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Worst Techniques

Wearing out articles of clothing.

Opening packages and putting the item in your bag/pockets/whatever. Seriously, don’t take things out of packages. If there are security tags on the packaging, take them off, but for the love of god stop taking things out of packages and leaving behind the empty boxes. It’s really obvious.

Carrying whatever it is you’re going to steal around the store for ages looking for a nice empty aisle to conceal it in. Walking around with a bunch of video games in the bath towels makes what you’re about to do fairly obvious.

If you were in my store, and you draped your jacket over the stuff in your cart, I’d definitely watch you. People do that kind of stuff to hide what their hands are doing (opening packages, tearing off security sensors, etc).

Best Techniques

Make you you actually look like you’re shopping. If you aren’t looking at the prices of items and you’re just grabbing whatever it is you want off the shelf, it looks like a red flag.

Concealing the stuff that you want to steal while you’re in line waiting to pay for something else. If we’re following you, and you get in line to pay for all of your stuff, we’re probably going to stop watching you at that point.

Don’t take things out of packages! it takes too much time, it makes noise, you leave the the empty package behind and if we see you set down an empty package, even if we didn’t see you stuff the item in your bag/pockets, we’ll probably apprehend you.

If you’re going to conceal the merchandise on your person somehow, don’t leave the store right away after you do this. Chill out, browse, use the bathroom (a lot of retail stores have policies like this– once you go into the bathroom, it’s over, we’ve technically lost sight of you). If we lose you for a while, it’s very dangerous to make the apprehension– stores face a huge liability if loss prevention apprehends someone and they decided not to steal the item and left it in the store somewhere.

Steal during busy hours of the day, when there are lots of people shopping.

Also, if you’re youngish (under 22 or so) and with a group of similarly aged friends, don’t even try. The second a group of teenagers walks in, we’re probably watching them.

If you’re going to hide the merchandise on your person somehow, DO IT WHILE YOU’RE WALKING. Don’t stop, look around, and then stuff it. I cannot stress this one enough. It is much harder to see what you’re doing if you’re walking around from aisle to aisle, especially if loss prevention is following you around on foot instead of with CCTV.

 I’d recommend not concealing merchandise in the bathrooms, but definitely using them after concealing merchandise, because it’s a break in surveillance. I’d recommend concealing a couple things that you don’t really want in addition to what you DO want (on the sales floor, not in the bathrooms), and then leaving the items you don’t want in the bathrooms, because they will check the stalls. Confusion is key!

for my uk babies 

so UK liftblr has been pretty dead recently, so I’m just gonna make a post cataloguing all my favourite uk masterposts xxx

Stores

General UK Superpost (inc. Topshop, H&M, Primark, etc.)

More General UK Tips (inc. M&S, Primark, Boots etc.)

Topshop Masterpost

Debenhams Masterpost + Debenhams Caught Story

Debenhams + House of Fraser Masterpost

Urban Outfitters Masterpost + UO LP

Selfridges + M&S 

Boots

Book stores 

Laws & Policies

General Policing

Crimes near you 

Your Local Police Force (inc. social medias, recent crimes reported + lots of stats)

Shoplifting Laws UK

Powers of Security Guards

Theft Act of 1968

Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

Your Rights

Documentaries

Secrets of the Shoplifters (2004)

Secrets of the Shoplifters (2012)

Britains War on Shoplifters (2014)

Tesco - The Unusual Suspects (2015)

Articles

Inside the World of Britain’s Professional Shoplifters (2015)

Shoplifters Taking Under £200 Worth of Goods ‘not pursued’ (2017)

PLEASE if you go to view a link and it ends up being broken, don’t be afraid to message me and let me know. All posts creds go to post creators/source. Some sections are kind of dry, but I’ll be updating this. If I don’t update please yell at me in my inbox lmao.

