Getting away without paying..

cormie · 20-11-2005 04:37AM #1

So I was doing a bit of the oul shopping today and brought 4 items up to the till which I totted up in my head and got the cash ready for. All security tags removed, items packed, cash requested, I notice it's a LOT (1/4) less than what it should be and I'm sure one item has not been scanned. What do you do? Ask them are they sure that's the right amount or say nothing and get away without paying for that item?

Laguna · 20-11-2005 04:40AM

I wouldn't bother, it's their problem, not yours.

^CwAzY^ · 20-11-2005 04:46AM

omg thief :v:

Laguna · 20-11-2005 04:50AM

You're damn right. The way shops rip us off nowadays, it's poetic justice that someone comes away with a freebie now and then, I don't advocate actual theft, but in this guys circumstance, what the hell..

cormie · 20-11-2005 05:14AM

That thought of course crossed my mind, as in, I'm sure they were making more than enough profit off me to cover the cost of the unscanned item but I just couldn't help but point it out! Has I not been so aware of the price I should have been paying, I wouldn't have even noticed it myself.

^CwAzY^ · 20-11-2005 05:22AM

You can make all the excuses you want, you're still going to hell lad

:v: :v:

cormie · 20-11-2005 06:17AM

Bosco, I told the girl and paid for everything;)

Piste · 20-11-2005 12:10PM

I'd be more than happy to walk away without saying anything if it were a supermarket or large high-street shop, we get ripped off too much these days anyway, but if it were a small family newagents and the item was quite expensive (I've no idea what a family-run newsagents would sell that'd be so expensive >_>) then I would of course say something.

muckwarrior · 20-11-2005 12:30PM

If it were a situation where the person behind the till could get in trouble then i'd definately say it to them, like if they gave you change of a fifty instead of a twenty or somethin like that. But i'm not sure about the scenario you describe. If it wasn't scanned then nobody specifically is gonna get in trouble.

Binomate · 20-11-2005 01:06PM

Get your bags and run.

Gurgle · 20-11-2005 01:15PM

Laguna wrote:

You're damn right. The way shops rip us off nowadays.

Its not a rip-off, its up to you to choose to buy something at the price charged.
You always have the option to not buy it, buy a cheaper version or buy it elsewhere.

That attitude is nothing but a distraction from the ways we are being ripped off by Cartels and price-fixing.

So to take the goods knowing you havent paid is theft.

*climbs down from moral high ground and legs it down the street with your mobile phone

radiospan · 20-11-2005 01:17PM

What Piste said.

I wouldn't care if it was at Tesco or somewhere (and neither would the most of the people working there I'd say).

Small corner shops would be different though.

cormie · 20-11-2005 01:19PM

I didn't want to give too much info away on the type of establishment it is but it's a franchise with quite a large number of employees and masses of stock too. It's funny actually because I asked the girl did they give a student discount, she says no but the girl beside her says they get 10% off and I asked "do you want to buy it for me then and I'll give you the money, split the savings";) But they didn't, hehe, so now I'm wondering did the girl do it on purpose for me? Doubt it though. I'm pretty sure that it would have gone un noticed and she wouldn't have got into trouble.

Sparky · 20-11-2005 01:22PM

one time i bought a pair of jeans in the jean scene and the woman forgot to take of the security tag i didnt know at the time but i went out of the shop as normal, nothing sounded, then i said id go and get some boots, so went back in and it sounded, security gaurd jumped to the conclusion that i nicked the jeans and grabbed my arm really hard as he tried to bring me to the security office, only for the woman running after us to verify i just bought it, she saved 10mins of crap, i was looking for the receipt in the huff and it was actually in the bag with the jeans.

Binomate · 20-11-2005 01:25PM

Sparky_S wrote:

one time i bought a pair of jeans in the jean scene and the woman forgot to take of the security tag i didnt know at the time but i went out of the shop as normal, nothing sounded, then i said id go and get some boots, so went back in and it sounded, security gaurd jumped to the conclusion that i nicked the jeans and grabbed my arm really hard as he tried to bring me to the security office, only for the woman running after us to verify i just bought it, she saved 10mins of crap, i was looking for the receipt in the huff and it was actually in the bag with the jeans.

I bought something from game years ago and they never remove what ever security things they have in their games. I must have sounded off every alarm in the Square and I was never stopped by any security.

Mossy Monk · 20-11-2005 01:27PM

Tesco or another big chain like that wouldnt have a problem stealing from you

Sparky · 20-11-2005 01:29PM

Mossy Monk wrote:

Tesco or another big chain like that wouldnt have a problem stealing from you

c.unts:D

Somnus · 20-11-2005 01:29PM

Binomate wrote:

I bought something from game years ago and they never remove what ever security things they have in their games. I must have sounded off every alarm in the Square and I was never stopped by any security.

