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PM'ing at BestBuy might get you arrested

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<< You cannot have someone arrested then claim you told them to leave the store and they refused and be legal. >>

He was never booked or charged. You can have police remove you from the store for attempting fraud, which was the original reason. Best Buy making stuff up later doesn't change the original, and valid, reason he was removed from the store. >>



Being escorted out of a store and locked in a holding cell are two VERY different things.

He was arrested and charged with Fraud or he could not have been locked up and handcuffed.
 


<< He was arrested and charged with Fraud or he could not have been locked up and handcuffed. >>

He was never charged. He was set free. They took him, questioned him and then let him go. I seriously doubt he's got that great a case.
 


<< **Side note** What do the officers/lady being black have to do anything?? >>




**Side note** Why is it such a big deal??




<< The three cops who turned up (all black officers from Dekalb county) had the brain the size of an almond.


could definitely be considered racist. >>




That's right, he meant that all black officers have brains the size of an almond.

You guys are reading way too much into this goofballs story. He may have some beef with black folks but before this thread dies you're going to string him up and accuse him of being the Grand Dragon.
 


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<< You cannot have someone arrested then claim you told them to leave the store and they refused and be legal. >>

He was never booked or charged. You can have police remove you from the store for attempting fraud, which was the original reason. Best Buy making stuff up later doesn't change the original, and valid, reason he was removed from the store. >>



He was removed from the store because BB said he was attempting fraud yet he was not attempting fraud. BB should have done their homework and been 100% sure they are committing fraud before accusing someone one it. I imagine they found out the receipts were real and then changed their story, but thats just speculation.


And yes, when you are led out of a store in handcuffs, that is being arrested.

 


<< He wasn't arrested. He was never booked and never charged. >>


Nonsense. He was led away in handcuffs. It wasn't voluntary and it was humilating.

Unfortunately, this is not big bucks in a lawsuit. But Beast Buy's insurance will no doubt settle and the managers will have to show up in court if he pursues it.

I still wish him luck if he decides to sue.
 


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<< **Side note** What do the officers/lady being black have to do anything?? >>




**Side note** Why is it such a big deal??




<< The three cops who turned up (all black officers from Dekalb county) had the brain the size of an almond.


could definitely be considered racist. >>




That's right, he meant that all black officers have brains the size of an almond.

You guys are reading way too much into this goofballs story. He may have some beef with black folks but before this thread dies you're going to string him up and accuse him of being the Grand Dragon. >>



you mean wizard don't you...
 


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<< He wasn't arrested. He was never booked and never charged. >>


Nonsense. He was led away in handcuffs. It wasn't voluntary and it was humilating.

Unfortunately, this is not big bucks in a lawsuit. But Beast Buy's insurance will no doubt settle and the managers will have to show up in court if he pursues it.

I still wish him luck if he decides to sue. >>



I don't know about that apoppin. Theres a thread around here somewhere where a lady is sueing a snack food company for mislabling a product which caused her a little weight gain and she'd sueing for 50 mil. I would much rather gain a few pounds than be arrested and interogated. Not only that he was humiliated.
 


<< He was removed from the store because BB said he was attempting fraud yet he was not attempting fraud. BB should have done their homework and been 100% sure they are committing fraud before accusing someone one it. I imagine they found out the receipts were real and then changed their story, but thats just speculation. >>

Unless someone shows me an actual, real life receipt, all of those are fraud. It's the Internet, so I tend to take everything with a grain of salt.
 


<< Makes me glad there is no Best Buy in my city. :disgust: :| :disgust: >>



Makes me glad that when I'm a huge ass, I do it in public and refuse to ever go into private rooms with anyone (for fear that they may touch me). The managers are extremely weak and are scared of me and they bow before my infinite wisdom before they even think about the police. The fact that I wear a police uniform around town as normal clothes may help as well. 😉
 


<< you mean wizard don't you... >>




Bah, Wizard, Dragon, it makes no difference. All those robe wearin' nutjobs need a good beatin'.
 
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<< He wasn't arrested. He was never booked and never charged. >>


Nonsense. He was led away in handcuffs. It wasn't voluntary and it was humilating.

Unfortunately, this is not big bucks in a lawsuit. But Beast Buy's insurance will no doubt settle and the managers will have to show up in court if he pursues it.

I still wish him luck if he decides to sue. >>



I don't know about that apoppin.

About WHAT?

As my first post stated IF (did you see the big "IF"?) this is true, I hopes he sues Beast Buy and I wish him luck. IMHO, BB is a crappy arrogant company from the top down.
 


