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PSA
All stores case build.
Sorry. But if you’re sloppy and present evidence, or else conceal on film, they will remember you. Such details as the name you respond to, your outfit, physical description, photos, and comment on the tactic you used to steal which particular item will be posted in the employees’ back room and sent out to sister stores.
Stop asking if stores case build. You’re giving every store, no matter how big or small, the reason to.
PSA
I’ve seen a lot of newbies getting hate for making mistakes lifting… and not constructive criticism, straight up HATE. Telling them they shouldn’t be lifting, and they are stupid and dumb is in no way, shape, or form constructive criticism. SO HEY NEWBIES💞💞 if you have any concerns, questions, or maybe you were caught and don’t feel comfortable posting because of the unnecessary hate some lifters seem to have against newbies, PLEASE message me! I am a safe blog, and I’m only here to help, not hate. 🌹
reblogging to boost
some fun things to lift
food/clothes/bedding/toys to donate to homeless shelters
cat and dog food/toys/treats/litter for you local animal shelter
this doesn’t have the notes it deserves
lifting these things makes me so happy bc i know its going somewhere to animals and people that need them
ok so alottttt of you ask how I do my “scarf trick” and it’s so hard to explain unless I actually show you.. so here we are
straight forward af, first
tuck the scarf under your arm your holding your bag so it completely covers your bag
select two of the same item (not as obviously as I did in the video clearly)
put them both behind your phone, pass one to your hand sort of through your scarf and slide it in your bag
pretend to read the other item decide you “don’t want it” and put it back which is literally all that looks like on camera and they can’t see you conceal behind the scarf I think it’s pretty fool proof I don’t go lifting without wearing one!
hope this helps X
bless u, clever lady
omg this is so great !!!! It’s like a magic trick tbh
If only it was cold where I live
I just ordered a new scarf & poncho–girl you are a genius 🙌 So perfect!!! This would work for so many things! Thanks for the vid!
this is honestly so amazing
You a queen 👑
Okay i tried this at ulta though and its a DREAM thank youuu
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THIS IS BEAUTIFUL, gonna do this today
I support lifters who lift because they need to, lifters who lift because they want to, lifters who lift a lot, and lifters who lift a little. I support all lifters❤️
Storytime: caught at fuckass kohls
Ah, the invincible babyliftergrl has been taken down lmao. I was so hysterical earlier, but I calmed my self down, took a bath, put on a face mask, and im chillin’ eating KFC now. My mom took my phone and said I wouldn’t get it back until we figured out what is going on ( if I have to go to court, any fees I have to pay, etc.) and I can’t attend my good friend’s party this weekend ( WHICH IS AT A WATER PARK AND IT WAS GONNA BE SO LIT SO IM UPSETTI SPAGHETTI ABOUT THAT ). Anyhow, on to the good stuff…
So here’s the basics: The weather is getting better, so I needed more clothes and thought I’d pick something up for my friend’s b-day as well. I do the ole grab the stuff I actually want, and grab other things as a decoy because, yanno, I can’t walk out the dressing room empty handed. Now, I head into the dressing room, try the stuff on, and proceed to tightly roll it up and put it in my purse. While i’m getting my clothes back on, someone knocks on the door (warning sign #1). I answer “yes?” and I get no reply, it was crowded in there so I assumed it was someone trying to find an empty dressing room. Kohls has this saying about shoplifters in their dressing rooms, and when I saw it I got this feeling in my stomach that I should just put it back, but I didn’t (mistake #1). I put another hanger on a jacket that already had a hanger on it (mistake #2) walk out of the dressing room, put some stuff back on the rack, and keep looking around and find something my friend would enjoy. The junior fitting rooms were crowded, so I headed to the one in the misses section. Again, someone knocks on the door (warning sign #2) and at this point im confused as to why people keep knocking on the dressing room doors. Now, i just want to haul my ass out of the store, so i (THIS WAS SO STUPID OF ME OH MY GOD mistake #3) left a hanger just in the dressing room because someone prior had left a shirt in there. now idk if this was what led them on to me?? I walk out of the dressing room, and in the hall I see this woman standing there ( I don’t remember if she was on her phone or not) but she looked like a teenager, and I didn’t pay any mind and went on my way. I put the stuff back, but I kept this plaid shirt it was so cute and on sale for $3.90. I figured, I can at least buy that. I get in line to buy the shirt, and leave out into the mall, thinking i got a clean get away. not at all. By this time, my dad is looking for me and he calls me asking where im at and im telling him I just left kohls when the same woman I saw from the dressing room hall comes up to me. Before she even opened her mouth, I knew i just screwed myself over. She goes “Excuse me ma’am, I’m LP and Im going to need my merchandise back.” it was so surreal, i always read caught stories and id feel like i want to throw up thinking about myself in that position, but now i really was. She told me I needed to hang up the phone, and follow her. I thought about running, gah I thought so many things but I was in such shock, I just followed her back in. I felt like I was going to die right there and then when I was walking back with her,it.was.so.surreal. i kept telling myself it was just a dream. My dad is calling me like crazy, and later I found out he thought someone had kidnapped me and was searching the entire mall for me.
