palani
27th April 2015, 06:00 AM
For about a hundred bux you can get one share of Walmart stock. Wonder if they object to shareholders access to their facilities?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/al-norman/banned-from-4540-walmarts_b_7147414.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592
On April 9, 2015, Wanda M. was banned from Walmart. Wanda signed a document entitled "Notification of Restriction from Property," which reads:
Walmart can prohibit individuals from entering its property who interfere with its business, shoplift, destroy property or otherwise behave in a manner that is unacceptable to Walmart. Walmart has determined that you have engaged in conduct sufficient to necessitate limiting your access to Walmart property.
This document constitutes formal notice and warning that you are no longer allowed on Walmart property or in any area subject to Walmart's control. This restriction on entry includes, but is not limited to, all Walmart retail locations.
Should you elect to ignore this notice and enter Walmart property, Walmart may contact law enforcement and request you be charged with criminal trespass.
Wanda was given this document to sign at her second alleged shoplifting incident. The merchandise was valued at $46 and was recovered by Walmart in sellable condition. The event resulted in Wanda being banned from 4,540 Walmart stores across America.
Her first incident -- at the same York, Pennsylvania store -- occurred seven months ago, on September, 26, 2014. "I don't remember the details of it," Wanda told me.
I don't know what I took. They rung it all up. It totaled $146.50 -- just random things. I paid for some things at checkout. They weren't hidden, they were clearly in view. The cashier never asked me if I had paid for that.
I begged LP [Loss Prevention] to just let me pay for it. Corporate said, 'We can't do that.' I just wanted to work out a deal.
I called Walmart and tried to pay $150, instead of going to court. I was told that since they recovered all the merchandise in good shape that it would be illegal for them to keep the merchandise and accept $150 from me.
I wanted to make things right and avoid a conviction. I asked to pay $150 and be banned from the store in exchange for not being criminally charged. I even offered to pay $150 to Walmart charities. Nothing was damaged or taken, yet Walmart prosecuted anyway.
Wanda went to District Court. "The judge was lenient," Wanda recalls, "and the matter was settled without a hearing. The Judge had a diversion program for first-time offenders. The court sent me to a course on shoplifting. A two hour course, plus a fine of $257 to the court."
Wanda's criminal case was over -- but Walmart's civil damages case against her was just beginning.
One week after my first incident, I get a letter from this law firm saying I owed Walmart $150. The law firm was out of New York state. I got at least three letters saying: 'If you don't respond in 10 days, we're going to take you to court.'
Nothing happened. They tried to scare me. Another letter came around three weeks later, marked 'Second Notice,' and then a third letter arrived in early December.
All three letters were signed by the same Pennsylvania attorney. But during this three month period, the attorney said he was representing two different law firms -- one in Greenvale, New York, the second in Melville, New York. The Melville law firm declared it was the "new counsel" for Walmart Stores, Inc., and that Wanda's file had "been turned over to this law firm because you continue to ignore this matter." Each letter said in boldface: "This is not an attempt to collect a debt." The first letter gave Wanda 30 days to pay. The second letter gave her 10 days to pay. The third letter gave her 30 more days to pay. Each letter pushed the payment date further down the road.
After her second incident at Walmart in April, Wanda received a letter from the Greenvale, N.Y. law firm starting the civil process again. "Funny," she says, "I haven't even entered a plea yet, and can't enter a plea until my fingerprints come back from the State Police. Nor have I been convicted of a crime."
Wanda was given an undated notice from Walmart Asset Protection Recovery that the "incident" she was involved in at the store "may have implications beyond criminal charges." It explained that state law "allows retailers to recover civil damages/penalties," and warned her that she would be receiving a "written notification" from lawyers explaining Walmart's civil remedy. "If you receive such a notification, please respond promptly, as they act on behalf of Walmart." The Walmart letter closed with this statement: "This notification is for informational purposes only, and is not a release from criminal prosecution, nor does it negate trespass warnings issued by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/al-norman/banned-from-4540-walmarts_b_7147414.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592
On April 9, 2015, Wanda M. was banned from Walmart. Wanda signed a document entitled "Notification of Restriction from Property," which reads:
Walmart can prohibit individuals from entering its property who interfere with its business, shoplift, destroy property or otherwise behave in a manner that is unacceptable to Walmart. Walmart has determined that you have engaged in conduct sufficient to necessitate limiting your access to Walmart property.
This document constitutes formal notice and warning that you are no longer allowed on Walmart property or in any area subject to Walmart's control. This restriction on entry includes, but is not limited to, all Walmart retail locations.
Should you elect to ignore this notice and enter Walmart property, Walmart may contact law enforcement and request you be charged with criminal trespass.
Wanda was given this document to sign at her second alleged shoplifting incident. The merchandise was valued at $46 and was recovered by Walmart in sellable condition. The event resulted in Wanda being banned from 4,540 Walmart stores across America.
Her first incident -- at the same York, Pennsylvania store -- occurred seven months ago, on September, 26, 2014. "I don't remember the details of it," Wanda told me.
I don't know what I took. They rung it all up. It totaled $146.50 -- just random things. I paid for some things at checkout. They weren't hidden, they were clearly in view. The cashier never asked me if I had paid for that.
I begged LP [Loss Prevention] to just let me pay for it. Corporate said, 'We can't do that.' I just wanted to work out a deal.
I called Walmart and tried to pay $150, instead of going to court. I was told that since they recovered all the merchandise in good shape that it would be illegal for them to keep the merchandise and accept $150 from me.
I wanted to make things right and avoid a conviction. I asked to pay $150 and be banned from the store in exchange for not being criminally charged. I even offered to pay $150 to Walmart charities. Nothing was damaged or taken, yet Walmart prosecuted anyway.
Wanda went to District Court. "The judge was lenient," Wanda recalls, "and the matter was settled without a hearing. The Judge had a diversion program for first-time offenders. The court sent me to a course on shoplifting. A two hour course, plus a fine of $257 to the court."
Wanda's criminal case was over -- but Walmart's civil damages case against her was just beginning.
One week after my first incident, I get a letter from this law firm saying I owed Walmart $150. The law firm was out of New York state. I got at least three letters saying: 'If you don't respond in 10 days, we're going to take you to court.'
Nothing happened. They tried to scare me. Another letter came around three weeks later, marked 'Second Notice,' and then a third letter arrived in early December.
All three letters were signed by the same Pennsylvania attorney. But during this three month period, the attorney said he was representing two different law firms -- one in Greenvale, New York, the second in Melville, New York. The Melville law firm declared it was the "new counsel" for Walmart Stores, Inc., and that Wanda's file had "been turned over to this law firm because you continue to ignore this matter." Each letter said in boldface: "This is not an attempt to collect a debt." The first letter gave Wanda 30 days to pay. The second letter gave her 10 days to pay. The third letter gave her 30 more days to pay. Each letter pushed the payment date further down the road.
After her second incident at Walmart in April, Wanda received a letter from the Greenvale, N.Y. law firm starting the civil process again. "Funny," she says, "I haven't even entered a plea yet, and can't enter a plea until my fingerprints come back from the State Police. Nor have I been convicted of a crime."
Wanda was given an undated notice from Walmart Asset Protection Recovery that the "incident" she was involved in at the store "may have implications beyond criminal charges." It explained that state law "allows retailers to recover civil damages/penalties," and warned her that she would be receiving a "written notification" from lawyers explaining Walmart's civil remedy. "If you receive such a notification, please respond promptly, as they act on behalf of Walmart." The Walmart letter closed with this statement: "This notification is for informational purposes only, and is not a release from criminal prosecution, nor does it negate trespass warnings issued by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc."
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