I WON on a self service checkout!
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i think it is the same as if a person gave you too much change after buying something. it would be hard to get it back from a lot of people. as it is one persons word against another.
i probably would have done the same as the OP. although i can never use them self service checkouts even though i have worked in a supermarket before
i probably would have done the same as the OP. although i can never use them self service checkouts even though i have worked in a supermarket before
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I'd have milked that thing for everything it was worth.
Stick it to the man.
Stick it to the man.
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reminds me of this : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...free-money-sparks-scenes-student-revelry.html
mainly because I know the guy who mixed up the notes when he was loading the machine ROFL
mainly because I know the guy who mixed up the notes when he was loading the machine ROFL
It may well be reported to the police as it may be their policy but even if it's caught on camera the police are not going to pursue it. I mean surely that's obvious? It's not worth their time.
Some of the statements in this thread are ridiculous it sounds like if any of you found a pound in a shopping trolley you would hand it in for fear of being branded a theif.
Some of the statements in this thread are ridiculous it sounds like if any of you found a pound in a shopping trolley you would hand it in for fear of being branded a theif.
Asda, Sainsbury's, Tesco etc all use the same systems (NCR), just configured differently for each company. Morrisons ones are horrendous though, they must have been extra-cheap to buy.
Charming.
I know it's definitely theft.
He put in £50.
He dishonestly got it, knowing it was not his to get and had no intention of returning it. That is theft.
But only probably.
Theft does not require you to forcibly take anything. It requires you to dishonestly appropriate the property of another with the intention of permanently depriving them of it.
And that's not far off a verbatim quote from the theft act.
Someone probably filled the machine up with money in the incorrect place, or something like that.
Few years ago when I worked in a bank, the manager at the time filled the ATM up with £20 notes in the £10 note box on a Friday night before going home. By 7pm there was a queue around the building of people taking money out and getting double money...
Was a rather interesting monday morning, lol.
Few years ago when I worked in a bank, the manager at the time filled the ATM up with £20 notes in the £10 note box on a Friday night before going home. By 7pm there was a queue around the building of people taking money out and getting double money...
Was a rather interesting monday morning, lol.
He didn't dishonestly appropriate it
The machine in this instant is acting as the representative of the shop, if it chooses to give him extra money then it is not up to him to know it should not give him that.
Maybe the store was running some sort of lottery?
Yes, he did. He knew it was not his, but he took it anyway.
rypt said:
Um, yes it is. He can obviously do enough maths to know that he was getting too much change. This much is clear from his starting this thread to brag about it. He'd know if the shop was short changing him, wouldn't he? So he knows when the shop is... um... long-changing him as well, and knows that something is awry. Hence, he is dishonestly appropriating the money.
rypt said:Maybe the store was running some sort of lottery?
Improbable, but it's gotta be worth a try in court.