tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789130829797249041.post1591793455039455315..comments2023-11-02T10:20:30.990-07:00Comments on Royals and Randoms: So, I Yelled At A Pack-Searcher...Josh D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13718628093230589490noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789130829797249041.post-17369610600779867062016-05-31T22:11:28.337-07:002016-05-31T22:11:28.337-07:00Hey, props to you for confronting the guy. Lettin...Hey, props to you for confronting the guy. Letting the manager or the Assets Protection Team Member on duty know about it would be useful as well, as long as they understand why what they're doing is bad. And depending on how well you get along with said Team Members already, more direct action may be taken on their part. Jafroniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08946965301520580238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789130829797249041.post-77217860482210931222016-05-23T16:42:56.860-07:002016-05-23T16:42:56.860-07:00If that would have been me, I would have at least ...If that would have been me, I would have at least mentioned it to a store manager or someone and let them handle it. I'm not a confrontational type but in this instance, you did the right thing. Pack searchers are evil.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300769076865200758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789130829797249041.post-12048331570198953262016-04-30T09:23:05.704-07:002016-04-30T09:23:05.704-07:00Props to you. I don't think I would have had ...Props to you. I don't think I would have had the guts to say anything in person, but I'm pretty cool with several of my Target cashiers. I would have pointed the guy out and let Target do whatever they would do.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789130829797249041.post-20462456566663769412016-04-29T08:45:15.557-07:002016-04-29T08:45:15.557-07:00Wow! That sounds like a best-case scenario...avoi...Wow! That sounds like a best-case scenario...avoid the direct conflict, but still hold the guy responsible for his actions. Thanks for sharing that story!Josh D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13718628093230589490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789130829797249041.post-30172068588544072652016-04-28T19:08:01.832-07:002016-04-28T19:08:01.832-07:00I had only heard of the searchers taking scales wi...I had only heard of the searchers taking scales with them to weigh the packs, so this talk of bending cards is new to me. In light of hearing about this, I think it's every collectors duty to do something if they see it occurring. I think Marc's situation above was the right way to handle it. Since there are supposedly cameras everywhere around the card aisles, the searcher wouldn't be able to pull the innocent little lamb act if they have been filmed during there bending process. I think in your particular instance you should have at least mentioned it to someone on your way out, but that is just my opinion. For me personally, I probably would have handled it much worse, in that once he said FU, I probably would have decked him and then in the eyes of the law I would be the bad guy. In closing, I appreciate that you at least had the courage to confront him, as most people these days don't. Those tend to be the same people who then complain that someone needs to do something about (insert issue here), all the while never actually doing anything themselves to try and fix the problem. Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789130829797249041.post-71318838109106466362016-04-28T17:43:49.270-07:002016-04-28T17:43:49.270-07:00I think you did completely fine. I'm glad you ...I think you did completely fine. I'm glad you spoke up. He clearly didn't care, but hopefully he'll keep it in the back of his head. The Lost Collectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07281282785351456790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789130829797249041.post-3112807163155736772016-04-28T16:52:13.488-07:002016-04-28T16:52:13.488-07:00I guess I don't mind if someone wants to take ...I guess I don't mind if someone wants to take a gamble on a pack that feels thicker than the others. My problem is that pack searchers have a tendency to damage cards by bending, scraping, and banging them around trying to discover what's in the packs. If you were going to get them in some kind of trouble with management, that would be the angle to take. It would be hard to prove, though, without opening the actual packs you saw him bending up. I'm not a confrontational person, so I'm not likely to be one of the ones who gets into an argument with a pack searcher. Usually when I've come upon someone who is searching packs, they do what this guy did after your argument and just kind of hover around until I leave. That in itself should be evidence enough to them that what they're doing is at least in a gray area if not outright wrong, but I would imagine they've each got some kind of justification they've made up to push the guilt/blame away.RAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519699812373438878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789130829797249041.post-55819068869607584862016-04-28T16:44:41.921-07:002016-04-28T16:44:41.921-07:00A few years back, I was at a Target and happened u...A few years back, I was at a Target and happened upon a pack searcher as I was heading to the card area. He was real discreet. Sitting Indian style on the floor with the box of cards in between his legs and in the same scenario as yours bending the packs of cards. Immediately, I found a store manager and explained to her what he was doing and how it affected people who would buy packs from the store and how it was screwing over little kids in the process who would never have a shot at getting a retail hit. The manager then went and confronted the pack searcher telling him she had been watching him for a few minutes and told him he needed to pay for all the packs that were sitting on the floor around him and to never enter "her" store again. This I know as I stayed out of sight but within earshot. At first the guy balked at her but, she explained that if he didn't she would call the police to report someone damaging merchandise at Target and she would be more than willing to press criminal charges against him. AT that point he agreed to pay for everything he had around him. I wish I would have stood in line behind him to see how much his pack searching cost him but I only thought about that after the fact. Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07278426896046946977noreply@blogger.com