could you give us some tips on how to lift things with different types of tags?
You can either peel off the sticker tags and discard them somewhere in the store or slice them in half to deactivate. Any and all tags should always be removed before leaving a store. Even if you’ve gotten away with it before or think you can get away with the alarms going off when you leave (for any reason), it’s better safe than sorry. You never know what cop-wannabe or actual cop is gonna be in your way that day. Anyway, here’s how to remove all kinds of tags, or at least the ones that I’m aware of:
^Gator tags can only be removed by force. I don’t mean brute strength, like ripping them apart with your hands (you could if you get lucky, some people have). I’ve only removed them with rubber bands/hair ties but there are a few other tricks. Here is a video on the rubber band trick and here is one on the card trick. No video, but here’s a random pic I found about the pliers method lol.
^Supertags need a detacher hook. As you can see in the pic, there’s an obvious hole at the top to put said hook into. Here is a video on how to remove these- the relevant part starts at 1:35 (beginning is for magnetic tags, which I’ll talk about next). SuperTags can be finicky to remove in general and are my least favorite to deal with because of this.I’ve heard of some SuperTags being screamers (they have a speaker on them and will make a loud sound if you fuck up) so be careful about those ones!
All other tags need a magnet. That includes all the ones pictured above. The beginning of the video I just linked for hook tags shows how to remove some of these. The ones on the right are called Alpha S3 tags and “require a key”, but the key is essentially just a magnet-on-a-stick and can be opened with rectangular N52 neodymium magnets. Here is a video about removing Alpha tags but be very careful about the alarm ones. Like I said before, if you fuck up, the whole store will hear the alarm. We don’t call them screamers for nothing and many lifters will not try to remove these because the risk is too great. Don’t ever try to cut the wire on the loop (right pic, bottom row, second from the left) and spider ones (just to the right of the loop screamer).
If you don’t have anything to remove the tags, then you have to cut them out. I’ve never done it myself but people that do this say that you only have to make a small slit right where the pin goes in and you should be able to remove the tag without doing too much damage.
Once you get the tag off, discard them. The easiest way is bringing in untagged clothes and attaching the tag to those. Some people attach the tag to already-tagged clothes in an inconspicuous spot in hopes that the SA that finds it will just think it was a mistake (this is called double-tagging). With these two methods, you don’t want to give the clothes back to the fitting room attendant when you’re done, but put them back yourself. You could also tape them to the bottom of the seat or shove them behind the mirror or light but I think that’s the easiest way to get caught, especially if the fitting room is thoroughly checked after each customer leaves, but if the fitting room is unattended and messy, then this could work. Another way is bringing the tags out with you and hiding them around the store- either inside clothes or the back of drawers or behind furnishings. Whatever you do, just make sure they won’t be found until you’re long gone.
Last but not least, here are all the tips on tags that I have reblogged. All of the tips I just talked about and a lot more details can be found there. If you’re ever confused in the store, like you forgot what kind of tag needs what or you don’t recognize a tag, just use process of elimination! Does a magnet stick to it? Is there a hole for a hook? Does the hook actually fit in this hole?
I hope that answered your question because this took a long time haha.
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