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Either way, the store can be held responsible since you were shot/robbed/mugged on their property. At least that's my understanding, so correct me if I'm wrong, by all means.And yet you completely ignored what I said. Security is the responsibility of the shopper, when you're not in the store. If you want to be protected from guns, and knives, and thieves (oh my), then hire your own security.
Did anyone get robbed inside of the store? Hell no. Anyone beat up, mugged, etc? No. It's 2006, and the US is too afraid of those from without to even bother trying to protect from those from within.
What luck, you can vote for fear tactics. But that's not the point of my argument.
Why should the store take a hit of thousands, or even tens of thousands for you? Assuming the price of a security detachment's rate per hour is $1200, and they're there for 3 hours, that's $3600.
Let's say they've got 40 units, $26000 made in that 3 hours. But then you figure, what's the cost of the PS3 before markup? We'll assume $600 (in-store managers, if any are here, this is your moment to enlighten us), so, we subtract $24000, and get $2000 profit. Wait a minute, do you see that there? Not only does the store pay a cut of its profit, but it even EATS $1600 in "profit."
So, to ensure the safety of customers, the store has to pay $1600, when it's not making up that $1600 for doing so. This is what we call "bad business."
If you want to have your cake, and eat it too- make the cake yourself. Either that, or accept the consequences and risks, and stop crying.