A friend went to the Next sale last week (one of the items she wanted was some trainers for her son). She was 5th in the queue, infront of her were a couple.
When the doors opened, the couple went into the children's department and basically 'swept' items into the big bags Next had given out to the queue (like Ikea bags). The man went to the boys trainers shelf and put at least 20-25 pairs of trainers/shoes in his bag.
My friend, who was just behind him, asked him if that was fair and if he had a pair of size 10's. He replied, in good accented English (this is relevant later) that she could have them for £10 - (the sale price tag was £5 so she would have ended up paying £15 for them). She, quite rightly, told him to take a hike.
She noticed that the woman was doing the same and had a huge bag of items, both boys and girls and of all ages - she could hardly lift it. My friend estimated that between the 2 of them, they must have had at between 150-200 items of clothes or shoes.
My friend cornered one of the Managers and told him what had happened with the shoes, when he went to talk to the man, he (the man) suddenly seemed not to be able to speak English and there was alot of shrugging. The Manager said this wasnt the first time he had seen this but legally there was nothing he could do.
I assume most of the items will appear on ebay and I dont think anyone would begrudge people buying the odd item to make a profit, but these 2 were taking the piss.
As the title says, AIBU to think shops should have something in place to stop this?