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GATOR TAGS: You can remove them by wrapping a rubber band in between the pin and the tag. Type in “How to remove gator tag with rubber band” on youtube.(: THIS IS THE ONLY TAG THAT CAN BE REMOVED WITH A RUBBER BAND.

SENSORMATIC TAG: I’ve seen them as white, tan, and black. As long as it has a little slot on it, you can remove it with a hook. Below is a picture of what a hook looks like and where you can order it in the U.S.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/218315192/replacement-hook-part-for-sensormatic

I call the first 3 tags “golf” and “clam” tags. I don’t know what #4 and #5 are called. I’ve never seen #7-#9 either. Haha. #6 is a pencil tag attached to a lanyard. Lanyards are tough to cut. You’d have to have some wire cutters or something. All of the tags above can be removed with a golf detacher, which is made of a Neodymium magnet. Below is a link to where you can buy a golf detacher and what it looks like.

http://m.tomtop.com/super-golf-detacher-security-tag-remover-magnetic-intensity-12-000gs-anti-theft-silver-h10242s.html?currency=USD&lang=en&aid=gpla&gclid=COOM2p2nq8sCFQMHaQodS7cEXA

SPIDER WRAP: These are normally used on boxed items. DON’T TRY TO CUT THE WIRES BECAUSE AN ALARM WILL SOUND. You can either remove it by ripping off a corner of the box and shimmying the wrap off or you can use a spider wrap detacher. I’m not sure how the detacher works because I don’t have one, but you can search it up on youtube.(: A picture of the detacher and a link to buy it is below.

http://tagdetacher.com/product/s3-handkey-lockpicks-detacher-eas-display-hook-hanger-releaser-remover/

The “I have 0 chill” haul I went with some new lifting buddies and it was rly fun i’m just gonna post the totals for the stores because i’m lazy but if u wanna know how much or where i got something just lemme know 💕 La Zenza 💞 💖209.10

Ardene💞 💖297.90

Coles💞 💖88.96

Bath & Body Works💞 💖96.5

Dollar store💞 💖6.00

Claires💞 💖63.49

Spencer’s💞 💖5.99

‼️THIS IS ON SNAPCHAT IN A DAILYMAIL ARTICLE GUYS‼️

☁️BABIES FIRST HAUL☁️ This is my first ever big haul (big for me at least) I went to a mall that had pretty limited stores but i’m really happy with the amount i was able to get

🍓ARDÉŃÉ🍓 Japanese sleeve crop top - $24.50 Yellow criss-cross crop top- $24.50 Black sleeveless floral- $19.90 Red jacket- $34.50 Black leggings with white stripes- $14.00 Pink panties- $6.50 Red panties- $7.50 Boots- $39.89 Fishnets- $6.90 Earrings- $6.50

🍓CLÁÍRÉŚ🍓 Blue earphones- $16.50 Holo faux nails- $11.00 Shell mirror compact- $8.50 Ear cuffs- $12.50 Princess crown ring- $6.50

🍓BÁTH ÁŃD BØDYWÓRKŚ🍓 Life’s a peach body lotion- $13.00 Life’s a peach perfume- $14.00 Rose quartz fragrance mist- $14.99

🍓LÁ ZÉNZÁ🍓 Blue panties- $8.50 Yellow panties- $8.50 Pink panties- $16.95

🍓CÓŁÉŚ🍓 Neøn genesiś evángélion manga- $22.99

🍓SHÓWĆASÉ🍓 Hell pore face mask- $25.19 Lime crime matte lipstick- $26.60

🍓NOT PICTURED🍓 Cláires: iPhone 6 plus phone case- $12.50 Necklace trio- $14.99 Shówcase: Pop socket $13.00 Record store: Sailor moon poster- $7.99 Ardéne: Black criss-cross crop top- $24.99 Black boots- $39.89

I used to work there so this is stuff i’ve figured out from that. I know that UK posts are few and far between so this is my contribution. It’s my first tips post so sorry if i miss anything out :)

1. There is one guard per store. He usually stays around the front doors for the majority of his shift. He gets two breaks, an hour and another half hour. In most stores there is someone on ‘front’ usually tidying or putting clothes back from the fitting room. They mostly stay at the front of the store. (All employees swap task each hour on the hour, so the person on front may then be on tills for an hour- note this does not affect the security guard). A key point is that people HATE front cover and if the guard is not on his break they will usually go to the toilet, move to the back of the store to chat with other SA’s etc.

