All three of you are correct it is private property...
However, you are incorrect on the law.....also, on basic liberty...
Once you purchase the merchandise at the register it is your personal property, no longer the stores.
If you wanted to break it into pieces at the register after you paid for it and place it in the trash it is your right.
The store (regardless of it’s internal policy) has no right to inspect any personal property without cause. Cause is defined by direct observation of theft. Period....
They have no right to look into your bag any more then they have to ask you to open your wallet or take off your watch or drop your drawers....That right was given up by them when you legally purchased the merchandise.
They have no right to detain without cause, and they better be right.....
You know I’m right because the only defense you mustered is calling me names....
I don’t berate the employees, I joke with them but they also understand I won’t bend. Every time, the say no problem and have a nice day.
They get it, they no their limitations and the law. They also know your rights and theirs....
Isn’t it about time you learned yours?
Your theory is not supported by law in any number of states. You want to try selling a car without a title? Same thing. What right does anyone have to to require proof of ownership? It’s *your* property after all, just because you said so.
except for that pesky “ALL BAGS SUBJECT TO SEARCH” on the front door.
You where warned and went in anyways knowing “ALL” bags can be searched. Including the one they give you.
Gosh, you don’t even realize how wrong you are. The store can ask you for a receipt and check it against purchases made in the store. <- period.
“Once you purchase the merchandise at the register it is your personal property, no longer the stores..”
Hmmmmm...so the guy at the front door just has to take your word for it?
You don’t shop at Best Buy, do you? If you did, you would know that not all transactions occur “three steps from the door.” I’d like to see you strut your big-shot attitude at a Costco some day.