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Unjustly Stopped: Understanding My Rights as a Tesco Shopper if this happens again
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Undervalued said:Unless the "shoplifter" has eaten the food he hasn't actually stolen anything until he leaves the store!3
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Undervalued said:Unless the "shoplifter" has eaten the food he hasn't actually stolen anything until he leaves the store!
I assume you could create doubt by saying as you hadn't left the store you intended to pay for the items, whether a court would believe you or not is another manner, if you have a pack of shaving blades stuffed up your jumper I think it's hard to suggest your intent wasn't to deprive and as the item is on your person you've already appropriated it?
Yes, I am sure in certain circumstances it has happened.1 -
jackrussell7 said:
To draw an analogy, if I were purchasing alcohol, I’d fully understand being asked for ID. However, if I had to wait minutes because the staff wanted to call the DVLA to confirm my ID's validity and information, that would feel excessive and like an attempt to embarrass me.
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user1977 said:Undervalued said:Unless the "shoplifter" has eaten the food he hasn't actually stolen anything until he leaves the store!0
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Undervalued said:user1977 said:Undervalued said:Unless the "shoplifter" has eaten the food he hasn't actually stolen anything until he leaves the store!
Let's Be Careful Out There0 -
HillStreetBlues said:Undervalued said:user1977 said:Undervalued said:Unless the "shoplifter" has eaten the food he hasn't actually stolen anything until he leaves the store!
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HillStreetBlues said:Undervalued said:user1977 said:Undervalued said:Unless the "shoplifter" has eaten the food he hasn't actually stolen anything until he leaves the store!2
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Ergates said:Whilst you are free to comply with a random check you would also be free to walk away, there would be no powers to detain as picking people at random lacks either an offence being committed or reasonable grounds to suspect oneIn the game of chess you can never let your adversary see your pieces0
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A lot of stores these days don't give you a receipt unless you ask for it; I always do.I sometimes go to a store and put things in my bag and then make a thing of taking them out and turning the bag upside down at the checkouts.1
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jackrussell7 said:
After reading through the posts and comments, I have a better understanding of the situation and realise I may have missed the main point: how the checks were carried out.
The first incident involved the security guard asking me to search through a bin to find my receipt, which I found excessive and intended to embarrass me.
As for yesterday's incident, if the guard believed I should have used a basket, a more constructive approach would have been to simply offer me one. When he checked my items, I only had six small items in my bag, which could have been easily reviewed with a quick glance. Instead, the guard insisted on checking the barcode of every single item against the receipt, which seemed excessive.
When the store manager arrived, he immediately noticed that my receipt was a reprint, which I explained that I hadn’t requested at the self-checkout. The manager also mentioned not finding "Spontex" on the receipt, and I promptly showed him the item. I found this interaction reasonable and was perfectly happy with how he handled it.
I prefer using self-checkout. As Bro Grumpy_chap, pointed out, the self-checkout sometimes requires a store assistant to check five items, which has happened a few times to me before. In those cases, the staff quickly scanned the items, even those deep inside my bag, and the whole process was completed in half a minute, which I found perfectly acceptable.
To draw an analogy, if I were purchasing alcohol, I’d fully understand being asked for ID. However, if I had to wait minutes because the staff wanted to call the DVLA to confirm my ID's validity and information, that would feel excessive and like an attempt to embarrass me.
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