Manga and Legos are the most commonly lifted items. Manga almost always has easily peel-able RFIDs hidden in pages.
Legos with spider wraps can be detagged by either being slid off in a blindspot and hidden or, and I have not tried this so proceed with caution, cut off with a pocket knife. IMPORTANT: This method is known by employees and is said to have been successful in the past, but likely just due to non-confrontation. If you cut or damage the spider wrap cables the alarm WILL sounds
Other toys, dice, collectibles whatever without spider tags are either RFIDed on the outside or likely not tagged at all. If you dont see an RFID its safe to assume it isnt tagged. This goes up to items worth at least $59.99. Technically everything above $50 is supposed to be tagged but I dont need to tell you that isnt the case :)
ALL CDs/Vinyls have RFIDs in the price tags. They will beep at every tower.
Blind spots in mall outlets can be easily found by windows, blind spots in standalone locations can be sometimes found by cooking, self help, or classic literature.
If you make a legitimate purchase at the starbucks you can be given a B&N bag. This can be used for future/other locations to simply walkout and alleviate suspicion.
Loss prevention is usually not active in mall locations, unless its a high-theft area. If they see a significant enough theft mall security will be alerted.
Loss prevention in standalone locations has greatly diminished since pre-Covid. Most stores wont have any AP/LP.
Booksellers and baristas (if you get caught concealing by a barista get off liftblr) are hands off, and if they see you concealing will alert the manager. You are very unlikely (still possible, however. Don’t be brazen) to be confronted by booksellers, but the manager can confront you if desired.
If a regular shopper sees you conceal and alerts a worker, you can be confronted in store.
B&N casebuilds repeat offenders if you’re caught on camera taking something big. Find a blindspot.
The amount of cameras in use has also been either stagnant or shrinking. Assume all are real but dont think blind spots are impossible to find.
Even if caught by a worker or seen on camera chances are you wont be approached. Workers do not get paid enough to care and are advised not to confront at all.
B&N has regional LP that will also work to catch repeat, high-value offenders. Boosting ring type lifters, professionals, whatever. Police will be alerted.
Internal theft is a larger concern for regional LP and B&N general management as petty theft is frequently covered by insurance.
B&N does inventory once a year.
Stores are usually disorganised (to workers, at least) due to recent changes in shelve markings.
Theft/loss of product is measured as a percentage of the stores sales. This means that less popular stores will put a greater focus on anti-theft measures whereas more popular stores will place less, and subsequently be easier to lift from.
District managers/store managers are the only positions that really place a focus on shoplifting. Sales associates, booksellers, baristas, etc. dont.
ya'll when i tell you dont tell anybody about the fact you ĺift.....😐 I MEAN NOBODY..... i made a mistake a couple weeks ago mentioning it to someone i trusted because i thought they would react in at least a more neutral way but they did NAWT and now every time we go shopping together i feel like they got one eye on me smh. so these past couple weeks have been slow for me partially because of that but! I still managed to pick some cute stuff up
you can 🧬 through sèphòra or amàzoñ, theyre notoriously ez most of the time, not sure what the limit per order for those sites is nowadays bc i dònt really do 🧬 anymore but staying under $200 is always a safe bet. looking at ťrustpìlot for the ørdiñary site itself, it seems like their CS is a bit unreliable and does not tend to pay out refunds.
I NEED SOMEONE TO BACK THIS UP BUT TODAY AT V$ THEY HAD A SCREEN IN THE DRESSING ROOM THAT SOMEHOW HAD EVERY SINGLE ITEM I BROUGHT IN WITH ME?? Like the screen had the products I brought in pulled up like it would on the website with a picture and price amount. Idek how they knew what I had. I was way too sussed by that to go through with it like what the hell?? BE CAREFULLLL😩
Also I really need to body conceal my tools better, I fucgkixng dropped my hook like three times today I’m lucky no one noticed. It’s fine I walked out with two looloo🍋 leggings lol.
