A BIG difference at Sears, Target, and Walmart is they don't assume you are a criminal. They will check your receipt, first looking for things on the receipt that might trip the detectors. Then they will check those things to see if the tags have not been disabled. Then they might use a wand to try and find something else without a tag.
The tactics used by the audit team are more like: You set off the alarm. A team of swat members jump on you, handcuff you, and throw you in a paddy wagon, then give you a 15 second opportunity to prove you didn't steal anything. If you can't prove it in that 15 seconds, you skip trial and go straight to jail.
Some years ago, this group called my wife while I was at work. We had two receivers and a Spanish language programming package. My wife's English was OK but not very good at that point. My wife was not listed anywhere on the account and was not authorized to do anything to the account. They told her that she had to read the numbers off of both receivers. She told them that she did not understand very well and asked for: 1) They wait until I got home from work, 2) The transfer her to a representative that speaks Spanish, 3) That they allow her to call me to translate for her. They told her no to all and that they would deactivate all of the receivers if she did not immediately comply. She was able to read the numbers and the auditor was satisfied.
SaltiDog,
I do not disagree with you that Dish should be able to look for and deactivate people who are stealing. However, can you explain one good reason that Dish Network should treat honest paying customers with such contempt and disrespect before they have ANY evidence that said customer is doing anything wrong?
