"David Hill" wrote in message
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On 31/12/2012 17:23, Bill Grey wrote:
"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:08:31 +0000, Janet Tweedy wrote:

I asked for a pair of those Golden RHS approved gardening gloves, got
them but with security lump of plastic still on palm. (Got receipt as
well so got to take them all the way back to the Bicester Wyevale to
get the tag taken off.)

Got a magnet? Fiddle about with that over the bump in the tag and the
metal pin will release. Easy witha powerful magnet, a fridge magnet
might
not be enough but worth a try. Have the tag inverted ie bump down
perhaps, tap magnet against bump or hold magnet against bump point and
tap the whole lot down on to a hard surface.

Or you could go for brute force and ignorance and bash the bump with a
hammer and smash it open/off but some tags have dye in them...

--
Cheers
Dave.

A few years ago pre digital cameras, I bought a pack of three films for
my
camera in a Boots store. A week or two later while on holiday in N Wales
my
wife and I entered an "Outdoor " shop and immediately the security alarm
was
activated. Fortunately the owner of the shop has watched us coming in and
was aware we hadn't nicked anything. By the process of elimination he
identified the problem as the security tag that was still attached to the
film pack bought in Llanelli. How we got out of Boots in the first place
is
still a mystery. We reported the incident to Boots but they just couldn't
give a damn - not even an apology for the embarrassment we endured in N
Wales.

Bill


I've always fancied the idea of triggering the alarm as I walked INTO a
store.

Finding the offending item was fun :-)

Bill