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THIS^^^^^ I CAN CONFIRM THIS WORKS!!!

Once at Costco, ONE was surrounded by 6 other LP. They were all like "come with me". So, he walked back, casually strolled into the store entrance, whipped out the meat from his jacket, and handed it over to them. Then, he turned around and started heading back to the exit. One of the LPs tried to block him, but ONE just smirked and said "don't touch me", and walked out like a boss.

Omg I NEEDA tell y'all something

New lifters especially please listen

Fuck lòss preventi0n.

I've seen so many of you get "caught" by LP or staff

you need to f*cking stop cooperating with staff members and LP

let me let you in on a little secret here

LP AIN'T LEGAL AUTHORITY !!!

get this through your head plz!!

if you get stopped by someone other than the pòlice, this includes managers staff members and loss prèvention

DO NOT COOPERATE!

do not admit to shit no matter what they tell you if they say they have it on camera and threaten to call còps, leave the store, get out of the area and let them. if they have no legal Authority do not cooperate ever!! as long as they visibly are còps or tell you they are law enforcement you can basically tell them to f*ck off and leave the store and you will be fine I promise.

if you get stopped by anyone other than a legal officer just leave get out of there. do not get scared they cannot hurt you no matter what they threaten as long as they're not putting you in handcuffs I promise you're fine do not cooperate NO NOT. COOPERATE. UNLESS THEY ARE COPS.

loss prevention or staff cannot hurt you I promise no matter what they threaten as long as they are not legal law enforcement I swear you will be fine just get out. ilysm guys b safe.

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My favorite Shady/Illegal tips

*If you don’t have a stamp, reverse your destination and return addresses. The post office will deliver it to the return address for free

*One bag of garbage from a McDonald’s dumpster has hundreds of receipts in it, each of which has a survey. Submit each one for lots of free food

*Holding a cell phone to your ear justifies loitering. This aids in public urination, dumpster diving, stalking, trespassing, etc

*If you’re going to plagiarize, plagiarize something in a foreign language. Use a translator and spend a few minutes touching up the results.

*If they have free refills, save your cup. Next time you eat there, your drink is free.

*A plastic coffee stir stick can fool any push in coin acceptor that loads the coins on edge. Just insert stir stick, push the mechanism forward until you feel the stick hit a bump, push the bump down with the stick and push the mech all the way in

*If you look like you know what you’re doing, no one will bother you.

*When lying, always include something slightly embarrassing, or something that makes you look bad, as part of your story. It’s not only going to disarm their skepticism (admitting to something embarrassing gives an impression of humility), but even if they remain skeptical, they’ll be left wondering why you would make something up that you’d rather keep secret if it were true

*Using Clorox or any bleach will turn the red/pink liquid detection dot on electronic devices back to white so they replace them under warranty

* “A drug dealer in DC taught me to pick my nose if the police are staring at me. No one picks their nose if they think someone is watching them, so it’s the ultimate way of being nonchalant.”

* "I learned that you can get into almost any special event by wearing a chef coat. Even just carrying one and walking like you know where you’re going will work every time. Most people don’t want to look stupid by asking you who you are.“ 

* "My go to missing work call was never “I’m sick”, it was “Family problems”. They never questioned it, it’s vague enough and embarrassing enough that nobody ever asks.“ 

*As part of the employee training at Target, they teach you that if a customer argues over a price, and the full price is under $20, to just give it to them for whatever price they claim. It’s cheaper for the company to move on to the next customer than to call in a price check.

*Put a rolled up sock in the change slot on a vending machine, come back back 4 days later….and pull sock….you will be 6-ish dollars richer.

*If it’s a small lie, like who farted or who put the empty milk carton in the fridge, I’ll tell a terrible lie. I’ll not be able to hold a straight face, contradict myself, basically suck at lying.Now everyone I know thinks I can’t tell a lie to save my life. So when I really need a big lie, I nail it every time. No one ever suspects me when I lie straight faced.

*Bring crutches to an airport. Bypass every line (including boarding) and you are chauffeured to your gate the second you pass through security.

*Make up a secret to share with someone- they may open up and share far more valuable real secrets.

*Here’s a classic. Drive over to your 7/11 of choice. Fill up a Slurpee and drop some candy bars in that bitch. Make sure the candy bars aren’t showing. Cover the Slurpee and pay for it. Free Snickers bitch.

*I tell everyone i’ve never done any drugs. Suddenly everyone offers me cocaine, ecstasy, pot, lsd. I think i’ve had $200 worth of drugs each weekend for free.Same with liquor. “Im not drinking tonight” BOOM! Everyone gives me booze. Its like everyone wants to break your integrity as soon as you tell them you are not doing whatever they are doing.