2. All SA’s have purple lanyards. This is the only way to tell them apart from members of the public. Some people have them hanging out their back pocket (and not around their neck) so look out for that.

3. Topshop SA’s are the worst, i know because i have been one. They are often chatting to each other and are usually late teens early 20’s. They reallllly do not care about what gets taken from the store or not. It doesn’t affect us in any way shape or form. We still get paid the exact same. This is especially true at the end of the day when everyone wants to leave, they will literally wave you out regardless of what they may or may not suspect. Remember SA’s are not paid to stop criminals, it’s not in their job description. Most do out of the goodness of their soul but no one is gunna chase you down and risk ruining their new shoes.

4. During the day (between the hours of 11 and 3) on a weekday, there will pretty much never be anyone on fitting rooms, yes, unattended fitting rooms. Topshop assumes that at this time ladies of leisure come in and pay for their items. After 3pm (when school is out) there will be people on fitting rooms every hour. The same goes for weekends.

5. When you go into the fitting rooms and an SA is there she will count items, however, if you say you have 5 most SA’s will just take your word for it. If you double hang most SA’s will not notice, if someone is struggling to count a load of items we would just let them in anyway, told you SA’s are shit.

6. It is COMMONPLACE to find tags in changing rooms. Every hour SA’s are expected to check the changing rooms and mark down how many tags were found. This check is never made on the dot every hour, however my store had just had an incident with shoplifting so became quite aggy about it being done. If we find a tag we write it down, let a manager know and nothing happens.

7. Some SA’s check clothes for double tagging when they come back others don’t, I would be on the safe side and return double tagged items to the place on the shop floor that they came from.

8. On weekends when the shop is horrendously busy, the SA on fitting room will be swamped. They are responsible for letting people in and out, counting their clothes each time, checking the fitting rooms, organising clothes brought back…. If you hand them clothes they will just grab them off you. You can simply put your own tag back and get the hell out of there. Take advantage of this if you go lifting on the weekends :))

9. Everything is tagged. All things. Besides knickers but bras are tagged. They are golf tags and require a magnet/ golf detacher. Some items also have ink tags on if they are ‘high value’ but i think its just a mix really. The one thing that topshop are expert at is tagging items. I haven’t tried it but i am 10000% sure that the alarm system cannot detect magnets.

10. High value shoes require you to ask a SA to go out back and get your size. When she comes back she is not allowed to leave you alone with those shoes. She will hover whilst you try them on. If you don’t want them she’ll take them back to the shoe stockroom and if you do, she’ll take them over to the till for you. This is because high priced shoes are not tagged (so they can be tried on comfortably) and therefore cannot be left on the shop floor.

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Some of the lingo we use:

Sus ~ Suspicious

LP ~ Loss prevention. These are the people that are watching to see if you take something.

SA ~ Sales/Store attendant

CS - Customer service. If an SA is all up on you, constantly asking questions, or offering to help, they’re CSing you. They may be suspicious of you. Proceed with extreme caution while lifting.

Blind spot ~ Somewhere that a camera cannot see you

Conceal ~ The act of hiding your lifted items, whether that be in your pocket, on your body, or in your bag

Lift ~ Pretty obvious 😝

Antis/Anti Lifters ~ People that have nothing better to do with their time except threaten you and try to make you feel bad for what you’re doing.

Booster bag/container ~ Something lined with foil to block towers from sensing security tags

RFID ~ Very sticky square or rectangle sticker found on item boxes, inside price tags, or sewn into clothing tags. Usually easily removed, but may be noisy.

Hook/magnet(s) ~ Items used for removing different security tags from clothing. If you don’t lift clothing, you won’t need to necessarily worry about these.

