BILLIONAIRE and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban has admitted to being stopped at Best Buy.
Cuban’s admission comes on the heels of the warning he issued on self-checkout stealing.
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Cuban spoke about Best Buy during a recent interview with RealLyfe Productions on YouTube.
Speaking about store security, Cuban said he’s been stopped to have his receipt checked.
“You know it’s like at Best Buy when they’re looking for your receipt when you’re walking out and they’re checking my receipt, I’m like ‘come on man,'” Cuban said.
Regarding self-checkout and the expectation of the customer to do the scanning, he said: “It’s weird but it’s smart.”
“You always got to put yourself in the shoes of, you know, kids, right.”
Cuban said his teenage kids tell him: “It’s just scanning, Dad.”
But the new technology has also posed security issues.
“Now we look at it and think someone’s gonna be stealing,” Cuban said.
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But he also noted that most self-checkouts have multiple cameras watching customers.
“And that’s why they have that person standing right there,” he said of the security person standing near the exit at Best Buy.
Cuban also spoke of what’s to come for stores and self-checkout, saying: “Ten years from now it’ll be something different.”
Self-checkout has been at the center of a huge conversation to address shoplifting, which has become a widespread issue.
Major retailers like Walmart and Target have stirred controversy with extreme anti-theft measures.
Some stores have rolled out 24/7 security, while others have locked cheap items behind plexiglass as they fight to save products from flying off shelves.
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