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January 10, 2018 11:11PM
I'm asking for a friend of mine who has a 16 and a 19 year old. What companies do the underage compliance shops? I looked at Presto and ISS where I've seen some before, but they don't seem to have any showing right now.

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January 10, 2018 11:22PM
See Level X has some in my area. I think I remember getting an email from ICCDS (Northfork) about them too. A long time ago Sutter Marketing had some.
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January 10, 2018 11:23PM
Northfork, Sutter, Ath (banking), Confero...

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January 11, 2018 02:02AM
sutter has a tone when the 16 year old turns 17. Huge Drug Store Chain.

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January 11, 2018 03:17AM
@BuffaloNY101 wrote:

sutter has a tone when the 16 year old turns 17. Huge Drug Store Chain.
I'll pass that along. I understand the 16 year old turns 17 in May.

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January 14, 2018 01:06PM
Second to None has some shops in my area (probably nationwide) that require a 13-16 year old for a shop.
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January 15, 2018 03:26PM
Recently DS#2 and I did a compliance shop for Sutter. I reported in email what really happened as there was no place on the forms. They said the client would be very interested in that info and wanted us to do more shops. But after that experience, #2 having been made to feel belittled and threatened by employees at that particular location (and I believe it was a matter of that location and those employees), he refused. I would have, too. A couple days later we did a compliance shop for Confero, which went much better. I've taken this same kiddo to Second to None compliance shops, and he was awesome. He has helped me with descriptions and verifying names on past shops, too. He'll probably do his own MSing when he turns 18 in a few months. Good intro to the industry, imho.
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January 15, 2018 11:33PM
@LGRM wrote:

Recently DS#2 and I did a compliance shop for Sutter. I reported in email what really happened as there was no place on the forms. They said the client would be very interested in that info and wanted us to do more shops. But after that experience, #2 having been made to feel belittled and threatened by employees at that particular location (and I believe it was a matter of that location and those employees), he refused

Same experience on a couple of occassions for the Sutter shops. I believe that the clerk gets fired automatically. The managers can be a holes. They checked ID, it came up as underage and they sold anyway. This makes sense, why? My kid did not get intimidated in the least though. He's also 6'6" with four years of military school under his belt.

He used to do the video game shops and had a hard time grapsing that the clerks would sell to him after they knew that he was underage. That's when he learned that all people are not good. Shocker.
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January 16, 2018 05:55PM
Confero does the one at one of the largest movie theater chains to see if a ticket for an R rated film is sold to an underage, unescorted patron. Data Quest does a bar shop for under aged patrons of New England based theater chain's restaurants.
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January 16, 2018 07:44PM
@SoCalMama wrote:

Same experience on a couple of occassions for the Sutter shops.

Not same. The cashier held onto his driver's license and told him she was going to cut it up. It got worse from there. Said they were tired of being targeted; apparently there had recently been a legit sting by the state. I'm sure the problem was that particular location, though. Folks around here are usually not buttheads like that.

Yes to what Arch said. Confero also does the theater alcohol shop in my area.
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January 17, 2018 04:04AM
Stericycle had compliance shops but I was 18 at the time. I love doing compliance shops. smiling smiley The company I used to shop for required you to be under the age of 26. Following to see if there is any new companies.
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January 17, 2018 05:20AM
@LGRM wrote:

@SoCalMama wrote:

Same experience on a couple of occassions for the Sutter shops.

Not same. The cashier held onto his driver's license and told him she was going to cut it up. It got worse from there. Said they were tired of being targeted; apparently there had recently been a legit sting by the state. I'm sure the problem was that particular location, though. Folks around here are usually not buttheads like that.

Yes to what Arch said. Confero also does the theater alcohol shop in my area.

Yep, but close. I had some insane manager try to keep it to photocopy it. Hell no. I was more worried he'd pay a visit to my house.

They are required to participate in the program due to being caught selling to minors. They have no choice. It's part of the penalty that the state imposed on them (at least in CA). Exactly 25% of the stores sold to my kid. 25% of the clerks overrode the prompt that said he was 17 after they scanned his ID.

He did get a lecture from a mom-clerk about the dangers of smoking though. She also said, "Did you think I was going to sell to you? I have 4 kids." When he left to fill out the form, it was funny because I remained inside. She was going off to anyone and everyone who would listen, "I think that was a sting!"

Yep; it sure was, and you passed mama. smiling smiley
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