^^ wouldnt that be like public disorder or somthing? some dude got arrested for jacking off in a public library
yo yesterday i was a home depot and the security fallows me around all over but the guy wasnt dressed as security he was a mystery shoper dude and i reallized he was falloeing me but all the time he was tring to be descrate so i got pissed off so i stated to falow him around for like an hour untill i pissed him off and he admitied he was secrity, it was fucking funny lol
Art of Shoplifting: Become a Master Thief By A.A.M. (MasterThiefX, Godkiller) Welcome to my shoplifting tutorial. Nervous novice or seasoned booster, this guide may help you significantly. I will spare you the philosophical BS and idealistic rambling about our economy, morals, social conditioning, and conscience. If you think stealing is wrong or you waver in your moral allegiances, do not read this article, it will be of no use to you. If you are a decided shoplifter for whatever reason or motive, and want to continue to be one successfully, read on and you just may learn something new. Here you will learn how to shoplift from any major retail chain and get away with it time after time. I use these methods all the time, and have never even been apprehended by store security. Thieves get caught because they get sloppy, and don’t pay attention. You can steal anything, anytime, anyplace as long as you keep in mind what you are doing and focus on the task at hand. You have been told crime doesn’t pay and shoplifting is stupid, but the best shoplifters are smarter than the ones who believe that. After all, merchandise stolen is money saved. First things first, here are some things you must keep in mind no matter your age or experience, or what store you are planning to hit: The Rules: 1. My number one rule is: Never let yourself be seen on camera. If you are going to be a good shoplifter, or a repeat offender at that, you must make sure that your illegal actions are NEVER SEEN AT ANY TIME BY CAMERAS. If you get caught on tape, your shoplifting days at that retail chain are limited, and it is only a matter of time before you are apprehended while leaving the store loaded with goods. When you are, there will be plenty of strong evidence against you. Also, be sure never to get caught looking at a camera or clearly observing their placement. Observe them from afar, and use your peripherals. If you have to look up, pretend to be viewing a sign and looking for a particular aisle. Most stores with a decent LP will take a close-up face shot of anyone staring into a camera. Don’t pose for them. 2. Stay cool: You have to keep in mind that you are being watched, and maintain your complexion, both physical and mental, under this condition. Being a good thief takes a constant sense of suspicion of others and paranoia, but only in sense of being aware of your surroundings. No matter what the situation, maintain a state of mental stability, and do not try to pull anything you are not comfortable with doing. 3. Avoid routine. Clerks, stockboys, and even LP will forget about you and your actions for a little while, but after they have suspected you of causing those certain merchandises to grow legs and walk off, they will notice patterns in your routines and acts, and will use them against you. Mix it up. Cover the entire store, and never use the same blind spot twice. 4. Rotate: Keep track of how often you visit stores and shoplift. Make sure you have a feel of security, and have a gauge as to how many times it is safe to boost from any one store in a period of time. The busier the store seems on a regular day, the more times you can hit it without raising suspicion. Keep in mind that major retailers have installed computer systems that share security files, loss records, and CCTV footage between stores specifically to keep tabs on you; so going to the next Target down the road isn’t going to shake security as easily as you think. Try to boost as many items as you can comfortably in one visit, to make less trips. Okay, enough about rules. They may seem obvious, or a pain to keep in mind at this point, but if you become a good thief you will follow them automatically. Keep relaxed, but not too relaxed. On with the show then. PREPARATION: So you've decided to hit up store X big time. Let us assume store X is a large retail chain, Target, WalMart, K-Mart, Sears, Micheals, etc. maybe even Safeway or Pep Boys or something. No matter what kind of store you plan on ripping off, it is generally a good idea to keep them as large as possible and commonly found. Whether you feel morally at ease with yourself ripping off "Mom and Pop's Corner Epicerie" as opposed to "Corporate Mega-Chain" is your decision, but the larger the store, the smoother things are going to be, believe it or not. The techniques in this guide are designed specifically for the size, layout, and security features of large retail chains and department stores. Deviate and steal from smaller stores at your own risk, although most techniques will work for smaller chains and stores with a slightly smaller layout. Tools - My number one shoplifting device is my little friend "Shorty." He is a sawed-off exact-o knife about two inches long with a small plastic cap on the end. This will be your best friend cutting through any kind of packaging. In my naive early days of casual lifting (and by this I mean when I was 10 years old) I would struggle, as inconspicuously as I could, to rip off cardboard backings of packages. Then I realized they didn't even have security devices; the ones that I did need to worry about were sealed inside tough plastic cases. No matter what package it is, this little baby will make short work of it. After all, it is designed for carving through plastic in the first place, better than a boxcutter or utility knife. Pick one up at your local crafts store (you can also find them at Target, and even a nice set of three at Wal-Mart). They usually come in the packages with a cardboard backing, so you can steal one without having to own one (If you want the set at Wal-Mart, it’ll come in a cardboard box, jack the entire thing or take it out of the package if you’re paranoid). Try to find a knife that comes with a plastic safety cap. Once you've got it out of it's package (Tear off the backing, use your fingernail to puncture any left stuck to the plastic), find some replacement blades (of the right size, of course) and test out your new tool on their packaging. Isn't that easy? You'll get better at using it. Conceal the knife (and safety cap) and your newly acquired blades in a pocket and smoothly exit the store. (If you’re going to steal replacement blades, jack a whole bunch, just clean out the shelf in one go; a good way to get caught is to routinely steal the same item!)