*If you need to cash from an ATM and its not a large amount, buy a 5 cent piece of gum from a gas station that has the cash back option. Its cheaper than a $3 charge

*Act less intelligent than you really are. Acting stupid can get you out of some tricky situations. Feigning ignorance is way better than admitting you knew better but did it anyway. My old man used to say ‘It is easier to beg forgiveness than ask for permission’…sometimes it’s true.

*Every time I fly, when I land I’ll pen a little complaint to the airline that flew me. You know, I’ll come up with something like ���oh, they denied me a drink! Oh, the food wasn’t vegetarian!” Whatever miscellaneous hogwash potpourri comes to my crazy brain. And like clockwork, within a business day, they’re reimbursing me with a $50 voucher, a $100 voucher, I can sell that on the secondary market.

*I’ve always had a lot of success in shutting nosy people up by blaming any personal issue on allergies. Crying from a panic attack? Allergies giving me puffy eyes. What’s that mysterious pill I’m taking? Allergy meds. Why am I acting spaced out/hungover/tired? Allergies meds making me drowsy.

*If you really wanna get away with some shit, buy a reflective vest, a white hard hat, and a clipboard. You can go ANYWHERE.

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best thing i ever 🧬??? a whole ass n1ńț3nďø şw1țćh LMAOOOO

- āmäžøñ: aged acc with lots of orders and no past refunds/returns

order was delayed so i messaged next day after delivery asking if it was delayed and maybe a glitch. they were prolly tired asf cause all they said was “ok refund to original payment yes or no” like damn lemme finish typing first 🙄

total? $324.74

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Reblog this is you were lifting BEFORE you found the shoplifting community on tumblr

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The largest item is patio set and the heaviest item is a bbq 🤔.

other lyfters rb with the largest thing you’ve lyfted without getting caught

mine is a tarot deck the size of my head

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Question about stores (in your roleplay universe of course). Do stores realize things are gone and look back at the cameras to catch who did it? Even if one does everything right and evades all eyes?

One had been doing it for 5 years. Nothing ever came back to him 85% of the time. The other 15 % was either bad luck or being careless.

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Hey, love your blog. I've seen more places using bandit tags lately where if you move them a little or slip them off the package they start beeping. I can't think of any way to get them off, do you have any tips?

Damm I really wish I had the answer for that. If I ever figture it out I will post an article.

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Hey I'm new to the community but not new to role-playing, do you know if there are any active folks worth a follow/tips to navigate the community on tumblr?

Yes I do message dm. I send you a discord link after you show me a haul.

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when you go in a store to lift and you see someone you know working there

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One has a very negative encounter with LP.

DM FOR HIS STORY.

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I know the inventor personally, but I haven't had a chance to try his product yet. I will write a review once it arrives.

Skin color magnet tone ? 👌 👍

Boss approval!!!

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I need to spend the time to make myself one.!

just sewed an entire booster bag 🤯🤯🤯 it’s plush, quilted, and made of fuzzy fabric so it was a NIGHTMARE to put together but guess who’s got a built in rfid blocker now :3 (it’s pastel too!! i love it)

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I remember this post from 2 years ago. Bless her little heart.

She take from the rich and give to the poor.

Toy drive donations were a success! :3

Here’s a pic of all the l!ftëd toys that were donated today 🥹 Combined yesterdays toy haul with a haul from wãllgrëęn$ today :)

I love doing what I do 🥹

Next mission is diapers and non perishables for the women’s shelter 🫡 (I have no idea how imma do diapers tho so if anyone has any tips pls lmk 🥲)

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Forgive me for the ᴛ  Ꭵ ҡ ✞ ᥆ ᴋ, but, aItoids can ß᥆᥆st??????

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😳😳😳. Watch out for these lp clues.

This story was so funny yet useful

[boss-lifter]

my personal avoid evidence habits

. never buy anything from a store you're shoplifting at with a card, they can look up the name on the card and suddenly they have very soild proof it was you

. park in the very back of the parking lot away from any camera (they can look up your plate)

. go to the bathroom (or dressing room/another blindspot) in between concealing and leaving the store, not only does this give you a change to readjusted and check for tags, it also means that there is a blind spot between you and leaving the store that prevents them from proving you didn't dump the items before you left

. body conceal when possible, so that if they catch you, you can straight up just show them your empty bag and leave

. dump stuff in between store when doing more then one store

I like doing this because it makes me feel better to know that I haven't left any type of case against me when I leave a store. once I leave there is no way to prove it was me short of dna testing, and I really don't steal enough to make them every do that. but, it's worth pointing out that you still do have to make it out of the store, so don't be crazy sus

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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.