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Yesterday I got caught ‘shoplifting’ from Sainsbury’s. I say it in quotes because it was a genuine mistake, I put less than a fivers worth of items under my pram as I use that as a basket as I can’t carry or use a trolley when I have my pram and then I went to Argos to browse, made a phone call and got side tracked and left and forgot about the items under my pram.
I had a rough looking guy in a tracksuit approach me asking to talk to me and because of how he approached me I told him to eff off it of instinct being a woman with a baby only to see him followed my by securing he said he is undercover. I said what are you on about and he said the items under the pram, it dawned on me so I apologised and offered to pay. He said no so I returned the items and advised the above and he said I’m a liar, I said no I’m not it was an honest mistake and he took my name, address and DOB and gave me a letter stating I’m banned from the store and I may face civil recovery loss. He said the police won’t be notified but I can’t return so i said fair enough and left.
I phoned DWF anonymously and they advised it’s the fact the security had to intervene is why they charge you and nothing to do with the goods. They said they may or may not send correspondence it depends if the store report it and they have a 60 day time frame in which to do so and I advised what I’ve read on the internet about not paying and she said it’s your choice but it will go to debt collections potentially and maybe court but this is down to Sainsbury’s if they wish to take you to court as they have tk report back to Sainsbury’s.
Has anyone successfully ignored these notices and years later it’s never been heard of or affected them?
Yesterday I got caught ‘shoplifting’ from Sainsbury’s. I say it in quotes because it was a genuine mistake, I put less than a fivers worth of items under my pram as I use that as a basket as I can’t carry or use a trolley when I have my pram and then I went to Argos to browse, made a phone call and got side tracked and left and forgot about the items under my pram.
I had a rough looking guy in a tracksuit approach me asking to talk to me and because of how he approached me I told him to eff off it of instinct being a woman with a baby only to see him followed my by securing he said he is undercover. I said what are you on about and he said the items under the pram, it dawned on me so I apologised and offered to pay. He said no so I returned the items and advised the above and he said I’m a liar, I said no I’m not it was an honest mistake and he took my name, address and DOB and gave me a letter stating I’m banned from the store and I may face civil recovery loss. He said the police won’t be notified but I can’t return so i said fair enough and left.
I phoned DWF anonymously and they advised it’s the fact the security had to intervene is why they charge you and nothing to do with the goods. They said they may or may not send correspondence it depends if the store report it and they have a 60 day time frame in which to do so and I advised what I’ve read on the internet about not paying and she said it’s your choice but it will go to debt collections potentially and maybe court but this is down to Sainsbury’s if they wish to take you to court as they have tk report back to Sainsbury’s.
Has anyone successfully ignored these notices and years later it’s never been heard of or affected them?
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