So, she takes me into the room they have, sits me down, and theres a guy with her as well. She asked if she could remove the items from my purse and takes out the shirts. The stuff I stole exceeded $50, but it wasnt anymore than $100. Maybe around $60? idk. I dont need to go into much detail with this but she asks me why i did it, gives a mini lecture, has me fill out a form stating im banned from all kohls ‘til im 18, etc. My dad walks in and the look on his face is just, disappointment. Long story short, he cussed me out lmao, lectured me AND I FOUND OUT HE USED TO BE LP AT CVS WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER. bitch. im so mad, i shouldve asked him and acted like it was for a project. Him and the LP were all talking and laughing together, but i wouldn’t exactly say they were nice. So once the cop comes, gets some of my info, lets me know i should have a court date or what not, im released. My dad had called my mom and she was with my brother, god it was so embarrassing. OF ALL PLACES, she decides to lecture me, LITERALLY SCREAMING, in the parking lot. the fucking parking lot. Everyone was staring as they passed by. I really hope she doesn’t tell my whole family because, that is so embarrassing, like please.
That’s basically it, im currently waiting to receive something in the mail. I feel a lot better now, the whole car ride home i just wanted to sink into the floor, she took my phone and i wanted to listen to music so bad. My dad has forgiven me and we were laughing and watching movies, but my mom hasn’t really said much to me. If you’ve been caught, pleaseeee message me, i have some questions. Im praying they will give me a small fine, and a little community service and let it go. but because i am black and muslim, i dont know what theyll do. i pray i do not get some racist person to decide lol. this all happened yesterday ( its 4 am now, i cant sleep, my conscience is beating me up about it). I do regret it, mostly getting caught lmao, but i regret ignoring my gut feeling. idc about being banned from kohls over priced store. ANYWAY GOODNIGHT YALL, LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES, AND STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM KOHLS, THEY DONT PLAY.
how do you think they caught you concealing? I always conceal in dressing rooms so I’m shook
@veganlifter @babyliftergrl my best friend worked at khols for quite awhile. LP is known to go back and check for clothes, after you put them back to see if stuff has been double hanged, or double tagged. They also may have been on to you by the “same sex employee monitoring” I know they monitor by looking through the slits in the door. Going forward, if you cover the slits by hanging your clothes up by them, and take the hangers with you, there’s pretty much no way you could get caught. They also might have seen you lifting before and you gave it away by double hanging, and they already were on to you from last time (my bestfriend literally told me they go and check the clothes you put back if they are sus) but khols clothes aren’t even that cute anyways lmao.
