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Tricky little scheme from Self Checkouts

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umm all the walmarts i have gone to have the electronics section seperate from the other merchandise and have a checker there..so how does he get to the self check counter?

byt he way i hope his ass gets caught
 
Originally posted by: tk149
Retail theft can get you jailtime. All you need is to piss off somebody enough who is willing to press charges.

For those contemplating trying this scheme, ask yourself: Do You really want to go to jail for a few years for a few hundred bucks worth of crap?

BTW, I hope that thief gets caught. His stealing raises MY prices.
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Actually I believe it depends on the severity of it. My best friend was caught stealing twice from a Meijer's. The first time they just called his parents to pick up him. After the second time, they contacted the police department and he was taken down to the station. He was not jailed for it though.
 
You will not go to jail for a few years with only a few hundred in stuff. A few years would be over $1000. Most people dont spend jail time for shoplifting, even for felony shop lifting unless they have prior shop lifting convictions they typicall dont spend jail time. And some times if they do have priors in some nanny states they send the person to therpy and not jail "because they have a problem".

Im not supporting the dude. Infact hes a lair, it wouldnt be possible to do that. Also about the electronics section at Walmart, it only has people back there at certain times of the day, Walmart is a 24/7 store.
 
Originally posted by: royaldank
I would also doubt the validity of his story. Maybe he's done it with something small, but I serious doubt he did that with a monitor.
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i work at walmart and we dont use *sticky labels* all labels are printed on the package itself and cannot be switched

the only time we use stickers are garvey guns and only in toys and lawn and garden and they dont scan

the guy is lying and a moron

 
Originally posted by: TrueBlueLS
Originally posted by: tk149
Retail theft can get you jailtime. All you need is to piss off somebody enough who is willing to press charges.

For those contemplating trying this scheme, ask yourself: Do You really want to go to jail for a few years for a few hundred bucks worth of crap?

BTW, I hope that thief gets caught. His stealing raises MY prices.
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Actually I believe it depends on the severity of it. My best friend was caught stealing twice from a Meijer's. The first time they just called his parents to pick up him. After the second time, they contacted the police department and he was taken down to the station. He was not jailed for it though.
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You won't get jail time for petty theft...

Especially not around here. They will not put you in jail for any non-violent offense.

There is no room in the jails; literally.
 
Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
umm all the walmarts i have gone to have the electronics section seperate from the other merchandise and have a checker there..so how does he get to the self check counter?

byt he way i hope his ass gets caught
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they are changing that
the thought is that if the product is more accessable to the customer that the increase in sales will make up for the increase in theft
for example we used to lock up perfume (50 dollar bottles and such) now we dont and the thought is that before it was a hassle to get somone to open the case or that more people will test the product now that it is open and that the increase in sales will ofset the theft

but here is the TRUTH about theft and Wal-Mart
walmart doesnt care really they dont they are more afraid of lawsuits than losing money to theft hell we budget for it
my store has only 1 instore LP if they were serious they would be a team of LPs and one there at all times

we have so many GOOD honest customers that the few scumbags dont really make that big of a diffrence

 
so they have a self-checkout, but they have a person watching the self-checkout in the back as security? Why have self-checkout in the first place? Wouldn't another cashier help things out anyways?
 
In Oreeeegone Fred Meyer has some self checkouts and the computer knows down to the ounce EXACTLY what each item weighs.
 
Originally posted by: NewSc2
so they have a self-checkout, but they have a person watching the self-checkout in the back as security? Why have self-checkout in the first place? Wouldn't another cashier help things out anyways?
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Well for one thing, one cashier can effectively manage like 4-6 self-checkout lines instead of just 1 normal checkout line.
 
theft in plain sight is always the riskiest no matter what. of course, its the easiest for amatuers. i knew a guy that was so slick he could pull off magic🙂 if no cameras can see anything happening, nothing happened 🙂


not easy.
 
If you want the secrets of those cameras...

I worked a *large* camera operations center for a major retail store in a very, very big city. The total cameras were about 80, with a single control center. Usually there's only one person on the pad at a time.

Secret number one is that much of the time we're watching employees, not shoppers. Employees count for the majority of a store's shrink.

Secret two is that you're more likely to get away with it than not. It's impossible to watch hundreds of people at once. Cameras will watch frequently stolen items, or monitor for people that look suspicous. Bags that aren't from that store. Booster boxes. People looking around, acting suspicous. There's actually ways to detect if you're being tracked by cameras but I won't divulge those...

Secret three is that in order to be successfully prosecuted you need to (typically) be caught concealing, then leaving the premise with no breaks in between. A good LP person may lose track of you and stop you outside the store anyhow, but the rule is: if you lost track of a person between concealment and exit and you're unsure if they ditched the item, you cannot stop them. The liability is huge.

Secret four: You set off the sensormatic. Doesn't matter, you can't be detained on that single event, it must be in conjunction with a witnessed concealment.

Secret five: Sensormatic. Aluminum foil inside a closed bag, surrounding the item will keep it from going off.

I shouldn't of said all those things, but there you go.
 
The guy is a compulsive liar and you are an ignorant fool if you believe the mindless spooge he happens to excrete your way.

Its like a fart. You know what it is the minute you hear it, whether you stick around for the smell is totally dependent on your character.
~wnied~
 
They sell LCD's at Walmart??

When I worked for a major retailer and the loss prevention dude caught people stealing merchandise they were hauled out in cuffs by the cops, even for stealing petty things like pants. He even tackled a dude trying to make off with a DVD player. When you get caught, you have to repay the store the value of the item plus a 250 dollar penalty if I recall correctly. Your friend sounds like an ass.

I also worked up at the service counter as a sup and the person who monitors the self checkouts also has a readout of what you're scanning, and if the scale wieght mismatches twice or more, it triggers a suspend and the person has to go okay it. Most of the time they don't look at it, granted, but for big things or expensive things or alcohol it's pretty obvious. Walmart must really hire from the bottom of the gene pool not to notice this kind of scam.
 
Originally posted by: WalMart1564
Originally posted by: royaldank
I would also doubt the validity of his story. Maybe he's done it with something small, but I serious doubt he did that with a monitor.
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i work at walmart and we dont use *sticky labels* all labels are printed on the package itself and cannot be switched

the only time we use stickers are garvey guns and only in toys and lawn and garden and they dont scan

the guy is lying and a moron
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Exactly, this is common sense people.



 
My cousin went to Walmart and picked up a $150 golf club and took it back and got the refund.

That was a while back, and he's straightened up. I don't have much love for Walmart, because I noticed that they didn't charge me for my Microsoft Optical Explorer mouse when I got home. I went back to pay for it, and they got all pissy with me. I thought "hell, I'll just keep it next time, jackass".

Maybe I will.... :disgust:

Naaahhhh.... I couldn't live with myself!

😛
 
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