“Added technology in dressing rooms — such as radio frequency ID-enabled hooks connected to screens — allow shoppers to view the retailer’s full assortment in multiple languages, including sizes, colors, technical features and what’s in stock, while trying on products. It also lets consumers order from the store and shipped to their homes, as well as enables them to interact with sales associates as they please.”
This is all the information I could find about this new tech. If anyone has anything to add, please do share. I believe that holding up the item near the screen is what causes it to be sensed and doesn’t have anything to do with the employees. I don’t know what this means in relation to your items being tracked, but my guess is that you would probably be fine to continue concealing as the employees won’t be tracking what’s on the screen and what you have. Still super spooky though.
thank you for posting this and keeping everyone up to date on the new tech being installed!! ive been thinking to myself for a while that the ease of being able to just conceal in dressing rooms is seriously about to end.
this sounds like its a simple RFID scanner theyre placing in fitting rooms. something fairly common in retail nowadays in order to keep inventory instore accurate relative to what they show available online. usually they only use these for product on the floor, not to deter lifting in fitting rooms.
its not something super expensive to install so the fact that theyre only doing it in select locations can tell us that they are just testing it out for now, and hopefully we don't see this spread.
I’ve found more information online for those curious about this. Do not be deterred by these in what they call “smart dressing rooms”. Watch a video about it here
anyway i have almost stopped getting fucking stŕánger thíñgš recommended to me and am slowly starting to see wèiģhtĺifting content recommended which. is also not what i want but is substantially more funny. nature is healing
your little reminder of how important it is to check your likes and follows regularly.
because i just noticed someone followed me yesterday with their likes and follows on and from just looking at them for a brief moment, this person also follows so many other active lìfťing blogs.
these are just 2 screenshots. there are many more people who are followed by this person.
i can not stress how important it is to be diligent with BLOCKING THESE PEOPLE. if you're feeling nice, you can send them a message telling them to turn off their likes and follows.
but at the end of the day
THIS PERSON HAS ESSENTIALLY CREATED A PUBLIC DATABASE OF EVERY ACTIVE ĹIFTIÑG BLOG.
and i want you guys to understand that i am not exaggerating when i say that. tumblr is an incredibly public space for us to be posting what we are. its only a good platform for us to stay on so long as we are staying anonymous, keeping our community to ourselves, and excluding those who dont know what the hell theyre doing.
its double the issue when i see so many newer blogs putting weirdly specific identifying information in their bios/posts as a way to differentiate themselves from others. if you choose to do that and ALSO choose to not block people like this, you are no longer JUST in danger of having your blog mass reported/deleted. you are now in danger of being doxxed by creeps online who want to see you harmed (financially, legally, emotionally, even physically sometimes) for posting your silly little hauls.
just understand that while having your blog and interacting with the community can be fun, that fun can end very quickly if you dont follow a strict set of rules. this is not a game.
been lìfting in person more recently so ive been researching a lot about disguises bc i am unfortunately a very identifiable individual and the idea of being recognized/a case being built on me is terrifying LOL. i have a cheap blonde wig i got from sheìñ a while back so i think im gonna dye it brown and cut the fuck out of it tonight😳😳 will keep you guys updated💪
hi guys i havent been able to l!ft much lately because of school and i was bored so i made these pictures to help new people learn about disguises.
why wear disguises?
well, if you want to l!ft often, and for a long time, without being caught, then disguises are kind of necessary. eventually after some months the workers will recognize you, and build a case against you. disguises prevent this, disguises are very important!
i know disguises can be expensive, i recommend to 🧬 your disguises from àmâzôn so you arent spending much money. also, your purses / clothing does NOT have to be name brand to look nice! most rich people don’t wear name brand stuff anyways.
