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In lugnet.market.shopping, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Frank Filz writes:
> > This is something retailers are extremely sensitive about. The manager
> > was assuming you were a "spy" for another retailer. I'm not sure what
> > their exact protections under the law are, but from a purely Libertarian
> > perspective, they have every right to throw you out of the store.
There was a pretty famous case from a few years back of a guy who was (I
believe) arrested for taking down prices and product information at a Good
Guys. His trial was covered on "48 Hours" or one of those other news shows.
In his case, he had juryrigged this harness to hold his laptop around his
neck, and he was walking down the tv aisle recording tv information. GG
claimed that he was creating an obstacle which was blocking other customers
from shopping. This guy was an extremely sympathetic character, but he made
the mistake of trying to represent himself in court, and so he finally ended
up losing his case.
Note that I'm not siding with TRU or GG or claiming that their policies are
right; I'm just saying that there is precedent. So, try to be more discreet
in the future! :^)
--Raymond Flournoy
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flournoy@cs.stanford.edu "Because, of course, a man with an
Computer Science Dept. obsession is a man who has very little
Stanford University, CA sales-resistance." -- C. S. Lewis
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| (...) Stunningly pointless, IMHO. The measures that a store puts into place to prevent "spying" are invariably going to cost more than the potential loss of revenue. Again, IMHO, the potential loss of revenue is diddly squat - especially when (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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