Hey Panther, I'm not looking to get into a personal argument with you about it. To say there is NO abuse goes against what some have already been saying. I have no doubts that retailers lose a lot across the board to thieves, but what each individual thief pays as punishment is what is in question. If you go back and read what I've said, I'm not trying to get anyone out of paying what is rightfully owed, but they should not have to pay beyond what is fair either. Just like in a civil court case, a plaintiff is to be made whole by the person who damaged him, he's not supposed to end up with profit from it. And don't bring up what every other thief has done; That's now how our court systems work. A defendant is never ordered to pay for the mis-doings of every other defendant out there.
Essentially, there ARE some retailers abusing their rights. I'm not a victim of it, and I don't know if anyone else is or not... but without any kind of regulation, you can't be naive enough to think it doesn't happen. I'm certainly not the only one questioning it. I have no experience with it and don't know if a civil recovery letter can even be questioned or negotiated, but it certainly SEEMS, from what I've read, that there isn't much recourse at all. I'm open to being corrected here...

