Can bar codes set off a stores security alarm?
Can bar codes set off a stores security alarm?
I was in a Barnes and nobles and i was going to put some comic books back. I had them in my hands on the way over and i thought
“gee i should go look at the front to see if there are hiring signs”
anyway the sensors beeped and i had a stack of comics in my hands and it looked really bad and nobody believed me i wasn’t stealing.
I mean what idiot just trys to walk out with all that crap.
But anyway i was wondering what set off the books I thought that only happened with electronics
Is it possible that the bar code on the book set it off?
Best answer:
Yeah I guess, I mean what else could have done it? But yeah that does look really bad.
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1 Comment for Can bar codes set off a stores security alarm?
1. lolalove | April 19th, 2007 at 7:28 am
No, that is a misconceception that alot of people (and nearly Everyone who gets caught stealing from the store where i work) have.
Regular bar codes are not magnetized; the security alarms in stores are set off by magnetic strips.
If what you had had a dust jacket of some kind, there Could have been a sensor stuck to the inside of that. Or if it had a price tag that you could peel off, it could have been that. There are also sensor tags that Look kind of like bar codes (they are flat and flexible with a “bar code” printed on them). As an FYI there are also ones that are sewn into new clothing, that look like a washing instruction tag.
Seriously though, it could have been Anything. Sometimes the damn things go off when no one is even around, sometimes people set them off going into one store but not another. If you weren’t stealing, i wouldn’t worry about it :)
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