@thatliftinggirl thanks for answering, this was rly helpful bc I feel like a lot of these mistakes inadvertently also @babyliftergrl I’m really sorry, I hope everything ends up working out
Kohls is absolutely not worth it at all!! They are so FIERCE where I live that they hire actual police officers to monitor their cams alongside LP and wait for people to fuck up. They do have same-sex monitors who will literally peek at you in the fitting rooms, and who stand silent in the fitting room to listen for detagging. I don’t bother fucking with Kohl’s, Macy’s/Carson’s, or Walmart (usually). They have the strongest LP and they’re hellbent obsessed with catching lifters to the point of making customers uncomfortable.
this is my lil lifting kit:
-a couple of decoy pens to make it look like a pencil case
-seven lil neodymium magnets hidden in a pen
-masking tape wrapped around a ruler (so i can fit the tape in the box + ruler makes it look like a pencil case) for sticking tags to the underside of chairs etc for hiding
-craft knife for cutting tags off
-ribbon with elastics for removing gator tags
because it looks like a pencil case i dont have to hide it in the lining of my bag. i usually bring a small notebook with me to give a reason for me to be carrying a ‘pencil case’
This. Is. Single handedly. The most. AMAZING THING. I. Have ever. Seen.
How to remove different security tags with a magnet
For everyone who’s been asking/wondering! I found this video on youtube and decided to download it in case it ever got sniped and removed.
This is amazing
Walkout at kohls tip:
This only works if you’re getting… not necessarily a small amount of items but like a smallish layer of items.
If you have a kohls that uses the black basket carts with black bottoms, you’re golden. Get ready for this shit because you’ll have a flawless excuse if you get caught.
Go load up the bottom of your cart. Make sure everything is untagged. Kohls does rfid a lot of their watches and jewelry. So check and double check and if they ask what you’re doing just casually say you’re making sure the product isn’t at all damaged.
Make sure what you’re loading into your cart doesn’t cause anymore than a 6" layer at the bottom. Try to make it evenish.
After this you’re gonna go find a black shirt or a black scarf or anything that’s a black cloth that matches the basket color. Put that over your items to lift in the bottom of the basket.
Now you do have to spend some money. Go hunt the clearance racks for some cute things. Keep your purse on the little hook in the basket as a distraction from the lump. And try to be careful when taking things back out so you don’t move the black cloth item.
You can go buy your clearance items and while you’re getting rung up you go set an alarm on your phone to go off in like a minute. Sounds like you got a phone call.
Kohls lp is aware of the whole “fake a call” thing. So you gotta have your phone ringing loud and obnoxiously before picking up. Act like your friend is back from a store in the same strip or something and be all like “you have fucking amazing timing I just finished up at kohls. Wait till you see the cute -insert clearance item- I got oh my god.”
And walk out. You shouldn’t beep if you were anal about the tags.
You can bring the carts out to the parking lot. So go to your car, unload, and ditch the cart in the parking lot.
This technique has literally never failed me. Keep a smallish purse on you so whoever is watching the cameras doesn’t go “okay those items are definitely in the purse”
And wear tight clothes.
COVER YOUR ITEMS IN A BLINDSPOT NOT IN THE FITTING ROOM All lp would have to do is run to that fitting room to see your shit not there. So where did it go if it’s obviously not on you? You’re gonna get fucking tracked if you do this. Just keep in mind putting a black shirt in your cart isn’t sus at all. Literally you can do it in front of people no one will think anything of it.
So yeah.
If you get caught, you can do the whole “oh my gosh how did I forget about that stuff” act embarrassed as shit and apologize over and over and throw out the “holy shit that shirt blended in pretty well didn’t it. I was collecting stuff to compare to other things and I guess I lost track of time hot diddly dang here’s your cart back”
101: Scoping Out A Store
I recently had an ask pop in my box asking for tips on lifting from a couple stores. I see a lot of new lifters spamming the inboxes of the community with the same “how do I life xxx from xxx store?” rephrased a few different ways. So let me break down my NUMBER ONE TIP: SCOPING.
SCOPE OUT THE STORE BEFORE YOU LIFT FROM THERE. SCOPE OUT THE STORE BEFORE YOU LIFT FROM THERE. SCOPE OUT THE STORE BEFORE - - are you comprehending what I am trying to say?
