Is this wrong..? Your opinion.

[franbeec]

Okay, so there's a sale rack.
Some sale items are cheaper than others.
When you try two different items on, one cheaper than the other, is it wrong to stick the cheap label onto the more expensive item [because you want to buy it], while you're in the dressing room?
Bear in mind sale items are only between £3 to £8 anyway.

Different people have different views on this, I want to know yours :afro:

[andrews15]

working in a retail shop, i kinda take the shop's view.

you don't want to pay high prices for your clothes yet by switching the labels you are stealing from the shop. The shop has to make this loss up in some way, usually by raising the prices of some items of stock.

so although you get a cheap item, ultimately you will end up paying for it (and so will everyone else) as the shops prices go up.

lol, you haven't been shoplifting, have you?

:D

[SonicSiss]

To change a label to a cheaper price on sale items I have done... but not in the changing room usually on the shop floor... call it what you will, but I have done it and prolly will do it again... and does not matter whether we do or not the prices will still continue to go up coz they will find something else to blame lol

[The Mullet of G]

Its not something I've done, mainly because I've never seen a sale rack in any of the shops I frequent, but if I had the chance I might switch the tags. As to the shop having to make up the loss thats absolute poppycock, if someone else comes along and buys the item you switched tags with then the shop still makes the exact same amount of money, but like Sonic says the prices will still go up regardless so you might as well get a bargain where you can, if shops didn't rip people off so much then maybe people wouldn't be so quick to rip them off given half a chance. :D

[franbeec]

Nice opinions guys :)

I think it's down to conscience, but then I suppose some people don't have very good consciences =/

[Stub58]

I tried it once but there well was Put it this way got caught switching So oops I aint gonna be doing it again i'll stick to primark and TK Maxx till i get enought money for more expensive brand names Lol

[dh131286]

might as well just try and walk out the shop without paying for it, its the same thing.

[ladfromdonny]

i did summat like this last year, was shopping in a well known supermarket 4 my xmas turkey etc, whilst lookin in the freezer there was loads of diff size turkey all at diff prices (cos of the weight) i stuck a label from a small turkey on to the largest i could find and took it to the till, went strait through so had a brill xams dinner, :D

[Laura20]

Originally posted by dh131286
might as well just try and walk out the shop without paying for it, its the same thing.

that is defnilty wrong. swap prices trice aboug but i can't really do that up in my area cos all the codes are put in the comp.

[Alice]

I don't really agree with it, it's too close to stealing in my opinion.

[The Mullet of G]

This actually presents an interesting question, and an honest answer is required here, do the people who object to tag switching via the stealing argument, also share the same stance when it comes to downloading music from the internet, or watching copied movies etc? :)

[Alice]

No, and I know that it's hypocritical. But that doesn't mean I'm going to agree with bank robbing either.

[franbeec]

Originally posted by The Mullet of G
This actually presents an interesting question, and an honest answer is required here, do the people who object to tag switching via the stealing argument, also share the same stance when it comes to downloading music from the internet, or watching copied movies etc? :)

Interesting point Mullet,
I think things these days have been made more subtlised .

Even though I know downloading music is [i]wrong, It doesn't tend to enhinge on my concsience ever because my brother did it, so I've developed the mindset that there's nothing wrong with it.

If someone [say, a friend?] taught me that it's okay to shoplift then I'd eventually think it was okay too, as long as I respected them and was likely to follow in their footsteps

[Ben]

I'd not do it, but if I saw someone else doing it I'm not exactly going to start screaming over it.

If you want a bit of a discount then you can normally just ask for one, if you're buying enough stuff :) That way the store decides whether they give you a little off in exchange for your custom or say no thanks in exchange for seeing your ass walk out the door.

I do believe though that you should pay what the store is prepared to let you, rather than taking matters into your own hands. If that store doesn't have what you want at a price you think is acceptable then you really should go elsewhere.

One point to add - the prices in the store are just invitations to buy. The price for the item is actually only enforcable at the till. Any reasonable cashier should be able to observe whether the price on the item is correct and amend it if necessary. Just because there's a price on something doesn't mean the shop has to sell it to you at that price.

[The Mullet of G]

The problem here is that the lines of right and wrong are blurred by technology, it seems that people often only consider something to be wrong if it involves physical objects, or face to face interaction, the downloading of music is probably more so stealing than switching tags, at least you still pay something while tag switching, downloading music you steal it outright and pay nothing, I realise there is only a subtle distinction between the two but it none the less exists, you may as well walk into HMV and just walk out with a handful of albums, I must stress that I'm not trying to alter any ones view of right and wrong, as everyone has moral lines that they are not willing to cross, I'm more just observing where people draw those lines from a point of interest, personally I download a lot of music and although I know its wrong and stealing, I justify it by paying to see bands play, having paid to see more than 150 bands this year eases my conscience somewhat. :)

[Laura20]

If one of me pals told me how to shoplift i would tell a staff member what she doing and she be me ex pal.

[franbeec]

Originally posted by Laura20
If one of me pals told me how to shoplift i would tell a staff member what she doing and she be me ex pal.
I was talking about subtle influences that unconsciously affect a person and their actions.

[The Mullet of G]

Originally posted by Laura20
If one of me pals told me how to shoplift i would tell a staff member what she doing and she be me ex pal.


Jeez thats a bit harsh, who needs ememies.....

[Laura20]

I don't agree with people shoplfting.

[Hellraiser]

It's wrong, we can all agree on that, but if I had the chance I would do it, I download music, movies and games, even because it's a phone forum, you could say at the same time having N-Gage etc emus on your phone is wrong, but I will still do it.

I buy the odd album if I can, on the music subject but usually I won't have enough, so I download.