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Originally Posted by
Tasha
What I did was NOT theft. The Jack Daniels gift set and the Jim Beam gift set were legitimately mine when I returned them for store credit.
Karen, it WAS theft as you got the set at a casino: you did not buy the item at the store you did the" return" at.
Here is the relevant Florida statute on theft:
812.014 Theft.—
(1) A person commits theft if he or she knowingly obtains or uses, or endeavors to obtain or to use, the property of another with intent to, either temporarily or permanently:
(a) Deprive the other person of a right to the property or a benefit from the property.
(b) Appropriate the property to his or her own use or to the use of any person not entitled to the use of the property.
In your case the theft was of money from the store you exchanged the item at, as you were not entitled to the use of the cash as you didn't buy the set there; the store had the right to keep the money and only give it to someone who was returning an item sold to them by the store.
If you don't believe me then I suggest you go to the store you exchanged the set at and ask their Loss Control / anti-theft dept. for their thoughts on the subject, and please let us know what they tell you.
But you won't do this as it will expose you to possible legal jeopardy and you know in your heart that what you did was WRONG.