When you’re at home sweet home, take a hacksaw (you might want to buy one if you're not comfortable with stealing one just yet), and cut off a good section of the handle, about half. Make sure you decide where you want to cut it off. Mine is about one and a half inches long, not including the blade assembly. Make sure it's not too short, but pretty compact. Now you should have a razor sharp package incisor that can be easily concealed in the palm of your hand, but still used effectively and quickly. Tips: You’ll want to slice around the item and through the plastic that is closest to it, without damaging the item inside. The knife is less effective on cardboard, although it won’t be any problem. Slice around about halfway, then lift the plastic up and slide the item out one side. This helps keep packaging together for easy disposal. Tools Cont. - For more advanced lifters, a good "magic bag" is in requirement. You may have heard of these nifty, seemingly unbeatable devices that make you impervious to security "checkpoints" at doors and an invincible shoplifter. Don't believe the hype. A magic bag can be all that people say it is, but it doesn’t make you an invincible shoplifter. This little baby will get you damn close though. These are essentially a bag or other container lined with layers of aluminum foil or other metallic substance that professional (or at least well-read) shoplifters will carry with them. They provide shielding against different rays of the electromagnetic spectrum, effectively blocking out those used by EAS towers at doors, and essentially rendering security tags harmless. Basically, you can put whatever security device you want in one, and walk out of the store without those pesky alarms by the front doors going off. To make your own, get a gallon-size Ziploc bag, a bunch of aluminum foil, and packing tape (all easily shoplifted without the aid of a magic bag). The minimum you will need is five layers, although my bag uses twice as much for added security against security. Essentially make a bag of aluminum foil you can fit a few DVD’s or other small, expensive products in. Lay out ten sheets of aluminum foil about 2 feet lengthwise, fold them in half lengthwise, and fold the edges on the sides over on themselves to seal it off except for the top (tape everything in place). Basically, just make a nice little envelope of aluminum with no holes or gaps, except for the top. Take some tape and wrap it all up on the outside to reduce noise and increase durability. Make a flap of foil at the top, it should fold over enough to form a good crease at the top, sealing the bag pretty tightly. Then install this device into your Ziploc bag and place in your coat, pants, whatever, as long as it’s easily accessible and concealed. (If you think noise is a problem line EVERYTHING with tape and wear a jacket that would make a little noise anyway, like nylon or something.) So how do you know your pants aren’t going to turn brown when the alarm goes off anyway, and your “secure†bag fails? Test it beforehand! Take a cellular phone, place it in the bag as if it were a piece of merchandise to be stolen, then call the cell phone. If it doesn’t ring (not receiving the signal), then your bag is effectively blocking any EM waves from penetrating it and getting to whatever’s inside, and you’re good to go! Make sure you call the phone before putting it in the bag, just to see that it is actually working. Test the bag rigorously, outdoors and exposed to as strong and clear a signal it can receive. If you really have some time to burn, you can try experimenting with variants of this slick method. Line your jacket or your good ole’ double-layered sweatsuit with aluminum foil and load up! Just make sure you always test. Many professional boosters line large shopping bags obtained from various stores and walk into that particular store with corresponding bag, load up, and move out. (This is commonly used in Europe, with expensive clothing boutiques.) Use the space in your bag wisely. Most security devices can be removed in a good blind spot. Use the bag when you feel there isn’t enough “breathing room†to do what you need to do in altering packages, or for items that may have multiple security devices concealed inside. Leather wallets, for example, are a commonly stolen item that is LOADED with tags. If you find one security device, there are probably others. Sometimes you just don’t have the time to find them and sometimes there is no way to get at them (perhaps the factory sewed some into the wallet’s seam itself! Didn’t see that one coming, did ya!) Use magic bags for some seemingly un-stealable items, too. Remember cursing under your breath at the guys who put those plastic cages around DVD’s at Best Buy and when those clever fools put un-openable DVD cases in Blockbuster? Now you can slip by security and laugh at them in the parking lot. Additional Tools: When you’re skilled enough, boost a Dremel or some other power tools. These can help with liberating items from those annoying security cases the stores never thought you could get out of the store. LETS HIT IT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Enough is enough. Get on with the methods, you say. Well, you’ve got your stubby razor, maybe a magic bag, and some casual clothing. You even put on your dad’s glasses to make yourself look even less like the person who would shoplift. I’m not suggesting anything, but maybe you’ve gone into a poorer neighborhood to make sure that cameras will be looking at those other shady characters and not you? It doesn’t matter. Let’s go shoplifting.
