Sorry I've been out of contact for so long. It seems life just got ahead of me, and I didn't take any time to keep this updated.

It's after Thanksgiving and Black Friday, in fact it's "Cyber-Monday" and I haven't bought anything online today.

I read about this on The Consumerist, where "shoppers bite back"! This rant is more of an anti-law enforcement slant than anti-business.

This guy goes into Best Buy, buys a couple of DVDs, and heads to the door. He walks right past the receipt checker person, and out to the parking lot towards his vehicle. On his way out, a sheriff's deputy chases him down, and informs him that the BB associate needs to see his receipt.

Keep in mind here - the store didn't say or accuse this guy of stealing anything. In fact, the cop didn't even want to see the merchandise or the receipt, he just wanted the customer to go back and show his receipt to the store, "because it was store policy".

The story continues

I responded that I'd left the store, my business with them was concluded, and that they had no right to demand to see my receipt. The officer said that it was store policy. Regardless of store policy, I said, they still had no right to take or search my possessions. He asked me why I was being difficult. I pointed out that it was an imposition upon me to be chased down and detained in the parking lot and made to hand my property over to a third party, something which they had no authority to demand. The officer said that while they didn't have the authority, *he* did have the authority. He continued, threatening me with arrest, "Go back and show them the receipt, or go to jail. Those are your options."

I asked him why he didn't just take the receipt from me, if they had the right to see the receipt. "I'm not going to touch your property," he replied. I told him that I ultimately didn't care about the receipt itself -- it wasn't important to me -- but that I objected to their demand that they detain me and inspect it. The officer suggested that he take the receipt back to them so that they could "mark it." I didn't resist (I was there with my wife and infant son -- I would have been in the dog house if I got arrested), so he took the receipt out of my hand, and walked back across the parking lot to the store. He returned a minute later, and silently handed me the receipt. I asked for his card. He turned around and walked away, replying "I don't have to give you my card" while walking away.

What. In the Fuck. Who does this dickhead cop think he is? What law was the customer breaking? The answer - NONE.

Unless you sign a membership agreement at a retailer, promising that you will submit yourself to receipt checks, you have NO OBLIGATION to stop and let them examine your purchases or receipts.

I heard about this link, I thought it was pretty cool. http://bigrobby.com/walmart/blogimages/walmart-nice-no-thanks.html