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Skîmś : $100 (EB) no recent ordeérs new acc ✅

H&m : $300 dna ✅

PLT : $50 dna✅

Trûè rèligiôn : $160dna ✅

Šhéín: $190 (pàrtícal émpty , investígation but they just trying to scare you,end up refundiíing after 4 days) ✅

màc ćostmetiçs :$200 (DNA , waited 3 days) ✅

Vtôrîà seçrèt : $300 (dn@,waited 3 days) ✅

W@yf@ir: $ 1,000 (went to réfnd and said damaged ,waited 3 days) ✅

Àśôś : $60 (EB) no recent ord new acc✅

Abércrom: $300 🧬 3 day wait ✅ new ( $180)

Zàppz : $300 🧬 1 day wait

Môrphéé : $200 2 day wait 🧬 ✅

Gáppp : $200 🧬✅

Ràłph lurn: $200 🧬✅

Amuzòn : $100 🧬✅

(Updated Jan 23)

G/0ss/3r: $366 Feb/Jan 2022 DeeNA both times! New acc, Emailed n said i didn't receive my package n refunded immediately both times. If they push for reshipment, say it was for a birthday present and that you already got them something else

Urd@n 0ut£itt3rz: $120 ordered 2 items, received 1! I ordered an expensive kanken and a $20 backpack, claimed i didn't get the kanken (note this was years ago, like 2019)

K@t3 ♠️: ~$260 June 2022 2 different parcels but when I talked to CS thru live chat and said I didn't receive one(1) item, they refunded me for both! Easiest 🧬 so far

Sh3!n: $350 june 2022 + $250 august 2022!! First time, I got my items in 2 diff parcels, one containing about $100 worth of stuff and the other $250. Live chat refunded my $100 package right away, had to wait a week for an investigation for the $250 refund. Might be tightening up? Or maybe just trying to scare you. Second time i got 2 parcels, one containing only 1 shirt n everything else in the second parcel. DNAd the 2nd parcel worth all the money, 7 day inves

dîçkś śpörtïng gôœds: ~$200, july 2022, super super duper easy!! Sweetest CS ever, pushed for reship but i said it was for a birthday and i already got my friend a different gift, offered refund!!

$250, dec 2022, super ez! claimed dna, they offered teship/refund i opted for ref :3

Tærtë- ~$250, july 2022 ez. I contacted the day after my package was delivered and they told me to wait another day. The next day I came into chat and got the option of refund or reship :) ref obv!

âmæž0n- $320, july 2022, super ez pz. I contacted live chat 2 days later, and was offered a refund as soon as I explained my issue (:

$370 september 2022, made me wait 48 hours, pushed for reship but said it was a gift so they gave me a refund.

L0v3H0n3y- $150, august 2022, ez thru live chat! Was offered a choice between reship n refund

B&BVV- $115, Oct 2022, i just ordered a shit ton of candles n claimed they all came damaged and that i cut myself on the glass through live chat. Offered reship but i said i'd like to buy them in person and they offered refund

TÄRG3T- $95 🧬 , nov 2022, live chat, no inves, 2 items in the parcel, ez dub

$250 🧬, dec 2022-23, live chat, 2 week investigation, 3 items in the parcel, ez dub

VS- $350 🧬 Jan 2023, oh my god so easy through live chat. Said the package didn't arrive, they offered refund immediately :)

SK!MZ- $350, EB, Jan 2023. I claimed EB and they made me file a claim with ups, but as soon as I sent them the claim info they gave me a refund.

F!N!SH L!N3- $180, 🧬, Jan 2023. New acc, no prev orders, claimed that neither parcel arrived and they offered refund or reship.

🇺🇸 🦅- $130, 🧬, jan 2023, New acc, no prev orders, live chat, claimed the parcel didn't arrive and they offered refund

GYM 🦈- $310, 🧬 Feb 2023 ez, said they investigated but tbh i don't see anything about an invest? so idk if they just said that or if i just don't know how to find investigations on my acc lol

KH0LZ- $100, 🧬 feb 2023, ez! Claims 🧬 thru live chat and was offered a ref

!NST@ - $350, 🧬, feb 2023 ez! Emailed the company i bought from and they offered reship, claimed it was a gift and offered refund :)

$350 🧬 march 2023 successful

L0v3 🍯- $250, March 2023 🧬, thru email ezzzz

Sh3!n- $250, 🧬 March 2023, ez pz, live chat said they investigated but then i emailed a few days later n got the ref the next day

Orders I Have On The Way

Calv!n Kl3!n - $250

🎯- $250

Okay, here’s a bunch of links:

Removing a tag without a hook/magnet

Types of tags

Really good tags guide

Tags that need a magnet to remove

Hidden/Easily missed tags

Stores that use tags

This has worked for me at three different stores: Target, H&m, and Francesca’s. I have been in a few different Francesca’s and the store sizes vary from teeny tiny, to very large. I don’t recommend doing this in a small Francesca’s!!!!! Please don’t!!!