Entering the store: You are entering the store now. Walk as you would normally, look around if you want to, then grab a cart or basket. The store is a stage, and this is part of your costume. Usually there will be monitor and camera aimed at the door when you walk in to let you know you’re being watched. Just know that the observation of your actions begins NOW. (At some places it begins in the parking lot, so be careful where you park also!) Now let’s go shopping. Actually shop. Fill your cart or basket with stuff, but don’t make it seem obvious you’re throwing props in there. A person who actually appears to be taking time to shop for items will be barley watched at all by security and their ominous black domes in the ceiling than the person who rushes in, heads straight to electronics, and grabs as many copies of Revenge of the Sith as they can get their little sticky fingers around. Make a fake list, and get whatever’s on it. Hell, maybe even nonchalantly “present†it to the camera by reading it in the open and let the more observant camera operators see that you’re buying exactly what grandma asked for. Gradually make your way toward the area of the store you want to boost items from. Let’s say it electronics. A DVD. Don’t follow a linear path, and don’t be impatient, maybe pass it by a couple times before actually heading there. Continue putting things in your cart or basket, stuff like bags of Doritos or something that can take up space is good. Just don’t load it to the max and attract attention. When you find the item you want to jack, put it casually into your basket like any other of the items and continue “shoppingâ€. Remember that the electronics section is the place where cameras are densest. If there’s one time not to look suspicious, it’s while in electronics. Now it’s time to find a “blind spotâ€, or a quiet area in the store free of camera surveillance. Look around for one, using your peripherals to scope out camera placement as you “shop†your way away from electronics or wherever you took something. Search around the edges of the store, and in areas less popular and filled with inexpensive goods security doesn’t have cameras aimed at. Sometimes you will have to “build†your own blind spot. If you’ve found a good corner of the store or an aisle nobody is shopping in, but there is maybe a camera in sight, you can easily obscure it’s view of you by doing one of two things. First, if you are using a basket or just carrying the item(s) in your hands, just casually look at the item you want to steal, “decide†to not purchase it, and ditch it on a shelf. What’s this? Something even better? Start looking at the crap on the shelf you threw the item onto. Make it look like you’re shopping for something really interesting there. Pick up items, put them down, then pick up the item you want to steal. Make sure the shelf is deep enough and the item is held far enough back between other items for sale, etc. so that the camera can’t see what you’re doing with it. Usually a good deep shelf with other products that are rather large and bulky are good for concealment, although the longer you stand there, the more somebody watching a camera will wonder why it’s taking you so long to read a box or why your arms are so far back in the shelf. Try to make it look natural. Pause from cutting open the package and start actually picking up some other stuff around, like you’re comparing things, then pick up where you left off to lower suspicion if anyone is watching you closely. Another method is “building†some cover for yourself. Use the method above, but as you’re browsing the items on the shelf, place some boxes and stuff between your hands and the camera to obscure it’s view of what they’re doing. Maybe take items off the shelf and place them on the ground, compare them (this only works with large boxes, obviously), and then do what you need to under cover. If you have a cart, use the method described above, but browse on the bottom shelf, and casually position your cart between your squatting self and the camera’s line of sight. Casually place your hand in your pocket, and palm your exact-o. Bring it up to the shelf and go to work on the item. Make sure you don’t glance around yourself suspiciously, but still keep aware of your surroundings. Sometimes store detectives in plain clothes will follow you if they suspect you and observe you stealthily from afar. They are good and experienced, but if you’ve done everything right up till now nobody should even give you a second glance. Just make sure you don’t glance nervously around, and use your senses of hearing, etc. to keep tabs on nearby people. You are being a perfectly normal shopper, and a law-abiding citizen. Remember, shoplifting is all an act for those around you. Don’t slip out of character. Remove the item from the package using your exact-o skills, and if you feel it necessary, check the item itself for additional security. In our example of a DVD, the security tag will usually just be sticker or something on the cellophane wrapper, once you take it off it’s gone, but to be safe you may want to just take out the disk and pocket it. By doing this you can also save space, and if you’re willing to sacrifice keeping the cover of your movie, you can carry a LOT of DVD’s/CD’s in one pocket easily. Note: When choosing a blind spot, make sure there are no doors around that employees could come strolling out of while your pants are down. Some of the “best†blind spots are near edges of the store where there may be a stockroom or employee lounge. After thoroughly removing security features or removing the package, dispose of everything else except what you want to keep. Try to do this right where you are, if there is a gap between the shelf and the back support, dump packaging down there or someplace else where it will never be found. If store shelves make this hard for you, just ditch it under some unpopular items on the bottom shelf way in the back. Whatever you do, make sure the camera doesn’t notice. Covertly pocket the item afterwards, making sure the camera sees nothing. Cameras, cameras, cameras! Loss protection is your enemy and cameras are their No #1 weapon against you! Give them nothing. NOTE: It is not a good idea to go to a restroom and dump packaging there. LP’s and undercover security