
Ever been a victim of a shopping robbery on BF??
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Or if the item is small enough, I've even (temporarily) resorted to laying it in the seat section of my cart and casually draping my coat over it while I continue to shop! Then as soon as I find something else to buy that will cover it up fairly well, I'll move it to the bottom of the cart as I pick up the other item and lay it over it!

Sneaky? yes
Wrong? No -- I'm just trying to curb others from the temptation of shopping from MY cart! LOL
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The worst I got was at WM -- I left my shopping cart to the side of the aisle so that I can quickly see if they had a specific toy (the toys aisles were crammed w/people and carts). When I got back, the articles on my cart where on the floor... they took my cart! ARGH!
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I had to pick up everything and find another cart! The NERVE!

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Posted Nov 5, 2007 - 1:52 pm
The worst I got was at WM -- I left my shopping cart to the side of the aisle so that I can quickly see if they had a specific toy (the toys aisles were crammed w/people and carts). When I got back, the articles on my cart where on the floor... they took my cart! ARGH!
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I had to pick up everything and find another cart! The NERVE!
Someone did that to a friend of mine two years ago at TRU. I ran into her and she was carrrying a bundle. She said someone dumped her items and took off with her cart. I felt bad for her since she was recovering from back surgery and talked with a manager, then ran out and got her another one. (They were only letting in a few hundred people at a time back then.) She gave me a 20% coupon as a reward.

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Posted Nov 5, 2007 - 2:06 pm
The worst I got was at WM -- I left my shopping cart to the side of the aisle so that I can quickly see if they had a specific toy (the toys aisles were crammed w/people and carts). When I got back, the articles on my cart where on the floor... they took my cart! ARGH!
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I had to pick up everything and find another cart! The NERVE!
I've seen that done too... which is why:
1) at WM, I pick up everything I possibly can from the "regular" aisles BEFORE they unwrap the earlybird stuff (it's a super WM that stays open, thankfully!

2) if I HAVE to venture into an area that's crowded and can't manage to squeeze my way thru with my cart (without causing injury to myself or others


3) if the item in the crowded area is something that isn't a "gotta have" for everyone else, I'll skip it and come back later in the day to get it!
It's pretty sad that we have to be paranoid




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if you are concerned with someone taking something from your cart, depending on the store you could always get one of the plastic Rubbermaid-type containers with a lid (or even a plastic garbage container with a lid). Put the good stuff inside and then get rid of the container (or buy it) when you are done at the store.
I LOVE this idea, Brad-- TY!! I think I know what I'll have in my cart at WM this year!

And ya know, if you needed the container anyway and bought it, you could use it to put all your goodies back into and set the whole thing in the car-- no messing with transferring ump-teen bags from cart to car!

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Kinda the opposite here. Years ago my wife and sister went shopping together in my sister's car. My wife had filled a cart and paid for everything before my sister was done shopping, so she got the keys from my sister and unloaded everything into the trunk of the car then went back in to help. When they had finally finished and got back to the car, my wife realized she hadn't put her treasures into my sister's car at all. It was an identical model and color car that had been parked nearby. So much for unique keys! My wife robbed herself and played secret Santa with some strangers. I just wish I could have seen the reaction on their faces when they found the stuff magically deposited into the locked trunk of their car!
oh man.. i would cry if i did that...
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