TIPS & METHODS//

3 Things to Remember

Boosting 101

Concealing on Floor (Video)

Tied Sweater Method (One sweater)

Tied Sweater Method (Two Sweaters)

Hood Method

Hood Method With a Twist

Double Lined Purse Method

Lifting Facemasks Tips

Boosting Tip 1

Boosting Tip 2

How to Boost VS Panties

Tips for Beginners (HeavenlyLifter’s Guide)

Tips from an OG (Liftblurred - I think her last post before she deactivated :( rip)

Online Scamming Warning

Self Checkout Method Warning

Outfit Tips

Lifting Shoes

Hiding Hauls From Parents Tips

Random Lil Tip 1

 STORES//

Starbucks

Brandy Melville

Lululemon

Sephora

CUTE POSTS//

Things to Lift for Christmas

Things to Stock Up On

Moving Out Lift List

TAGS//

Hiding Tags

Taking the Tags With You

PSA For Soft Tags

PRETTY HAULS//

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EXTRAS//

Getting Caught Masterpost (not too sure if this is older)

Since tumblr is going to shit, reblog this if you would like a l1fting discord or google doc!

my personal experiences of working in different retail stores and having friends in retail etc and lifting a lottt.

river island: just don’t fuck w it, their cameras are streamed live to a company who are paid to sit and watch and radio over if they see anything, very attentive fitting rooms. everything is tagged but I’ve lifted afew purses from there because they must of forgot to tag them or just put them out.

primark: no tags, but 1 security always on door, a lot of staff, and 2/3 people watch screens upstairs, like their security is mad loads of different people running round to take ur picture etc (took an umbrella when I was 12 but that’s another story lol)

boots: plain clothed LPs, one I spoke to was a fat bold man in jeans and a football tshirt, afew things sticker tagged (idk the proper name) but easy to peel off, when they have new perfume out they are never tagged, watch out for sticker tags in expensive items, had one in a smashbox palette. sometimes have security on door but doesn’t move around store, ive had a LP follow me round before dressed in jeans and a leather jacket and he was young and hot and on his phone but I seen a walkie talkie in his back pocket.

pull&bear: same company as Zara so would say the same rules apply. I worked here over Christmas and they stuck me in the fitting rooms most of the time, we had to be very. very. thorough. we had to take clothes of of customers and count them ourselves, anything draping over arms was taken off and we had a scanner where we made them swipe all of there bags they had over them to detect and tags ready to be taken off and magnets. every hour we have to check every room behind mirrors light etc for tags and write down on a sheet how many we find. but, things like jewellery etc or anything on shop floor will be easy, no one watches cctv but staff all wear ear pieces including both managers and stock room and communicate anything through that then we would cs the fuck out of the person, also had a code of we seen someone conceal something it was a girls name idk what say it was sally you’d say “sally is over by the shoes”

victoria secret: way too easy, staff are just young girls who are too busy tidying the constant mess, ½ cameras, pairs of pants aren’t tagged only expensive things bras etc but always find the odd one without a tag. I never conceal in fitting room their too easy to do on shopfloor.

IKEA: I lifted my double bed & it was about £210, just got a load of other things and didn’t scan it as their bagging area doesn’t weigh items (risky but I went for it) loads of blind spots to get little things too.

debenhams: I get a lot and I mean a lot of make up here. nothing is tagged, naked palettes, Mac, too faced, benefit literally nothing. SAs are attentive though as they need to make sales I’ve got 22 too faced mascaras and countless amounts of urban decay and MAC but I have a pretty fool proof trick house of fraser: literally the same as debenhams, different make up concessions I’ve got a lot in there only thing I’ve ever had tagged was a Versace perfume (peeled it off) and a box of Calvin Klein boxers had one fucking magnetic tag in the pair right at the bottoms of the box and I beeped on the way out and had to ditch that pair. john lewis: another one the same as debenhams and house of fraser, most make up is locked up thought literally except from benefit stuff. no perfume/aftershave if tagged tho that’s my go to for perfume. I’ve got 5+ ted baker purses as they always seem to have some untagged.

asda: security are allllways on their phones not watching the screen I swear. at the self check out, pretend to scan at item, press finish & pay, add item in bag and it won’t weight it then just pay for everything else. (King size duvets, £30 I then return them get a £30 gift card for more expensive things I want to lift I then pay with my gift cards)

M&S: idk what there security etc is like I’ve only ever lifted make up, but a lottt, nothing is tagged except testers ?? only ever one SA in make up department and they don’t cs you at all, just need to be sly about it

next: one security guard who just wanders round, no one watched cctv unless they are aware of an incident that’s happened they will review it, tbh the only thing they watch live is their staff, all they care about is being strict on staff not security even tho I knew a lottt of staff that lifted from there. but all clothes are tagged and some expensive shit is double tagged I worked in the stock room and all the tags we used need a hook

lipsy: I was a manager here and we had track suits stolen a lotttttt, we double tagged them but if they had a hook there was literally fuck all i could do as it was literally just me on my own or me and one other staff member on the floor and your not aloud to stick to fitting rooms you have to be mobile and it’s all about making a sale so tbh the dressing rooms are completely unattended (but it was a rly small store)

urban outfitters: I always conceal on shopfloor, dressing rooms are too attentive. I don’t think they have LPs just staff who wear walkie talkies & ear pieces. I will always find a few clothes or underwear that’s not tagged. jewellery & home stuff isn’t normally tagged except the occasional watch.