are trained to search restrooms for packaging if they see a suspected shoplifter going in. It is even a worse idea to take items with you and remove packaging in the restroom. They have their ways of knowing what you’re doing, even if there are no cameras. Just don’t do it. Double-note: If you want to be safe and throw off any LP you think may be following you on foot, AFTER you have fully concealed items and are ready to go, hit the restrooms. Pop in and pop out, long enough for them to think you did something. They will go in and search for nonexistent packing while you slip out an exit. Many large retailers will have restrooms right by the front doors. Now let’s say you decide to continue “shopping†and you conceal a few more items using the same techniques described above, all has gone smoothly, and you’re ready to go. You’re loaded with merchandise. Once you step out that door and onto the sweet pavement it becomes officially, legally, 100% shoplifting. How do you get out safely and away scot-free? Well, it will be easy to tell whether LP is going to bust you as soon as your foot hits the foyer or if they’ve been clueless to your wrongdoing all along.
Make your way to the front door. Observe it casually. How many employees are hanging around? Is there just a Wal-Mart greeter or a brigade of rent-a-cops? Usually if LP suspects you are going to leave the store with merchandise you haven’t paid for they will send guys over to apprehend you as soon as you attempt to leave, but not before then. Some stores will always have a rent a cop standing by the door at all times. Just note whether he was there when you came in or not. If the coast seems clear, it’s time to blow this joint. Take out your cell phone, argue with mom over what to buy, ditch the cart and walk out blabbering to an imaginary parent/wife/girlfriend/friend over the phone. Just keep watching where you are going. If you notice any employee movement heading towards you as you near the exit, you’d better assume this is no time to be stealing eggs from the eagle’s nest. Turn around, head deep into the store, and ditch the crap you thought you could get away with. It doesn’t matter where. You could empty your pockets right in front of them and walk out, it’s not shoplifting until you technically exit the store. If the coast really is clear, then take out your wallet, realize your forgot to fill it with money and leave. Keep going. Once you take the first step out of the store, don’t stop for anything. Even if you were still wrong, and security calls after you or the gates go off, press on. Run if you have to, it doesn’t matter if it turns into a foot chase through the parking lot, it’s still the same penalty whether you give up quietly or not. Most LP won’t chase you for more than a couple yards into the parking lot. Some stores, like Target, are known to have a “sidewalk ruleâ€, a policy that prohibits them from chasing suspects after they have made it beyond a set distance into more public territory (in Target’s case, past the curb) due to liability concerns if the fleeing suspect is injured during pursuit. Get to your car, bike, or faster pair of running shoes and leave immediately after having made a steal, unsuccessful or not. (Of course it is probably not a good idea to lead LP to your car if they are close behind, just get the hell out of there!) Whether you decide to go home and play with your new toys or unload your spoils in the car and hit another store is completely up to your discretion. (Although it is a wise idea to go home and wait out the “cool down†after hoofing it away from store security in hot pursuit! I wouldn’t suggest trying to shoplift in a particular store or area after being exposed as a shoplifter for about a month. Even then, use some sort of disguise.) The method described above is the most common and safe way to shoplift from your major retailer of choice. How you shoplift is unique to you, and this is only one of a hundred examples. Sure, the process applies to many items, but premeditate, plan out what and how you are going to shoplift, and build a plan around your needs for a particular shoplifting adventure. Keep in mind the store, the item(s) to be stolen, and of course, the risks security presents. Ask yourself “what if?†and plan for the unexpected. Now that you have gotten the general jist of it, we’ll go into some more specific methods and techniques developed by me for certain stores and some common (and proven) methods developed by others. Common methods other than basic concealment: For Novices Under the Garden Gates: This method has been described on some web sites and is a very sound and practical way to steal from certain stores with an outdoor garden section. The idea is you find a large store with an outdoor garden section such as Home Depot, some larger Wal-Marts and other chains, and carry merchandise you wish to shoplift and slip it under the perimeter fence surrounding the garden section! Undetected, and the merchandise already safely outside the store, you leave the store by any way you wish, completely free of any risk involved in going through security with merchandise concealed upon yourself. You then find the products outside the store and walk away! The advantages of this technique is it is good for beginners who feel nervous concealing and carrying goods out of the store themselves, and it is very safe. You barley do anything suspicious, and the only time you need to make sure nobody is watching you is when you are outside and slipping merchandise around the fence. Theoretically, you could have a friend wait on the other side of the fence in the parking lot and you could smuggle cartloads of merchandise out of the store undetected. The only disadvantages are that some stores may try to prevent goods from being taken outside by putting EAS checkpoints by the entrance to the garden section. Also, some stores have a limited amount of fencing that faces an inconspicuous location next to the parking lot. Overall though, it is an excellent and sound method, and one with a good lawyer could argue you are not really shoplifting at all, since you may never even leave the store! One Step Further: This is essentially the same exact thing, except while you’re in Home Depot or whatever “borrow†a pair of heavy duty wire cutters and