THE FOUR MAIN WAYS WORKERS RECOGNIZE YOU :
- your hair
- your purse
- any tattoos
- your style (if you have unique style)
seriously, changing your purse and putting on a wig can completely change a person! (from LP / employees perspective)
informational photos i made!!
the last photo is my personal preference for my disguise style, but not really necessary. you can also wear business casual clothing for the same effect. i kind of just made this for fun :)
remember, just because you are wearing a disguise doesn’t mean you still cant be caught, stay careful and safe! good luck
Sharing my latest lîftėd things - the colour coordination was a happy coincidence 🌸💕
Everything here was picked up gradually over time, I don’t līft like I used to anymore. I miss it and wish I could, there’s so much I’d like to līft that a few years ago I could have done without a thought - but I just don’t have the nerve anymore. Sigh.
I literally got this book after reading @heavenlylifter’s recommendation, I haven’t started it yet but sounds great. Heavenly, where are you 🥺
hit lùlu🍋 for the first time the other day and here are some things i wanted to note
if u didnt already know they use sensors that require a hook
and fuck those them bitches are loud as hell😭😭 but its ok because the SA's absolutely do not pay attention between talking to each other and helping customers with alterations/finding merch
there is a big phat RFID in the cardboard tag as well
if you are there for leggings, simplest method to acquire them would be to take them off the hangers as you shop around the store. this is pretty normal because the hangers are wooden and annoying to carry around. then go to the fitting rooms to conceal. the girlies there do not give a shit enough to count nor ask you how many you have, esp if theyre busy w a customer who has an alteration.
at my location, they stand RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FITTING ROOMS WHILE THEY DO ALTERATIONS AND IT IS SCARY..... but straight up they are not listening to what youre doing and do not pay attention to how long you're taking. obviously dont take forever and at least try not to be loud. when i walked out of the fitting room with a pair of too-long leggings on under my jeans they did not even blink in my direction.
the key here really is to be polite, say hi to them when they say hi to you. dont ask for help, and if they offer it just politely say youre just browsing. maybe inquire about the alteration services to seem like you give a fuck. your best bet to get out with a shit ton of merch will be somebody getting an alteration done while youre there. when i was there it was fairly quiet and they were well staffed, but there was a chatty guy getting alterations done, and they seem to put a lot of effort into doing the alterations correctly and servicing whoever the customer is. if youre not causing any trouble or distracting them, they will not pay attention to you.
🧬 clothing in bulk from fast fashion sites (or 🏋♀️ for smaller amnts)
sell clothing at stores like Pļaťos Çlosèt or Bùffaĺò Èxchànge
go back to stores later on once ur clothes are put on the floor and 🏋♀️ them back.
alternatively (and probably safer), do this with a team of other 🏋♀️ers so when you need to take the clothes back, you arent sussed by any SA's who recognize you.
I NEED SOMEONE TO BACK THIS UP BUT TODAY AT V$ THEY HAD A SCREEN IN THE DRESSING ROOM THAT SOMEHOW HAD EVERY SINGLE ITEM I BROUGHT IN WITH ME?? Like the screen had the products I brought in pulled up like it would on the website with a picture and price amount. Idek how they knew what I had. I was way too sussed by that to go through with it like what the hell?? BE CAREFULLLL😩
Also I really need to body conceal my tools better, I fucgkixng dropped my hook like three times today I’m lucky no one noticed. It’s fine I walked out with two looloo🍋 leggings lol.
“Added technology in dressing rooms — such as radio frequency ID-enabled hooks connected to screens — allow shoppers to view the retailer’s full assortment in multiple languages, including sizes, colors, technical features and what’s in stock, while trying on products. It also lets consumers order from the store and shipped to their homes, as well as enables them to interact with sales associates as they please.”
