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Being accused of shoplifting when all you were doing was checking prices. Yeah.
So after going to Gamestop tonight to trade some games I bought from Blockbuster and Sears a few days before. I go in, check the prices of a few stacks of games at the self-checker (literally 3 aisles from the game section) since the associates, like every Sears I go to, are chatting and not working at all, and frankly I'd rather not bother them. So I go about checking a few games, thinking about purchasing Picross DS for Jeff since the other day I talked with him about it and he said he wanted it. Thought about buying another copy of Lair for trade, but didn't. I didn't buy anything, in fact, and just put everything back in the cardboard display shipper where all the games that aren't locked up are put. During this time I probably checked my cell phone for new emails or something, and occasionally looked online for Goozex/Amazon/trade-in prices to see if anything was worth picking up (note - I did the SAME EXACT THING when I went there on 1/9 (Friday) and was there probably 45 min going back and forth checking things), I put everything back in the shipper (note - probably NOT in the EXACT spots I grabbed stuff from, as I was picking 5-8 things and a time and checking prices) and when I decided I wasn't going to buy anything, I left Sears/the mall and went back to my car.
After this, I went over to Sears in Swansea at around 8pm to check and see if there was anything getting over there. There wasn't, as everything there is properly marked, and I left the Swansea mall and drove over to Yankee Spirits (since it's big, awesome, and cheap) and bought a 12 pack of Harpoon IPA and some Kamikaze thing I know I'll never finish or touch barely anyways. So, after I buy that junk I go about home and head down 195.
When I'm about to get off 195 and check out Target around 9pm since they mark stuff down on Monday, I get a call from my mom saying the Dartmouth Police department were calling that I supposedly "shoplifted" 3 games in my pocket and that I needed to call them back. So I'm like "WTF??" and immediately head to a parking lot to note down what my mom had for the number. So I call, and the dispatcher sends the officers. They meet me, where I happen to be in the Sears parking lot after I got off 195 and talked to my mom.
So the officers pull up. The main one accusing me, Correia or whatever, gets out and says to me (more like yells at me) "so what do you want to tell me about the 3 games you stole?" where I reply, "I don't know what you're talking about, I didn't steal anything." We go back and forth, the other officer from the other cruiser gets a flashlight and looks in my car, notices my beer and is like "how old are you?" where I say "21 - want to see my license?" and then sees two XBox 360 games in the back (Table Tennis, which I bought for $5 at Toys R Us probably a year or so ago, and Tony Hawk Project 8, which is in a Gamestop disc only case which I bought in the B2G1 sale in November - clearly neither of them were from Sears since a) sears doesn't sell used games and b) table tennis hasn't been sold at Sears in over a year) and I explain that to him and lets that go. So Officer Correia is like "well we got you on color security video putting 3 games in your pocket with something black sticking out" in which I show him my G1 phone, which is black with a purple case on it (parts that are showing are black):
which is the only thing that was in my pocket, besides my keys and some papers and money. My pockets in my coat, like virtually all girl's clothing, are small and there is NO POSSIBLE WAY 3 DS cases would even fit in my pocket. I can't even fit one DS game in my pocket without it sticking out 1/3-1/2 rd of the way, and I even offer to have him look through my car, my purse etc and says "WHAT DIFFERENCE WOULD THAT MAKE NOW??" (since this was an hour after I left originally - how diligent) and I even say to him "well, let's go in Sears and I will show you where I put them in the shipper" and I go in with the officer (embarassing, let me tell you...) and show him the games I looked at and scanned (Picross, Assassin's Creed DS, Lair PS3, and some other DS/PSP games - just checking if anything else was $0.97 that I may have overlooked the other day) and the officer knew I had scanned a bunch of games the other day from the security footage. I asked him what games I supposedly "stole" and I could tell him EXACTLY where I put them back in the shipper, but he had no answer other than "just something black sticking out of your pocket - obviously, the start/home/trackball/menu/etc part of the front of my phone, which I had probably checked my messages on while I was checking prices). Sears' little boyscout loss prevention person (in plain clothes - obviously, I've worked retail before so I know what LP people from dept stores look like) was standing there the whole time. I even game him one of the copies of Picross that was in the shipper that had a slice in it, probably from a box cutter when someone was opening up shipment, and said "i saw this and thought I should give this to you since it was damaged. I didn't buy it for that reason" and he took it.
So, we leave, and the officer just says "I have to review the tape and enhance the picture to see the games you stole" and we go back to my car and was like "sometimes all this bullshit escalates into bigger things, you better not be lying about not being a thief to me" (mind you, RUDELY and LOUDLY and accusing me as if I supposedly stole a
ing TV or something) in which i say "absolutely, i perfectly understand that. i didn't steal anything" and he tells me he will review the tape and call me in a few days. So I go back into my car...
Needless to say, I DIDN'T STEAL ANYTHING and to be falsely accused of such actions makes me both embarassed (especially being in a mall parking lot surrounded by two cruisers - way to make me look like I'm some sort of drug dealer!) and angry (since the LP kid is probably some holiday hire looking for a raise from a company that is tanking anyways) and I'm seriously considering getting a laywer and speaking to Sears corporate about the whole situation. I'd like to know exactly what "games" I stole and see the video, which I found funny that they wouldn't show me the video either...oh well. I'm going to see what develops in the next two days and what I can do about it legally. It was uncalled for, especially since I so kindly shopped there and gave their sorry ass company $25 earlier this week. I want that little boyscout vigilante LP kid fired.
(WTF???)