make some modifications to the perimeter fence for those bulkier items like lawnmowers and gas grills. For Confident Boosters False Alarm: This is a method I developed from a few other techniques described involving accomplices and courier bags. This method is a lot simpler and raises less suspicion, without the aid of an accomplice. This method involves first obtaining a security device from a piece of tagged merchandise, and some sort of easily concealed ballistic method (such as a marble you can flick pretty far, or maybe even a small slingshot if you think you are slick enough). Load up with as much expensive merchandise as you can possibly hold, and don’t worry about security features. Go to the front of the store. Casually attach your one piece of removed security to your ballistic device. If it is an EAS sticker, just wrap the marble in it. Keep your marble or other device concealed. Approach the front doors. Now comes for some good aim and timing (well, more timing than anything else).
Scope out a sucker who will take the fall for you. Actually, anybody about to exit the store will do nicely. Follow behind them as they begin to leave, and just as they step through the gates: Pop! Launch your security device through the gates with them. The alarm will sound, they will stop and turn around (or run if they are as crooked as you!) and you will cruise past after them unnoticed. Store security will be busy paying attention to the person who appears to have set off the alarm and stopped, not the one passing through afterwards (so make sure you follow from a good distance where people can see you haven’t passed the gates before it goes off!) Out you go; the gates may know you are blatantly stealing, but nobody else will. Another variation of this, and a bit easier, is to place the sticker on the person about to exit. Grab a coke or something and wait in line behind somebody with like 50 items. “Accidentally†bump into them somehow and place the sticker on their clothing, where it won’t be noticed. Try rudely reaching for a pack of gum while they are sill unloading and brush against their back. Pay for your drink as quickly as you can and catch up to whoever you tagged. Follow from a distance, and cruise past after they hit the gates and stop. Since it may take a while to pay for your drink, make sure you choose a register farthest from the exit as possible to give you more time to catch up to following distance. The advantages of these techniques are that you can get away with stealing basically as much of anything that would set off the alarms. Use it as alternative to magic bags when you feel like snagging 20 DVD’s and a PSP in one go. Disadvantages are that you can only do this once or twice before a store figures out what you’re doing. There are always cameras aimed at the front doors and one above EVERY register, so load up to the max when you feel you are going to try this and never try it more than twice. Another disadvantage is the amount of experience it takes. You may want to do a “trial run†without actually having merchandise on you just to observe the actions of security after the alarm goes off. Some stores will have a quick response to the door alarm and will immediately stop traffic going through it after it has gone off. This will present a problem, so make sure you get a feel for the timing involved. The timing is everything. Also, some gates may perform a ‘double alarm’ to prevent this method of shoplifting, where a second, or different alarm goes off after another security device passes through the gates after the first one goes off. The people who make these things are not stupid, so be careful and test first. Usually though, if such a feature is even installed, employees will be too busy with the sucker to bother with you. Make it look like you’re in a rush and don’t stop once past the gates; ignore anybody who calls after you, they probably won’t bother with you anyway. For the Extreme Only Grab n’ Go: This is more of a Jackass stunt then an actual, professional shoplifting method, but it can get you a free PS3 or stereo and some other items you wouldn’t be able to steal any other way. Essentially, you inconspicuously obtain a large, extremely expensive item you would never be able to smuggle out of the store at all, and then blast through a fire exit before security knows what hit them. There is no real way to go about doing this (I will explain how to execute the most safe and practical one). I, for one, have never preferred such an approach, but it does work. Even more moronic things have been attempted successfully. But you will most likely, like the master thief you are, premeditate and PLAN IT TO THE MAX!!!!!!!! Have a friend help you. Know exactly what you are going to steal, and plan your escape. Plan to have an accomplice wait in a car outside a fire exit as far as possible from any entrances (including employee entrances). Beforehand, scope out the store and it’s exit locations, security locations, and employee movement patterns around the store. Pretend it’s a bank heist. Some stores will try to get rid of cars that wait outside exits like this, so have an excuse like a flat tie or some other shit. This may even give a reason to have your trunk already open. Also, some stores will have a latch on the fire exit or a special mechanism to prevent exiting quickly, as ironic as that may seem. But they cannot technically ‘lock’ it for obvious reasons. Some stores will have just a manual latch on the door and frame, or something you have to turn. Whatever exit you choose, make sure you know how to get through it quickly and maybe dis-engage it before hand (make sure no cameras see you do this, or they will know you are planning something.) Have your accomplice keep the car running outside the exit (make sure it’s the right one!), and the back door or trunk ready to open and close quickly. An SUV or pickup truck is ideal. Go into the store; obtain the item as nicely as you can. Assure them you are genuinely interested in buying it and insist that they allow you to put it in your cart and continue shopping. Now the pressure is on. Security will zoom in on you and stay with you like white on rice once you have a big ticket item like that in your possession. What you will do now is one of two things: 1. Just do it! As the Nike slogan implies, hold onto that bitch tight and sprint for that exit like a bat out of hell, or, what have you… Explode through the predetermined exit and dive into the back of your waiting SUV or pickup. Make sure you’re in and the door is closed before your friend freaks and floors it out of there! Lock them also, you never know when some testosterone charged LP is going to cling to your car like that guy from Terminator 2. 