A thing like this happened with me in HMV, i got a cd and any shop i went into after that the alarm sounded. The security would look at me but seen as it went off asd i was going into the shop they didnt say anything

Mina Loy · 20-11-2005 01:38PM

Before getting a job in dunnes I woulda walked too but you have to remember..those people have been working on the tills for hours with ****ty breaKS and tonnes of customers every hour, most of whom are complete tits who waste your time complaining about the most retarded things, calling the managers etc and trying to get people in trouble (im serious.) When something like that happens its called 'variation' and if theres too much variation on someones till they get fired.. the girl was probably hella fatigued ...and got in trouble for it.

nlgbbbblth · 20-11-2005 01:44PM

Mossy Monk wrote:

Tesco or another big chain like that wouldnt have a problem stealing from you

Ironically Tesco are a lot cheaper than the 'small family newsagents' or whatever.

jesus_thats_gre · 20-11-2005 01:45PM

plazzTT wrote:

Small corner shops would be different though.

Why? They rip you off even more than super markets do!!!

nlgbbbblth · 20-11-2005 01:46PM

Anyone ever get charged the numerical UK price on magazines or newspapers?

Used happen a lot in pre-scanning days.

i.e. NME cost 40p sterling or 73p Irish in 1987.
Girl in shop would say '40p please' and I'd say nothing.

LOSERS

Lemlin · 20-11-2005 01:50PM

Walked into Burtons yesterday to buy a pair of combats. Said €48 on them. I told the girl at the till I was entitled to 10% discount as a student. I think she must of overrided the price to €10 when she trying to enter the percentage discount because she told mke they were a tenner and now down to €9. I just paid and left.

Can't see anything wrong with it. I didn't rob the place. She told me how much it was and I paid her. Not my fault if she made a mistake.

nlgbbbblth · 20-11-2005 01:52PM

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

Why? They rip you off even more than super markets do!!!

yeah

F'UCK THOSE GUYS

cormie · 20-11-2005 01:53PM

Mina Loy wrote:

the girl was probably hella fatigued ...and got in trouble for it.

I pointed out the mistake and paid though;)

Red Alert · 20-11-2005 01:57PM

where i worked the only thing you'd get done for is doing wrong change, like 20 change for a 10 note or the like. you couldn't override the price/discount without a manager key so if there was any irregularity the supervisor would have to answer for it. fair enough i think.

leeroybrown · 20-11-2005 02:15PM

An individual staff member is unlikely to get in trouble for an item being missing from stock. It's absence won't be noticed until the shop perform a stock take and it will then be put down to shoplifting.

Till errors (especially change) are the problem for the employee as they are tracable and in some cases their wages may be docked to cover the difference.

iguana · 20-11-2005 02:45PM

leeroybrown wrote:

An individual staff member is unlikely to get in trouble for an item being missing from stock. It's absence won't be noticed until the shop perform a stock take and it will then be put down to shoplifting.

In fact most stores operate on the assumtion that a certain amount of stock will be stolen. M&S budget that 3% of their stock will be stolen annually.

gaui3d0pnbz86o · 20-11-2005 03:31PM

last 3 time times ive been out for dinner i havent been charged for my drinks!

the first time about 2 weeks ago, down in westport, i wasnt charged for 4 cokes, i owned up and paid for them, barman said i shouldnt have as it was their error(but he still took the money) the next day i was out for a free fancy dinner and the drinks were supposed to be extra, now being free food i decided to get two bottles of decent wine which came to €50, i went to settle for the wine and they said i owed nothing as it was a free dinner(i figured that the wine would be added to the hotel room bill) settled the room bill the next day and no mention of the wine! score!!!

was out again yesterday for dinner in leixlip and i ordered wine but it never came so i asked another person who brought it down straight away!! the bill came later and no sign of the wine!

not too shabby for me!

steveland? · 20-11-2005 05:27PM

Dr.Poca wrote:

A thing like this happened with me in HMV, i got a cd and any shop i went into after that the alarm sounded. The security would look at me but seen as it went off asd i was going into the shop they didnt say anything

It's funny, whenever HMV forget to put the tag thingies over the magnetic thingymabob it never sets off the HMV security alarm, but it sets off every other one you go into...

I remember buying a DVD in HMV one time, didn't take the security thing off, went into Chapters, didn't set it off on the way in, walked out without buying (or stealing) anything, the alarm went off, they asked me if I had anything in my bag, opened it, showed them the HMV DVD with receipt, they put it over the magnetic thingy they had, I walked out again and the alarm didn't go off...

Weird that...

AdMMM · 20-11-2005 05:44PM

steveland? wrote:

It's funny, whenever HMV forget to put the tag thingies over the magnetic thingymabob it never sets off the HMV security alarm, but it sets off every other one you go into...

I remember buying a DVD in HMV one time, didn't take the security thing off, went into Chapters, didn't set it off on the way in, walked out without buying (or stealing) anything, the alarm went off, they asked me if I had anything in my bag, opened it, showed them the HMV DVD with receipt, they put it over the magnetic thingy they had, I walked out again and the alarm didn't go off...

Weird that...

You were probably just a pawn in the inter-store battle. Forcing other stores alarms to go off is an effective way of pushing up the costs to a retailer!

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