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понедельник, 27 июля 2015 г.

uShoplifter Says Lifetime Ban From Walmart Won’t Stop Her From Shopping Therer

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(RowJimmy)

Much like there are people driving with suspended or revoked licenses, not everyone banned from life from entering a Walmart abide by that order. But most of these folks don’t go around brazenly telling reporters that they intend to violate a court order.
Last week, a court in New Jersey fined a 63-year-old admitted shoplifter a total of $258 and barred her from stepping foot into any of the thousands of Walmarts in the U.S.

But when the NY Daily News caught up with the sexagenarian shoplifter for a chat, she dubbed the judge’s ruling “stupid,” and said she planned to appeal.

“The judge can’t say that. He doesn’t own Walmart,” says the woman, who pleaded guilty to trying to sticky-finger some vitamins last December.

Some former prosecutors say she may be correct.

One tells NJ.com that Walmart can ban people if it chooses, but doubts that a municipal judge in New Jersey can impose such a wide-ranging sentence for a simple shoplifting charge.

“It appears to be outside of the purview of the sentencing provisions,” says the former prosecutor, “and it appears to have aspects to it that don’t seem enforceable.”

Another prosecutor-turned-defense-attorney says that the judge “does not have the authority to impose such a sentence.”

However, she does admit to the Daily News that she did once sign a document at a different Walmart agreeing to stay away from the retailer.

Regardless of whether the judge’s sentence holds up or whether that old ban is still in place, the woman says she intends to keep shopping at Walmart and tells the Daily News that “I already have.”

She says she doesn’t shop at the store where she was arrested, and explains that elsewhere it’s just a matter of not doing anything that draws attention to herself: “No one knows me at any other Walmarts.”

Of course, had she not attempted to shoplift in the first place she wouldn’t have to shop around for a Walmart where no one recognizes her.

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by Chris Morran
via Consumerist

uWould You Pay More To Get Off The Plane Before Everyone Else?r

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Most of us are familiar with the idea of paying a little more to board a plane before the rest of the passengers — or at least immediately after First Class… and then Business Class… and then passengers with lots of frequent flier miles… and then travelers with certain kinds of credit cards… but then those who paid a little extra. But when it comes to deplaning, passengers generally have to wait for all the rows in front of them to clear out before they can exit. Would travelers be willing to pay yet another fee to get off the plane before others?

That was one of the questions asked in a recent survey from Flightview, which found that 22% of respondents would be willing to ante up some additional cash to exit the plane ahead of their fellow passengers.

Of course, the logistics of trying to enforce early deplaning may be too difficult to make it a reality.

First and Business Class passengers already enjoy this privilege by the simple virtue of being closer to the front exit than Coach. A number of airlines are also already charging more for the first row of Coach because of the extra legroom afforded by not having anyone immediately in front of them.

While airlines could push “early deplaning” as another reason to pay more for these seats, we have a hard time imagining someone paying extra for a feature they already enjoy. Would flight attendants hold back these rows from deplaning simply to rub in the fact that they didn’t pay a second fee?

And if the airline charges this fee to passengers farther back in Coach, we don’t envy the flight attendants who have to tell 150-200 tired travelers to sit down and wait while some people who paid a few bucks more get to go up the aisle first. At the very least, it would seem likely to slow down the deplaning process even more.

Among the other fees that Flightview’s survey says some travelers are interested in:

• Nearly 2/3 (64%) of respondents said they would pay even more for WiFi access that would stream video.

• Half of us would be willing to fork over some cash for the ability to charge their devices at their seats. Some planes, especially those that fly internationally, already have seats with plugs. Let’s just hope the airlines don’t realize they can start charging more to turn these outlets on.

• Since calling another human being on the phone is a dead art, around 1/3 (31%) of respondents are okay with the idea of paying a fee to text their pals on the ground.

[via L.A. Times]

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by Chris Morran
via Consumerist

uBest Buy Will Be First Non-Apple Store To Sell Apple Watchr

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Get your Apple Watch here soon. Maybe. (frankieleon)

You’ve probably heard of the Apple Watch if you’ve been conscious during the last ten months or so. While the device only became available in Apple’s own retail stores in June, yesterday Best Buy announced that the Apple Watch will be available in a few hundred of its stores later this year.
The watches will hit 100 stores at the beginning of August, then gradually roll out to 300 more by the end of the year… or, as it’s better known to retailers, the holiday season.

We’re not sure that Best Buy, even the nicest Best Buy stores, fits with the fine jewelry store feel that Apple seemed to be aiming for with their early marketing of the watch. They’ll only be carrying the lower-end watches, though, and not the $10,000 glorious golden versions that you can order online or in Apple’s own watch boutiques.

It says a lot for the current management of Best Buy that we receive and publish a lot fewer complaints about them than we used to, so we can’t even take this opportunity to make fun of the new partnership. Yet a small Apple Watch store in a relative few Best Buy outlets also makes sense: Instead of one giant electronics emporium, Best Buy stores are now becoming more like electronics malls with branded mini-stores for brands that they carry.

Apple Watch to Be Sold at Best Buy [Wall Street Journal]