Does anybody know if it’s possible to get this taken off in any shop or does it have to be done in the shop purchased?

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1. You’ll have to go back to the shop I’m afraid. As far as I know if they’re forced open they release an ink that could potentially destroy your clothes

2. I’d go to any branch of that shop, if you have the receipt.

   Or find a powerful magnet and do some research online.

   *(although it looks like it’s attached to a tag, which makes it trivially easy to remove)*

3. Yes . . . Purchased . . .

4. Pair of pliers will do it

5. I think you can break them with a hammer. Have a look on YouTube

6. Strong magnet will take it off

7. Strong magnet and the jobs a good un, doesn’t release any of the ink

8. A scissors will take care of that very easily.

9. I bought something in tesco. Didn’t realise until I was home that a tag was attached. I brought it to a local supermarket, not tesco, and they took the tag off. I’d chance asking a local shop first if it’s too much hassle to bring it back to where you bought it . Bring the receipt with you too.

10. Wife had one on a pair of trousers she got from Penneys one time. I took it off with an electricians snips, took a while but I got it off.

    If you have a receipt, best pop back into the shop and get them to do it.

11. I cut one off with a knife, didn’t take too long, it doesn’t look like an ink one

    https://youtu.be/4UxQbh6KQvI

12. Easy enough to remove. Hold a lighter on the opposite side where the spike is, it’ll melt the plastic and the spring that holds the mechanism together should pop out and unlock the tag.

13. You might have to go to the place you”purchsed” it from

14. looks like its on the tag cut the tag odd with a scisors if its your own

15. Bought a costume for my daughter night before a fancy dress school thing. Terrible planning. Tag was on when I got home. Too late to go back to the shop, it was Tesco (again). I used a rotary tool with a flat cutting wheel to cleanly cut the pin. They are steel pins but very narrow. Used masking tape on the cloth to protect it. Took about 4 mins work and saved the day… Wouldn’t recommend it though. 7.30 am in the back garden with the dremmel on a toy story costume. Also, had I simply bought the costume a day earlier this wouldn’t have even occurred.

16. Large magnet or if you have a spare hard drive laying around that’ll do too. You wouldn’t believe the magnet strength off a hard drive.

17. To be fair I purchased a raincoat from Dunne’s Stores and they forgot the security tag off

18. Pliers will get it off

19. Pay for it and they’ll do it for free.

20. When you say “purchased” …. 🤔

21. A magnet works.

22. Any shop with the device to remove it can do it,

    Or you can take a lighter to the plastic and melt it until the metal catch is not being held anymore and pull it apart.

23. Thanks everyone for your suggestions on this. I cut it off today. For those asking it was purchased online and delivered to my home from the shop which is why I didn’t realise at the time

24. Slash hook sorts everything