Comments on: “Mailman who sold undelivered coupons on eBay sues JCPenney”

By: Wfjag

Wfjag — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 21:52:17 +0000

@cromaxgal:
There is that small matter of the guilty plea to misdemeanor petty larceny (a plea deal down from a felony charge) which distinguishes this case from typical dumpster diving. Perhaps the NYC DAs need to include a “no suit” clause in their plea agreements.

By: gasman

gasman — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:56:23 +0000

@cromaxgal
They might have been in a trash bin, but it was likely a Federal trash bin, on Federal property under the control of the USPS, with regulations about how the trash should be disposed of and who owned it up until the point of being finally discarded into a public trash receptacle.

When I drop a file into the round file at work, it is not the same as putting the file on the curb at the public right of way. Those files are private property until my employer moves things outside the sphere of corporate control.

By: Cromaxgal

Cromaxgal — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 15:56:12 +0000

If they are in a trash bin to be destroyed, he has every right to take it. I now think less of J.C. Penney than I used to and I’m sure that they will go under according to a recent article I read.