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Lift #7

Discovered a new technique that is fool proof at Victoria’s Secret and PINK! :) biggest lift so far!

Target: Grey top: 9.99

Ardene: Shorts: $17.50 Bra: $14.50

Pink: Fanny pack 😍: 14.95 Undies x 12: $126 Blue sports bra: $59.50 Yellow sports bra: $39.95 Orange sports bra: $54.50 Teal sports bra: $27.95 Blue sports bra: $39.95 Black sports bra: 22.95

Total savings: $427.50

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What’s the technique?? 💯💯💯💯

materialiftic-deactivated201506

At my VS/Pink (they’re attached) I get a shopper’s bag (the Pink one not the VS one because it has more solid colours at the bottom) and go around filling it up with everything that I want (undies, headbands, sports bras, bikinis - anything without a tag- which surprisingly there was a lot of!) and then i fill the rest of the bag with sweaters/leggings/ and more bulky things to cover what i have at the bottom. Then I go to the change room were they usually don’t count- ESPECIALLY if you’re super friendly and ask how their day’s been!!

(I always ask “Can I use my PINK gift card in the VS section too?” just to show them I’ll “actually” buy something, while waving around an empty card I stole awhile ago and wrote “$250 - Happy Birthday, love you!” or something on it.

Then I fill up my own bags (my purse and also a Lululemon shopping bag because they’re sold and button closed at the top) with everything that doesn’t have tags on (double checking every last item) and then give back half and keep half. Sometime I even ask “where do you recommend me to get these leggings hemmed? They’re a bit long for me!” Then I just saunter out the door :) and usually have a stupid smile on my face because of how excited I am to get such a big haul! haha

Hope this helps! If you have any questions feel free to ask!

iridescentsurface-blog

Good Stores For Beginners (in my experience):

Disclaimer; please keep in mind that everything is different regionally. Do your due diligence and research, scope, repeat before lifting. Also, it doesn’t matter how little security there is– sloppiness is what gets you caught.

• Dollar Stores - no cams, minimal staff, no tags since the merchandise isn’t worth enough for security measures. Good place to practice before trying your hand at different places. Watch out for ceiling mirrors. • Sally Beauty Supply - no cams [ usually, but still act like there could be ], minimal staff, no tags. Be wary of ceiling mirrors. No Chase policy but don’t try to be bold. They still notice and report anyone who is obviously stealing. • Hot Topic [ this is where I started mall lifting ] - usually no cams but that depends on where you live. Minimal-no tags [ however still be wary, I’ve seen them starting to use them now ]. Some have towers that DO sense magnets so be wary of bringing one since the towers will beep. You shouldn’t be really needing a magnet here though. • Ardenes - minimal cams, minimal [ usually inattentive ] staff, many times have tags but towers do not have magnet sensors. I’ve heard that some of the tags are dummies but please don’t use that as a reason to get greedy. De-tag any tagged items and conceal on floor. Change rooms often count in, but don’t always count on the way back out and sometimes don’t even check if items have been left behind. You need to scope to observe if this could be a scenario that applies to you. • Claire’s - minimal to no cams [ sometimes just has one single large cam in the middle of the store ] minimal staff, usually no tags [ at least I’ve never seen any ]. Same applies here as it does at Sally’s and the Dollar Store- sloppiness gets you caught. Don’t conceal on camera or in front of others and you should be good. • Michaels - minimal cams, plenty of blind spots, no tags since many locations keep valuable items in back and use display cards or boxes [ they can hardly update their POS system lol ] moderate but usually inattentive staff. Don’t conceal on camera. Don’t conceal in front of people. Scope first. • Toys R Us - minimal to no cams depending on location. They use rfid tags and spider tags on major electronics at some locations. Lego is often watched and has the potential to be tagged to check your Lego if you want to lift some. Minimal, usually inattentive staff. Don’t use the walkout method to steal large items and don’t try to steal a bike and you’ll be good. •Whole Foods - treat this as you would any grocery store. And don’t do the walk out

VS is going unmentioned since many locations are ramping up their security and being watchful of changerooms.

Also, I repeat, this is from my experience. Take this with a grain of salt because your situation could be different to mine. Use this as research only.

beaniebooster-deactivated201708

I’d like to add LaSenza - Cameras are well placed. But they don’t use tags, and you can do everything in the changerooms. In my experience, employees rarely count and are very inattentive. No towers.

La Vie En Rose - No towers, cameras, or tags at every location I’ve been to other than one outlet. Check. You can conceal everything on the floor if that’s the case.

The Body Shop - No tags, cameras, or towers. Some mildly attentive staff.

If you have to start somewhere, Claire’s and Ardene are the best. The majority of my beginning hauls were there. Never been I’m a Claire’s with cameras. The biggest problem was all the mirrors.