1) wear a mask (obvious right?) fabric masks cost like £5 from pretty little thing , etsy , depop. tbh they dont do much to protect you from the virus but use this to your advantage to cover your face from cameras.

2) changing rooms arent opening sadly so you’re going to have to learn how to floor conceal :/ if you cant remove tags on the floor honestly just body conceal but it is like 22 degrees tommorow in most areas. tips for tag removing on floor is just find a blind spot and try to remove the tag as fast as possible (magnet tags work easier)

most security officers now are just there to control crowds. but still be careful. dont try threatening them by saying you have the virus because a) if they die you can get accused of manslaughter and lets not turn shoplifting into a manslaughter charge. b) you dont actually know if you do or dont have the virus so if you do have the virus and you dont know plus threaten a security guard and he dies from covid good luck trying to win in court if they find you .

Again, not mine (source), but super helpful. I honestly believe that lifters should be reading every single piece of advice possible. With a grain of salt of course, but really… we need all the advice we can get lol.

I’ve just bolded the stores I go to a lot.

Abercrombie & Fitch With Receipt … Will exchange or refund any original condition merchandise. No time limit. It is up to the manager’s discretion whether to accept the return. Without Receipt … Store credit issued without receipt. LP … Rarely in store LP. Sale staff / managers responsible for SL. No chase policy. Cameras are not actively monitored.

Academy Sports + Outdoors With Receipt … An even exchange or refund based upon the original payment. Without Receipt … An even exchange or merchandise card. LP … Will have in-store LP. A mix of static and PTZ cameras. Sensormatic security towers with pencil tags.

A.C. More (The Craft Store) With Receipt … 90 day return with all products. All merchandise must be in new condition, in its original unopened packaging. Only defective merchandise may be returned with opened packaging. Without receipt … Items will need manager approval. They will back check system to see if item was purchased in that store. LP … Most stores do not have LP on site. Some cameras.

Advanced Auto With Receipt … Return within 90 days for exchange or refund based on original method of payment. After 90 days merchandise credit will be issued. Without Receipt … Merchandise credit will be issued. You have to show your license. LP … There is no LP in most stores. Some cameras with recorders.

Aéropostale With Receipt … Returns will be refunded in the manner in which the original purchase was made. Returns with a gift receipt will be refunded with a Gift Card. There is no time limit on returns. Without Receipt … Items may be exchanged for merchandise or an Aéropostale Gift Card in the amount of the current selling price. LP … Rarely in store LP. Sale staff / managers responsible for SL. No chase policy. Cameras are not actively monitored.

American Apparel With Receipt … We do not issue refunds, but provide exchanges or store credit within 30 days for un-washed, un-worn merchandise with tags. Without Receipt … No Receipt / No Refund. LP … Rarely in store LP. Sale staff / managers responsible for SL. No chase policy. Cameras are not actively monitored.

American Eagle Outfitters With Receipt … Returns will be refunded in the manner in which the original purchase was made. Returns with a gift receipt will be refunded with a Gift Card. There is no time limit on returns. Without Receipt … Items may be exchanged for merchandise or store credit in the amount of the current selling price. LP info: LP is rarely in stores. Cameras are recorded, but not monitored.

Ann Taylor Loft With Receipt… Returns accompanied by the original receipt within 60 days of the date of purchase will be credited for the price paid either in the original form of payment or a merchandise exchange. eturns accompanied by the original receipt more than 60 days after the date of purchase will be credited for the current selling price either in the form of a merchandise credit* or a merchandise exchange. Without Receipt… Returns without the original receipt will be credited for the item’s current selling price on the date of the return, in the form of a merchandise credit. Merchandise deemed Final Sale on the date of the return may not be returned or exchanged. LP…not active.

AutoZone With Receipt … Return within 90 days for exchange or refund based on original method of payment. After 90 days merchandise credit will be issued. Without Receipt … Merchandise credit will be issued. You have to show your license. LP … There is no LP in most stores. Some cameras with recorders.