(btw, if this is the wrong forum to put this in, I will move it. Just putting this out there as a warning to CAGs who check prices at Sears/Kmart/etc, this is copied from my LJ/Facebook so if towns don't make sense, sorry)
So after going to Gamestop tonight to trade some games I bought from Blockbuster and Sears a few days before. I go in, check the prices of a few stacks of games at the self-checker (literally 3 aisles from the game section) since the associates, like every Sears I go to, are chatting and not working at all, and frankly I'd rather not bother them. So I go about checking a few games, thinking about purchasing Picross DS for Jeff since the other day I talked with him about it and he said he wanted it. Thought about buying another copy of Lair for trade, but didn't. I didn't buy anything, in fact, and just put everything back in the cardboard display shipper where all the games that aren't locked up are put. During this time I probably checked my cell phone for new emails or something, and occasionally looked online for Goozex/Amazon/trade-in prices to see if anything was worth picking up (note - I did the SAME EXACT THING when I went there on 1/9 (Friday) and was there probably 45 min going back and forth checking things), I put everything back in the shipper (note - probably NOT in the EXACT spots I grabbed stuff from, as I was picking 5-8 things and a time and checking prices) and when I decided I wasn't going to buy anything, I left Sears/the mall and went back to my car.
After this, I went over to Sears in Swansea at around 8pm to check and see if there was anything getting over there. There wasn't, as everything there is properly marked, and I left the Swansea mall and drove over to Yankee Spirits (since it's big, awesome, and cheap) and bought a 12 pack of Harpoon IPA and some Kamikaze thing I know I'll never finish or touch barely anyways. So, after I buy that junk I go about home and head down 195.
When I'm about to get off 195 and check out Target around 9pm since they mark stuff down on Monday, I get a call from my mom saying the Dartmouth Police department were calling that I supposedly "shoplifted" 3 games in my pocket and that I needed to call them back. So I'm like "WTF??" and immediately head to a parking lot to note down what my mom had for the number. So I call, and the dispatcher sends the officers. They meet me, where I happen to be in the Sears parking lot after I got off 195 and talked to my mom.
So the officers pull up. The main one accusing me, Correia or whatever, gets out and says to me (more like yells at me) "so what do you want to tell me about the 3 games you stole?" where I reply, "I don't know what you're talking about, I didn't steal anything." We go back and forth, the other officer from the other cruiser gets a flashlight and looks in my car, notices my beer and is like "how old are you?" where I say "21 - want to see my license?" and then sees two XBox 360 games in the back (Table Tennis, which I bought for $5 at Toys R Us probably a year or so ago, and Tony Hawk Project 8, which is in a Gamestop disc only case which I bought in the B2G1 sale in November - clearly neither of them were from Sears since a) sears doesn't sell used games and b) table tennis hasn't been sold at Sears in over a year) and I explain that to him and lets that go. So Officer Correia is like "well we got you on color security video putting 3 games in your pocket with something black sticking out" in which I show him my G1 phone, which is black with a purple case on it (parts that are showing are black):
which is the only thing that was in my pocket, besides my keys and some papers and money. My pockets in my coat, like virtually all girl's clothing, are small and there is NO POSSIBLE WAY 3 DS cases would even fit in my pocket. I can't even fit one DS game in my pocket without it sticking out 1/3-1/2 rd of the way, and I even offer to have him look through my car, my purse etc and says "WHAT DIFFERENCE WOULD THAT MAKE NOW??" (since this was an hour after I left originally - how diligent) and I even say to him "well, let's go in Sears and I will show you where I put them in the shipper" and I go in with the officer (embarassing, let me tell you...) and show him the games I looked at and scanned (Picross, Assassin's Creed DS, Lair PS3, and some other DS/PSP games - just checking if anything else was $0.97 that I may have overlooked the other day) and the officer knew I had scanned a bunch of games the other day from the security footage. I asked him what games I supposedly "stole" and I could tell him EXACTLY where I put them back in the shipper, but he had no answer other than "just something black sticking out of your pocket - obviously, the start/home/trackball/menu/etc part of the front of my phone, which I had probably checked my messages on while I was checking prices). Sears' little boyscout loss prevention person (in plain clothes - obviously, I've worked retail before so I know what LP people from dept stores look like) was standing there the whole time. I even game him one of the copies of Picross that was in the shipper that had a slice in it, probably from a box cutter when someone was opening up shipment, and said "i saw this and thought I should give this to you since it was damaged. I didn't buy it for that reason" and he took it.
So, we leave, and the officer just says "I have to review the tape and enhance the picture to see the games you stole" and we go back to my car and was like "sometimes all this bullshit escalates into bigger things, you better not be lying about not being a thief to me" (mind you, RUDELY and LOUDLY and accusing me as if I supposedly stole a
ing TV or something) in which i say "absolutely, i perfectly understand that. i didn't steal anything" and he tells me he will review the tape and call me in a few days. So I go back into my car...Needless to say, I DIDN'T STEAL ANYTHING and to be falsely accused of such actions makes me both embarassed (especially being in a mall parking lot surrounded by two cruisers - way to make me look like I'm some sort of drug dealer!) and angry (since the LP kid is probably some holiday hire looking for a raise from a company that is tanking anyways) and I'm seriously considering getting a laywer and speaking to Sears corporate about the whole situation. I'd like to know exactly what "games" I stole and see the video, which I found funny that they wouldn't show me the video either...oh well. I'm going to see what develops in the next two days and what I can do about it legally. It was uncalled for, especially since I so kindly shopped there and gave their sorry ass company $25 earlier this week. I want that little boyscout vigilante LP kid fired.
(WTF???)
(btw, if this is the wrong forum to put this in, I will move it. Just putting this out there as a warning to CAGs who check prices at Sears/Kmart/etc, this is copied from my LJ/Facebook so if towns don't make sense, sorry)
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