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General info about the community!

•If you want an extra sense of security, always use a VPN while browsing on your devices.

•Please remember to remove all EXIF data if you post a picture of any sort.

•DO NOT ARGUE WITH ANTI LIFTERS. It just fuels their fire and that’s what they want. Don’t give them your time. They aren’t going to hurt you, they’re wanting to emotionally manipulate you.

•Don’t give out information such as your age, your specific location, or your full name. Do not give out other social media accounts unless you trust someone.

•Be careful reblogging things from outside of this community. We want to be safe here, not give the Antis a reason to attack. It happens accidentally sometimes and we understand that.

•Don’t be rude to any other members of this community; even if they’re rude to you first. If you don’t agree with something, just keep scrolling.

•Don’t forget that we are indeed criminals. We can/will get caught eventually. Know this risk every time you go out and lift.

•If a post has 1,000+ notes on it about lifting tips, take it with a grain of salt. Lots of those posts are outdated and the information is no longer valid. Please ask one of us if we have any updated tips.

•Getting away with a few hauls will give you a false sense of security. Just because you got away this time absolutely does not guarantee that you will the next time. You can be caught at any minute.

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Store tips! Some of these were taken from other blogs, so I want to give any and all credit to them! These tips are tried and true to a lot of us, and they may very well be beneficial to you.

•Please know that a lot of stores will be able to detect if you walk in with a powerful magnet.

•Someone had posted that they keep their small neodymium magnets inside of a pen with the ink cartridge removed. If someone sees inside your bag, they’ll see a pen. Not magnets.

•If you are caught with hooks/magnets/booster bags or containers, your punishment will be a lot worse. Having these objects shows theft with intent.

•Do not lift with someone new. You never know how they’ll react. They might be loud and very suspicious, and the last thing you want is any extra attention given to you while you’re lifting.

•If you happen to be caught, in a way, you’re lucky if you’re a minor. Lifting charges will be expunged from your record when you become a legal adult. Don’t be stupid just because of that though. You may get off with a warning, or you may be given community service.

•Don’t look right up at cameras. Take a drink out of a water bottle to look up at the ceiling, or look with your eyes.

•Don’t reach for things with both hands unless it’s a big item.

•Scope out a store and look online for job openings for that store. If they’re needing managers/LP/SA, it may be a good time to lift from that particular store.

•If you’re lifting a mall, PLEASE remember to change up your appearance every so often to avoid suspicion. For example, go into the mall with a ponytail, and before you visit another store, put up a bun. Change up your makeup in a bathroom stall. Hell, make your eyebrows a different color with an eyebrow pencil.

•On the mall subject, if you’ve driven yourself- if you’re lifting multiple stores and you need to dump your bag or drop off bags with lifted merchandise, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING HOLY, CONCEAL. IN. YOUR. TRUNK. If a cop happens to walk by and see your twelve lifted Naked or Peach palettes laying in the front seat and it looks sus, he CAN search your vehicle because he has reason to believe that something’s up. Two sisters in Michigan got caught and sentenced to jail time because they dumped their clothes in the backseat and they were full of security tags. But if you put your things in the trunk, there’s no way anyone could see OR suspect anything. You’re just another customer parked outside.

•DO NOT enter and leave the mall multiple times. Extremely sus.

•9/10 times if you get away from a store, you’re safe and they won’t bother doing anything. They may take down your car tags if you’re close enough, so Park as far away as you can. However, please don’t be naive and go back to the same store repeatedly because you WILL eventually get recognized and caught.

•Be respectful to the employees. They’re just doing their job.

•Don’t be overly talkative.

•If you need to test to see if an item will set off the security towers, put your phone to your ear and pretend to be talking to mom or a friend. While holding the item in your other hand, stick your head out the door like you’re looking for them. “No mom, I don’t see you, but I’ll be out soon and I’ll meet you at (blah blah store/blah blah food court restaurant) in a few!”. Now you know if you need to look for a tag/RFID.