Banana Republic With Receipt … Returns will be refunded in the manner in which the original purchase was made. Returns with a gift receipt will be refunded with a Gift Card. There is no time limit on returns. Without Receipt … Merchandise can be returned at current selling price. A choice of merchandise exchange or Gift card. Mail check will be issued if the balance exceeds $50.00. You have to show your license. LP … Rarely in store LP. Sale staff / managers responsible for SL. No chase policy. Cameras are not actively monitored.

Barnes & Nobles With Receipt…Returns are accepted within 14 days of the date that you received your order. Books, DVDs and CDs (in their original, unopened, shrink-wrapped condition), and Toys & Games. Items That Cannot Be Returned: They will not accept returns for eBooks, magazines, downloadable PDFs for SparkNotes and Quamut products, gift cards, and shrink-wrapped items that have been opened. Please note: Once purchased, eBooks cannot be refunded. Without Receipt… Store Credit LP… Not active. Some high shrink locations will have cameras everywhere, while others will only have cameras over the checkout area. Cameras are recorded, but not monitored.

Bass Pro Shops With Receipt … You may receive either an exchange, cash refund or a credit refund. No time limit. Without Receipt … May exchange merchandise or receive store credit in the amount of the item’s last sale price. Reserves the right to limit the number of returns without a receipt. You have to show your license. LP … At least 1 while store is open. Cameras are sporadically placed and are monitored at times. No Chase Policy.

Bath & Body Works With Receipt … All returns will be returned in the method purchased. Not time limit. Without Receipt … Exchange only. LP … Has Regional LP that checks on stores. Some stores may have cameras that are recorded but not monitored.

Bed Bath & Beyond With Receipt … You have to show your license. Will take back all items in any condition, no questions asked with a receipt with no time limit. Without Receipt … You have to show your license. Will take back items and give a gift card. No limit to amount of returns. LP …No active LP in store. Cameras are recorded, but not monitored.

Best Buy With Receipt … All returns and exchanges must be in original condition and include all accessories. 30-day return period for most items. 14-day return period on computers, monitors, notebook computers, projectors, camcorders, digital cameras, radar detectors and video games purchased as used. Reserves the right to request identification and to deny any return. Without Receipt … No Receipt / No Return. LP … Has active and good LP. Always has at least 2 LP on duty at all times. Has a no chase policy.

Coach With Receipt… Unused merchandise may be returned at any time for a refund with original receipt. Without a receipt…you can exchange it/store credit. It has to be merchandise from a full price coach store (not from an outlet). LP… LP isn’t there everyday, usually Thursday through Sunday. Pretty good camera system.

Costco With Receipt … Will take back any items, anytime , except the following must be returned within 90 days for a refund: televisions, projectors, computers, cameras, camcorders, iPOD / MP3 players and cellular phones. Without receipt … You do not need a receipt to return items. You will need your membership card so they can look up your purchase. No returns without a membership card. LP … Will chase you. Will prosecute. At least 2 LP on duty at all times. Cameras are monitored and recorded.

Dick’s Sporting Goods With Receipt… Items must be returned within 90 days. Without Receipt… Store credit Has LP

Dillard’s With Receipt… 30 days for a full refund on most items. Without Receipt … MUST HAVE POP LABEL (Proof of Purchase) Receive store credit. May check/copy I.D LP… Has active and good LP. Always has at least 2 LP on duty at all times. Will chase you. Cameras are actively monitored.

Express With Receipt….90 days for a full refund on most items. Without Receipt…Exchange only. Will not give store credit. LP…None active. Some Cameras.

Famous Footwear With Receipt…30 days for full refund on most items. Without Receipt…Receive store credit. Will check / copy your ID. LP…None active. No Cameras.

Hobby Lobby With Receipt…60 days for a full refund on most items. Without Receipt…Receive store credit over $10.00, Cash if under $10.00 LP..active,rotates stores. Cameras placed sporadically.

Hollister With Receipt….ANY time for a full refund on most items. Without Receipt…Receive store credit. May check / copy ID. Some Hollisters use pin hole cameras that only point down. A&F and Hollister don’t mix hidden and visible cams. It’s either all hidden cams or all cam domes. So if you see any domes then that means there are no hiddens. They are also not actively monitored; only accessible by the district’s single LP officer and the Home Office, no one else.

