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Drugstore/Grocery haul ✨
It’s a Ten shampoo -21.99 It’s a Ten conditioner - 20.00 Catwalk dry shampoo - 21.95 Goodie 30 ct - 5.48 Ardell Double Up lashes - 5.65 Ardell Natural lashes - 2.99 Eylure volume multi pack - 9.99 Eylure Vegas Nay - 5.99 Andrea lash glue - 2.99 Real Techniques brush cleanser - 8.99 Essie nail polish - 4.25 x2 (8.50)
Totallllll: 115.50
Can’t believe it’s that much for so little. Ridiculous.
Last night at Walmart there were a bunch of cops, so I asked the Subway employee what happened and she said a guy loaded up a buggy with flat screens and those electric fireplace things and walked out. I asked how he got away with it, and she said they have a no chase policy and literally cannot do anything if you just continue walking out. They called the cops because it was so much money. The cashier joked that if I needed to do any more Christmas shopping to just walk out with it lol.
I absolutely love casually chatting up employees about their LP policies lol. So many of them are ridiculously willing to dish.
on the other hand, a friend of mine who works at walmart said that LP will literally tackle people for stealing over 20$ worth of merch. to the people who reblogged this- please do research of your own and dont take a post on tumblr as universal truth
BEST BUY HAS HIDDEN CAMERAS. REPEAT. BEST. BUY. HAS. HIDDEN. CAMERAS
pass it on
Best Buy has really fucking good LP and like…just don’t ever like that place is where you go if you WANNA get caught
I’m dead tired and don’t feel like organizing all this right now but I wasn’t kidding.
wtf????????????????
Bi tch
Y'all were thirsty as fuck so here’s my 3 day, 5 store Ulta haul. Total will be up later cause I don’t want to add all this bullshit rn.
Oh my god fuck youuuu I’m so jealous
What the fuck
Nope. Not allowed. Goddaaaaaaamn I’m jealous!!!! Good job!
Can we all just take a minute and
Literally had a heart attack when I poured all this out. It covers my entire dining room table. Organizing is now commencing.
i remember what it was like to just lurk these blogs before becoming a lifter. struggling with questions like, why do these people think it’s OK to steal things?
and really the answer is (coming from an econ major) i realized how corrupt so many modern stores are. think about it- the people who make the actual clothes are paid such a tiny amount of the total cost. Usually 70-90% of a price is simply MARKUP.
I am willing to pay for labor, but I am not willing to line the pockets of Macy’s and Nordstroms and Walmart. The money that comes from us goes any number of ways- to dividends (payoffs for stockholders), to retained earnings (profit for the company, aka paying the C-level execs), to buying new plots of land for retail. Etc.
But so little of it is going to the workers. Because corporations like Macy’s, and Walmart, Target and SONY and A&F etc etc… They have deals with companies that represent factories that employ individuals to make clothes. At each level the amount of money handed down gets smaller and smaller.
And guess what? A SHIT TON of brands source from the same areas and countries. That’s why you see it everywhere- MADE IN INDIA, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Guatemala.
Because a company is always trying to max profits they are going to pay the lowest wages they can, which is usually just an active exploitation of the people of developing countries.
Point in case: these companies are evil. They don’t pay their workers, and the majority of their wealth comes from huge markups on the clothes they sell to us.
I have no qualms upsetting this system that sucks us dry and doesn’t care about violating human rights laws.
Shoplifting Laws By State in US
-Alabama
-Alaska
-Arizona
-Arkansas
-California
-Colorado
-Connecticut
-Delaware
-Florida
-Georgia
-Hawaii
-Idaho
-Illinois
-Indiana
-Iowa
-Kansas
-Kentucky
-Louisiana
-Maine
-Maryland
-Massachusetts
-Michigan
-Minnesota
-Mississippi
-Missouri
-Montana
-Nebraska
-Nevada
-New Hampshire
-New Jersey
-New Mexico
-New York
-North Carolina
-North Dakota
-Ohio
-Oklahoma
-Oregon
-Pennsylvania
-Rhode Island
-South Carolina
-South Dakota
-Tennessee
-Texas
-Utah
-Vermont
-Virginia
-Washington
-West Virginia
-Wisconsin
-Wyoming
Taken from the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention (oh, the irony)
Know your state, know the risks. I can’t stress enough how important this is for everyone; it can be the difference between a misdemeanor and a felony, probation or jail time. While getting caught shoplfting is awful, we do so knowing the risks. Stay safe everyone.
bless ur soul
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One of my friend’s boyfriend works as an lp in jcpennys and she sent me this and look at how many cameras and angles they have of just the Sephora, if you ever needed proof that lifting there is an AWFUL idea here it is.
