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Out of the woodwork :) (Score:5, Interesting)
by cOdEgUru on Wednesday April 24, @03:15PM ([47]#3403140)
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Allright, can I have one minute of fame here ?? please :)
They even got my name all wrong, it should be Cherian Abraham, not the
other way around..sheesh!
Its true. This all went down last Friday at the Best Buy store at
Tucker, GA. I am just gonna repeat what happened word by word. Makes
quite an interesting reading. And I would really appreciate if you
guys could tell me where I should go from here.
So I went to BB at Tucker,GA last Friday armed with the receipts, my
original and the copies I printed from the site. I was dumb enough to
trust BB and I didnt have anyone to take along with me for the ride. I
know I should have.
There was only one card left on the aisle, so I grabbed with a couple
of other things (a 80GB HD and a Platinum Audigy) and went to the
counter. There was this customer service lady who told me that six or
seven people have been trying to PM with the same receipt there and
its not possible. She said that the receipt was a fake, the guy who
created it is no longer with BB etc. She asked me if I wanted to talk
to the manager, so I said yes.
Out comes the General Manager called Rod, I politely explained why I
am there. He asked me to follow him to a separate room. He did not
want to discuss further details standing outside, he wanted me to
follow him. Neither did he tell me then and there that I should get
the heck out of there. I was kinda hesitant at first, but I thought no
better of it and followed him. Inside we sat down and started going
through the receipts. Then another guy, a sales manager called Paul
McKim comes in, and suddenly Rod jumps out and drags him out
whispering something. Rod comes back in and we start going through the
same shit again. I believed that I would make him see the sense of it
if I kept my cool and explained everything . He was giving me all
fucked up reasons and all I wanted was a yes or no. He told me "I dont
know whether I can pricematch that low, but let me ask my Sales
manager".
15 mins later, cops walk in. Then I knew they were stalling me on all
the time, that he was just waiting there, making sure I was there till
the cops arrive. Anyway I still kept my cool and explained to them the
reason why I was there. Half an hour goes by and I am still alone in
the room with the cops talking to them. Cops are all the time outside
talking to BB and not even bothering to listen to my story.
In comes on of the cops, cuffs me (God that hurts) and then tells me
that I was cuffed so that I wouldnt hurt anyone. Yeah right!. So here
I am cuffed for the first time of my life and humiliated. Then they
told me that I was being arrested for Fraud and that I am being taken
to the Dekalb Office and a detective would take it up from there on.
They brought me out amidst the whole store, but I kept my head high ,
because I hadnt done anything wrong and I had nothing to worry about.
Cops took me on a joy ride for half an hour and it was a damn
uncomfortable one. Once there, they took me to this holding pen alone
and made me wait there. In comes one black lady, who looked far more
reasonable and intelligent than all the three cops combined, and she
told me that she is going to talk to the BB guy (Paul) first and then
myself. I waited there for almost an hour (the whole thing took from
11:30 till 3:30) and then she came in and asked me for my story. I
explained her everything. She tells me then that she does not believe
BB's story that I forged the receipt. Looks like they first told her
that the receipt was a Fraudulent one and that they have proof to that
effect, but once we all got to the precinct changed the story saying
that they cant prove it anymore. Also they changed the charge from
Fraud to Criminal Trespass, though at no time whatsoever they had
asked me to leave the store. I work as an Analyst for a firm in
Atlanta and I was looking quite respectable in my work clothes.
anyway, she told me that BB does not want me as a customer and I told
her that I would be happy to take my business elsewhere.
She told me that they had changed their tactics from "Forging the
receipt" to "Trespassing - not leaving the store even when I were
asked to". I told her that all the time the General manager Rod,
wanted to keep me there so that the cops would come in, and never he
asked me to leave the store. She sympathised with me and told me that
she ended up warning the guy from BestBuy.
So here I am Vindicated, Harassed, Ridiculed. Given up ? Hell no! I
guess thats one thing you learn when you are a geek.