2. Stay cool and take the easy path out. In this circumstance, you will continue shopping like you said you would, and eventually convince security that you are just a normal shopper until they get very, very bored with watching you. Meander your way towards the exit, “shopping†as you go, then, before security notices that door you unlatched earlier, grab the item from your cart and dash for it! I would only suggest using this second method when it is a busy day, and there are tons of other people for security to pay attention to. I would suggest maybe Black Friday (day after Thanksgiving), when everybody is swarming the store and security is overwhelmed. There will be many other people buying PS3’s or whatever hot new item has come out, and you can say to the electronics clerk if he is reluctant to hand it over: “I want to just get one in my cart before they’re all gone.†Advantages: Free video game counsel, stereo, DVD player or other “most expensive item†just in time for Christmas. Disadvantages: Stores will expect people to do this, believe it or not, around the holiday season and in poorer neighborhoods. It happens more often than they like to admit. If the LP thinks you’ll make a dash for it, they’ll cover the exits with traps of waiting employees on the outside. Throw them off by pretending to make a dash for one exit, and then quickly changing direction and racing towards one on the other side of the store. Beat them to it, they will have to go around outside. Think of something clever. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
GENERAL HINTS AND TIPS: 1. You can also “build†a blind spot inside a shopping cart filled with items. Pretend to organize things in your cart while you open a package or remove security devices from an item at the bottom. This is useful when you can’t quite find a quiet aisle or blind spot. You can also easily mobilize if you think someone around you is catching on. 2. If you are planning on stealing a whole bunch of DVD’s, CD’s, or videogames in one trip, stack them up in a basket and then take them to a blind spot. Remove each disk carefully, and pocket them. Then close the cases back up and re-stack them in the basket like before, then leave the basket of empty cases in plain view and exit the store quickly. Anybody who has watched you on camera has only seen you enter an aisle with a basket of DVD’s then come out and ditch them. The only thing you need to worry about is getting out of the store before an employee finds the basket and discovers they’re empty, and to make sure you find a really good blind spot where no cameras can see into the aisle at all. 3. Some stores that still sell quality merchandise (like Michael’s, if you live in MD) may not have EAS systems or security checkpoints by the doors at all. Wear a hoodie (or if you’re not cool, a “hooded sweatshirt/pulloverâ€) and pay them a quick visit. You can make easy steals by pretending to look at items and just slip them up your sleeve. Then casually place your hands in your pocket and deposit the items there. This is a good way for beginners to practice environmental awareness and learn the rules of shoplifting. Just make sure your jacket is baggy enough to conceal items easily. You can also use the sleeve technique for small, inexpensive items without security features that can be found by the checkout counters of any larger store. Beginners, practice stealing packs of gum without the cashier, other customers in line, or your mom noticing. If you get caught, you can always just say you were trying to sneak it onto the conveyor belt to get your mom to buy it “accidentallyâ€. People think that’s cute. 4. And remember, it’s not a bad idea to pay a visit to a store’s restroom just before leaving. Most stores will have a set of restrooms right by the front entrance, and if security suspects you, they will follow you in and try to catch you opening packages (which you won’t be doing, by the way). Give them some time to catch up with you and follow you into the restroom, then slip out and through the doors before they realize nothing is in there. Most places require store detectives to have sufficient evidence against you before they can confront you leaving the store, and crap left in the bathrooms is an easy break if they haven’t captured any of your actions on camera. Show them that you’re not as stupid as most shoplifters. You know, the ones that they can catch? 5. It is a good idea to do a “dry run†of stores you plan to steal from in the future and just scope them out. If you really want to push some buttons and test a store’s LP response, identify and peel off a security sticker from any expensive item, and paste it to the back of the cover for the battery compartment on your cell phone (on the inside, so it won’t be seen). Stomp through the checkpoint by the front doors, and wait for LP to show up. Hand over your phone (an item that commonly sets of checkpoints by accident) and innocently walk through again, saying “Oh I’m sorry; sometimes the damn thing does that. I think I’ll have to get a new phone one of these days.†By doing this you can observe and experience up-close a specific store’s LP response at no risk. 6. Notes on foot chases – If you get caught after leaving the store, do not stop for anything. I am serious when I say that you will 9 times out of 10 make it away with no consequence of you flee the scene of the crime. If it’s your first time being chased, you will most likely have three times the speed as you would any time after that. You have adrenaline on your side, and they have low salaries and poor benefits from Wal-Mart. Some LP at stores aren’t even allowed to chase you out of the lobby. People (not as smart as you) have made madman dashes through exits with Xbox 360’s and never even been pursued out of Best Buy’s (although Best Buy LP and store design is pretty formidable).