Save a life
Has anyone ever lifted at airports? Like there are LV shops, MAC and other shops. Is lifting there any different?
so I once considered lifting some overpriced snacks from one of the little newsstand type stores… and all of them had cameras practically up my nose, just to protect a bunch of fucking People magazines and salted cashews. I can’t imagine the duty free stores aren’t 10x worse.
and even if there are blind spots - if an SA is on to you, there are about 4848395 cops for them to call. and you can’t really dip out of the entire airport without being super sus. which is a great way to get the TSA to assault you.
yeah no, tbh, I would not fuck with airports, sorry bb
haven’t been in an airport in a long time, but yeah, I’d probably refrain from lifting unless it was something super super tiny and you were really sure no one saw you.
airports scare me lmao. i know the 4848395 cops and cameras are looking for terrorists but i’d rather not risk my life over some overpriced snacks and magazines.
guys this is a great resource on seeing the quality of the cameras at ulta (and also for seeing how blind spots work. Obviously Mr. Clutch here didn’t do great because he got caught on camera but honestly I think it’s because he was so obvious and fast. (although honestly, unless he returned to that ulta soon after I highly doubt he was caught)
ok, i wanna go over everything i found wrong in this video because while as chuu said this is a great example on blindspots, this is also a great example on what NOT to do
first off, unfortunately, this entire mini haul started off as sus because a) this person is a male passing person in an exlusive makeup and beauty store. (this isn’t to say masculine ppl aren’t allowed to delve in makeup and self-care, but… unfortunately, to a gendered society, and an lp person watching a camera that likely thinks in terms of gender roles, this would come off as very strange, possibly even laughable.) then b) this person is wearing a suit in the store, which does give the appearance they they have money and can afford to buy, but it’s such a blatant way that it’s more like they’re obviously flossing for that purpose
case in point, the very second they walk through the door and into the camera view, they’re immediately sus, and a person watching the cameras would likely be watching and tracking them specifically
now, this person does seem to be going to perfumes and colognes. i can’t tell if they’re looking at the male marketed goods or not, but at least that does make sense regarding the gender roles thing i was talking about earlier - but also immediately damns them because the lp can take a guess like i did at their purpose of being in the store, ie instead of trying to take something unexpected they’re taking exactly what an lp would expect them to take and having made a beeline to that item (presumably expensive cologne)
on top of that, they immediately ruin any pretense by clearly not having a regard for cameras, and crouching so long. to their credit they aren’t obviously looking for cameras, but… they wouldn’t have done it like this if they even cared about cameras at all
what chuu said is correct, this was definitely too swift, especially since even if there wasn’t a camera on that particular area where we can see them blatantly pocket the goods, if they had wandered from behind that aisle empty handed, what happened would have still been obvious and reasonable suspicion would likely apply
then they proceed to go and mindlessly wander around, uninterested in anything. they do sort of pause for a few seconds to look at a display, but then they just go on to keep on walking so swiftly, not casual at all. in trying to give the appearance of casually browsing they’re actually making it more obvious that they’re fronting “browsing”
they also seem to start crouching mid-step so it’s obvious they’re just concealing. it doesn’t come off like something caught their eye and they wanted a close look, the turn of their head gives me the impression they want it to come off like that. i guess what i’m saying here is instead, they should have been walking slower, slowed to a full hault, gazed down for a minute consideringly, then come back up with the item they wanted to make it look like they got interested in in their hands. then at this point it would have been optional to put it back immediately or put it somewhere random, instead of just *walking RANDOM HELLA SUS SWIFT CROUCH OUT OF NOWHERE continues walking*
i’m actually not so sure this person wasn’t caught. near the end of the video you can see a person in a blue shirt that doesn’t seem like either a customer or an employee waiting by the door. when the suit person approaches, they leisurely wander out of the shot. it seems like they don’t want the lifter to notice them? we don’t get to see what happens after the lifter exits because the whole video stops at that point but i wouldn’t be surprised for the blue shirt person to have immediately followed them out the door like “excuse me sir, i’m loss prevention and i need to to come with me” tbh
Him wandering the fuck around is the most sus.
He was actually looking at eye creams and stuff, the description says so on the video
Oh, sir. Oooooh sir.
my god. I think I just figured out how to do Ulta.
thank you sosososo much @darlinglifter for the detailed explanation!!! most of the usual tips just never clicked for me without a visual aid… but now it all makes complete 100% sense 😍
^^^^ listen to darling!! Thanks for the great addition to this 😘😘
today: target scare
yesterday and today I went to a few stores not in a mall and managed to get at least $400 (that’s an estimate) worth of stuff combined. pics and all to come later but I had a bit of a scare at target today.