Things to remember: 1) I usually pick out a purse that is the only one left. (It would be easier to spot someone lifting a purse when there’s also 10 other duplicates of as opposed to lifting the very last purse. I hope this makes sense)

2) I bring a Victoria’s Secret bag and put everything that I would keep in my purse in the VS bag. So chapsticks, mascara, a bottle of water, tampons, little bottles of hand lotions, bracelets, kleenexes, granola bars, a small bottle of ibuprofen, my wallet, headphones, and anything that looks like trash. (If you say you don’t have wrappers, receipts or random papers in your purse you’re lying)

3) I bring lots of other shopping bags too and also a jacket.

Holding your shopping bags in one hand and having your jacket on the opposite arm, grab your purse of choice. At your blind spot put the bag on the crook of your arm. Put your jacket back over the arm kind of covering the purse (but it’s not a huge deal if people see the bag, you just want to make it look the same as how you walked in the store) Move the other bags up to purse and jacket arm. Pick out some things to try on in the dressing room. Detag if needed, (The stores I’ve done this with haven’t tagged their bags but you will always want to double check) and then put all your little items (#2 from above) in the purse. If someone or LP thinks you’re sus and ask to search the purse they think you stole, you’ll have a bunch of shit in it already from home so it will look like just your regular purse. Make sure you have bras or panties or some shirts in the VS shopping bag after you took out other stuff to put in the purse you’re lifting.

-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)

ok so alottttt of you ask how I do my “scarf trick” and it’s so hard to explain unless I actually show you.. so here we are

straight forward af, first

tuck the scarf under your arm your holding your bag so it completely covers your bag

select two of the same item (not as obviously as I did in the video clearly)

put them both behind your phone, pass one to your hand sort of through your scarf and slide it in your bag

pretend to read the other item decide you “don’t want it” and put it back which is literally all that looks like on camera and they can’t see you conceal behind the scarf I think it’s pretty fool proof I don’t go lifting without wearing one!

Scanned reddit today… THIS IS A TON OF SHIT FROM THE LP REDDIT

Being the OCD person I am, I organized all the tips by store & various topics. I made this as a page yesterday, but the links wouldn’t work, so here’s a post. 

As stated before, this is a role-play blog, & if you attempt any of these, you are doing so at your own risk. Shoplifting is illegal, especially if you’re over 18 (in the US. not sure about other countries) Thanks for playing along! :)

All links open in a new window.

Cautionary Tales

I got caught in zara (someone else’s story)

Stuff that will get you caught up 

Half Price Book Scare

Security Tag Removal Guide

Tips/Tricks Megapost

Tips/Tricks Masterpost (do NOT do #53 however)

Cellphone trick

Up your sleeves technique

Various store tag/LP/dressing room/methods info  (US store at the top. UK stores below them. Followed by methods.)

Stores:

Victoria’s Secret 1

VS 2

VS 3

VS 4 (tip for bras)

Ulta Masterpost

Walmart

WalMart/Target

Target/Ulta/Beginner tips

Forever 21 Masterpost

Michael’s & Hobby Lobby

American Eagle/Aerie

Urban Outfitters

Express

Sephora (You’re better off going to Ulta)

Wet Seal

Carsons

Books-a-Million/Kohls/Michaels/Hobby Lobby/Joann Fabrics

Lifting clothes when the attendant counts the items

Guide to lifting clothing

Solution to the empty hanger problem

Leaving the fitting room with less that you walked in with

Other:

Magnet video

Split credit card method for gator tags (not sure if this actually works)

Protecting privacy online

Lifting Masterpost

Identifying undercover security

Store LP (loss prevention) info

Your lifting bag/purse

Store policies

Haul Inspiration

People that use magnets have purchased them from AliExpress, Ebay, & Amazon. The most popular one is the N52 neodymium magnet.

Many stores have magnet detectors!!!

Checks for tags EVERYWHERE. Some are hidden in seams of clothing! Some are hidden underneath bar codes! 

Unless you’re a pro, avoid these stores: WalMart, K-Mart, Kohls, JC Penny, Target, Macy’s, Dillards, Belks, Neiman Marcus, & other department stores.

NEVER shoplift at church sales, thift stores (except Salvation Army lmao), & yard sales. NEVER rob people. 

The things I’ve learned. Too fucking extensive guys. LP is a whole new WORLD.

Let me share with you some of the more lesser known things since taking this job.

1.) Companies ARE aware of the lifting side of the internet, they DO read our posts for clues.

2.) Lifters are usually on their game when they think they can identify LP. Those posts about like “you know it’s LP when ______such and such happens_____” they’re DEADON

3.) Know at Târget, cameras are always watched by one or two people and they communicate with at least one or two plainclothes by texting.

4.) SO, if you notice someone near you twice in a store and they are texting and not really shopping….BIG CLUE.

5.) LP make bets on how many lifters they can catch. It is a boring job, we mostly watch the cameras and find honest people.

6.) Catching a lifter gives us an adrenaline rush. It’s a cat and mouse game. Making yourself obvious only fuels us to hunt down others.