This is all the information I could find about this new tech. If anyone has anything to add, please do share. I believe that holding up the item near the screen is what causes it to be sensed and doesn’t have anything to do with the employees. I don’t know what this means in relation to your items being tracked, but my guess is that you would probably be fine to continue concealing as the employees won’t be tracking what’s on the screen and what you have. Still super spooky though.
thank you for posting this and keeping everyone up to date on the new tech being installed!! ive been thinking to myself for a while that the ease of being able to just conceal in dressing rooms is seriously about to end.
this sounds like its a simple RFID scanner theyre placing in fitting rooms. something fairly common in retail nowadays in order to keep inventory instore accurate relative to what they show available online. usually they only use these for product on the floor, not to deter lifting in fitting rooms.
its not something super expensive to install so the fact that theyre only doing it in select locations can tell us that they are just testing it out for now, and hopefully we don't see this spread.
DISCLAIMER: This is a post I created for my own personal use that I'm now sharing to help others. This means that you may recognize some of this information from other posts (or your own!), because I like to compile and rephrase any information I find helpful. I don't list sources for everyone's safety, but that is in no way because I want to pass off some of this information as my own. Feel free to comment or message me if you think someone should be credited and I will gladly do so <3 Any additional info is always appreciated!
General Tips & Tricks:
Remember, no ID, no case. Avoid using your credit/debit card whenever possible, as they can ID you this way and case build. You can either pay with cash, load up a V1sa credit card, or don’t pay at all ;)
Park away from camera view in the parking lot.
Act like a normal shopper. Browse, look at prices, and don’t look around at other people.
Avoid looking at the doors if there is beeping, most normal people wouldn’t notice or pay attention.
Always do your research before hitting a store. Scope out the location ahead of time, check out the cameras in the parking lot and in the store, get an idea of how vigilant they are about checking receipts, find out when they’re the busiest, check for LP and security.
On weekdays when it’s slower some stores won’t have security, but will bring them in on the weekends. This is true for stores like Tom Finger and Kroh-ger.
Self Checkout:
Use reusable bags. Place the less expensive items/the ones you plan on actually paying for at the top of the bags. Scan those and “forget” the items at the bottom.
Bring a new looking receipt, or create a fake receipt of the items you’re taking (buy a receipt printer and print your shopping list using the store's template/format for receipts)
Create fake label stickers at home. Take a picture on your phone for barcodes and get a label sticker. Make your code for whatever dollar amount you want (like $1 each).
Scan things quickly and cover the barcode with your hand on “accident” when scanning. This is riskier because sometimes the camera or machine will catch this and stop your checkout process to replay video of you skipping an item (which is so embarrassing lmao).
Get a packet of dressing or gravy (which runs .30 to .50 cents) and hold it under the item you're scanning. This is also a little more on the riskier side just because an employee or cameras can physically see the price of the item scanned versus the item you’re holding.
If you’re satisfied with a nice self-given discount, it’s lower risk to tear the tag off a cheaper item similar to the one you’re getting. For example you can hold the barcode for a cheaper pillow against the actual tag for a more expensive pillow.
A good rule of thumb for self checkout is to act as quickly as possible. Your actions will be much harder to catch if you’re hard to keep up with. Don’t come off as frantic or worried though, just look like you’re busy and have someplace to be.
Place smaller items underneath cheaper bigger items or underneath the cart and “forget” to scan them at self checkout. This creates very realistic plausible deniability. One good example is placing a pack of toilet paper on top of a dozen sheets of pimple patches or face masks. It’s not going to occur to anyone to look underneath such a big item.
Likewise, you can place smaller items into bigger items and buy that one bigger item. For example, buying a large plastic bin or laundry hamper and placing items inside. This is higher risk though, because you will have to conceal the smaller items on the floor. Finding blindspots can be difficult, and hidden cameras are a thing. If you are seen doing this, it will be obvious what you are attempting to do so be sure you are being tactful. This may also draw attention because this is a common and well known thing that people do, even if they are not experienced lifters.
To create more plausible deniability, wear earbuds/headphones and play music. If you're caught you can pretend you didn't hear that the scanner didn't beep on the item.
Pretend you’re shopping for 2 people and need to do 2 different orders. If you're caught trying to leave without paying for something, just say the rest of the items are for someone else. Scan them, take the L, and move on.
