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Article #9339Re: Best Buy Treated Me Like a Thief
From: Tushar Samant
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 02:51
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 02:51
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John Rappe <jrappe@gmx.net> wrote: > John A. Weeks III wrote: > >> There is no proof beyond a shadow of a doubt, or even beyond >> a reasonable doubt needed in this kind of case--all that is needed >> is a preponderance of the evidence. In this case, a person is >> holding a new item of merchandise still in its package while inside >> the store, and the person sneaked past the inventory control point >> and didn't get a needed marking on the merchandise that it was >> brought in from the outside, and the person has no indication that >> the item was purchased (such as a register tape or credit card >> slip). Therefore, the preponderance of the evidence is that the >> item was picked off the shelf and the person then attempted to >> return said item for a refund. The weight of facts in favor of >> the store owning the item is far greater than the weight of the >> facts of the perpetrator owning the item. As a result, the store >> should keep their item unless the perpetrator can prove otherwise. > > This fake legal talk would sound cooler if you used some latin terms. I believe preponderance is latin (?)
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