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✿ lifting videos ✿
personally i’m such a visual learner, and videos of concealing techniques help me so much more than written descriptions. here are all the ones i could find!
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✿ cup with x cut
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just wanted to reiterate that i have never stolen or lied about packages. i am just roleplaying!!! just bc i dont say it on every post doesnt change anything. love this lil community & how we can play pretend safely without risking irl consequences :)
if anyone is confused, we are just playing !! i do NOT condone stealing or fraud. it could get u in trouble fr. stay safe queens and quings and kings. but still play by the rules, no tags or outside content or anything, thats just how we do it
I miss lîfting and the old lîftblr
I really miss the old days.... I log in here once in a while and browse old posts and reminisce, and wonder where everyone is, and if everyone is doing well. I wonder if anyone else occasionally does the same, silently stopping by, and we just miss each other. If everyone has moved on, or if everyone still thinks about our old community sometimes.
I've never been able to lift the same since getting caught after one single time being sloppy af, after a couple of years of seamless lifting, makes me really sad. I can't help but think of it still, and I still feel the old pull of it when I'm shopping, but can never actually see it through. I still have my golf detacher and even though I know I won't use it again, I can't bring myself to throw it away, even though I should in case anyone finds it.
Anyhow, I'm rambling now but thought I'd write this little note after logging in and browsing around for a while, I still login an odd time. If anyone sees this, hi..!! 🫶
I miss lîfting and the old lîftblr
I really miss the old days.... I log in here once in a while and browse old posts and reminisce, and wonder where everyone is, and if everyone is doing well. I wonder if anyone else occasionally does the same, silently stopping by, and we just miss each other. If everyone has moved on, or if everyone still thinks about our old community sometimes.
I've never been able to lift the same since getting caught after one single time being sloppy af, after a couple of years of seamless lifting, makes me really sad. I can't help but think of it still, and I still feel the old pull of it when I'm shopping, but can never actually see it through. I still have my golf detacher and even though I know I won't use it again, I can't bring myself to throw it away, even though I should in case anyone finds it.
Anyhow, I'm rambling now but thought I'd write this little note after logging in and browsing around for a while, I still login an odd time. If anyone sees this, hi..!! 🫶
reblog if you’re an active lifting blog.
dash is dead as hell.
if you have to move to another aisle to conceal, possibly grab two, and drop one in the aisle you conceal in
that way if you are being watched they’ll see that you dropped it (similar to the grab two take one method)
reblog if you’re an active lifting blog.
dash is dead as hell.
blocking any blogs that are rebloging/liking stuff outside of l!ftblr for safety reasons pls help keep the community safe<3
repost cuz it had too many notes
Okay, I haven’t been doing this for long, but I’ve been doing reasonably well, especially since the pre/during Christmas period is when I’ve done the bulk of my magic. I’ve fucked up a few times. I’ve beeped. I’ve hit locations more frequently than I should have, and when I haven’t known what I’m walking into. But I still haven’t been suspected, or caught.
And I’m gonna say this because I know there are a few new lifters around:
Here’s what I’m offering:
Know yourself
Know your limits. Don’t get cocky. Don’t get over-ambitious. When I first got to the online lifting community, I saw epic hauls, and yeah, I was like, “This is awesome. I want to do this.” But I also know my own limitations. Obviously I’m not going to walk out with a designer handbag the first time I lift: you need to ease yourself into it.
Educate yourself
Especially for the US lifters, there is a wealth of information out there on tag types used in stores, company policy, etc. Read it. Be a little sponge for information in your early days, and remember things.
Adapt to new environments
You may not know how everything works, but look and learn. One of the best tactics is to scope out things in a non-sus way. Keep an eye on where cameras are, and assume that all of them are monitored. Remember that while your eyes can move, your body doesn’t have to. This also goes for blindspots: temporary displays, or cages being unpacked, can create perfect blindspots for you. Distracted staff who are presumably not going to be shoplifted in front of might have their back turned, creating perfect opportunities for you. Remember, a lot of security is based around how they think lifters work and this doesn’t account for people doing things like concealing when someone had their back turned or utilising a cage in front of a camera. Physical blindspots are one thing, but *human* blindspots are something else entirely.
