8 Jun
2003
8 Jun
'03
1:19 p.m.
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Wayne M. Smith wrote:
Costco (formerly Price Club) started the practice around here (DC area).
They basically won't let you leave until your purchased inventory is
checked. Most of the time the checker simply marks it without really
looking.
150 purchases there and only had one problem with
some SDRAM. And so
what if they don't have the "legal" right to inspect your bag at the
door, if it deters shoplifting (a cost that all of us bear) then it's
worth the few seconds wait.
Maybe you don't mind the insinuation that you are guilty of something
until showing your receipt for someone to mark it with a highlighter
somehow magically admonishes you of any wrong-doing, but I do.
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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