On Dec 3, 2007 6:05 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > that's theft.
Well, what they said to me wasn't quite theft. They were basically saying, "You're not getting on the plane with that U-lock. It's too late to check it in your luggage (which has already been loaded). You can keep your lock, if you wish to miss your flight." They weren't actually taking it from me, they were allowing me to give it to them, so I could get on that airplane. ;-) FWIW, they did say that I could quick run back to give the lock to the "person who drove me to the airport" so they could mail it to me; problem is, I took public transit. Besides, for the cost of postage (it was quite a heavy lock) and possible "import duties" (you know, to protect the burgeoning Canadian bicycle lock industry), it was cheaper for me to just buy a new one upon arrival home. They would have held it for a brief period of time so someone could come to the airport to retrieve it, but again, that would not have been feasible or cost-effective (see above). While it may have been constructive theft, it wasn't legally stealing. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