Home Depot With Receipt….90 days for a full refund on most items. Some items will be limited to 15 or 30 days. Without Receipt…Receive store credit LP… Home Depot has the best camera security system next to Target. There is a least one active camera on every aisle, but they also have twice as many dummy cameras as real. The LP office will very from store to store … some are up front others are in the back next to the office. They do have a no touch/no chase policy and due to resent cut backs there will be only one LP on during busier hours. HD will have twice as many employees as Lowes and they are constantly roaming the store.

Gap With Receipt…30 days for a full refund on most items. Without Receipt..Receive store credit (non transferable merchandise credit)Will check/copy ID LP none active. No cameras.

JcPenney With Receipt…90 days for a full refund on most items. Without Receipt…Receive store credit. Will copy / check ID. LP … Has active and good LP. Always has at least 2 LP on duty at all times. Will chase you. Cameras are actively monitored.

Jcrew With Receipt…30 days for a full refund on most items. Without Receipt…Receive store credit. Will check / copy ID. LP..none active. No cameras.

Journeys With Receipt … An even exchange or refund based upon the original payment. Without Receipt … An even exchange LP … No store LP. Limited Security

Kmart With Receipt … You return the item within 28 days of purchase. The item is in resalable condition - It is unworn, unopened, unused and in its original condition. Without Receipt … No Receipt / No Return LP … At least 1 while store is open. Cameras are sporadically placed and are monitored at times. Can not chase shoplifters past the sidewalk.

Kohl’s With Receipt … A cash or credit refund, based on the original method of payment or an even exchange. No time limit. Without Receipt … An even exchange or a merchandise card LP … Always at least 1 LP. All Cameras are PTZ and are sporadically placed and monitored at all times. Kohls has video cameras that record everyone and everything entering and exiting their dressing rooms. These surveillance tapes are admissible in court. If you hear Code 500 over the intercom, and managers being asked to come to the front of the store, this is their code for shoplifters.

Levi Store With Receipt…60 days for a full refund on most items. Without Receipt..Receive store credit. May check / copy ID. Has district LP that rotates stores.Cameras are sporadically placed and are monitored at times.

L.L. Bean With Receipt … Will return for full refund. No time limit. Without Receipt … Will do an even exchange or a merchandise card. Will check system to see if item was purchased. Has district LP that rotates stores.Cameras are sporadically placed and are monitored at times.

Lowes LP…Lowes … this varies from store to store … some will have a sliding camera system. This is a long shiny tube running down the main aisles that cameras run back and forth on … you never know where the cameras are. All stores will have PTZ over Tools and Faucets (the two most common lifted items). There will be PTZ cameras on the outside also. Some stores will have cameras on every aisle while others wont have any. Over each POS and registers and they will tag a pic of you when you do a receiptless return. There is always one LP on while the store is open, rarely will there be two. They are plain clothed and do walk the store. The LP office in 90% of their stores is by the contractors doors. You will see a door with a key pad and an eye hole.

Macy’s With Receipt … 180 days for a full refund on most items. Without Receipt … MUST HAVE POP LABEL (Proof of Purchase) LP … Has active and good LP. Always has at least 2 LP on duty at all times. Will chase you. Cameras are actively monitored. Cameras have zoom but not full tilt and pan. Known for placing same sex employees in dressing rooms. In some stores (in some states) they can have a camera pointed in the direction of the dressing rooms, or they just can’t have them “recording” and they have to be watched by same sex personnel. Or they can have same sex personnel on the other side of the double mirrors or watching thru the “slats” in the door - especially if they hear a lot of commotion in there.

Michael’s With Receipt … Refunds will be offered in the original method of payment, 60 day limit. Without receipt … Refunds will be given at the item’s lowest price sold within the last 90 days.They will ask for your ID, to store in a database. LP… All cameras are static, and placed over high theft aisles.The cameras are all routed into the managers office (usually near the checkouts, in the front of the store) and theirs a monitor, that displays random aisles. Most stores will have a District LP person that comes in and conducts random inventory on items, however, some stores *may* have LP..

Nordstrom Nordstrom has possibly the most famously liberal return policy among the major retailers. First of all, there’s no time limit. And gift stickers affixed to the packaging act as receipts for the full merchandise value. Using that information, the store’s computer system can easily find anything paid for by credit card with an ID. LP… extremely good & active LP. Undercover LP is always present in the women’s dept but not always in the men’s.

