Attention Dodgy Cunts
Now this is pissing me off. I've been needing a new pair of shoes for weeks now, and finally get the time to get into the city whilst the shops are still open, buy a new pair of Cons, get home, all fine. Or not. The morons at the counter were too busy chatting amongst themselves to remove the security tag.
Now, after the initial anger, I'm left with two options. Waste a sizable portion of my weekend going back to the store next week, or pull a MacGyver on this thing. Given my aversion to paying for parking, I'm tending towards the latter. After hitting Google, I figure out this is a common problem in the US, but all the guides I found deal with the rounded devices, not the tab like ones (I'm fairly sure this is an ink one). After checking various common manufacturer's sites listed on Wikipedia, I found this to be the closest match to the fucker:
http://www.sensormatic.com/Products/EAS/BenefitDenial/MicroClamp.aspx
Does anyone have any suggestions? So far Ive been told everything from hacksaws, to freezing it + hammertime to running a high power magnet over it if its one of those magnetic systems (it doesn't seem to be).
[8:30 pm] Update: Snave Wins!
So, it was at this point I came up with a plan to get myself out of danger. Using my trusty pocketknife, some elastic bands, and an earring borrowed off my friend and fellow cellmate, I created a device that would not only free us from our confinement but also play a part in foiling Murdoc's pl.... No, I just brute forced the fucker.
Garden shears FTW. Surprisingly, the plastic casing proved tougher than the thick metal wire holding it together. The only catch is, you can't get to the wire with anything strong enough to break it as the gap between the two halves proves too thin for the average tool to fit. Instead, it was the shearing tension inadvertantly applied whilst slowly chopping shreds off the plastic cap (on the non-ink holding half) that wrenched it in two.
Now the only question left is what to do with the ink half. Do I smash it with a hammer FOR SCIENCE! Or perhaps adorn my wall with it? Or stick some cable around it into a necklace chain to make some sort of security bling? The dilemmas people, the dilemma!
Mmm.... jet black monochrome Cons.
Now, after the initial anger, I'm left with two options. Waste a sizable portion of my weekend going back to the store next week, or pull a MacGyver on this thing. Given my aversion to paying for parking, I'm tending towards the latter. After hitting Google, I figure out this is a common problem in the US, but all the guides I found deal with the rounded devices, not the tab like ones (I'm fairly sure this is an ink one). After checking various common manufacturer's sites listed on Wikipedia, I found this to be the closest match to the fucker:
http://www.sensormatic.com/Products/EAS/BenefitDenial/MicroClamp.aspx
Does anyone have any suggestions? So far Ive been told everything from hacksaws, to freezing it + hammertime to running a high power magnet over it if its one of those magnetic systems (it doesn't seem to be).
[8:30 pm] Update: Snave Wins!
So, it was at this point I came up with a plan to get myself out of danger. Using my trusty pocketknife, some elastic bands, and an earring borrowed off my friend and fellow cellmate, I created a device that would not only free us from our confinement but also play a part in foiling Murdoc's pl.... No, I just brute forced the fucker.
Garden shears FTW. Surprisingly, the plastic casing proved tougher than the thick metal wire holding it together. The only catch is, you can't get to the wire with anything strong enough to break it as the gap between the two halves proves too thin for the average tool to fit. Instead, it was the shearing tension inadvertantly applied whilst slowly chopping shreds off the plastic cap (on the non-ink holding half) that wrenched it in two.
Now the only question left is what to do with the ink half. Do I smash it with a hammer FOR SCIENCE! Or perhaps adorn my wall with it? Or stick some cable around it into a necklace chain to make some sort of security bling? The dilemmas people, the dilemma!
Mmm.... jet black monochrome Cons.