I had a fitbit, a phone case and some instax film concealed up in my coat (while I was wearing it) which wasn’t so bad although I did look kind of lumpy. Not super lumpy but probably more so than I would have liked. I had a couple of other things already in my purse. While I was walking towards the bathroom to conceal it all in my purse, I passed the end of an aisle where there happened to be an LP standing more towards the other end of the aisle but I think looking in my direction. I assume he probably at least caught a glance at me, although I don’t know if I aroused any suspicion. So I went to the bathroom and put it all in my purse (it was kind of a tight fit) and after that went and joined back up with my family and we were about to leave. Before leaving I noticed that there was 1 LP standing at one exit (although that’s not the exit we left through) and then when we got to the other exit, there was another LP standing right around there. I walked literally within a few feet of him probably, and I was kind of worried. I wasn’t aware of anything that I had being tagged, so I didn’t think the towers would go off, but I was still worried. It ended up being fine, but it was a bit too close for comfort. I don’t know if the LP were suspicious of me, although I think it’s definitely possible they could have been. Thankfully, I wasn’t stopped or anything, but I wish I didn’t have to walk out so close to LP.
For one thing, I’ve never been to target and seen TWO LP at the same time (there could have been another in an office somewhere too?). In the past, I only ever saw one and sometimes I didn’t even see any. (btw: they’re uniformed and wear kind of like athletic style navy and white t shirts that say security on the back. so they’re not hard to miss or anything) I’m not sure if this is only a temporary thing to have 2 LP, or if that’s how it’s going to be at this location from now on. I feel like the holiday season (and its increased security) is over by now but who knows, maybe to the stores it isn’t. This happened at around 4 pm on a Sunday, so I also wonder if the time/day of the week had anything to do with there being 2 LP. The store was decently busy, maybe with a few more customers than I would have liked but not super super crowded. I also wonder if the LP were suspicious of me. Again, I think it definitely could have been possible but I can’t know for sure. I did go into the bathroom, which would be a break in surveillance, and technically if they were following their rules, they wouldn’t be allowed to apprehend me, but I know sometimes LP don’t follow their rules completely. All in all it was too close for comfort and it leaves me with a few unanswered questions. I probably won’t go back to that target anytime in the super near future, so I’m not too worried regarding that, but it was a bit of a scare. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the same LP employee at target twice. Although I don’t go there super often so maybe it doesn’t really mean anything.
if anyone else cares to reblog and share their knowledge/observations of target LP, it’d be welcome.
plenty of locations have 2 LP at once. it depends on size and sales volume, I think. they also sometimes have plainclothes, and they do communicate with SAs/get SAs to cs you, so don’t rely too much on that uniform!
I also remember seeing that a lot of times, if they’re going to make a stop, they actually hide outside or further inside where you can’t see them. waiting by the door is sometimes (SOMETIMES) just an intimidation tactic when they’re sus but can’t quite justify stopping you. not that I would rely on that in the future, but it might help explain your story.
also, people apparently don’t want to believe this, but if LP sees you with an item, then sees you exit a bathroom/fitting room/blindspot without it, and sees that you didn’t leave it behind, THEY CAN CONSIDER THIS CONCEALMENT. if they’re sus enough, THEY WILL BEND THE CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE RULE to apprehend you. this is all over LP forums! they all talk about doing this! please be careful 😓
thanks for the input! I was wondering about how LP staffing varies by location. I’ve only ever seen one in the stores I’ve been to (across 3 locations, including the one I was at when this happened) in the past, and sometimes I didn’t see them at all, so this was new to me. I wasn’t CS’d or anything, so I really can’t say if they were sus of me. But again, definitely it was possible they could have been. And hmm, I didn’t know the thing about them hiding. Although I suppose it does make sense. And yeah, I know that they have rules but they don’t necessarily follow them to the letter, so I guess going into a bathroom/etc isn’t completely failproof, but it might help at least some. I had everything concealed in my coat though before I went into the bathroom (but I did look a bit lumpy), and I don’t think anyone in person saw me conceal, although it’s possible I might have been on a camera, although even then there’s no guarantee that someone was watching that particular camera right then. I’ve never felt too particularly worried when lifting from target in the past, but this was a bit scary. But I guess all’s well that ends well.
The words of a generation
Small from the last few days. Only the Burts Bees was from Riteaid, the rest was from my CVS.
Winter time is the best time. Because if you have a hole in each pocket of your right-by-the-knee-length jacket... ;) U literally can just drop things in the jacket. Load up your sleeves, then your jacket xD
I know I love winter lifting
Patriarchy: Women! Your job is to exist for the sexual consumption of men! I will make sure you are reminded of that every day of your life!
Some women: Okay, I'll just do sex work and make a paid living out of this arrangement that I'm otherwise non-consensually forced to endure.
Patriarchy: N-No, wait! I didn't mean like it's your ACTUAL job. Sex work isn't a job! You shouldn't be getting paid for the shit men are going to do to you for free. Have some self respect, you nasty slut.
