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RE: WalMart search..
I don't know the law, but I know Wal-Mart. They do this to cut down on
shoplifting, keeping prices low. Although every study will show you that
over 80% of theft at a retail store is by employees, not customers.
As for the law, that store is their private property, and they may be able
to say "You let us search your stuff or you can't shop here."
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robbie Honerkamp [mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: Monday, March 29, 1999 2:37 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: WalMart search..
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>Grrrr.
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>I just returned from the WalMart on Cobb Parkway.
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>As usual, they didn't have enough cashiers, so I ended
>up waiting in line a looooong time. I check out and head
>for the door. Or so I thought. An employee with a group of
>customers around her called me over as I attempted to
>exit. She wanted me to wait in line _again_ so she could
>look through my bags and check my receipt.
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>This was BS.
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>I let her, and I didn't even say anything rude. But
>it occurred to me- Who is she to search my bags? I
>hadn't done anything wrong. At Kroger, employees are
>prohibited from saying _anything_ to a suspicious
>customer unless they've actually seen them taking
>something. I seem to remember there being legal problems
>with a store stopping random customers for questioning
>or a search.
>
>Would the following scenario work? Lady asks me to wait
>so she can search my bags. I ask her to show me her
>search warrant. Her eyes glaze over. I leave the store,
>having seen no valid warrant to search my property.
>
>Robbie
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