SPECIFIC METHODS FOR SPECIFIC STORES: This section is dedicated to describing sound methods for shoplifting from various retail chains across the country. Wal-Mart: Use the basic ‘concealment’ method described in the greater part of this tutorial. Note camera placement. I personally have no knowledge of their LP, but assume it is as good as Target LP, even though it probably isn’t. I don’t know how many of their camera domes are fake and which ones are real, but to be safe, assume all are. There are plenty of good places for blind spots. Their aisles are narrower than Target, Sears, or K-Mart, so obscuring camera view is relatively easy. Places of interest: Everything. Wal-Mart is a shoplifter’s heaven. Just be weary that because it is, they will be looking out for your types more than at other retailers. They are evil too, as everybody knows; ) Go for electronics as you would anywhere else and check out their hardware section for some cheap hand tools. If you have any particular hobbies or interests you need to obtain things for, they’ve probably got it. It’s Wal-Mart; I always feel at home hitting it up here: there’s tons of merchandise at your very own everyday low price: Free. Target: If you live where I do, you will see the giant red bull’s eye just screaming at you everywhere “Steal from me!†Target LP is pretty damn good, and there is an excellent guide on Totse.com describing specifically how to beat them. Half their domes are fake, but assume the more expensive the items in the part of the store you are in, the higher the camera density. As always, use discretion when boosting electronics. Most video games (if you’re like me and like to save money on that sort of thing) will be in locked display cases. Ask to have them opened and persuade them to let you put them in your cart or whatever. Or just settle for some older “bargain bin†ones at the end of isles not stored in cases. There are some good ones in there, trust me. Some other small products in electronics, such as USB flash drives over 1MB will be classified as “locked merchandise†and also require asking for assistance to take them off the shelf. Other than electronics, there is really nothing too great about this place, mostly designed for housewives and soccer moms. They have a lot of clothes, if you are into stealing those sorts of things. I once boosted a nice DVD case to keep all of the DVD’s I stole from them in. Best Buy’s (and other computer/electronics stores): This place is a danger zone, and if you are experienced enough to avoid their LP you can make off with a lot of expensive merchandise. Know every dome you see hiding up in the ceiling is real, and be weary of the ever-present LP manager standing guard right by the doors with his menacing monitor with full color, high quality views from every camera. Watch out for anyone in a yellow polo. I would suggest doing a LOT of premeditation, and test their security response with the cell-phone trick (see hints and tips in previous section). This is not to say that stealing from them is impossible (that would be preposterous!), but take your time to do it right the first time and don’t screw up. There are a few good blind spots if you look around hard enough, and remember always to arm yourself with a good magic bag. I would not suggest trying to remove security anywhere, just stick it in the magic bag and forget about it. Most movies and other high-theft products are kept in plastic cages, and once you smuggle them out in a magic bag, use a Dremel-type tool to crack them open. One neat trick you can use to test whether leaving the store using a magic bag is safe or not, is to attempt to enter the restrooms while loaded. They will usually have AES gates there (to prevent items from being brought into the restrooms), and if they don’t go off, you’re go to go. If they do, then you can’t be accused of anything, because you haven’t tried to leave the store! Describing methods to steal from Best Buy’s and other computer/electronics stores could make an entire article to their own. Make sure you gain enough experience, and have a basic knowledge of your legal rights before attempting anything. These places are usually swarming with eager staff members who insist on asking you if you need help, also. Safeway/Giant (and other supermarkets): Stealing from a supermarket? Now I’ve seen everything! Or most likely not, because these places have virtually no LP. You could walk in and get a free lunch by popping open a bag of Doritos in the restroom (although I would not suggest this if you want to keep it down, too). People ‘taste test’ all the time. Take what you want, keeping an eye on other do-gooding customers and stockboys. If the store for some reason does have an AES gate, it is usually only for wrapped meats and stuff you order over a counter in the back. You can order something, then check all the stickers and crap on it for the AES tag. Steal alcohol if you want to, making sure you take individual bottles or cans. Go to cookware and get some affordable chef equipment if you’re that type (also things that may need to be checked for security features). Supermarkets will have some necessities you can save money on by stealing, like toilet paper and that sort of crap. Don’t forget to pick up some aluminum foil for making a magic-suit. The only other things worth taking from supermarkets