Buy bulk. If you have multiples of items, it's easier to make it less obvious you stole something. So if you have 5 bottles of the same soda and only scanned 3, it looks less suspicious than if you only had 1 and it never left your cart.
Body Concealing:
Go to the freezer section, as you are “looking for ice cream” have your bag of choice situated on the side of your body where the door is blocking you; the condensation should block your actions. The items you want to conceal should be in your hand, so then just drop it in. Make sure no one’s on your other side.
Get two meat packs and have them facing each other for easy concealment.
The makeup aisle is highly monitored, for the love of god don’t try to conceal until you’re in another section. Don’t get too much makeup at one time either, try to grab moderate amounts like someone spending their own money would.
Carside Pickup:
Tell them that you have store credit, most will never check and as long as it’s less than like $50 they’ll probably give it to you. It might be more believable if you say “last time I picked up you guys forgot to give me my “xyz”, and I didn’t want to come back to pick it up so you said you’d take the $10.99 (or whatever amount) off this order”.
You most likely will not get ID'd at carside.
Walkouts:
Find a store with a Stardollars inside. Have a drink and have your bag already filled and leave after you’re finished. This works for smaller hauls, don’t attempt with a whole cart, it will be more obvious. To my knowledge, this is a well known method by employees so in some situations this might be higher risk.
Don’t stop if they ask you to. Wave them off (as if you couldn’t be bothered and you find them an inconvenience), pretend not to hear, quickly flash a receipt, etc.
Be patient and fight your window of opportunity. Don’t rush out, wait and see when no one is paying attention to the doors.
You can have someone watch your back as you leave. Meaning, they can stay back to see if anyone notices and follow you out after or if it’s a high risk situation, they can block the exit with a shopping cart and tell you to run.
The best approach is to do walkouts when no one will notice. This means going when it’s busiest (the weekends, specifically Sunday afternoon) and at higher income areas where they will not be on high alert.
Do not double dip too often at the same stores, rotate the stores you hit unless you are going in disguise. The same logic applies with lifting anywhere, dress nice and blend in. Face masks are preferable.
Some stores have shopping carts with wheels that will lock up for one of these two reasons:
1. You attempt to leave without paying (meaning the wheels will lock at the store doors). This is meant to prevent theft known as “pushout” or “walkout” theft.
You can get around this by either walking out with a basket or reusable bags instead, or by going through the point of sale areas to deactivate the locking mechanism. Either walk through an empty cashier aisle so it appears you paid, or through self checkout.
2. You attempt to leave the premises. This is meant to prevent shopping carts from being taken off the lot, so unless you’re trying to steal the cart too or you parked far from the store it shouldn’t be an issue.
Usually there will be signs throughout the store notifying shoppers of this, or you can tell by looking at the carts’ wheels. There will be two out of the four wheels either on the front or the back that look different from the others, like there is some sort of clunky shield on them.
You can learn more about how this works at:
How Do Anti-Theft Wheel Locks on Shopping Carts Know to Trip at the Edge of the Parking Lot?
Local Fred Meyer stores are rolling out a new device to hopefully keep shoplifters from leaving with merchandise.
RETAILERS like Walmart and Target have used anti-theft shopping carts with rollercoaster-style wheels that are small but stay strong for 35,
***This is a new idea I have not tested yet, but I will edit this portion of the post when I do. Wear a F@/vor or insta-nt-cart shirt/cap and bring the company bags to fill up (you can probably find these items online on eB@/y, etc). Routinely check your phone as you shop like you are collecting an order for a customer that already paid online. Walking out will raise less questions when you seem like a mere worker carrying out someone else’s order. That way you can also claim the items have already been paid for online if you are stopped. You could go as far as to have a fake item pulled up on the app or create a fake picture/screenshot.
Best places to go grocery shopping:
Trade Joey's (best for body concealing as there are few, if any, cameras)
Sproots
Worst places to go grocery shopping:
Fuckin’ T@/rget. I’d only attempt low risk methods if there’s something you REALLY want.