Ardene has only ever had one camera in the front in my experience. Check. But these are good places to bet have low security.

igxbaddies

That’s so smart

mermaidstripperhoe

wow lol

hoegoalsunited-deactivated20161

Next level

im-a-thief-not-a-robber-blog

I think I’m going to be a con man as a living with all the illegal stuff I’m doing

liftingvampire-blog

SEPHORA TIPS

Guyssssss So I used to work at Sephora and I always see tips on here that ARE COMPLETELY wrong!!! Let me help you please bc I lift so much from there

1) THE CAMERAS AREN’T DUMMY, but no one watches them. The managers desks are facing the other wall, and they’re always so busy. There has been one time where I walked into the back and there was one of the managers looking at the camera, and she wasn’t even looking at the monitor. She was doing her paperwork and ran out of room on the desk. I’m not saying be cocky and don’t find blind spots, but if you’re stealthy and you can slip shit in your bag in the cameras view. 2) SA’s WEAR EAR PIECES, which I know is pretty basic info, but if you see someone looking at you and talking or pressing their hand to their ear, leave. They are telling everyone to watch you. 3) ONLY PALETTES AND FRAGRANCE HAVE TAGS, I’m not kidding. That’s it. Most of the KVD eye quads don’t even have tags because they’re small. Clairsonic/Foreo/hair tools such as straighteners or blow dryers will most likely be tagged, but as for other products, go crazy. 4) DON’T YOU DARE LEAVE BOXES! Again, this is obvious. But you’d be surprised how many times when I was working I would find boxes stuffed in random places! It’s annoying, and it just makes everyone angry and super alert to any other shoplifters. Don’t ruin it for your comrades. 5) THEY CANNOT TOUCH YOU. THEY CANNOT CHASE YOU. They can check your bags, but not your purse. Only your shopping bags. 6) During Black Friday, the towers went off about 6 times and nobody even checked them. We just let it beep. It was too crazy to care. Plus, Sephora makes a SHIT TON of money during the holidays, so they don’t really care. 7) BEING IN PLAIN SIGHT IS YOUR BEST FRIEND. bring a partner to block you. I like to stand at the very front of the store, whatever display is up there (usually something like Urban Decay or Too Faced) and look at things while I keep my bag low and slip things in my bag. If they can see your face/head, they don’t think you’re trying to hide from them.

That’s all I can think of for now but feel free to message me 💜💜💜

liftlikeitsmylast

@liftersleague

secretlylifted

target is not a free for all. target is not a free for all. target is not a free for all.

these RFID tags were found inside of target’s cardboard clothing tags. when you lift from target, tear or cut through the tags to deactivate them, or just take them off the article of clothing.

don’t get caught.

languidlylifting-blog

So I got a job at Lush

Everything people have said before is true

No cameras anywhere, they’re literally against company policy. People steal shit all the time, but we’re always doing things so we never notice. And even if we do, we’re not allowed to confront you because the company doesn’t want a lawsuit.

Let me know if you want more tips or product recs! <3

blueeheroin

Hey I lift at Lush and I wanted to know if you saw someone put something into your bag, what are the steps you guys take? Like what’s the most you guys can do and what are the signs that you would be onto me

languidlylifting-blog

@kleptocutie I commentes but I’m gonna reblog too just to make sure ppl see my answer

So, the only thing we can do - even if we FOR SURE saw you shove shit in your bag - is be super passive agressive like, “Do you need a basket for that moisturizer?” Like gently letting you know we saw. But during training we were told specifically to not confronté anyone directly or try and stop them, because the potential lawsuit isn’t worth it to the company.

Also during training, they didn’t mention ANYTHING about calling all security or any shit like that. I think the company just really doesn’t care about LP.

My advice: Go late, like maybe 30 mins before closing. We’re tired. We have a ton of shit to do. We’re not gonna be all over you like we would during the day, and there will probably be less SAs in general

blueeheroin

Hi! So I got a few questions about more detail concerning my Lush tips post. Here are four photos of a layout that most lushes will follow. Even small lushes have the deep shelves of the top left picture. While it might seem like little to work with, these are my typical concealing areas.

So if you want to conceal at Lush, the first thing you need is obviously your purse and and a large jacket. The jacket shouldn’t look big and bulky because that’s suspicious if it isn’t cold or wintery, preferably it should be those baggy sweaters from Forever 21 that are really thin material, so it looks normal that you have it. Sling the sweater on your arm first, and then put your purse in front of it. If someone was looking at you from behind, it should look like your sweater is blocking their view of your bag. This is what you want.

