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OT: Standing Up For What's Right - Against Circuit City and the local Police
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<blockquote data-quote="Bill V" data-source="post: 731271" data-attributes="member: 54538"><p>TJR, actually, that's not what I'm saying. I still think that once the purchased merchandise is paid for, it becomes your property. I realize I did toss out the question about when the transaction is completed, but that was to just offer another possible perspective some may have, although it isn't my main contention.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What I'm saying is that even though that property is yours (assuming you properly paid for it instead of stealing it), when you entered the store you agreed to an implied contract allowing certain items to be inspected, <em>regardless of whose property they may be at the time</em>, while on the store's property. And that the store is completely within their rights to take reasonable steps to enforce that contract. The definition of "reasonable" may warrant discussion--for example, firing a weapon at you is clearly out of the question. Locking the doors to prevent your departure until police arrive is considerably more reasonable, I would consider it acceptable, but I concede it's not cut-and-dry. Taking photos and recording license plate numbers are clearly acceptable. But the long and the short of it is that the store still maintains a contractual right to that inspection, and if you breach that contract by refusing the inspection, it qualifies as probable cause for suspicion of theft, thus allowing further action on their part.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bill V, post: 731271, member: 54538"] TJR, actually, that's not what I'm saying. I still think that once the purchased merchandise is paid for, it becomes your property. I realize I did toss out the question about when the transaction is completed, but that was to just offer another possible perspective some may have, although it isn't my main contention. What I'm saying is that even though that property is yours (assuming you properly paid for it instead of stealing it), when you entered the store you agreed to an implied contract allowing certain items to be inspected, [i]regardless of whose property they may be at the time[/i], while on the store's property. And that the store is completely within their rights to take reasonable steps to enforce that contract. The definition of "reasonable" may warrant discussion--for example, firing a weapon at you is clearly out of the question. Locking the doors to prevent your departure until police arrive is considerably more reasonable, I would consider it acceptable, but I concede it's not cut-and-dry. Taking photos and recording license plate numbers are clearly acceptable. But the long and the short of it is that the store still maintains a contractual right to that inspection, and if you breach that contract by refusing the inspection, it qualifies as probable cause for suspicion of theft, thus allowing further action on their part. [/QUOTE]
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