My original caught story + what we did wrong + tips
Lots of you have been asking about my original caught story, and i realized i havent posted it yet so here it is.
Also it comes With what we did wrong, and what not to do. Read till end for useful info.
Also sorry for my english.
So this happened back in April 2018, An old friend of mine came to visit me hoping i will lift some clothes for her, we went to the mall quite early in the morning(mistake #1). Everything was closed and i was also hungover AS FUCK (mistake #2), we waited until the stores started opening then we went into H&M, took a bunch of clothes, there were literally 2 people in the store (mistake#3) we kept walking around the store like idiots and waiting until the lp leaves bc he was standing in front of the fitting rooms (mistake #4) when we got in i detagged and concealed everything except for a packaging from a phone case which had RFID in it so i tucked it into a pair of pants that i wasnt gonna lift or buy, i also put the tags from the other clothes on the pants and put them on the rack in front of the fitting rooms (mistake #5)
We then left normally, we didnt beep or anything, about 15 min later we went for a coffee near the H&M (mistake #6)and just saw two lps coming our way i just yelled at my friend to get the fuck out here fast (the entrance was about 20m from us ) but she stood up and started crying (mistake #7-more on that later)
The lps came to us and asked us to go with them, so we went back into the store with them(mistake #8)they searched our bags and found the stuff so the cops were called i was literally having a mental breakdown (i suffer from anxiety and depression)
Then the cops found the magnet which is a felony to even own. They told to call out parents to come pick us up and pay the fine. My parents are both dead so i called my grandma but my friends dad came before her and paid the fine for both of us. Of course the cops wanted to know more about tur magnet so i just said the magnet was borrowed from a girl that i have only met once and i dont know her name or anything. And they said if i wont give them the name of the girl that “borrowed” the magnet to me i will go to jail. I ended up with 12month probation. We then left and nothing happened i didnt get any calls or anything. But its on my record now.
So now to the mistakes:
#1 - Dont go lifting early in the morning when the stores are opening, they will pay much more attention to you. Ideal time is 13:00-18:00, we went in at 8:30
#2 - Dont go lifting if you’re not feeling well physically or mentally. I mean it, the headache i had that day was so bad i couldn’t properly focus on anything.
#3 - Dont lift if there are none or very few people in the store.
#4 - dont walk around the store for too long, lp will notice and follow you.
#5 - Dont leave packaging/ double tagged clothes in the rack in front of fitting rooms, bring them back to where you took it from.
#6 - This is only my personal tip - after you lift from one or two stores dump the stuff somewhere ideally if you have a car or you can sometimes rent lockers in the mall. Or hide it somewhere outside the mall in the bushes or something. If i did that they wouldnt find anything.
#7 - Dont ever go lifting with inexperienced people, even if they are your friends. They most likely dont know how to act in critical situations, I srsly mean this, let them go to the store and take pics of stuff they want and then go lift it.
#8 - I dont know if this applies to other countries but here if lp from one store follows you out of the store they cant detain you or make you go anywhere with them ( wish i knew that ) all they can do is call the mall security and only they can take you with them and search your bags.
Please stay safe and dont make any of these mistakes, the trouble you can get in is not worth any amount of clothes or makeup. There are many places to lift from but you only have one record, so keep it clean.