Be aware of your body language
Don’t rush and fidget after lifting. Don’t give any indication that you’re nervous. Gear yourself into autodrive; convince yourself that you’re just browsing, and continue that mindset immediately before and after concealing. “Forget” that you’ve concealed once you have. Learn how to do things with your hands without actually looking at your hands: this is super important for peeling off RFIDs on the floor, as well as concealing.
Be Quick
Don’t fuck around with packaging (don’t be scared to leave something on the shelf if you don’t think you can untag it) in a way that’s noisy or complicated or is going to require lots of messing around. Don’t lift in ways that mean unnaturally adjusting your bag or clothing. If you put your hand into a pocket, pulling out a phone rather than nothing is a better idea. The aim is to be fluid and natural.
Get out if you feel sussed
I don’t give a shit if you’re missing out on something you really want, the moment you make a certain eye contact with the certain wrong somebody– and trust me, you will know that look– ditch what they have seen and get the fuck out. You can get that something elsewhere. It’s not worth ruining your future for a bottle of foundation.
Pay attention to staff
Watch out for who’s working when you lift or suss out a shop. Don’t rely on them forgetting you. And the moment you feel recognised? Get out. And aim not to return for a long time. There are a few places I won’t be going back to for awhile, but I was smart enough to make sure they weren’t places I frequent anyway. Don’t count on your “well, I got away that time” meaning that you’re going to be safe the next time you go in.
Bullshit
Learn to conceal well and bullshit. Learn how to move the contents of your bag aside, concealing what you’ve jacked. Learn how to breezily roll your eyes about something you bought elsewhere that sets off alarms. Learn how to act like normal people would in any ordinary situation. Fluster, be embarassed, you have no idea what’s going on. Humans are social creatures who empathise and generally will interact well with people who are “nice.” Be nice. Be everything they want you to be, and they won’t want you to be one of the “bad guys”.
Make use of diversion
If you offer up your handbag for inspection and are carrying bags of groceries, odds are likely that you’re not going to be asked to reveal the contents of the grocery bags. Look at where people are directing their line of sight, and work out how to do things out of that line of sight. Learn how to “look” at one product while you’re concealing another one.
Learn where the weak points are
Nine times out of ten, humans are the weakest link in every security system. Know when staff are going to be distracted because they’re exhausted/bored/busy. Know where to hit human empathy. Know where to hit blindspots. Find that untagged item or changeroom consultant who doesn’t count, while you have an extra item concealed under a mountain of clothing. Most SAs are not naturally suspicious unless something tweaks their alarm bells. Don’t tweak their alarm bells.
Start Small
Seriously, don’t aim for high-end makeup palettes just yet. Maybe a lipstick is a good starter. Wear long sleeves, get a sense of sleight of hand and acting normal first. Get comfortable with what you’re doing.
Aim for improvement
No matter how good you are, you can always do better. Not in terms of stuff acquired, in terms of subtlety and timing and technique. Every time you lift, once you’re out of the danger zone, reflect on what you’ve done. Look at it as though you’re watching a video of how you did it, and work out where you fucked up. Make sure you never make the same mistake again. Making mistakes is fine, and part of the learning process, as long as you actually learn from them and don’t get your arse busted while doing so.
Take breaks
Don’t lift daily. Don’t lift when you’re in the middle of anxiety or something awful has happened. Even if you get away clean, you’re going to feel it for awhile afterwards. I get that lifting CAN ease negative feelings, but when you’re emotional and out of control, that’s when you’re liable to fuck up. Use the prospect of getting out to lift again as a motivation to get your headshit together by all means, but make sure you’re operating at full capacity when you hit. The best situation, otherwise, is getting out with stuff, but wondering how you did it, and being haunted. The typical situation is leaving empty handed. The worst? Getting caught. All three of these are not ideal situations.