•Be vigilant of all people around you. Children, adults, elderly men and women- you never know. Little Sally may tell her mama that she saw you stealing. The hot guy in the next aisle could very well be LP. The gentle old man might snitch if he sees you concealing on the floor.

•Which brings me to my next point- DO NOT CONCEAL IN FRONT OF ANYONE UNLESS IT’S YOUR LIFTING PARTNER. Just don’t do it.

•Don’t be cocky or greedy. Know your game plan. Know your blind spots. Get what you need/want the most and come back on another day to get the rest. Preferably a couple of months later. Don’t be cocky and steal just because you know you can, because karma will bite your ass. Be smart about it. We ARE criminals, and if you’re caught, you will be treated as such.

•Be confident. Go in and act like you’re actually shopping. If you get sweaty and nervous, take a few moments to regroup yourself. You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do. If you change your mind, you can always dump and leave. Don’t let it discourage you, we all have off days.

•Don’t fidget with things for too long. Conceal as soon as you can in your blind spot.

•Don’t feel like you need to have a $800 haul because someone else had one. You lift what you’re comfortable with, whether it be a $1 chapstick or a $500 iPad.

•Don’t lift a store that you’re not familiar with the layout of. Someone had posted to look on IG/Facebook with tagged photos of people in the store(s) you want to lift. You may see blind spot opportunities or camera placement. DO YOUR RESEARCH.

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Copied from a thread, not mine

This was written by an LP, i merely copied and pasted it. REBLOG AND INFORM

Despite what you may have heard, there is no perfect shoplifting method. You can be caught NO MATTER how you try to steal. A lot of it is the luck of the draw. Is LP in the store? Are they busy with another shoplifter? Are they watching you? There is no way you can be sure. You can be sure however, that you significantly increase your chances of getting yourself caught when:

10)You carry a flat purse or back-pack: Fairly obvious, right? Not only is this an attention grabber, but it also makes the LP Agent’s job much easier. Your bag was flat, and then magically became full right after all the merchandise you were carrying disappeared. Did the LP Agent watch you fill your bag? That does not really matter. The LP Agent did not need to see concealment (See my article: The 6 Steps of Loss Prevention) to confidently make a stop on you. It is fairly obvious. Most LP Agents will make that stop. On top of being obvious, entering a store with an empty bag can also bump your charge from petty theft to burglary.

9)You over-act: You pick up the item you plan on stealing. You begin tapping on it, wiggling it, playing with it, and looking around like everything is cool. Yes, people actually think this works. When you take this approach you are basically telling LP Agents “Hey, I am not going to steal this! Look, I’m playing with it out in the open. I wouldn’t be doing that if I were going to steal it.” Then you steal it. Happens all the time.

8)You under-act: You pick up the item you are going to steal and immediately palm the item, or hold it behind something. You then quickly walk off to the most deserted part of the store. The race is on. The LP Agent knows he needs to get a view of you, either on camera or on the floor to witness the concealment.

7)You are overly friendly: You come in and immediately start chatting with store employees. You’re such a nice person! You would never steal. This will work when trying to deceive regular workers but LP is not falling for it. I have even had employees try to stop me from making an apprehension because they thought I was going to make a bad stop on that “nice” person. When I see someone being overly friendly with cashiers, managers or anybody with a name tag, I immediately become suspicious. They could be a genuinely nice person but nice people steal too.

6)You fail the “scare test”: When I suspect somebody is a shoplifter I will often give them the scare test. This means I will have several people walk past the area where my suspect is looking at items. A normal shopper will pay little to no attention to who is around them. A nervous shoplifter will turn their head at everyone that passes by. Often times they will look them up and down evaluating whether or not they seem like an undercover. When this happens it is a good indicator that I should set up on this person and wait for them to “go”.

5)You are bringing non-clothing items into the fitting room: Some people actually think that if they conceal merchandise in the fitting room that they can not be arrested by Loss Prevention Agents. This is because it eliminates the possibility of the LP Agent’s step # 3. This might work on some LP Agents, but certainly not the one’s that are good at what they do. If I see someone bringing something into the fitting room that is not supposed to be tried on such as DVDs, Jewelry, makeup, etc., they have my full attention until I see them exit the fitting room carrying that merchandise. Believe me, bringing stuff into the fitting room is a false sense of security and it will get you caught.