What does it mean to scope out a store?
“Scoping” is a verb that shortens “look around the store for cameras without looking suspicious, and all in all figuring out if and when you can get away with lifting at said location.”
Why should I scope out a store?
Lifting is a CRIME. I will not sugar coat it. If you lift anything from a store you are a CRIMINAL, regardless of being a minor or not. There are more ways to mess up a lift than there are to successfully lift from a store. Plain and simple. When you scope out a store you are deciding what places are best to conceal items, where to avoid, what you can reasonably lift, and how to scamper from the store in a calm manner in the shortest time and distance possible. This is useful if for whatever reason you have to halt your lift and get out of the store. Scoping also aids your confidence when you lift. If you know what to do ahead of time, you will be faster and more intelligent with your choices.
I see tips for lifting from XXX all of the time. Can’t I follow their guide and be fine?
Yes and no. Yes, tips are great! Yes, tips are fun! Tips are amazing resources to give you ideas. Yet there is nothing pragmatic about reading tips. No two stores have the same layout. I have three Ulta locations in my area. Ulta does not magically build new buildings for every location so they can look exactly the same with the exact same layout. In this case, Ulta works with the existing building structure to create their store layout. Just because Ulta doesn’t have a camera in the high end foundations at one location, does NOT mean the other two Ulta’s in my area ALSO have no cameras in the same section. Based on building structure and shrink (or items lost/stolen), cameras, two-way mirrors, motion sensors and monitors are in different spots at every store. When someone gives tips about where cameras are located they are only giving a generalization based on THEIR knowledge of ONLY THE LOCATIONS THEY HAVE ENTERED.
How do I scope out a store?
This is a complex question, so forgive me if I ramble. I will take you step by step as to how I scope out a store.
NEVER scope out a store on the same day you plan to lift from the store. Try to plan it out at least a week in advance. I don’t care if you are a minor and your mommy has to drive you everywhere. If you want to seriously take these tip posts to heart, you will scope the area BEFORE you lift, on a day where you are NOT planning to lift.
Use the store location to your advantage. If it is located inside a mall, wall down the hallway and glance through the store windows to locate any cameras nearby the doors. Sometimes you can clearly see all of the camera locations especially in smaller store locations. If there is seating outside the windows, sit in the chairs, sip on a Starbucks, text or talk on the phone, and continue to study the store through the windows. If it is located outdoors in a stand alone building are there any windows you can stand outside? Slip on your sunglasses as being outside in the sun is a perfectly normal reason to wear them, but it also hides your eyes from where they are looking if they are a dark enough tint. Chat on the phone while doing this so you aren’t just standing. Be creative but believable with your conversations. You are waiting for a friend, you are waiting for a ride, you got a call from your boss about work, you were on your way inside when a friend called you for help with a school assignment, or you just wanted to clarify something with a friend. Use this time to hunt for security: cameras, mirrors, SAs (sales associates), bear traps, etc.
Enter the store. If you are greeted be cordial, but do not spill into a long story about how you are just looking around and isn’t it such a nice day and oh look at all of these cameras. Spend your time browsing the store as if you are shopping normally. Depending on the merchandise, read the labels, compare products, search for an ingredient or two that you don’t understand, take a picture of the product, sniff them, lick them. While you are doing this search every. damn. aisle. Walk up and down each aisle as if you are just looking around at the different products and killing time. (A lot of people walk up and down every aisle if you like to people watch or stalk other shoppers for fun.)
MEANWHILE, meaning while doing step two and browsing the products, be on the look out for more cameras. Even if they are dome cameras and they look incredibly fake, assume they are real. There are companies that make horribly cheap cameras that are easily mistaken as fake cameras, and you would not be the first person caught on film because you made the mistake. Keep an eye out for mirrors.
