduction probably complained and that is likely to be the reason why security was involved.

Sueing for slander will depend on whether anybody heard the guard accuse the OP of theft.

Pollycat

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

An enforced apology is utterly meaningless. The ban being lifted is also meaningless if you're not shopping there again. It's become clear that what you want is retribution. You can achieve that by making sure as many local people as possible know of how you were treated and exactly how the two unpleasant individuals have behaved. Shop elsewhere and encourage everyone you know to do the same.

If you take this advice make sure that whatever you say is 100% truthful.
Otherwise you might find that being banned from a supermarket is the least of your problems.

davidmcn

bunnie1234 wrote: »

if I tell as many local people as possible, the scenario sounds so unbelievable, people will probably assume we had to have done something wrong.

AKA "the Streisand effect".


Can't remember quite what that was about though - maybe Barbra was also hanging around her supermarket for cheap pies.

LadyDee

bunnie1234 wrote: »

I would like retribution but if I tell as many local people as possible, the scenario sounds so unbelievable, people will probably assume we had to have done something wrong. A newspaper article could shame the store but it would also make a lot of people think similarly. And most people seem to think there is no smoke without fire. This is what makes it so difficult for us and easy for the store to do such things.

For goodness sake! Let it go. Shop somewhere else. You don't want to go there again, they don't want you there. Job done.

~_Daisy_~

bunnie1234 wrote: »

I would like retribution but if I tell as many local people as possible, the scenario sounds so unbelievable, people will probably assume we had to have done something wrong. A newspaper article could shame the store but it would also make a lot of people think similarly. And most people seem to think there is no smoke without fire. This is what makes it so difficult for us and easy for the store to do such things.

I'm not sure if i read this right? You were banned then somehow managed to get a refund? So after being banned you went back into store to the customer service desk?

#post 91.

brianposter

Was this some sort of scam where an employee marked down items to suit his/her friends ?

owen_money

Have we established the type of pie it was? Savour or sweet? Individual or family size?


I favour a steak and kidney individual pie personally, puff pasty ideally