Don’t do what they’re expecting you to do
This is basically the crux of it: don’t act like what people think a “typical lifter” is. Dressing well is part of it. But another part of it is knowing what items are likely to get lifted, and not pointedly going for them. Another part is controlling your body language– your thoughts, even– and being normal. Another part is not returning to the scene of a huge haul because you know it’s “easy.” Being polite and friendly rather than evasive and suss, when talked to, will make you look far less suspicious than if they’re already onto you and you are annoyed or aggressive. Hell, you might get people THINKING you look suss, but convincing themselves that you’re not because they’ve watched you and you’re just a bit OCD or awkward rather than lifting. They know you. You’re fiiine.
Look at how you leave stock
If you’re going to leave packaging anywhere, return it to in the middle of the items on display, packaged up fine, like you opened it to look at the item and then returned it. Don’t leave it somewhere random, and don’t leave it at the front or the back: that’s obvious. Leave it where it’s not going to draw attention for some time. If you’re going to leave rubbish, make sure it looks like rubbish (rather than a destroyed tag) or is well hidden. If you have to double-tag, double-tag in inconspicuous spots, like inside a pocket of an item that you never even took into a dressing room. If that changeroom you walked into had no hangers in it, don’t leave any. Grab stock from the back of a section rather than the front, or if you do that, face it forward: remember, a lot of LP will look at stock rather than customers, and if something it missing in an otherwise tidy area that you were in, it can look suss.
Work out how you work best
I prefer working alone. I probably have trust issues to the point where I don’t want to rely on anyone. Sleight of hand and bullshit are probably my best skills. I would prefer to take a little longer in a shop and be recognised, but also to be thought of as a bit of a weirdo rather than a suss lifter. And I treat every other person, camera, point of observation, etc, as a potential risk.
And that’s not necessarily going to be everyone’s best technique. A huge part of this is knowing your strengths and weaknesses, and basically maximising and minimising accordingly. Since we’re all different, we’re all going to have different ways of doing things that feel comfortable for us: the thing is that you’ve got to feel comfortable. If, say, you’re more of an in-out ninja type, you’re not going to feel as comfy talking to people. You need to work out what actually works for you, and resembles something close to normal.
Practise
Concealing tip!!
Id thought id share the way I conceal makeup and small items!!
I usualy lift with my juicy couture daydreamer bag, because the way its shaped helps.
Basically ill pick something up, pretend like I’m going to get it and hold it in the same hand as my phone. Go to a blind spot and just casualy put your phone in your bag. I do the same thing with my tablet. It helps cover the item so it just looks like your putting your phone away.
Another tip I could also give is one you all probably already know, focus on an item, and while your pretended to be interested in it you slip the item you want with your other hand into your bag.
I highly recommend the phone-in-bag technique. This is pretty much the only method I use for small items. If its a bigger item that cant hide/fit under my phone, I hang my cardigan over my forearm and let it slide down to cover my hand. Then I put my cardigan in my purse, along with whatever was hiding under it in my hand. It sounds awkward but it just takes practice. Better than just chucking items into your bag in plain sight though
AH I FORGOT
reblog if ur active on liftb1r feb '24! l1ft something nice for your loved ones this month 💞
NORMALIZE SMALL HAULS
Normalize lifters who have anxiety and can’t take that much
Normalize lifters who live in heavily watched areas and will be caught if they get cocky
Normalize lifters who are just starting out and don’t want to risk it
Normalize lifters who aren’t in it for the glory, and just take what they need
Let’s teach the baby lifters improving doesn’t always mean you go bigger. Improvement can be taking the same things but better.
Let people be proud of their tiny hauls, and we won’t encourage them to endanger themselves telling them they need more.
Some lifters are perfectly happy with those 3 items they took today. Let’s hype them too.
Silly question
Do you guys think lifting gift cards is doable?
time for my monthly "reblog if you're on l1ftblr and active nov '23" post!