MEANWHILE, meaning while doing step two and step three, be on the look out for mirrors. Assume all mirrors are two-way mirrors, meaning to you it looks like a normal mirror but if someone stands on the other side it looks like a window and they can see your every action. Most people overlook mirrors, and it gets them into trouble. I have seen people IN PERSON, walk up to a mirror until they are practically on top of it, and thinking no one can see them from the angle they are standing, conceal items in front of the mirror. Then LP or a manager waltzes in and confronts the shoplifter in question. Mirrors are dangerous. SAs can see you from certain angles and it is best to avoid them. If they witness you take and conceal an object (and walk past the point of sale) it is grounds for loss prevention to have them assist in filing a report.
MEANWHILE, BE AWARE OF SAs! (Do you see how this “meanwhile” stuff makes this post very long and probably somewhat confusing when someone asks be to simply break down scoping out a store?) How many SAs are there? Where are the SAs located? How attentive are the SAs? Are they greeting everyone within ten feet or within twenty feet of their presence? Perhaps ask questions about products to several different SAs? Are the SAs earnestly concerned and are trying to help or do they seem pretty disinterested? If you drop your phone on the floor in the same aisle as an SA do they notice or are they too busy working on a project? The more obtuse the staff is, the more likely you can get away with stealing more volume or stealing more cumbersome items.
MEANWHILE, be on the look out for customers. Assume anyone in plain clothes is a member of their loss prevention department OR a vigilant citizen looking for an opportunity to relive their football days and tackle someone. I don’t care if it is a ten year old boy running up and down the aisles while his mother chases after him, or if it is a somber looking granny who is holding onto her shopping cart to keep herself upright. Anyone can snitch, anyone can be LP, anyone can tackle you (Never know - Granny could be doing Cross-Fit four times a week and skydives on the weekends) and therefore ANYONE can get you into trouble. How many customers are in the store? Where do customers like to congregate?
MEANWHILE, be on the look out for exit doors. If you need to make a speedy escape later on how many options do you have? Are there emergency exit doors? Does the door have a label warning of a time lock or a ten second delay?
Mentally make note of the blind spots you have discovered. Hell, you can open up your phone and jot them down - after all, you will look like you are texting. For craft stores check the fabric aisles and the seasonal aisles. Not many people steal an entire bolt of fabric so usually the only cameras in that section are focused on the cutting table where it is easier to stuff small pieces of fabric. Also, not too many people are looking to lift a wreath covered in Easter bunnies and carrots. For clothing stores I usually go the mens department as they are not monitored as heavily. I will even use the mens fitting rooms if I can. They are less busy, usually unattended, and if you are questioned as to why you waltzed into them if you are not a man, there are a billion excuses. You couldn’t find the fitting room for women, the other rooms were full, the other rooms were dirty, this was closer and you really need to find a restroom but wanted to try things on first. For grocery stores I usually locate the aisle with instant noodles and other prepared goods. Not too many people WANT to steal packets of Maruchan Ramen.
ATTEMPT TO GO OUT THE DOORS LABELED “ENTRANCE” when you leave. If there are two sets of doors, of course. I do this to test if the doors have motion sensors on the inside. If someone tries to block your exit during a lift, you confidently know you have another option. Or if someone is sent to the front to ask to check your bag as you leave, usually they assume you will go out the exit and not the entrance.
This is also a great time to play around with how you dress. If you are unsure of the store’s clientele base (meaning what kind of customers walk into their store to shop) you can experiment now. Can you get away with jeans and flats? Is it time to break out the five in heels and an all black designer outfit? Is that MK bag too noticeable? Will a bag from Kohls or F21 look out of place? Try your options then, rather than when you lift. If you need to make several trips to try out several outfits because you are getting negative responses then please do that. It is better to find outfit options that send you under the radar with SAs than something that sticks out. There are plenty of amazing outfit posts out there in this community.
A week or so later, feel free to hit the store. You now know where to conceal without cameras or SAs breathing down your neck! Now you can put into play all of those tips you read about concealing.
I would like to finish my post with two golden rules and an advisory.
First rule of lifting is SCOPE SCOPE SCOPE.