7.) Acting SUS will get our attention immediately. Distraction may work to divert our attention.

8.) BIGGEST RED FLAGS:

–> Drag queens, transvestites, people who seem like they are in wonky clothes or dressed beyond their gender. If you look weird, we will watch you whether or not we think you’re lifting. It’s simple human curiosity and entertainment.

–> Minorities. Especially minorities in large groups.

–> Large groups of pre teen girls

–> Anyone with a big bag

–> People with baby bags and strollers

–> People who wear beanies, hoods, hats, or other accessories making their face hard to see.

–> People who avoid sale sections

9.) Internal theft is investigated a lot more than shoplifters sometimes.

10.) It’s a lot harder for us to see you conceal when you’re walking in a straight line and using your hands discreetly. Walking will make us have to zoom and adjust to your movements, it’s a pain in the ass.

Omg a new baby yes

Makeup is pretty difficult to lift Imo, due to the high security in the stores. But it has, and can, be done.

Please know that all my advice is for my area and jurisdiction.

Ok so for makeup you have pretty much two options if you live where I do. Ulta and Sephora. Ulta is so much easier than Sephora, I don’t even bother with Sephora. There’s lots of helpful posts for those! I won’t try to help with Sephora, like I said I don’t bother and I’m no expert on it. But I’ll try to put it all concisely here for you,

Ulta:

Try to find a store that’s untagged. Some Ultas use soft rfid tags on their palletes/ expensive items. They can be peeled off but that’s super sus.

When you walk it, try to scope out the cameras. Don’t look directly at them, and if you need to move your head up, pretend to look at a distant display. There’s usually come cameras EVERYWHERE, but there are a few blind spots. They depend on the store.

Blind spots are areas where cameras can’t see you. For my store the only blind spot in the little area between the low end haircare aisle and the next. Only conceal in these areas!! Don’t conceal on camera!! Ever. If there are no blind spots, you can make one by facing the opposite way of the camera, or standing behind a partner. This is easier in winter with lots of coats and stuff to cover your hands.

How I do it:

Wear something fashionable. Do your makeup well. This is the time to break out your brand named items… Look expensive. Look like you can by that whole store out if you wanted to.

Bring a big bag, one that has structure so SAs can’t tell if it’s full or not. Lots of lifters like the Michael Kors Jet Set or Selma tote. I use a jet set with “MK” printed all over it… Ugly as sin but gets the point across that I paid an insane amount of money for it (but I didn’t lol).

Walk in, if you’re greeted, say hello and smile back. They’re less sus if you are nice.

Grab an Ulta shopping bag. They’re grey and you can see through them. Place it in the crook of your elbow. Leave your purse up by your shoulder until you can get to a blind spot… SAs look for purses in the elbow and will follow you.

Test stuff! Look like you’re shopping, because you are, you’re just not paying for anything. Don’t just walk in and walk out.

Put some stuff in your Ulta bag. Grab some things you want, and some you don’t. You want to fill it up with items so that if you take some items out, it won’t be as noticeable on camera.

Find your blind spot and move your purse to the crook of your elbow. conceal. Do this quickly, don’t linger in the blind spot. LP, if they’re watching, do look for people that are in blind spots too much and send an SA or a manager.

Leave! The stuff that’s in your Ulta bag that you don’t want, put it back. It looks like you just changed your mind.

How you know you need to bail:

Ulta does watch their cameras, and if you’re sus, you’ll get customer serviced to death. This includes: employees asking if you want a bag, complimenting you to let you know they’re watching you (omg I love your bag!), if you hear some suspicious stuff going on on the intercom (they usually alert their managers to come to the front either on intercom, but some stores have headpieces!).

Ulta has a no chance policy but they will take down your license plate # if they see it. Park far away.

If another customer sees you conceal. People love to tattle.

That’s it! I can take so much stuff this way. Just don’t look around suspiciously, keep your head forward. Walk slowly but with intention, you know where you’re going.

Some tips:

I always say this but DO NOT MAKE A BOOSTER BAG! If you’re caught with one you can be fined/arrested ON THE SPOT even if you lifted nothing.

If you test stuff on your skin (swatches), ask an employee for some makeup remover. It makes it obvious that you tested their products, that you’re not afraid of the employees, and that you know your shit. If they act pissy, fuck them, who wants all that shit on their hands anyway?

If you have a bad feeling, ditch and go. It’s normal to feel nervous but my gut has been correct so many times in the past, that I just listen to it a lot now. Do not try to do anything if you think that your safety has been compromised.

Okay so this is how you can scope out a store without looking sus at all!

Look the store up in Google maps, go to the photos section. A lot of places will have photos/videos with a view of the cameras

Go to the store outside of business hours, when no one is inside. Come up to the window and look for cameras

When first entering a store, hold your head up to take in the entire ceiling. This doesn't look suspicious if you pull off the 'wow what a beautiful place' vibe

tried @liftingmydreams’s method!! its very similar to the cup method, except it’s bigger!