Apples & ...Carrots??

Mac-Chops

"Man brought to court for scanning carrots instead of apples at Tesco checkout"

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/man-brought-to-court-for-scanning-carrots-instead-of-apples-at-tesco-checkout-35082975.html

The absolute sc*mbag! :pac:

I'd say this happens a hell of a lot (A friend of a friend would be known for it for example) and could well add up to a fair amount of money so looks like the poor auld bugger is being made an example out of.

Be careful out there folks.

stimpson

He's lucky it wasn't garlic!

osarusan

To be fair, the article suggests it was at least the 25th time he'd done it at the same branch of Tesco...Tesco just got sick of it I'd say.

Outlaw Pete

Amateur.

Grapes as Potatoes for me.

Ted111

Tesco using the carrot and stick approach.

ScumLord

What kind of a scumbag scans his own shopping. That's what the till rodents are there for.

The matter was adjourned for four weeks to allow a pre-sentence report to be prepared

Is the report made by the same people who done the book of kells? It infuriates me that solicitors can work at a snails pace and get paid big money for it.

B.A._Baracus

I'd say there is a fair bit of that going on :pac:

Actually it reminds me of that Secrets of the shoplifters documentary on Channel 4. They showed some guy doing a swap trick at the self service tills then went STOP we can't show you anymore but at that point they already told people what the guy did :pac:
For those who didn't watch it, a guy buys a cheap bottle of wine then removes the barcode and laminates it. Then later going to the self-service with a much more expensive bottle of wine and using a bit of slight on hand scans the cheap bottles barcode. Since the weights match the machine can't tell.

But honestly... It's not really worth doing such things is it.

Not sure where else to put this, maybe it's one for the stingiest person thread.

But did you know you can go to your doc, tell him you are gluten intolerant, get a note saying so, and you can claim tax back on your gluten-free shopping?

Sounds like something that could be very easily abused.

GeneralVanilla

I saw one documentary where a guy made use of the ol' salad bar weighing machine.

And another guy who had a trick with batches of toilet rolls.

Dont want to encourage shoplifting here - but they were fairly cunning.

ScumLord

GeneralVanilla wrote: »

I saw one documentary where a guy made use of the ol' salad bar weighing machine.

Most salid bars I've been to lately price everything the same. They have €2 tubs, you fill it with as much as you want, of whatever you want and pay €2.

And another guy who had a trick with batches of toilet rolls.

Ah yes, the ol take a **** in the aisleway trick.

ohnonotgmail

ScumLord wrote: »

What kind of a scumbag scans his own shopping. That's what the till rodents are there for.

Is the report made by the same people who done the book of kells? It infuriates me that solicitors can work at a snails pace and get paid big money for it.

solicitors dont write pre sentence reports. that is done by the probation board.