Office Depot With Receipt…30 days for a full refund on most items. Without Receipt…Receive store credit. Will check / copy ID. LP is not active in stores. Some stores will have cameras that are recorded but not monitored.

Office Max With Receipt…30 days for a full refund on most items. Without Receipt…Receive store credit. Will check / copy ID. LP is not active in stores. Some stores will have cameras that are recorded but not monitored.

Old Navy With Receipt…45 days for a full refund on most items. Without Receipt..Receive store credit. Will check / copy ID. LP…not active. Cameras not monitored but recorded.

Party City With Receipt: items must be returned within 30 days after purchase for refund or store credit; lots of items (cosmetics, hosiery, seasonal items, wigs, etc.) are nonrefundable Without Receipt: may issue store credit without receipt, but it’s up to the manager LP: stores usually have at least one LP person working; there are cameras near registers and at a couple of other places throughout the store, there are still lots of blindspots though; some areas of the store (like the wedding stuff section or the stationery section) are pretty dead and usually don’t have cameras; most locations don’t use security tags on anything. *Info From Kaiju*

Petsmart The mega pet store offers full refunds for returns with receipt within 60 days of the purchase. After that, merchandise credit is issued. Petsmart even accepts returns of items purchased at other retailers, even competitors, with the original receipt for merchandise credit or exchange. LP..not active. In some high shrink areas, stores will have security towers and limited camera coverage. Cameras not monitored but recorded.

Sak’s LP… extremely good & active LP. At least 2 LP on duty on the weekends.

Sam’s Club Almost all items are returnable anytime with a receipt. The exceptions (besides cigarettes and alcohol): you have 90 days for most electronics and 30 days for cell phones. Without a receipt, credit is issued for the lowest price available for that product. No membership is required for returns but members bringing back fresh food items get twice the amount or a full refund and a replacement of the item with Sam’s 200% guarantee. LP… Active. Some stores have very limited camera coverage, while others will have cameras over every aisle. Cameras are recorded, and monitored. Normally 1-2 LP on duty.

Sears With Receipt….90 days for a full refund on most items. Without Receipt..Receive store credit. Will check / copy ID. LP..1-2 are active and will chase. Cameras are monitored,recorded.

Sports Authority With Receipt…45 days for a full refund on most items. Without Receipt..Receive store credit. Will check / copy ID. LP rotates between different stores. Cameras are monitored from time to time and recorded.

Staples With Receipt….Full Refund on most items. Without Receipt…Receive store credit. Will check / copy ID. LP not active. Has very limited camera coverage. Cameras are recorded but not monitored.

Target Target has revised its return policy to allow for more returns without a receipt, but still caps the total to $70 worth of merchandise annually. After that, any return without a receipt gets store credit in the form of a Target gift card only useable on items from the same department. LP…. Active. Normally 1 to 3 AP at all times. They probably have the most cameras of any retailer, but about 40 to 45% of the camera domes in newer stores will be fake. In older stores, there will be only 60 cameras for the entire sales floor.

Toys R Us Without Receipt… no return. LP… Not Active. Cameras are active and recorded but not monitored. Security Guard at doors on holidays.

Urban Outfitters With Receipt… 30 days for a full refund on most items Without Receipt… Receive store credit, must show id. LP… Active. Some cameras.

Walgreens With Receipt…30 days for a full refund on most items. Without Receipt….Receive store credit. Will check / copy ID. No active LP in store. Cameras are not always monitored, but recorded.

Update 7/24/19: This got more notes than I though it would get. Thanks to me being a dumb hoe I didn’t realize that you can’t just edit a tumblr post (?) The newer and updated version will always be reblogged onto my blog. This edit was inspired by @smalltownlift, since hers was ACTUALLY good. lmfao. Updated/more links and better layout :) Please let me know if links are broken.

personally i’m such a visual learner, and videos of concealing techniques help me so much more than written descriptions. here are all the ones i could find! 

✿ bag with x cut 

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✿ cup with x cut 

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✿ scarf technique 

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✿ sleight of hand 

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✿ drop method 

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✿ hood method 

I have a few things from Ralph Lauren Polo, but I have one crazy nice blazer that was $1,100 from a normal Ralph Lauren, the stores with the dull lighting and super attentive associates. There was a lady who claimed me as hers and followed me around taking everything I showed interest in and put it in a fitting room. At the time I didn’t know what I was going to do, but just went with it. After I had about 6-7 things in the dressing room I said I was ready to try those items on. I tried on everything as normal, and really wanted two of the items but knew I should only get one if I was to get anything at all. So I put the blazer in a shopping bag along with the hanger. I left about 3 items in there and took the rest out of the dressing room folded over my arm and told the lady I was still thinking about them. I moseyed around the store for a bit and when I lost her I hung the clothes in my arm back up and left. I use this method a lot.

