There you are wrong, they have no right unless they have observed you shoplifting....
It’s three steps from the register to the front door under close scrutiny....
Please tell me what law or right they have, and be specific....
It’s a private establishment, you’re leaving with merchandise from the establishment and they have every right to check for a purchase receipt. In some states they’d be within the law to detain you for refusing, but they’d have to release you with a set amount of time deemed “reasonable.” An hour or two at most.
Private property, private store. in small print on the front door it says “all bags subject to search”.. you agreed to it when you walked through the door.
Don’t like it, don’t shop there. Problem solved.
Might want to avoid Costco and Sam’s too.
I do for the same reason your worked up.
it's their store and you are still in it....part of their normal proceedure is to check your mdse. against your sales slip....everyone, not just you. I believe Sam's club does just that and I have no problem with it....if you don't agree with their stated proceedure....don't shop there!!
This is a long-standing and legal practice, not only at Best Buy but also at Sam’s, Costco, Walmart and depending on where you live, Target. The club stores’ membership agreements contain specific language. If people don’t like showing a receipt, they can shop somewhere else. They are on private property and the owner gets to set the rules (such as showing ID when using a credit or debit card.) The specificity: a store is a public space but it is private property, this is the same principle that allows people to be ejected from movie theaters for multiple reasons at the operator’s discretion; in addition, the Fourth Amendment only applies to police officers and other state actors. It doesn’t apply to private citizens, such as store owners and greeters. Big picture: shop-lifting costs innocent consumers billions a year, because someone has to pay for what is stolen. At Walmart alone, the tab for theft is $3 billion a year. It annoys but does not kill me to show a receipt when I leave a store. Suck it up.