4)You are leaving an evidence trail: You select the item you want to steal. You are not sure if the item will make the door beep or not so you decide to remove the item from the package. Or maybe you want to pretend the item was already your’s so you rip the tags off. Now you can conceal the item. However, you also need to rid yourself of the package. So you discard it on the shelf, or you hide it behind something. You just made the LP Agents job 95% easier. Maybe they did not see you conceal the item, but they did see you toss something down or hide something. They find the package. Now LP knows what the item is, they know you removed it from the package (this is vandalism and is illegal), and they know you are up to no good. When you walk out of the store, all the LP Agent needs to do is approach you with the empty package and demand that you return the item. They will likely tell you that you are on video opening it (you may or may not be). They will tell you that if you do not return the item you will be charged with vandalism (this trick is likely against their LP policy but it is completely legal). Once you produce the item you are under arrest for theft. It is a lose-lose situation that you created by leaving a trail of packages and tags.

3)You have “shifty” eyes: Everyone knows that you are not supposed to blatantly look for cameras or look around for people when you are going to steal. However, it seems that the majority overcompensates. When you look up to the ceiling and then side to side without moving your head, you have “shifty eyes”. Shifty eyes get shoplifters caught every day. In fact, if I am about to give up on a perspective shoplifter and they shift their eyes, I will watch them until they leave the store, no exceptions.

2)You use two hands: As an LP Agent, nothing catches my eye more than somebody with both hands on the sales shelf. When an honest shopper looks at a product of interest on the sales shelf, they typically take the item in one hand and remove it from the shelf to look at it in the open. When a shoplifter puts both hands on a product and does not remove the object from the shelf it is a DEAD GIVE AWAY that they are opening something. I have caught shoplifters that I otherwise would not have even noticed simply because they used two hands!

1)You just plain look like a shoplifter: You know who you are! This is by far the most common reason people get caught. If you fit the stereotypical profile of someone who would likely shoplift you are likely being watched as an “easy stat”. So if you have 10 facial piercings, and a bright green mohawk, or if you’re just a shady looking character, don’t do it.

-If you’re going to make a small purchase to avoid suspicion, use cash. I have heard stories of people being caught with credit card info, but what I’ve personally witnessed and is probably more common is stores saving a pic of you lfting on cam and your name from your credit card and passing it along to other stores in the same chain to help you get caught later on. 

-Teenage girls in groups are sussed automatically, especially in high-end stores. Try to look older, or try to make at least one person in the group look like an adult, and that person should be the one who does the riskiest stuff. Do not come in together, do not leave together, and do not interact at all, if you must communicate do so by text, and use codewords. I’ve seen the cops take the phone of suspected boosters who were caught but some of this varies state to state. Especially do not come in as a group of teenagers, whisper to each other, giggle, and point at stuff you plan to lft. 

-If you’re going to use an item that came off a table to put on one of your hangers to disguise that you took something, put that item back yourself, do not leave it with a fitting room attendant; they know which items have hangers and which don’t. Same goes for items you double tagged. 

-If you get sussed heavily or an SA tells you they’re on to you, TAKE NOTHING. DITCH EVERY SINGLE ITEM. Don’t think “well she didn’t see me with that so that one is okay.” Doesn’t matter which item they saw you with, there’s still a good chance they’ll ask to search your bag. I remember being thirteen and dumb as a fucking doornail and, after an SA at 4ev21 asked me if I wanted a necklace to go with the earrings I stashed in my purse, thinking “lol she didn’t see I already took a necklace!” and paying for the earrings and still lfting other stuff. Somehow??? I didn’t get caught. Maybe she didn’t tell the manager, maybe there were less cameras then? I don’t know but every time I think about that story I want to go back in time and smack myself for being so stupid. I deserved to get caught. 