are batteries. Don’t go for the ones on the little displays by the registers; look for a section on their own, and check for AES just to be on the safe side. It would be embarrassing to be brought down by Safeway LP. Wow. Usually if a supermarket has one camera, it will be in the health and beauty aisle, where all the drugs are. Don’t take stuff from there without exercising discretion. I don’t know what will happen, but that’s the only place anybody will expect you to shoplift. People try to steal razor blades and stuff all the time, and so they pay a lot of attention to that area. If you are going to take stuff, do it the smart way, and don’t be too relaxed just because it’s a supermarket. Replacement heads for shavers will sometimes be kept in a cabinet with an annoying alarm that goes off when any customer, thief or not, opens it. Take it out of the cabinet, put it in your basket, and move somewhere else to conceal it. Blockbuster Video (and other video rental): Ah, the neighborhood Blockbuster, what better place to find exactly to movie you’re looking for on a Friday night. Bring a magic trash bag and hit it up big time. Then never come back. Stealing from Blockbuster is not a good idea, if you decide to do it, take every disc in the store and never try doing it again. Blockbusters sometimes have their very own LP booth overlooking the store, although I’ve never seen it used as anything else than an extra storeroom. Just watch the cameras if you decide to steal, take your time, pretend to browse, and make it quick. Needless to say, if you are a Blockbuster member, you are toast if you’re stupid enough to take anything! Note: If you’re observant enough, you will notice that those fancy mirrors they have lining the ceiling are not just for decoration, you can keep an eye on people by peeking over shelves with them.
Bookstores (Borders, Barnes and Noble): If you’re the bookish type who opposes the manufacture of fur coats and shoplifts in protest of our economy, then at least have a little class while doing it, man. Knowledge is power, and why not empower yourself even more by getting it for free? Most bookstores will have a seemingly illogical camera layout that seems pretty much random. They will have three giant domes in the entire store, trying to keep track of all movement at once. Borders will have significantly more LP than Barnes and Noble, simply because they are larger and sell music, movies, etc. as well. Little is known about the actual LP staff and operation in these places (if they exist), but follow the general rules as if it were a Target and everything will be a breeze. The main thing to worry about when in these places is the common security devices concealed in books. Regardless of a book’s size or price, check it for an AES tag hidden somewhere within the pages. Most likely you will find one, four buck paperback or forty dollar hardcover. A good method is to find a blind spot (easy enough with only three or four cameras) and fan through the pages very fast, running your thumb across the side, until you detect a break in the flipping or notice a “gap†as the pages speed by. That means something is stuck in between the pages there. Find it (be patient) and take it out. It will most likely be an AES sticker without the adhesive backing. If you’re feeling lucky, just hold a book upside down and fan through the pages like that; the little sticker should drop right out. Just don’t trust this method all the time; they can be sometimes wedged in there. As a final precaution, remove all price stickers if there are any on the cover of the book. Take off the dust jacket if there is one and look on the inside of the cover for any other hidden devices, or “tattle tape†as they are affectionately called with books, especially if it is a hardcover or an expensive item. Sometimes, bookstores will fill with students after school. If you’re feeling academic, go to the place with a backpack or courier bag and fill it with reading material while nobody is watching. At places like Borders where they might sell music and movies also, the same rules apply for stealing electronics at any other place, only it should be easier finding a blind spot within the store. A word on bookstores: Bookstores have poor security. I think if you walked through the gates and they went off, you could smile at the cashier and they would wave you through and on your way without question. I have noticed poorly functioning gates going off all the time, and people ignoring them completely (they eventually become part of the background noise). If you have a tag you missed and the gate goes off, don’t sweat it, just keep going. While you’re there, steal this book: Evasion, by Anonymous, published by CrimeThinc.com. END NOTE: There is none, as there is no end to the amount of things you can shoplift. Go out armed with your impressive comprehension and understanding of store security. Go out and fight for a just cause, or satisfy your own selfish desires. Whatever you do, remember you are the shoplifter, you are the master thief, you are unbeatable, you are in control of the situation and are able to turn it towards your financial advantage; and most importantly feel good about what you’re doing and enjoy yourself. The world is yours, or at least the material one at that.
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