Originally Posted by
tinydr
With all due respect, living in the US for 20 years and being familiar with the concept of a bailee are two different things.
On the otherhand, I agree, writing up a contract won't accomplish anything.
I have another in my litany of questions: what do you look like Artkansas? I suspect appearance plays a role in this whole thing...
I agree with you about familiarity with the laws. That is the whole point of having to lay it out. I think that most store employees are very unclear on the laws affecting bailment, so they don't understand what is fair. It's pretty arcane stuff, not complex, but unknown. I understood a little from watching Wapner on the People's Court, but I'm having to educate myself.
I noted that about a contract. It's actually a good idea to get the store owner to realize the actual extent of the obligation they are really putting themselves under by impounding my backpack, but as I said, I suspect that it would only get me thrown out. But the contract is a good fantasy.
That's why the "raffle ticket" system is more likely to work.
Me, I'm 54. White, 6'1", 180 lbs. A pony-tail and goatee. I had wondered about appearance, at the same time, the stores I've been having problems in are all stores I have been frequenting for years.