<< heard more racist jokes when I was living in Wisconsin for 4 years than I ever heard at home in Dallas. >>




We here is Wisconsin love our racist jokes 🙂
 
The guy at hardforums has stated:
  • They at first maintained the stand that the receipt was a fraud. I know that because thats the first thing they told me and the cops. Through out the time we were in Best Buy, when I asked the cops what I am being charged with, they told me "Fraud". And I directly pointed them to my original receipt and asked them whether that was a fraudelent receipt too. They obviously didnt bother to listen.
If that's really what happened, BB really had no grounds to arrest the guy. That really sucks.

thread
 


<< Thanks for turning this into a South-bashing thread.

Ignorant fscks. >>



hahahaha! You tell 'em, man! 😉
 
First off, the guy was never arrested. Just because you are led away in handcuffs does not mean you are under arrest. The cops have a right to detain you if they suspect you are involved in a crime. The cops had reason to believe so because the Best Buy manager told them he truthfully believed the guy was attempting to commit fraud.

Second, to klee58 (and maybe others), if I remember this "scam" correctly, the people go into Best Buy with the following:
1) A receipt from Best Buy online showing they put in the order for the card
2) A copy of a receipt that someone else posted to the internet indicating they successfully made a price match at another Best Buy store.
It's #2 that got this guy into trouble, because it was most likely a printout of an image from the internet, not an actual receipt printed on Best Buy stationary. He could have easily doctored the image before printing it out, and that is the grounds for the belief of fraud. Also, don't forget that we are only seeing one side of the story, and the guy posting is certainly not going to post anything that could incriminate himself, regardless of what actually transpired.

Was the Best Buy manager acting in a heavy handed manner? Yes. Was he wrong? According to the law, no. Am I tired of hearing about this stupid video card crap? Most certainly.
 


<< First off, the guy was never arrested. Just because you are led away in handcuffs does not mean you are under arrest. The cops have a right to detain you if they suspect you are involved in a crime. The cops had reason to believe so because the Best Buy manager told them he truthfully believed the guy was attempting to commit fraud. >>

You are a fvcking moron. That us what being arrested is. He was never convicted of a crime. He was arrested but not convicted. Get a brain before you decide to post buddy.
 
I have been put in handcuffs and read my rights then taken to jail and put in a holding cell. I was not under arrest. I was being "detained."
 
Main Entry: 1ar·rest
Pronunciation: &-'rest
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English aresten, from Middle French arester to rest, arrest, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin arrestare, from Latin ad- + restare to remain -- more at REST
Date: 14th century
1 a : to bring to a stop <sickness arrested his activities> b : CHECK, SLOW c : to make inactive <an arrested tumor>
2 : SEIZE, CAPTURE; specifically : to take or keep in custody by authority of law
3 : to catch suddenly and engagingly
- ar·rest·er also ar·res·tor /-'res-t&r/ noun
- ar·rest·ment /-'res(t)-m&nt/ noun
 


<< You are a fvcking moron. That us what being arrested is. He was never convicted of a crime. He was arrested but not convicted. Get a brain before you decide to post buddy. >>


Okay, I missed something in the original post. However, being placed into handcuffs and taken to the station does not mean you are under arrest. Being under arrest means the cops said, "You are under arrest". As in the original story, he did state:


<< Then they told me that I was being arrested for Fraud >>


So, by that, he was under arrest. However, it was not the act of being placed in hand cuffs and taken to the station. They could have done that without arresting him, but that would have been unusual.

Oh, and I have a brain. One that I like very much. Before you reply to someone and make baseless accusations about their intelligence, here's 50 cents so you can buy yourself a clue.
 


<< << You are a fvcking moron. That us what being arrested is. He was never convicted of a crime. He was arrested but not convicted. Get a brain before you decide to post buddy. >>


Okay, I missed something in the original post. However, being placed into handcuffs and taken to the station does not mean you are under arrest. Being under arrest means the cops said, "You are under arrest". As in the original story, he did state:


<< Then they told me that I was being arrested for Fraud >>


So, by that, he was under arrest. However, it was not the act of being placed in hand cuffs and taken to the station. They could have done that without arresting him, but that would have been unusual.

Oh, and I have a brain. One that I like very much. Before you reply to someone and make baseless accusations about their intelligence, here's 50 cents so you can buy yourself a clue.
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Oh, I am sorry maybe the dictonary and law say something else.
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Oh, and that's only two dimes. I see you can't count with that underdeveloped brain of yours. That last part was just me being sarcastic. I relize that you didn't actually take the money out and count it. At least I hope not, because then you would just be sad.
 
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