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6th Oct 2008 7:44 pm
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Only if you remember what you have read as you leave the shop/premises. POT NOODLE NAVIGATION CHALLENGE 2010 WINNER
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6th Oct 2008 7:46 pm
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Don't know about stealing but it's annoying when some muppet is stood in front of the newspapers reading them when you are trying to buy one Global Warming.... I'm luvvin it
6th Oct 2008 7:49 pm
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A couple of thoughts:
You can't really be accused of stealing it as it's not left the shop ...but you could technically be sued for damaging goods i.e furling \ crinkling the pages and rendering them imperfect.
If you buy a magazine thats been read by others .....does that make it 2nd hand ??21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
I read the topic incorrectly and thought it was going to be a debate on Mortality - mans insignificance in the greater scheme of things & the meaning of life etc.
Instead, I find CY with a guilt trip about scanning Mayfair cover to cover at the local WH Smith...... The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom
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6th Oct 2008 8:02 pm
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People who do this should have the book thrown at them.
6th Oct 2008 8:03 pm
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JMC wrote:
Instead, I find CY with a guilt trip about scanning Mayfair cover to cover at the local WH Smith......
Yep there not so much worried about you stealing it ...it's that fact that you've got your hand down your pants shouting "Wooorrrr" in front of all the other shoppers at the time 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
6th Oct 2008 8:07 pm
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could you buy a magazine and return it saying you bought it in error after reading it
6th Oct 2008 8:16 pm
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Maybe even criminal damage as you are turning something sellable into something not in the worst case of over-thumbing.Cheers
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6th Oct 2008 8:19 pm
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It really worries me how some of you guys find these things in the first place................. The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom
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6th Oct 2008 8:51 pm
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if you do buy it , take it home , read it , don't like it , return it within 14 days , do you get your money back or exchange it ?
6th Oct 2008 9:00 pm
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JMC wrote:
It really worries me how some of you guys find these things in the first place.................
I know what you mean . . . . . it's a baaaad habit.
6th Oct 2008 9:10 pm
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Re: Monday Evening Morality Debate - Issue 1
CY wrote:
Let's see how long I can keep this one going...
If you pick up a magazine in a shop, read it in its entirety from cover to cover and then put it back on the shelf, is this stealing?
Discuss...
Naaa... feck 'em, they only run a shop 'cos they're too lazy to get a proper job anyway if they'd tear themselves away from their mobile long enough to realise you were reading the mag cover-to-cover then maybe they deserve to get paid the cover price, but what's the chance of that??? if they don't sell it, they send it back on a sale or return basis anyway
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annoying when some muppet is stood in front of the newspapers reading them when you are trying to buy one 
