Then they replay the camera videos, catch you in the act, call the police
and have you charged for causing public mischief, or banned from their
store.
nana

"Tom H" wrote in message
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what would happen if you stuck a security tag on your shoe, set off the
beeper, and refuse to voluntarily accompany security personnel to their
backroom for an 'interview' saying you didn't take anything and you're in
a hurry, causing them to physicaly manhandle you into the office where
they search you (if that was what they did) and find nothing. Assuming
they don't find out you engineered the whole scenario, do you think you
would be able to sue them? would they want to settle out of court?
anyone have any thoughts on this?

"Dave Bushong" wrote in message
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nana wrote:
Lets not forget, an amateur license carries a higher degree of respect
than does a non licensed device.



With whom? Most people still have no accurate idea what a Ham is!

In regards to this ancient thread - my cellphone has triggered the
alarms at the checkouts more than once. These alarms relied on
reradiation of harmonics and perhaps some non-linear device within the
phone did just that.

The store did not go into an anti-theft frenzy. The girl looked up from
her register, I took my phone off my belt, waved it past the detector,
it beeped, I walked through after it, it didn't beep, problem solved.
There is no big issue here.

Brad VK2QQ



A friend of mine plucked one of those anti-theft plastic doohickeys from
a high-ticket item and stuck it onto the back of my belt and I set off
the detector over and over again as I walked through the exit door.

Some friend.

I wish I had thought of it.