-If the place asks to scan IDs for returns without a receipt, don’t fucking do it. VS stores in my area do absolutely jack shit about lfters. It’s comical. A friend worked for a company contracted to do security for them before Christmas and confirmed they don’t chase, they don’t confront, they don’t do shit. But the one thing they do? Compare IDs scanned from returns with thefts on cam. That’s all they do, and the most likely way someone will get caught. Boost that shit instead. 

first and foremost, always conceal in a blindspot! if there aren’t any natural ones, duck down to create one or, if you’re with a lifting buddy, have them stand between you and the camera.

♥ clothing rack

pick up an item and walk over to a clothing rack. go to a clothing rack and, with the same hand as the item, pretend to look through the clothes. as your hand is deep in the rack, either sleeve the item or drop it into your purse. this is a great, natural way to create a blindspot. 

♥ double and sleeve

this is the most basic sleight-of-hand and is something every lifter needs to have in their tool belt. this works for long and small items, like lipgloss or mascara. grab two of the same item, hold them as if they’re one, and slide one into your sleeve. you can do this while swinging your arm to propel the item into your sleeve, or just put it subtly in with your fingers. 

♥ drop

this works for bigger items. wedge several items between your elbow and ribs.  “accidentally” drop one of them from your elbow into your bag as if you had too many items and one of them just fell into your bag accidentally. 

♥ lightning conceal

this one is literally just putting something into your purse as quickly as possible. ONLY do this in a blindspot as it’s very obvious the intent is to steal the item. 

♥ starbucks cup

get an opaque coffee cup, cut an X into the bottom, and shove little items (concealer, lip gloss, mascara etc) into it. if you do it properly they shouldn’t fall you. you can also pad the cup. 

♥ food bag

get a bag of food from the mall food court. eat some and leave some food in there. drop items into your bag. if you get sussed, you can eat food out of the bag. an alternative of this is to put a hole in the side of the bag and put items through the hole rather than just through the top of the bag. 

♥ armpit

tuck something under your armpit and either walk out with it there or walk to a blindspot and lightning conceal. 

♥ long skirt

wear tight spandex and, when squatting in front of a low shelf at sephora or ulta, push your skirt up slightly and slide a small item into it. pallettes may fit in the waistband. make sure you practice this at home to make sure they’re tight enough and nothing will fall out.

♥ phone

Yes! I go to Walmart a lot and I don’t like concealing in my purse or walkouts so self checkout is how I do most my lifting.

I don’t do the barcode switching thing, I just straight up don’t scan things.

My tips -

- Try to do it when self checkouts are super busy. The more busy they are the more people the SA has to watch so that’s less time they have to focus on you specifically.

- Always buy at least a few things. They will notice if you go to the self checkout with a bunch of stuff and only ring up one thing. Just scan the cheap stuff and lift the more expensive stuff.

- Pretend to scan everything so it looks like you actually are ringing it up. Just act like you’re looking for a barcode and then mime scanning it with the barcode facing away so it doesn’t actually scan.

- Most self checkouts check the weight of things you bag and will cause a fuss if the weight is off, i.e. if you bag something you didn’t ring up. To get around this you need to scan something for real and put it in the bag, then pull the bag away and put stuff in it as you’re pulling it away. If the SA isn’t looking just grab a bag and quickly stuff shit in it.

- Hold stuff in your hands as much as possible so you can easily go from hands to bag. Obviously reaching into the cart and stuffing stuff straight from the cart into a bag is a bad idea because if an SA saw you you’d get caught.

- Bag everything. A lot of stores will check your receipt on the way out if they see you with something that isn’t bagged to make sure you paid for it. If they check your receipt and notice it’s missing a bunch of stuff it’s GG (this has never happened to me but if they ever do check my excuse will be something like “oh it beeped, I thought it scanned. Machine must be acting up.”)

- Be confident. Act like you’re just checking out like everyone else. Pretend you’re doing nothing wrong. Don’t be looking around to see if the SA is watching all the time. If you are approached use the above excuse. SAs do notice when you’re nervous. When i first started this method I’d look at the SA so much that I actually got approached by her and asked if I was okay because I seemed really distressed (she wasn’t even sus, just concerned)

Decided to share everything I know about Ulta. I was employed at this shithole for 4 months before I quit. Have at it.