🧬 tip that’s been helpful in case anyone hasn’t done this:
go on a company’s trustpilot and search “miśsing” or “parcel” in the search bar.
this will let you know how the company responds to actual missing parcels - like whether they only reship or offer a refund too.
this is especially helpful for company’s that aren’t talked about much on tumblr/no one else has done.
this is so smart omg
Some hair product I lifted last week, my hair looks so bad rn it's insane! Anyway, gonna go back soon I need more stuff if I want my hair to look decent.
Lifting tips from your pretty lifter 💕
(Common)
tip 1: Sounds silly but the smarter you dress the less likely you are going to be watched. You can be followed round shops even when not lifting just because of how you dress. Dont wear baggy clothes or any tracksuits of the sort since security are going to assume things. You can usually wear a nice t shirt or polo with some jeans to somewhat seem to fit in.
(Uncommon)
Tip 2:Sometimes library books will set off the detector, esp college library books. They have the same type of RFID strip inside the binding.
Keep a library book in your bag, if the detector goes off, take the book out and say "I know, this thing has been going off all day."
Sometimes you can see the rfid tag between pages to show the rentacop, but it's supposed to be buried under the binding. If you buy a withdrawn library book from a library book sale, find and expose the tag, and remove the stickers and markings that say "withdrawn", you'll have an ersatz excuse book for life.
(Uncommon)
Tip 3:The general principle of "be seen making a transaction" applies very well to all shoplifting. You go from potential thief to paying customer in their minds so fast if you just buy something small.
(Rare) rip and replace method [NEW]
Tip 4:Find a tag on sale that describes the more expensive item you want. Say the tag came off or try to put the new tag through the size tag or fabric. Add a few other items to your purchase so it’s not too suspicious.
I’ve only done this in fast fashion retailers and it’s worked every time.
You’re paying for it, but most likely the price it’s actually worth.
GOLD MINE TIP:
* Walking through the door and immediately heading to the back of the store. People almost never do this unless they're up to something. Bonus points for averting eye contact
* Wearing unseasonable or loose fitting clothing. If you've got on two or three jackets, or huge baggy pants, and it's 90 degrees outside, the store is going to watch you. Most times I've seen people try to steal something - It's been by shoving merchandise in their pants. We always notice.
* Walking through the department with nothing in your cart, leaving, and then coming back, still with nothing in your cart, then leaving, then coming back etc.... If you're going to try something, this calls enormous attention to you. Especially if you're guilty of #1. If you walk all the way through the store to the back, and haven't even paused to look at anything, and now you're staring at $100 worth of merchandise, and then you walk away and come back, you will be watched. Even people who can't decide if they're going to buy something typically don't do this - they talk to an associate.
* Asking lot's of inane questions culminating in asking an associate to "look in the back" for something. We know you just want us to leave. The first thing we're going to do is radio security. We have cameras, metal detectors, dozens of employees and the police on speed dial, so just relax Danny Ocean, your charms are for naught.
* Being any race other than white and being younger than 30, or looking poor. Is it really surprising that corporations breed bigotry and evil? I quit my LP job because I was so disgusted by the blatant racism of the cashiers. I was notified EVERY time people of color came in to the (shoe) store. However, the fact remains that if there are 2 or three of you and you're young, or you're black in a predominately white area, you're also going to be watched. Yes that is shitty.
If there are a bunch of you and you split up when you walk in, you're REALLY going to be watched. If you look homeless, you're going to be watched, and possibly asked to leave. Again, yes that is shitty, but it is also reality.
* Having a book bag, a big purse, a stroller with a lot of blankets in it or anything else that looks like it could be used to conceal merch. Sorry, your Versace bag, just looks like a get away car to the finely trained eyes of your local stuff mart's rent-a-cop. Your hemp earth friendly shopping bag - also just a red flag. Remember though, if you don't do anything wrong you just have to deal with mild harassment. If you want to save the earth - use a hand cart and put your stuff in your bag at checkout, unless you want the Huckabees G-Men on your trail.
