LI Rookies
Junior Member
NY.....New York
JUST THE FACTS MAM....
He was caught with ~ $250.00 worth of merchandise.
Macy's called us and told us if we brought $500.00 with us, they would not have the kid arrested.
When we arrived, the police were there questioning the kid with the store manager writing his occurance report. Of course we were surprised to see the police and objected to them questioning our son.
He was arrested (due to the fact that macy's called them) and needless to say, we voiced our opinion of the "shake-down call from them. It was not the first time the P.O.'s had heard a Macy's employer making one of these calls as they also objected to the manager about their procedures.
The kid took an eight hour shoplifting course before the court date and received his certificate of completion.
He pleaded down to disorderly conduct, no fine and a $95.00 court charge.
Here's the Problem & Question section:
We have been receiving letters from attorneys from macys for the payment of the articles that were attempted to be stolen from them. (they kept the items, which were not ruined and were folded when we saw them)
They have increased the amount due to them with each passing letter sent. I am expecting the third letter in about 10 days.
I have read the NY CLS General Obligations Law 11-105 and as i see it, Macy's is not entitled to anything more than the amount of the attempted stolen merchandise ($250) as well as a penalty of no more than $500.00.
My question's are....
Am I understanding this correctly or am I in for a surprise?
Doesn't Macy's need to file a summons of complaint against us?
Will they file one for an amount as little as this (especially since no merchandise was lost?
Should we answer these letter's or just ignore them until something we receive a summons?What is the name of your state?
JUST THE FACTS MAM....
He was caught with ~ $250.00 worth of merchandise.
Macy's called us and told us if we brought $500.00 with us, they would not have the kid arrested.
When we arrived, the police were there questioning the kid with the store manager writing his occurance report. Of course we were surprised to see the police and objected to them questioning our son.
He was arrested (due to the fact that macy's called them) and needless to say, we voiced our opinion of the "shake-down call from them. It was not the first time the P.O.'s had heard a Macy's employer making one of these calls as they also objected to the manager about their procedures.
The kid took an eight hour shoplifting course before the court date and received his certificate of completion.
He pleaded down to disorderly conduct, no fine and a $95.00 court charge.
Here's the Problem & Question section:
We have been receiving letters from attorneys from macys for the payment of the articles that were attempted to be stolen from them. (they kept the items, which were not ruined and were folded when we saw them)
They have increased the amount due to them with each passing letter sent. I am expecting the third letter in about 10 days.
I have read the NY CLS General Obligations Law 11-105 and as i see it, Macy's is not entitled to anything more than the amount of the attempted stolen merchandise ($250) as well as a penalty of no more than $500.00.
My question's are....
Am I understanding this correctly or am I in for a surprise?
Doesn't Macy's need to file a summons of complaint against us?
Will they file one for an amount as little as this (especially since no merchandise was lost?
Should we answer these letter's or just ignore them until something we receive a summons?What is the name of your state?