When you go into a setting like one of these above, you need to wait until very few people are close to your left or right. You should be standing directly in front of the display. For the top left picture, gather the items you want into an area you can easily reach to. Wait until there are people in your general area so that you blend into a crowd if an SA looks over, but make sure they are turned to something else (preferably when an SA is talking to a group of people about an object away from you. Lean into the shelf to look at something at the back, and with your hand not with the bag on it slip the objects into your bag. The sweater on your arm should cover the view of the product going into your bag, and you should be leaning in so that your hand holding the objects is pressed against the display and concealed by your torso for the split second. Basically in a matter of seconds you lean in, slipping your concealing hand over to your bag, and then reaching out to grab something from the back. Don’t spend more than a few seconds leaning in, when you have the product you were fake reaching for lean back out and spend a good amount of time ogling it before putting it bag. Angle your bag carrying arm and your torso to create a type of triangle up against the display that hides what your hands are doing. Because this looks awkward and obvious, if you do it for more than three or two seconds SAs will notice. It has to be one quick movement. Do this is an area with crowded product so you aren’t holding many objects at a time and you can do this many times. Preferably do this in a corner of a store with your bag arm to the wall so you can tilt your torso towards the wall and you only have to hide your movements from one side. This will work for the middle picture as well if there isn’t anyone at your immediate back.

For the top right picture, you’d need to bag the bath bomb and semi squat to look at the bottom rack while you conceal quickly. I’ve never done this because my bath bomb table is directly in front of the cashier, so cashiers could see me at all angles of the table. I might be able to film a video of me doing this slip for you because it’s hard to verbally talk about it. Basically find any corner in Lush on the opposite wall from the cash register and gather product there. This is why I prefer going on very busy times as people walking around carrying product is a lot less noticeable. If you have a soap table or crowded, highly stacked product table like the bottom picture this will work best to conceal your arms.

profoundlycasualtaco

Listen to her guys, she said it perfectly. This is exactly how I do it at lush. I also only go when its busy, so that I can use other people as makeshift blindspots (not that they know lol). If you go when its slow the SAs are more likely to be up your butt. At my lush, the best place to conceal is to the right of the soap table standing in line when the line is about medium in length. SAs standing in front of you can’t see what your doing because there are people and part of soap table blocking you. SAs standing to your left can’t see you because of the rest of the soap table. SAs standing behind you can’t see because obviously your back is turned to them. There are shelves to the right of you so no one standing there. And like kleptocutie said, because you’re covering your hand with you jacket, no one can see you putting product into your bag. Works flawlessly every time <3

justasimplememebean

About kohl's...

Kohls is dangerous, yes. I’m here to reassure you guys that although it’s dangerous it’s still very doable if you’re smart about it I’ve been hitting 1 particular kohls for a good… 6 years? I started lifting at kohls when I was 11 lmao. I’ve been hitting 3 other kohl’s for 2 years now as well as my go to. LP are sneaky and tricky. But if you can outsmart them you can get away with INSANE amounts of shit at once.

Lemme give you a few tips. KOHL’S TIPS - ONLY conceal in the dressing room. - bring large jackets into the dressing room with you, several, anything with pockets. Stuff tags in the pockets of only 2 of them. — you start leaving the other jackets and stuff on racks. LP May think you’re pocketing the tags. They’ll check the pockets of the clothes you put back. So put back a ton of decoys first to throw them off your trail. - your phone is your best friend. Need to open a plastic container? Set off a ring tone and go “for fucks sAKE LEAVE ME ALONE” while removing packaging. Sound cover is important. Let it ring. - pretend to text when you’re anxious. Take a breath. You can do this. - use your phone camera to scan for people following you. The selfie function is a godsend to lifters. -kohls is littered with those mirrored support beams. Use them to check surroundings and for cameras around you. - if you see an SA in beauty, don’t bother lifting makeup. They’ll enforce having you buy any beauty products you take at the beauty desk. - wanna steal shoes? Go during busy hours. There’s usually shoes all over the place out of box on the floor. Grab the shoes you want from a box and replace them with the ones on the floor. Hide the shoes under some clothes. - don’t bother with the electronics. There’s safer places to get them with less risk. - dude it is so easy to steal the fucking candles don’t get me started. - conceal tags on your body and go into a bathroom. DON’T THROW THEM IN THE GARBAGE CAN IN THERE. Hide a few under the toilet seat. Don’t flush them. Tuck some behind the toilet. Wrap the small ones in toilet paper and spit on them or something so they look wet and then put them in the garbage can. It’ll be too gross to touch.

And My godsend technique that has an excellent fallback if caught… ♡♡♡ the bottom of kohls carts are black. The bottom third of the cart actually is usually black. Put some shit in the bottom of your card. Get a black silk robe or some kinda black shirt to cover it with and match the basket. Go check out and buy something off the clearance rack or some shit. You can spare the $5. Then leave with the cart. If lp tries to stop you and checks the cart you go “oh my gosh I forgot I put that down there to put back after I tried it on! Dangit that robe really blended in didn’t it oh gosh.”