My boyfriend stole the display Nespresso from Sur la table, and we use that thing everyday, I highly suggest getting one. We stock up on the coffee from William Sonoma because that stores easy as pie, and we haven’t found the right pods for the machine at Sur la table. I’ve stolen a bunch from both those stores and I love everything I have, but I live in an apartment and need things like a potato masher, where you guys mostly live with parents (?) so you don’t really need those things. But I know there are people out there who do, so don’t waste your time at target or anything. I also stole an ice cream machine from William Sonoma, I walked in and it was right there, so I took it and walked right back out before anyone knew I was there. I also stole an ottoman from Michaels that way, when we walked in I said, “hey look, we could steal that” and my boyfriend just picks it up and walks out to our car with it.

We also stole a nice sheep skin fur throw pillow from Z Gallery that way, it was right there on display it was so dead in there that no one even knew we were in there yet. So we seized the opportunity.

I can’t remember if you guys talk about, or like express, but that store’s really easy and some of their stuff is really chic. It’s the easiest place to get shoes because they have no cameras so you hid it under clothes and no one ever monitors the fitting rooms. Brooks brothers is easy if you look like you belong, that’s really important. J-Crew’s the same way, those are probably the easiest preppy stores if you play the part.

I went to Macy’s and saw a super cute Michael Kors backpack on display. It had a wire running through the strap that was connected with a tag that need a hook and then it was connected to the table. I think that Macy’s profiled people a lot, Im white, so I feel like they were preoccupied. I acted like I was checking out the bag while I was de-tagging it, then took it to the dressing room and removed the stuffing, but it in my bag and left.

I’ve gotten 2 fans, 2 sleeping bags, a cooler, and a tent from target just by walking out. If they not watching you on camera, which they probably aren’t because I think they expect people to conceal, then walking out is as close to fool proof as you’re gonna get, because I don’t think they can stop you just because they didn’t witness you personally pay for it, but who knows, maybe I got lucky, but I was super confident. Those things weren’t all at once, I also had my boyfriend there. I walked out of the Pink store with a roller luggage bag worth $200, it would’ve been even cooler if I had filled it with stuff, lol.

I’ve gotten a digital camera from best buy, it was an old best buy, so they didn’t have as many security cameras as some of the other ones I’ve been in, like the guy in the front was just standing there, he didn’t even have a screen to look at, but whos to say there wasn’t someone in the back monitoring, because there were some cameras, just not a lot. I had my boyfriend be a look out while I knelt down and used my magnet on one of those grey alpha boxes. Concealed and was on my merry way. That one got my heart going like crazzzy.

We tag teamed two desks and a couch from Ikea, but not at the same time. The couch, and then the 2 desks a separate trip. The couch we didn’t really have a plan so we just walked through the registers like we already bought it, but couldn’t get it in one trip. Like, we already bought stuff and it was in the car, and we were coming back for it. The desks we actually had the money for, and decided to steal them last minute. The way we did that one was we acted like my boyfriend paid for them and then got me and had me wheel them out, if that makes sense. With Ikea and big items you really have to have a lot of confidence like you already bought the item.

I want to tell you guys that you can most definitely steal from Nordstrom, I’ve gotten a Burberry shirt and Burberry pants, at the same time. With both I wasn’t even planning on stealing, I just wanted to wear some Burberry for a sec. But when I tried on the shirt it had one of those weird tags that are like the pulse checker at the hospital that they just slip on your finger. It just slipped on the shirt so it wouldn’t ruin the fabric. But when I pulled the shirt over my head like any person would, the sensor flew off and started beeping. An associate came by and I was like, “sorry, I was just trying it on.” And she acted like it happens a million times and took it and the shirt, stopped the beeping, and came back with it back on the shirt. I go to put the shirt on again and it flies off again, but doesn’t beep. Im a frozen statue at this point, thinking, I should do this. So I sling the pants and shirt over my arm because neither of them are tagged now but I think that lady is still out there. When I walk out shes not there and im like fuck I could have just concealed there because I was planning on taking them to a different department, hiding them under some clothes and concealing then, which is what I did anyways. So yeah. 

