Bar Code Sticker Switching

My question involves criminal law for the state of: NY
I fudged up the other day. I was in a grocery store just under a week ago and in an attempt to save money switched a barcode sticker on an item with one that I had from a previous purchase. Upon SELF checkout, the machine did not recognize the barcode (perhaps the item was discontinued) so before the cashier came over I removed the code. The cashier looked at the product then went and looked for a similar item came back and manually put in the price which came to $14.99. I was forced today to go back and return the item because I need the money. When I was returning it the customer service person realized that the cashier had manually put the price in as a grocery (nontaxable) item and also 4 dollars cheaper then the item was supposed to be. They refunded my money but asked to keep the receipt because the cashier "made a lot of mistakes". My question is, can I get charged with anything in this case? Would they have to had caught me that day or is it on them for handling it improperly? Any additional insight you have would be great. Wont EVER be doing this again.:wallbang:

Is it possible that, when reviewing the surveillance tapes to see how the cashier came to make a mistake, the store will discover that you attempted to commit a crime? Yes, it's possible. Is it possible that they will report what they see to the police? Yes, it's possible. Can you do anything about it at this point, other than hope that does not occur? Nope.

At this point the odds are you won't hear anything more about the incident -- but if you don't want to worry about being charged with shoplifting... (do I need to complete the sentence?)

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Quoting joshlong

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My question involves criminal law for the state of: NY
..in an attempt to save money

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In an attempt to steal.

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My question is, can I get charged with anything in this case? Would they have to had caught me that day or is it on them for handling it improperly?

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Can they? Yes. If they figure out what you did you can be charged. Even if you only attempted to do it as you did you can get charged. Will you? At this point it seems unlikely that they detected your deception because they didn't observe you changing the bar codes and they looked up the actual price (perhaps erroneously, but that's not your problem).

I actually didn't see that coming.

I actually THOUGHT that the punch line of your post was going to be that you were worried for the job of the cashier who screwed up trying to correct a situation that you caused.

Instead, like most disgusting narcissists, you are worried about YOURSELF and evading responsibility for your crime.

I thought about going to a multi brand GM dealer and switching the codes on a Spark and a Cadillac. Do you think that is a viable idea?

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Quoting Disagreeable

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I thought about going to a multi brand GM dealer and switching the codes on a Spark and a Cadillac. Do you think that is a viable idea?

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Nope, but if you get away with it, I'll take a 2015 loaded Escalade...

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Quoting DeputyDog

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I actually didn't see that coming.

I actually THOUGHT that the punch line of your post was going to be that you were worried for the job of the cashier who screwed up trying to correct a situation that you caused.

Instead, like most disgusting narcissists, you are worried about YOURSELF and evading responsibility for your crime.

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Aw, come on DD. How often do these immoral, unethical pieces of garbage worry about other people? The scary thing is that this one doesn't seem to understand why what he did was wrong.

I worked theft prevention at Walmart. Ya, they can if they review it. Very small chance of it being reviewed, ever. The Walmart I worked at only kept the recordings for 3 months, and that's a lot of hours alone. Keep in mine, if you did end up getting caught, normally they don't prosecute. Walmart actually loves shop lifters, they make a ton of money off of you. You steal something for 15 dollars, a collections company will buy the account. That 15 dollars ends up being a lot more, the amount depends on the state. Though if you steal multiple times, or large amounts, they they will do there best to have you in jail. When I worked there the most common thing was 1) Food, and 2) clothing, food was the biggest though. People would fill entire carts full of food, top brand food too. the best steaks, lobster, some of the time a couple boxes of diapers under the card, hidden by the food. Then roll the food out the door, sense the food doesn't trigger any alarms. With Walmart policy when I was there, we couldn't chase them out the door, we had to catch them in the store. We could get the vehicle information and give it to the place, that's it though. But to answer your question, you probably don't have a lot to worry about. It could happen, but it's doubtful. Walmart usually has a 3 to 6 people team of people who work theft prevention, most of them are on the floor. Only a couple of them are usually watching cameras.