Here is the blue vial after I had cleaned the yellow gunk off it. If the device had been intact then they would both have been released at the same time. It was not broken because I had smashed the case so there was uneven pressure on the two vials. You can also see the pin and disc much more clearly. Tipping the bits out it is clear that there is quite a bit of yellow ink in there. I pulled the pin with a pair of pliers and the yellow vial smashed very easily releasing the ink. I wonder how close I came when cutting the pin? The pin is connected at the bottom to a disc which would be pulled up if pressure where exerted smashing the glass vials of ink.
This enabled me to see that the mechanism couldn't be any simpler. I didn't have any luck pulling the top off so I decided to get a bit more agricultural and just smashed my way in. I put the device in a plastic bag to prevent making a mess and tried to pry the top off using a screw driver. How did it work and what would it do? On my return from Scotland the only thing on my mind was experimenting! As you can see below there appear to be two glass vials, one containing blue liquid and the other yellow. However, I was curious about the ink device. The story could indeed have stopped there. The device was off the suit and I was able to fly off to Scotch Land the next day in my fine new dapper suit.
If you try this you will be covered in ink and caught by the store detective who will throw you in jail! Crime doesn't pay. I only attempted this because I had no choice and was probably emboldened be a few glasses of red wine during dinner. I have no idea how close this came to releasing the ink all over my hands and suit.
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Let me be very clear at this point just for in case you are an aspiring shop lifter and think I have just described how to deactivate security devices. I don't know what the pin is made of, but it certainly took a fair bit of effort to eventually snip through it. I was being as gentle as I could because this was obviously putting pressure on the ink container.
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So I went and assembled the vast array of tools that I would require to crack the device.įirstly I just ripped off the cardboard notice which meant there was just enough room to get my snippers in. I was very surprised to see that there was so little information and what there was involved power tools to break the "clip" part of the device so that it would release the pin that connected it to the ink container. Obviously being a geek, my first step was to check on the Internet to see if there were examples of how other people had done this. I had to figure a way of getting it off without covering myself and my new suit with ink.
My other suit was at the dry cleaners so I had no option. It was eleven o'clock at night so I couldn't go back to the store to remove it and I was flying first thing so couldn't pop into the shop in the morning either. Of course Marks and Sparks aren't going to try and blow up their customers. I immediately started thinking of the paint bombs that are placed in bags of money to prevent theft! Was this device explosive? Was it dangerous? What at first look like a simple dongle to trigger an alarm at a security gate was in fact an ink tag. However, when I looked at the other side - my heart skipped a beat. After all - it would just take a bit of brute force to rip it off and all would be well for the morning.
Clearly the assistant in the shop had missed it when he was putting the suit in a bag for me.Īt first I wasn't too bothered. To my annoyance I found this bad boy attached to the arm. When I got home I set to making our Sunday roast dinner so didn't think about the whistle until about eleven that night when I went to pack. I thought I would show them due respect so on Sunday afternoon I popped into Marks and Spencer and bought a new suit. Last Monday I was flying to Scotland for a few days to have a chat with a few of our customers up there.
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