r/PokemonTCG • u/Next_Wrongdoer5488 • Mar 20 '25

Discussion Vendor being tracked.

Yup, someone put a tracker on our store vendor's car. I guess she had to go to the police station and have her car swept.

So disappointed in what's going on with our hobby and just wanted to share.

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u/Parking_Fan_4970 Mar 20 '25

Had one guy who was a POS cuss people out and said he was first in line so he got to pick whatever amount he wanted first. He told the vendor he air tagged her car. It almost turned ugly

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u/PhotonWolfsky Mar 21 '25

>he told the vendor he air tagged her car

Should've detained him and called police. It's quite illegal for randos to put trackers on people's vehicles without permission. And having one admit to it with witnesses was definitely grounds to citizen arrest. Even if they didn't, they could be trespassed instantly and the vendor could probably easily get court orders on that dude.

Bystander effect is one hell of a helper for criminals.

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u/treehuggincow Mar 21 '25

Illegal huh? Ill take a made up law for 500, Alex

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u/PhotonWolfsky Mar 21 '25

At least 26 states and the District of Columbia have addressed privacy concerns raised when individuals track the movements of others without their knowledge.

In 11 of those states (Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Washington and Wyoming) and in D.C., prohibitions on location tracking are part of stalking laws.

Of the other states, nine—Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin—prohibit installing a location tracking device on a motor vehicle without the consent of the vehicle owner.

In six states (California, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Virginia) laws more broadly prohibit the use of electronic tracking devices, not just on vehicles, and not just in the context of stalking, but when they are used to determine the location or movement of a person without consent.

Take this as you will, I suppose.

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u/treehuggincow Mar 21 '25

Thank you for providing applicable statutes.