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No... I haven't been lifting stolen goods :p
However I did wonder why alarms kept going off when I was out sales shopping on thurs :o and other people were frantically looking in their bags...
Anyone know how to get one off?
I can't take it back as my dad reckons they will think I nicked it even though I have the receipt :/
BB x
1. You're a liar
2. I don't believe you
3. you could try putting a strong magnet on the back and it might pull the mechanism enough that you can open it but I don't recommend prising it off
4. You could come clean, just admit it and go back to the shop and give it back. Most likely they will believe your pack of lies story and take the tag off for you. Who says crime never pays eh?
1. You're a liar
2. I don't believe you
3. you could try putting a strong magnet on the back and it might pull the mechanism enough that you can open it but I don't recommend prising it off
4. You could come clean, just admit it and go back to the shop and give it back. Most likely they will believe your pack of lies story and take the tag off for you. Who says crime never pays eh?
I did hesitate about posting the two cocktail sticks and a pair of pliers trick :D They will take it off without any issue, especially as you have the receipt they are hardly going to try and blame you.
Blackstar
28-12-2007, 21:35
Take it back in and tell them, i did the same with a dress they apologised and removed it for me.
Keep the tag on....you need to learn to accessorise girl.
Aren't some tags full of ink? You try to get it off and it sprays all over the place?
If you have a receipt then take it back, head straight for senior looking staff/security guard and just say "I bought this a couple of days ago, I have the receipt, but the ink tag is still on it. I didn't realise until I got home" - make sure you are in the store a minimum amount of time before approaching a member of staff otherwise it does look super dodgy.
Your other option, as mentioned, is a super strong magnet
Keep the tag on....you need to learn to accessorise girl.
Hmmm :p thanks very much!!!
Mum cut it off in the end.... couldn't stop her... I had thought about taking it into Tesco or somewhere else who would have a machine but bro said that wouldn't be the best idea.
Don't have time to go back into Brighton, and unfortunately its a boutiqey shop and not a chain... booo!!!
Thanks for the responses though guys.
PS Paula - found the hats - they are £7!!! But the black one was too big :(
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Stan_Lite
29-12-2007, 12:30
I had problems once when shopping. I kept setting the alarms off going IN to shops. Luckily the security people remembered me on the way out and I didn't have any problems - was a bit embarrassing though. Eventually, one of the shops I went into tried everything I had with me through the scanner and found the culprit - a pair of shoes I'd bought earlier.Luckily, their tag removal thingy was able to remove it and further embarrassment was averted.
SidewinderINC
29-12-2007, 13:34
You can wind people up with the sticky backed tags that they have on computer games... peel one off and put it sticky side up on the floor... wait for somebody to tread on it and then try to walk out :p
well, it was fun when I was at school :p
You can wind people up with the sticky backed tags that they have on computer games... peel one off and put it sticky side up on the floor... wait for somebody to tread on it and then try to walk out :p
well, it was fun when I was at school :p
The other trick is to stick it to the inside of your shoe/trainer/whatever in the summer and wear just shorts and a t-shirt.
Gets them going every single time!
Not that I've ever done that, of course *ahem, Clacton, Summer, 2006*
Treefrog
29-12-2007, 16:16
Hehe - you evil sod Feek! ;D
Hehe - you evil sod Feek! ;D
it was his magnetic personality doing it ;)
Treefrog
29-12-2007, 22:50
it was his magnetic personality doing it ;)
Attractive or repulsive? ;D
Dymetrie
30-12-2007, 02:38
Attractive or repulsive? ;D
Depends how he was standing ;)
Treefrog
30-12-2007, 13:58
Depends how he was standing ;)
Git!!
I just got a mental image of a naked Feek being used as a compass! :shocked:
GO AWAY NASTY PICTURE!
SidewinderINC
30-12-2007, 14:15
Git!!
I just got a mental image of a naked Feek being used as a compass! :shocked:
GO AWAY NASTY PICTURE!
I've never met feek, so for me Feek = Avatar :p
Funny mental image here ;D
What's nasty about that thought? :p
MarcLister
30-12-2007, 17:11
I had problems once when shopping. I kept setting the alarms off going IN to shops. Luckily the security people remembered me on the way out and I didn't have any problems - was a bit embarrassing though. Eventually, one of the shops I went into tried everything I had with me through the scanner and found the culprit - a pair of shoes I'd bought earlier.Luckily, their tag removal thingy was able to remove it and further embarrassment was averted.I had that once. Walked into Tesco after buying an ink cartridge for my printer from Wilkinson's. The damned thing was in a plastic box and there was ANOTHER security tag INSIDE it!! So I set the alarm off in Tesco walking in and had to get the security guard to see me out. ;)
I remember picking up a parcel from the post office and then going into tescos and setting off the alarms - it was something from play I think and they said sometimes even if there's no tag, the alarms will still go off.
I've found memory cards, particulalrly SD ones set them off.
Von Smallhausen
30-12-2007, 17:33
Anyone know how to get one off?
First you unzip .....
Oh,
:/
You try to get it off and it sprays all over the place?
Usually ;)
Treefrog
01-01-2008, 03:07
What's nasty about that thought? :p
I remember you showing off your quick erection at the 1st camping meet :evil:
The dvd from amazon, especially amazon.com stuff always come tagged. And now and again I miss the postman so i go to pick it up from the depot which is on the way to town. Yup you can guess it, the parcel sets off every alarm every shop i go into. So I try to only go to the shop i needed to and not window shop. Soon as it goes off I walk to the til and explain it.
I have to try that sticker trick :p don't think i have any that isn't de-activated thou.
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