SECURITY: Alright. So the Ulta I worked at never had LP. They might hire Security during busy holidays, Black Friday and so on, but the store where I worked relied solely on the employees to stop shrink and theft. We had to do special LP training. We are NOT allowed to ask to search somebody’s bag or purse. We are not allowed to imply directly that you stole something. If we see you put something in your bag, we can ask something like “I saw you looking at that Tarte Bloom Pallete! Can I suggest one of my favorite products to pair with it?” Basically my GM explained it like this. “Never accuse a guest of theft, be as kind and overly helpful as you can if you suspect something. Usually the thief will put back the stolen merchandise out of guilt if you kill them with customer service.” Now if we see you steal something and we are 100% sure, then we notify a manager, watch footage on cameras to confirm the theft, and then contact police. If you beep on the way out of our store and happen to have a SA stop you, or you make the mistake of stopping/turning around after you’ve beeped, they say something like “let me check your shopping bag to make sure we didn’t miss something!” If they check and you beep again you’re screwed. Moving on, our cameras seriously suck. The frame rates are awful. We can zoom but the quality is awful. There is usually a manager in the office but they rarely watch the cameras. Often they are organizing the back room or doing paperwork/scheduling. There are usually little tags stuck on expensive products. Super easy to peel off.

TIPS: 1. NEVER CONCEAL IN FRONT OF ANOTHER CUSTOMER. EVER. 2. DO NOT take products out of boxes and hide boxes in store. It’s seriously so stupid. We find them and put them in a box called Know Theft and go over tapes to see who placed it there. You’re always better off taking the whole box. 3. Because our frame rates are so low, it gives you the perfect opportunity to lift/conceal in the open, as long as you do it really quickly. Does this mean you should be careless and constantly conceal without blind spots? Heck no. Be careful not careless. 4. BLINDSPOTS are your friend! There are almost always blindspots in prestige haircare. If you can’t find one, create one with your body while facing away from the camera. 5. NEVER linger in one isle for too long. 6. DO NOT look around super obviously at cameras and SA’s. This is a sure sign you’re lifting. 7. DO NOT go from prestige to haircare to prestige and back again a gazillion times. This is another thing we are supposed to look for. 8. DO dress nice. Like you can afford to buy everything in the store. It’s bad, I know. But if I saw somebody dressed to the 9’s I never suspected them. If I saw three teenage girls I automatically suspected them. 9. If you carry an Ulta bag, and use this method to lift, make sure you put extra products you don’t want in them so if you ditch the bag, it doesn’t look sus. 10. A tip I’ve used lots of times to lift at Ulta’s. I would load up my bag with tons of products and take a couple to the front and bring a coupon with me. I knew it was expired or I knew it wouldn’t work on prestige products. I would bring my items up, give them the coupon, and when they told me it didn’t work I acted super bummed and told them I would wait to buy them and leave with my purse stashed. It gives you a way out without just leaving. 11. If you beep, keep going!! Don’t look back. 12. Park far away or out of sight of the store just in case. They will try to get your plate if suspected. 13. Try walking out at the same time as another person so if you beep it could have been either of you. Turn around and look at the other person and raise your eyebrows real suspicious like. 😂 14. Never take more then 20 minutes in a store when lifting. I always try to make a 10-15 minute lift or less. 15. Be NICE to SA’s. I was way less likely to sus a person that was friendly and sweet to me. Somebody that was rude or ignored me was someone I suspected more so. 16. If you see managers come from the back and SA’s check you out in the store or come up and ask you if you need help a ton, drop your shit and gtfo. Stash it somewhere in the store. Get out. Use common sense. If you get a bad feeling, trust your instincts. Seriously. 17. Don’t get too greedy. 18. If you can, try to life more on your body. Not so much in your purse. Hide in your bra, your waist band, your boots. It’s always safer. The first place somebody will look is your purse.