Do you object to BAG INSPECTIONS at stores

[nero_bolt]

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Do you object to BAG INSPECTIONS at stores?

Do you object to staff asking to inspect your bag? (they are only doing their job) 

Will you shop at a  store that asks to inspect your bag or will you go elsewhere? 

Do bag inspections and security checks help to stop shop lifting and keep prices down?

If you object WHY?

Do you think that objecting to a bag inspection makes a person look guilty or they are guilty? 

Rememer that its a condition of entry at just about every major /medium/small store in Australia 

[purple_haize]

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@daydream**believer wrote:

I think these few people who are saying they refuse to show their bags are full of doo doo and are just big talking on here, but open their bags like good little "sheep" when asked to

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If I said I dont open my handbag, I dont..........I have nothing to gain by *big* talking on here........you dont know me, I dont let people walk all over me, I stand up for what I believe is right, and that is no one looks in my handbag, it is personal and private. I never let my kids look in my bag, not even my husband goes to my bag, he says it is mine, so why should I let a perfect stranger look in my handbag?

[azureline**]

If you enter a store that has a sign saying they bag check anything bigger than an A4 bag, that is a condition of entry..................do you enter?

[azureline**]

Australian Retailer's Association.

Agreed Principles

Personal hand bags will not be checked unless larger than the size of a sheet

of A4 paper, ie 297 mm x 210 mm, or the shopkeeper is certain that the

handbag conceals unpaid for goods which are the property of the shopkeeper.

All other bags, cartons, parcels and containers that could reasonably be

expected to conceal goods may be checked

NOTIFICATION THAT THE STORE CONDUCTS BAG

CHECKS

Legal Position

In order to carry out a bag check, a retailer must notify the customer, through

the display of signage at the point of entry to the store of its intention to do so.

If other conditions apply these should also be covered in the notice.

A customer, upon entering a store with a sign displaying the retailers intention

to check bags, accepts that condition of entry

[bright.ton42]

So I'm almost 100% sure that the Aldi's I shop at doesn't display any such sign. Does that mean I can refuse bag checking?

I probably wouldn't  but just wondering.  They check a lot of bags there.  

[donnashuggy]

I have never thought to look at any conditions a store may have when entering

[**meep**]

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@bright.ton42 wrote:

So I'm almost 100% sure that the Aldi's I shop at doesn't display any such sign. Does that mean I can refuse bag checking?

I probably wouldn't  but just wondering.  They check a lot of bags there.  

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They have to display a sign that is clearly visible.   otherwise, you are not given the opportunity to agree to the Conditions of Entry.  It would be more than reasonable to assume that if you were aware of the Conditions, you would not have entered, so yes, as far as you know, there are no Conditions of Entry and they can't then ask you to comply with them.

[purple_haize]

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@bright.ton42 wrote:

So I'm almost 100% sure that the Aldi's I shop at doesn't display any such sign. Does that mean I can refuse bag checking?

I probably wouldn't  but just wondering.  They check a lot of bags there.  

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Aldi's here in Melbourne and I have been to quite a few different ones do not check any one's bag........

[**meep**]

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@crikey*mate wrote:

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Contrary to belief, lawyers don't just take on a case because somebody asks them to, they have to actually have a case, or they can be penalized for wasting the Court's time. That is enough to have them disbarred for failuer to adhere to the Solicitors/Barristers rules of ethical conduct.

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It would be interesting to know what makes people believe that they can sue anyone for anything.   I keep reading the same misleading information here "they can't detain me.  If they do and find nothing, I can sue them for thousands $$$$$."

What was the outcome of Myer Stores Ltd v Soo?  All I can find is that they were awarded 75 pounds ???

[**meep**]

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@donnashuggy wrote:

I have never thought to look at any conditions a store may have when entering

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I believe it.  It is a common excuse when dealing with disputes.   An excuse that is not acceptable, though.   Having said that, you shouldn't need to go looking for it.  The information should be clearly displayed, otherwise, you could successfully argue than any reasonable person, would not be able to see it.

[cherry*135]

Donnah ..can you confirm that people you know that have had bags checked ..that those bags were personal HANDBAGS the size of an A4 size of paper or smaller?

I don't believe stores in NSW would be doing that as that is against all store policies.

Do you mean shopping carry bags instead.?