Second rule of lifting is DROP IT LIKE IT’S HOT if you feel uneasy or are sensed by staff or customers, and get out of the store.
Remember, LIFTING is a CRIME. Just because we usually call it “lifting” does not make it different than “stealing”. They are synonyms. They are the same damn thing. Lifting is stealing and both make you a criminal regardless of age.
People will tell you that stealing will lead to employees being fired. While this is not directly true at most retail companies, understand that by stealing you may cause employees to burst into flames. Repeat, employees may have to be set on fire. We are basically arsonists that like to collect pretty things.
GETTING CAUGHT STORIES
Because every lifter should read these because when y‘all get sloppy and overconfident, y’all GET CAUGHT. (not all are getting caught, some are getting stopped/getting chased and those are just as important to read)
Caught at Urban Outfitters
Stopped at K-Mart
Followed from Zoomies
Sephora Vigilante Customer
Caught at Ulta
Chased from Kohls
Caught at Meijer
Caught at Target (with a turning around story)
EDIT:
Here are some videos I pulled off Youtube.
Lifter at Ulta (read the video description, he’s wanted)
More Lifters at Ulta (once again, read the description)
Another lifter at Ulta (do i have to say it again)
Even more lifters at Ulta (srsly watch these to learn what NOT to do)
Lifter at Sephora
Another lifter at Sephora
Lifters at Hollister
Lifters at Gamestop
Lifter at Macy’s
Lifter at Dillard’s
Bonus points if you can watch the videos and point out all the shit they did wrong lmao
If I find anymore, I’ll add it here. If you have a story to share, send it to me c:
BE CAREFUL
Tips for lifting games and movies!
So this method does involve money but it’s worth it. So purchase a prepaid card and load 5-10 on it. (You could go less it all depends on how many games and movies your getting) You don’t want to use a credit card or debit card because you don’t want it tracing back or charging you. Now go to your local redbox and rent what you want. Now never return them and you just got games and movies for $5!
Y'all sleeping in this 😴
This is actually really clever 👌
Script for Getting Out of A Store
So this is always what I do when I need a calm way to exit a store (works best if you’re at a mall). I know I always struggle with not bolting out of a store and acting sus so this helps me~
So after you’ve concealed everything, set an alarm on your phone for a minute or two, and make sure the alarm tone is something that sounds like a ringtone. The alarm will ring and slide to turn it off and hold it up to your face like you’re taking a phone call. Then I usually say something like this:
“Hey, yeah, are you done?”
*pause*
“Okay cool, I’m at [insert store here], want me to meet you?”
*pause*
(right here you’re going to want to start exiting the store)
“Yup yup, I’ll be right there. Okay I’m on my way.”
The important thing is not making the pauses sound super obvious and being able to smoothly start walking while in the middle of a conversation. Don’t look back, don’t stop, don’t fidget, and if you set off the towers just keep walking. SA seem to be more hesitant to stop you if you look like you’re busy. This seems like I pretty simple tip but I’ve seen plenty of people give the “fake a phone call” tip but sometimes it’s hard to think of a realistic sounding conversation while under pressure :)
Download the fake a call app it makes your screen even look like you’re getting a call.
Ahh I didn’t even think of that, good tip!!
I’m DONE.
New hauls coming tommorow! Stay tuned bb’s 😘
HOW TO TRACK THE ANON!
So you have your ask.
STEP ONE: Highlight the word “block”
STEP TWO: Right click the word block.
STEP THREE: Click “View Selection Source”
STEP FOUR: Something like this should pop up:
Highlight the “IP” (the blacked out part). STEP FIVE: Copy the IP address and paste it to this website: http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip-lookup
Paste the IP address into there, press enter or “Lookup IP Address” and all the information should come up.
lillypulifter
Love this. Never gets old!! Haha
just found out there’s a fetish thing called fin-dom where rich people get off on sending vast amounts of money to people who verbally abuse them and hey just sayin if you’re into that hmu, i got a paypal and i’m mean
Pay me money you useless shits
