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Theresa
De Feo
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Hi, guys —
I have a friend who bought a purse and after
two uses, the purse ripped. She went to the
store where she bought it and replaced it
with another one, but she did not have the
receipt so:
- she took one off the rack
- unloaded her stuff from the old purse
to the new purse, and
- left the old purse on the rack
She also bought another purse of another color.
Her intent was to exchange the purse and not
steal it.
I was not sure what to tell her.
Thank you for your help.
Theresa
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Since my friend's purse ripped, are her actions deemed steeling if she didn't have the receipt? }
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Mary
Ann replied:
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Hi, Theresa —
The exchange was stealing,
even if she didn't intend to steal,
because she did not give an equal
value in exchange for the new purse.
She left a damaged purse in exchange,
defrauding, not only the store, but
the customer who might buy that purse.
She could have spoken to a clerk
about the problem, and perhaps have
had it resolved. If not, she should
have absorbed the loss and chalked
it up as a learning tax.
Mary Ann
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Paul
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Hello Theresa,
Technically, this sounds like stealing
to me. At least objectively. A store
has a right to make its own rules
regarding having a receipt. That
new purse is owned by the store until
a store authority grants transfer
of possession to a customer. That
is done either through purchasing a purse or
exchanging the one she had with another one through the store authority. Therefore, your friend
took an item that did not belong
to her.
- Did she have a right to take
it since the old one broke?
Not without the store's authorization,
which would include a receipt.
Paul
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Mike replied:
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Theresa —
In addition to Mary Ann and Paul's fine answers I just wanted to add that, even if you don't have a receipt, in many retail stores you may be able to get a store credit at Customer Service.
To take a purse that you did not purchase and leave a damaged purse behind would be:
- steeling, and
- a monetary loss to the company and its profits
and, there is no Christian reasoning anywhere throughout history that states:
the company is rich anyway so they can afford it. It is steeling and it is wrong!
Anyone who would use this reasoning is merely justifying bad behavior on immoral, un-Christian grounds.
The wealth of any company has nothing to do with proper Christian behavior.
You said:
I was not sure what to tell her.
Print this out on your computer and bring it to her to read.
Mike
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