Comments on: KMart: Our Disorganized Stores Make You a Thief

By: nope

nope — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:36:43 +0000

This is just not true. In most states (most not all) a merchant has a right to detain in effort to investigate a potential loss that has occured. If store security observes a theft, in most states (again not all) they can use reasonable force to detain.

By: friend

friend — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:49:14 +0000

It is important to know, that if stopped by store security in MOST stores, you have absolutely no obligation to go with them, you can walk away as they ask you to go inside. Of course they can call the police, but the security themselves have no legal right to persue you or put there hands on you, so you are free to walk away and talk shit to them if desired.

By: ELVIS

ELVIS — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:06:58 +0000

Nobody understands the scum of shoplifters, they say and do anything to weasel thier way out of being apprehended. Maybe if this lady wasnt such a lazy ass idiot, by the way I think she did it on purpose, she was trying to see if she could get away with it…Ive seen that before, someone buys a ton of crap and then goes and steals a cologne and they say “oh I forgot I had it in my hand” or something stupid like that. So anyways she got caught and now shes trying to make a big deal about it so people think it was a mistake. The LP agent only gave her a first name becasue honestly I wouldnt guve my last name to a shoplifter, how do I know they wont look me up online or a phonebook..I dont know how crazy this person is or what they might do. Typical trash trying to get rich by a lawsuit, trying to spin something around

By: Dan Jordan

Dan Jordan — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:49:01 +0000

I would have been raising holy hell in that store…and I would have insisted on talking to the store manager. Face it folks…KMART is the craphole of the big discount stores…they are always dirty, disorganized, merchandise on the floor – and good luck finding an employee…I can totally see what happened to her. She should contact SEARS national offices Customer Hotline and raise hell…and then when rectified…shop at a nice clean TARGET where the stuff is tagged and organized…UNBELIEVABLE!

By: box car willie

box car willie — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:06:25 +0000

I have decided to ban myself from kmart for life.I have already banned myself from malwart. both have cheap chinese crap. no one in their right mind would shop there in the first place.

By: jose lopez

jose lopez — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:59:07 +0000

I have seen a similar incident in K-Mart with a twist. the cashier said among other things, that the shoe dept is a vendor, not owned by k-mart. about twenty five percent go out in the wrong box and its too much trouble to try and match each and every shoe to the box. they know the problem well. an attorney would be able to retire if they had this ladys case, she could be a millionaire several times over if she so choses to take legal action. not one of the comments above have any facts in them. imamature juviniles must have written the two previous comments.

By: Unhappy Shopper.

Unhappy Shopper. — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:30:23 +0000

K-Mart went down the tubes years ago,not everyone is a thief trying to steal.Some people can and do make an honest mistake,If the people in K-mart did there job right then this woman wouldn’t of needed to box her own shoes.Also if and when she gets to the cash register then a price check needs to be done,that’s another 15 min standing in line upsetting people behind you.I stopped shopping in this store years ago.There stuff is garbage and made cheap,there store is always a mess with iles you can’t even get through.The store did this woman a favor,Wal-Mart is run alot better plus it’s alot cleaner,the cloths are made alot better to and the bathrooms are cleaner.I could see this happening to someone innocent and if you think it can’t happen to you than wake up,it may not be the same episode that happened to her,maybe something a little different but I feel that security should proceede with caution when stopping someone.

By: Maria

Maria — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:27:34 +0000

It is possible that the children’s and adult clip clops were mixed together, but it is hard ot belive that a box for a child’s shoe would be big enough for an adult size 9. I think these stores need to be less sloppy.

By: Anita Zahand

Anita Zahand — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:23:47 +0000

All the shoes that have shoeboxes that I have bought came with pictures of the shoes on them. Also they would have the UPC codes on them so you could check to see if they are the same numbers. I can’t believe that that she did it the way she says….Every shoe dept has the sizes in different places. Why would you think that a child’s nine is in the same place as women’s? I say she was guilty…

By: Ed Henson

Ed Henson — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:17:46 +0000

This may be the exception if in fact, that is, what really ocurred. Unfortunately, that usually isn’t the story and the person is a thief and a good one and knows the system and knows how to play the system. I’ve seen shoplifters with thousands of dollars in their pockets and hundreds of thousands in jewelry on their person and they still come into a store and steal–and sometimes something small and of minimal value just because of the thrill or just sick in the head.