W@/m@/rt, unless you’re only occasionally skipping items at self checkout.
Kroh-ger. They’re known to case build.
Stores that have locking carts (this will not apply to every location):
hi baes so i actually used to work here for like a year in hs so i can give y'all the inside scoop. first off we truly do not give a shit if you are stealing, sales associates don't get any training on lp and the only info posters we have in the back room are about internal theft 😭 like be cautious w cams obvi esp if you're in a mall bc some security ppl go crazy on high shrink places but if it's a freestanding store you should be ok. like i promise you in small stores there r not enough of us scheduled to even take care of cash register & fitting room, there is not anyone watching you lol.
things to NOT be scared of:
a worker greeting you when you come in/a few minutes after if it doesn't happen immediately upon entering -- we get trained to do this, we HAVE to do it, corporate yells at us if we don't greet every customer and tell them our names so they can ask for help or something idk. if we miss you as you come in we have mics and another employee will radio to us and be like go greet that customer! you must! so it's nbd. we don't do it to be creepy or make you feel sussed it's to make the district ppl happy. AS does secret shoppers to evaluate employee performance so we are focused on trying to butter you up if you happen to be one of them lol (especially at beginning of the month/on busy weekend days)!
a worker talking over their mic to another worker about you: this seems like it could be coded language for them sussing you lifting, but it's not. if we say "oh there's a guest by blahblahblah who needs some help" it either means that we forgot to greet you, you're carrying a lot of stuff and we need to ask if you want a fitting room (see below), or you're struggling to get something down from a high shelf or longingly staring at something you can't reach and that means we need to go help you lol (if you use the hook things on your own or climb up we get in BIG trouble).
a worker asking if you want to start a fitting room: if you hold an item of clothing for more than like 30 seconds we are supposed to ask if you want to start one (on our guidelines for the secret shoppy). if the workers at ur AS don't they're either much much busier than mine or they just aren't following training hehe. it's so you feel special and loved and so we can try to convince you to buy more things so corporate man can buy more boats. if they ask just let them take it, give them your name (or a fake name idc), and then grab even more shit to bring in with you -- we don't check that at all if you already have a room started lol. it's also very easy to go back and forth from salesfloor to fitting room bc we keep your dressing room reserved for a while, so if you leave stuff and say like "oh ill be right back im just going to grab something!!" it's not sus at all.
a worker taking your items when setting up fitting room: we are not counting how many you have, we honestly don't even rly notice if you come out with less or more than you brought in bc there's so much shit in that area and we're just trying to make sure we don't drown in go backs and it's a whole big mess most of the time. if the worker seems to be studying what you handed to them, it's not to see if you're stealing, it's so we can see what size they are and what style section they came from. some AS stores have a policy where we need to look at the clothes you're trying on and then try to add on more items (also more expensive items) that you might also like. doesn't always happen but my home store always did it, while the mall location did not.
a worker asking for your name for the fitting room, or checking in on you a few minutes later: they just make us do this so you feel loved or something idk it always creeped me out bc like im half naked staring at myself in an elegant faux vintage mirror please just let me be sad in peace. but we have to do it lol we are not sussing you! you can give them a fake name, just make sure when they come to check on you that you actually respond lol
rfids in tags (if you can't see towers at the door): these are actually not to stop theft, at least at both the stores i worked at -- it's so we can be lazy and do inventory at night with a little scanner thing lmfao. we don't have to deactivate them at checkout, if you pay attention while at the counter we are just trying to scan and wrap your stuff as fast as possible bc of the huge lines lol if your store has towers, the rfids may actually trigger them. always be sus. but neither of the AS i worked at had towers and one of them was a huge shrink $$$ mall location so make of that what you will.
overall, we are running around like headless chickens trying to complete all of our tasks w/ every customer and make sure we don't miss the secret shopper. we are being exploited constantly and AS is a fake charity so like do whatever you want babe idk.
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