@frankenhobbit wrote:
You're correct. However, just want to point out that a shopping mall CAN refuse you service. They don't even need a reason. eBay not so much.
That said I have sold a total of 43 items so far since Sept 6 clearing out my old stuff. Two of them were to 0 feedback buyers. One had joined that same day (the 'riskiest' buyer?). No issues so far. Two sales I would have missed or at least delayed.
It's nice that in America an enterprise can protect themselves by refusing service to people. We don't seem to have that in Canada...
A friend of mine works for the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) in one of their retail outlets. People come in and steal stuff all the time. They police take so long to show up the crook is long gone. They are told to leave the store, they just don't leave, steal more stuff and head on their way. There are files on all the regular crooks with surveillance for retroactive charges if they ever get arrested. My friend has worked there for three years. The only person arrested was his coworker because he was seen walking into the store with a box cutter in his pocket and the cops tackled him to the ground. (Race played a part in this too).
I was at my post office mailing stuff today when all the high school kids came into the Shoppers Drug Mart and started stealing stuff. Apparently the police never bother to show up and they keep coming back and doing it again. they've been banned from the store, but never get arrested because cops here don't care.
When I was living in the US I locked myself out of my apartment three days after moving in and went through the window. The police were there in a huge hurry to arrest me (but didn't when I convinced them I lived there and just misplaced my keys). I wish we had that kind of response in Canada when crime happens.
C.
