Quote Originally Posted by griffin View Post
Don't blame the stores, blame the theives. It's opportunistic crime, prevented only by catching people trying to sneak out with items. If they don't limit theft from bag checks that inconvenience people who choose to enter someone else's premises, we would end up paying more to compensate for it.
So which do you prefer - bag checks or higher prices. Prevent the crime or pay for it, there is no other alternative.
In the immortal words of Benjamin Franklin:

"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

Or slightly modified for this situation:

"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a cheaper Transformer, deserve neither Liberty nor cheap Transformers."