I may update this periodically. But I gotta go back to work so.

Happy lifting ♡

liftingunicorn-blog

silent magnet detectors at UO

Ok so yesterday I went to UO with my mum. She doesn’t know I lift, and since she was paying I didn’t bring my magnet and didn’t lift anything. When we’re at the till, this SA comes up to the man scanning all our stuff. She has this flap of fabric round her waist that says ‘Urban Outfitters’ on it and behind it is this weird black device. It has three lights on it and one of them is flashing red. She asks him what it means (I figure she was new) and he says, ‘oh someone came in with a magnet tag detacher thing’. He told her not to worry about it because she didn’t know. Anyways, I guess this means that UO do without a shadow of a doubt have silent magnet detectors at least in some stores. I feel kinda sloppy because I actually lift from this UO a lot (with my magnet) and even though I saw that they had two towers because the alarm went off I never thought twice about it. Which was really stupid of me. Anyway I don’t think they ever sussed me or anything but I’m definitely gonna be a bit more careful at UO from now on. Stay safe ❤️❤️❤️

lifting-madjick-deactivated2024

Thank you for sharing! I’ve always wondered what kind of alerts SAs get when the towers sense a magnet

freeisthenewblack-deactivated20

Copied from /r/shoplifting

“Just a PSA from a former employee: Go to town at Urban Outfitters. They do not have cameras throughout the store. The only camera at UO is at the store entrance, and it is not actively monitored (only used as reference later on should an incident occur). There’s no LP in store, though some high volume stores will post a uniformed guard at front. They have a no chase policy for their employees, so even if you’re stopped at the door, they can not pursue you if you simply leave. But possibly the most important thing is their fitting room policy - you can bring as many articles of clothing into the fitting rooms with you as you want - 10, 20, even more. Though they are supposed to count your items before you enter and after you leave, bringing a large number of items in with you makes it extremely difficult to keep track of that number, especially on a busy day. Some employees are also a lot less zealous about counting than others. Some will ask you for the number without actually counting themselves, and some won’t even care about the number at all - YMMV on that. You are only allowed to bring clothing into the fitting room, so if you’re trying to bring jewelry, accessories, underwear, gadgets or whatever into the room with you, make sure they’re concealed first. I suggest casing the fitting room on a busy day to see how they’re handling it. As for security tags, all UO stores use the same smooth black clamshell magnetic tags which are easily removed by a strong magnet. They typically only tag items $20 and over, but YMMV on that as well. Some stores have special tags for sunglasses which can also be removed with a magnet. They also carry a number of expensive electronic items, such as cameras, which are spider wrapped. If you notice that the fitting room people aren’t checking very thoroughly, you can hide one of these items under a pile of clothing, take it into the fitting room, and work off the spider wrap. Note that they may also soft tag some items such as sock or underwear which don’t have hard tags, so always check the packaging for those (soft tags will always be in a place that you can find them, as they are only added to items after they arrive at the store). And as for the employees themselves, most of them are people under 30 only hired to fit a certain aesthetic. They don’t receive LP training and are told to give exceptional customer service to suspected shoplifters, so if anyone is paying extra attention to you, you might have given yourself away. The code terms used on radio for shoplifters is Mr. and Mrs. Nick, so if you hear that they definitely know. For the most part they are understaffed. If you can conceal something out of the line of sight of an employee, you’re golden, since again - no cameras.” – xcepter

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URBAN OUTFITTERS TIP

They have rfid tags under the price labels of most of their tech gear.

tinicatlifts-blog

There are not enough notes on this…..

princessklepto

alco-haul with my friend 🍾

lifty-kitten-blog

My “fuck it, ima steal a fish” haul

The title is misleading because I actually stole TWO (2) fish, and three moss balls. So….

Petco:

Beta fish Koi fish Decorative rocks (2) Water conditioner

Sephora:

Modern renaissance palette (!!!!) Kay von D white liquid liner MILK eye gloss Becca poured moonstone highlight

I’ll add prices tomorrow maybe idk

liftinglesbian-blog

please tell me how people lift pets from pet stores… wtf

lift-lift-lift-blog

teach me 😭💖

lift-lift-lift-blog

Thank you so much @snapdragonlifter 💖 I love it!

cityyyyylights

Morals and ethics don’t pay the bills thooo 💅🏻

What’s funny about this haul is that it’s literally only half of everything I got. It was just too much to picture after such a long day so I only shared the highlights with y'all. I wonder what the total would be if I actually had the energy to add it up????