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Originally Posted by Pip
What do they do if they find an item in the bag that isn't on the receipt? They have no proof that you didn't have it with you when you entered, do they? Or do you have to empty your pockets before entering?
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some stores do nothing. we have searches like this at a few local stores (walmart being one of them). sometimes i submit, sometimes i just ignore them--really just depends on how much of a hurry i'm in.
i do know that i once walked out of walmart without paying for a bottle of coke i was drinking while shopping. i noticed when i got to my car and went back in to pay for it. when i went up to the register and explained to the cashier that i hadn't realized i didn't pay for it (i was holding it while she rang up my purchases) and she told me she didn't ask about it because it was likely i had brought it into the store with me. so if you walk out with one, they won't stop you because they can't assume you stole it. now i can't imagine that would work if you walked out with a tv or something...but apparently drinks and snack food items are things you very well may have brought with you so they don't bother trying to prove otherwise.