Security tags
 

  You don't need to be an 'investor' to invest in Singletrack: 6 days left: 95% of target - Find out more

[Closed] Security tags

10 Posts
11 Users
0 Reactions
104 Views
Posts: 7618
Free Member
Topic starter
 

Firstly apologies for breaking summer. I've just bought a pair of shorts.

On the positive side the shop sent them but with the security tag still attached so I can't wear them.

Question is are all shop systems the same? Will the tag being present set off an alarm in another shop? Can I pop into the nearby shopqith the receipt and ask them to use the fancy magnet thin for removing to tag.


 
Posted : 23/05/2018 9:32 am
Posts: 28680
Full Member
 

Why does it matter if the alarm in Tescos goes off for something they don't sell ? and you have a receipt.


 
Posted : 23/05/2018 9:39 am
Posts: 43345
Full Member
 

They're easy enough to remove.


 
Posted : 23/05/2018 9:41 am
Posts: 22922
Full Member
 

They’re easy enough to remove.

especially the ones with dye in them.

Please post pics 🙂


 
Posted : 23/05/2018 10:01 am
Posts: 5484
Full Member
 

I used to keep one in my pocket just to set the alarms off - no security staff ever stopped me.

The other evening there was a woman in the supermarket who had something in her trolley that set it off & she kept going back & forth, no one helped her for about 5mins.


 
Posted : 23/05/2018 11:55 am
Posts: 3991
Full Member
 

I'm sure there are YouTube videos on how to remove them. I've removed a couple in the past, one on a bottle of whiskey and another on an item of clothing. Neither had dye in them. I'd paid for them both!


 
Posted : 23/05/2018 1:19 pm
Posts: 13330
Full Member
 

I hear that the ones with liquid in them can be helped by freezing before attacking. Just a rumour mind you...


 
Posted : 23/05/2018 1:33 pm
Posts: 10980
Free Member
 

I guess that a ring magnet such as found in a speaker might make them release?


 
Posted : 23/05/2018 1:48 pm
Posts: 8613
Full Member
 

I used to keep one in my pocket just to set the alarms off – no security staff ever stopped me.

WTF, why? Unless your job entailed testing store security systems and staff response times it just sounds like someone acting like a bell-end to me...


 
Posted : 23/05/2018 2:41 pm
Posts: 1406
Free Member
 

Don't you just whack it with a massive hammer and hope for the best?


 
Posted : 23/05/2018 3:07 pm
Posts: 2880
Full Member
 

Once upon a time I <span style="text-decoration: underline;">bought</span> a chum (who happened to be a copper) a bottle of malt for his birthday. He opened it later on in the evening and found it still had the security tag on.  it came off no bother though...


 
Posted : 23/05/2018 3:14 pm

6 DAYS LEFT
We are currently at 95% of our target!