Two Marc Jacob cross bodies, one was super small and I don’t know how I did it. The second one was on a whim and it’s a bigger bag that I now use for college. But I didn’t have my magnet, so I just slung it over my shoulder acting like it was mine, and walked out. I didn’t walk out the entrance to the mall, I walked out a door that led to a street mall kind of, so since there was no parking out there, there were no towers, so I didn’t beep.

I also got some make up, an awesome Sam Edelman leather jacket that I wear all the time. With that one I found it, put it on, it looked great with the outfit I was already wearing, so I kept it on an acted like it was already mine. Shortly after I put it on and was continuing shopping in there, a sales associates says, “oh my god, I love that jacket it, whered you get it? It looks so good on you, fits perfectly. Did you just get it?” and my boyfriend goes, “yep, she just got it.” It was hilarious because I could tell that she wasn’t servicing me to death like some stores do if they suspect you’re shoplifting, so funny.

If they suspect you they will make it very obvious by following you, they’re very obvious about it. It’s how I “got caught” and I put it in quotes because I feel like I was in some fugue state because I knew they were onto me be I didn’t drop my stuff, ugh, I’ve come to terms with it, but still I was like drunk with power or something, don’t let it go to your head. Anyways, I got a Burberry coat from the section and there was a lady talking to me about it trying to make a sale, I was already wearing my Burberry shirt so I figured I didn’t have to worry about being profiled. She said that she “would love to help me out” or something like that trying to get me to buy it right then and there, but I had other shopping to do, so I told her that. I later was able to read the report that LP made when I was sitting in the DA’s office. Apparently that lady called LP saying she had a customer “refusing help and leaving the section with product” or something, so from then on they followed me on foot. I got some stuff from top shop and then my boyfriend wanted to look at the dudes stuff so we went downstairs to look and I decided to use that dressing room. After they let me in a stall they let another girl into the stall next to me. There was a little bench in the stall and I was able to look under and see that she was just sitting there. I should have just ditched everything and left then, hind sights 20/20. I de-tagged the coat and attached the sensor to the stuff I didn’t want. When I left I was suspicious of that girl so I left and started looking at the men’s stuff but watched her. She met up with another girl outside the fitting room and they whispered to each other. They were in normal clothes with purses and such, and they both had one earbud in. Seriously, it was so fucking obvious, I can’t even believe I went through with it. I honestly thought I was fine because I wasn’t concealing, it was just drapped over my arm like it was already mine. 

I left and they stopped me, brought me back to a room in the entry way leading outside, it wasn’t upstairs or anything, while I was walking back they kept telling me I couldn’t put my hands in my bag and this girl was pretty big and im only 110 so I complied. When we got to the room they went through my stuff and I was in the middle of a haul so I had a lot of stuff, not as much as usual, thank god, because they did end up “having” to call the police even though I turned on the water works and said it was my first time, the cops added everything up and I was like $300 dollars away from a felony, which I think is like 2 grand where I am, but you guys know $300 is only like a couple items, the Burberry coat alone was $900. But it was still like the most serious misdemeanor you could get, plus the magnet.

I was arrested and brought to the police department within the mall, that’s actually where they added everything up. I was really conversational with them and asked them if I hadn’t cooperated would they have put me in jail, and he said yes. Which is nice, because obviously Im stealing I definitely don’t have money for bail or fines or anything. My court date was set for like 4 months after the incident and they gave me an option of a year of supervised probation with a class, community service, and all the jazz. Or 30 days in home detention (house arrest), but still able to go to school and have 4 hours a week to run errands. So I chose the 30 days because supervised probation means UA’s which pretty much means no partying and having to meet with an officer like every other week, and the mall I was arrested at was like 20 minutes from where I live so they sent me to the closes courthouse to the mall, so it was like 40 minutes away from my house, not even including that they wanted to charge me $800 for probation and only $250 for in home detention. Plus I didn’t want to suffer for a whole year instead of a month, so im glad I picked that one.

I also haven’t started paying for stuff. I definitely slowed way down, mostly because having multiple offenses, is wwway worse than having one. But I still go hard when I feel the timing is right. Today my boyfriend and I went to an outlet mall and got a kitchen aid stand mixer which i’ve wanted for like a decade! I still need a better bed frame, but after that my list of stuff I need is pretty small, which is nice.