February 18, 2006
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May I See Your Receipt ? Fuck NO!
Stores like walmart or best buys often stop customers on their way out to “verify” their purchases, but let me tell you right now that this verification stop is purely voluntary. Merchants basically have
two rights covering people entering and exiting their stores. They can
refuse to let you enter the premises and/or to sell you anything, and they
can place you under citizens arrest for attempting to leave the premises
with any property that you haven’t paid for. But the second you hand over
the appropriate amount of cash, they lose all rights to the items. They
can’t legally impair you from leaving the store with your property.By the way, there is a term for this if you refuse and they detain you, it’s called false imprisonment/arrest.
You can even call the police and say that because you have been held against your will you would like the store security arrested.
