Buying paint at Tractor Supply

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Harvey 2

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• Jun 2, 2013

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The TSC store in Corydon, Indiana ask for your birthday when purchasing spray cans of paint.
The cashier says one has to be at least 18 years old to buy paint.
Is that thier policy all over the country? Or just this regon?
What are you all's opinion on this?
When they ask my birthday I tell them the month and day of my birth, but always say the year of 1909, they never act like what is a 104 year old man doing buying paint? But maybe I should be careful because I might be too old to buy paint.

 

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Paul from MI

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• Jun 2, 2013

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Neat one about the year--maybe I'll try that the next time. Got no idea why they'd need to know, unless to verify a credit card maybe?

 

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VicS

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Location

SE Il.

• Jun 2, 2013

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Kids (people) get high huffing paint. I guess it can really mess you up.

 

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rabbit-1

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• Jun 2, 2013

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Yeah, they do that at many stores... Probably to slow the grafiti artists. I was asked the other day - handed her my senior card.

 

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dlbuck

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• Jun 2, 2013

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Tell them the month and the day. When they ask what year, say every year.

 

Steve A W

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Location

Northwest Indiana

• Jun 2, 2013

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I bought a gallon of windshield washer fluid from TSC and She asked My age!

Steve A W

 

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ben there

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• Jun 2, 2013

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yeah,TSC and Wally World,pretty much all the chains do...last time i was asked i showed em my Medicare card...dingbat behind counter said "but that doesnt have your birthdate on it"...no wonder we're up sh** creek with no paddle,boat or chance.

 

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Wheat Farmer

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• Jun 2, 2013

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It is a pain, but they have rules to follow. OUR Young people have a problem with some of the stuff us OLD people need to work with.

 

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Ted in NE-OH

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• Jun 2, 2013

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I agree with that policy. May save some graffiti and our tax dollars to clean it up.

 

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Russ from MN

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Location

Bemidji MN

• Jun 3, 2013

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Good law, problem is some graffiti artist are a lot older than 18. It costs us a lot of money to clean it up or cover it.

 

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ohiojim

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• Jun 3, 2013

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like vic says,..it's not the grafiti they worry about ...it's the huffing...

 

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36 Coupe

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• Jun 3, 2013

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Im 76 and have to show my drivers license when I buy a bottle of wine.Dont fuss.Ive seen what huffing paint solvents can do to huffers.A teen age boy died huffing gasoline from a snowmobile.The clerks have orders to follow and could get fired if they dont check.No a joking matter to the clerk.

 

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36 Coupe

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• Jun 3, 2013

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Why would you do that?

 

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36 Coupe

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• Jun 3, 2013

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Most of us know why.

 

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JRSutton

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• Jun 3, 2013

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yes - they do here in Massachusetts.

you'd think they'd give the cashiers a little room for discretion and only ask if the person looks anywhere CLOSE to 18 - it can be a little ridiculous.

but - what are you going to do. We no longer have small stores with a personal touch - they're now heavily regulated, law-suit avoiding mega-machines where the employees have to be programmed like robots.

nothing against the employees of course - it's just the way large companies have to operate to get anything done.

 

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charlespretzer

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• Jun 3, 2013

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Haven't been asked in Kansas,but then we are behind the times by quite a ways.

 

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DaninKansas

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• Jun 3, 2013

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Wal-Mart has that policy in Kansas - that's why you can't self checkout with spray paint or even WD40.

 

onefarmer

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Location

6735 S Lowell Rd, St Johns, Mi 48879

• Jun 3, 2013

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All retailers in Michigan ask. At Kmart if your obviously over 18 they just enter 10-10-1910 or they used to when I worked there years ago.

 

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Mike (WA)

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• Jun 3, 2013

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Little gal at the Kubota parts counter has a great sense of humor- I bought a can of touch-up paint, got to the car and discovered I'd forgotten to get the receipt. Threw the can in the car, went back in, and she said, "Hey, you already huffed that one, and you're back for another? Fix you right up- we love selling paint."

No such regs yet, here in the People's Republic of Washington.

 

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mkirsch

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• Jun 3, 2013

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They need a REAL date to put in the computer, or else it won't let them sell you the paint/cigarettes/liquor/pills.

Used to be if you looked old enough they just ran "11/11/1911" into the computer and you were fine. Problem is, too many kids were putting "11/11/1911" in when selling to their underage friends.

Yeah, you look plenty old enough to buy the stuff, but the cashiers have no way to PROVE it once you've walked away. For all the management knows, you were a 15-year-old kid. There's just too much liability in that.

If they put in "11/11/1911" now, they get in trouble.

 

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greygoat

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• Jun 3, 2013

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Speaking about graffiti: Working on the railroad
I saw lots of graffiti, on Boxcars, and Grain hoppers...but some of it was fantasticly good!
The railroads,(BNSF, at least) give millions in
scholorships each year..they should park old cars
at stetregic places and encourage artists to
paint them, and award scholorships, some could
be future great artists!

 

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dr sportster

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• Jun 3, 2013

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Most graffiti to me is not legible lettering but sometimes when the train passes I too have seen some outstanding work with great highlights and shading etc. The policy keeps kids from spraying up the neighborhood to look like the ghetto.