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jordanmills wrote:Well if you only are about keeping some of your effects free from search, that's your business.

Yes, I make choices about when and where I draw the line on a great many issues. So just agree to disagree and don't let it get personal, OK. Thanks.

jordanmills wrote:

austinrealtor wrote:

McKnife wrote: What harm comes from allowing police to search you vehicle/property? They are just doing their jobs.

That's a heck of a leap from showing a receipt to searching vehicle/property. I would NEVER allow a retail store to "search" me. But if they're just checking my receipt against the items in THEIR shopping cart, I don't really see the problem either. If they DID try to stop/detain me, we'd have a BIG problem. But just showing the receipt doesn't bother me and certainly doesn't rise to the level of a "search" of my vehicle/property.

Not a leap at all. And they often paw through MY items in MY bags. Would you mind them searching your purse too?

No, I absolutely would not allow them to search through my personal bags. But I don't have a problem with them looking inside the shopping bags and shopping carts that THEY provide in THEIR store while simply checking that I have the items I paid for. If they tried to look into my bag or my wife's purse, I'd tell them NO in no uncertain terms and threaten to call the police if their harassment didn't cease immediately. But that's never happened to me.

karl wrote:I've never had a receipt checker paw through my bags. And I believe it is quite a leap from this policy to a full search of a vehicle or person. They're asking you to prove you purchased the goods you have, and in my experience it doesn't happen that often (Sam's etc. are exceptions).

McKnife wrote:

bigred90gt wrote:I've never understood the disdain for these people. They are merely doing their jobs, and that job is to ask to see your receipt. What, may I ask, is the problem with showing them your receipt? What harm to you is it to show them when they request it?

What harm comes from allowing police to search you vehicle/property? They are just doing their jobs.

That's a heck of a leap from showing a receipt to searching vehicle/property. I would NEVER allow a retail store to "search" me. But if they're just checking my receipt against the items in THEIR shopping cart, I don't really see the problem either. If they DID try to stop/detain me, we'd have a BIG problem. But just showing the receipt doesn't bother me and certainly doesn't rise to the level of a "search" of my vehicle/property.

At Sam's & Costco, I agree membership is their stick. But I always figured at Fry's and a few others that do these door receipt checks that if you leave without getting that special color mark on your receipt that they may or may not accept a return. Not sure if this is true; just something I infered.

there are actually laws on such things? why?

edited to add: was responding to OP - McKnife's post came in just before mine. I understand they can't detain you; was wondering why some states feel it necessary to enact laws regulating whether or not a store can ask such things? As long as they don't detain you, who cares if they ask, if they revoke your membership, etc - it's a private business transaction at that point