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I bought these bad boys off amazon. They’re relatively inexpensive. If you have a friend or family member who works in the ER, Fire Department or on an ambulance, you might be able to get one of them to snag a pair for you.

These aren’t regular scissors. They can slice through clothes like butter, cut wire, thick plastic and cardboard, and are easy to conceal. You can also buy some that fold up like a pocket knife. They fit easily in the inside pocket of my purse, but I can also slip them in my boot or in my back pocket.

The reason why these are so helpful is because I sometimes open the package of something I want and empty it, and then toss the empty package on the floor and kick it under a shelf. Leaving an empty package just out in the open is very reckless, and I would not recommend. All loss prevention has to do is find the empty package sitting on a shelf, lets just say for a phone case, and go to the security camera where the phone accessories are and boom. They saw you pick up that phone case and then found the empty package in an area without cameras. Now they know your face and will keep a lookout for you in the store from now on. Some LP’s wont take it that far, but I call myself overly-paranoid and that’s how I haven’t been caught stealing ANYTHING ever and I have been doing this for years. ANYWAYS - sorry for the off topic tip - Those shears are especially useful for these little security tags also pictured.  ******HOWEVER******* Only use the scissors on the first pictured grey security tag. Those do not have an alarm, and nothing will happen once the wire is cut. Those can be tossed anywhere, just make sure there isn’t a camera in sight wherever you toss them, or they can trace you back to the area of whatever item you cut the tag from.  The second pictured tag WILL SOUND AN ALARM! don’t try and cut those. I haven’t figured out how to get rid of those yet. I’m just afraid of making the alarm go off on it, so I just leave those items tagged with the black sensors alone.  Hope this helps! Happy lifting!

He ulta I was just in must have gotten a mad shipment of stuff because they had a TON of naked palletes out and the whole frickin stack had no anything.

1. Just get to know ultra. Stop in a bunch of different ones and just walk around so you become familiar with other shoppers habits in there and SA habits.

2. TAKE NOTES. Some stores have those fancy new cameras. Some have cheapo ass old ones that legit do not work. Some have security guards some don’t. I honestly prefer ones with security guards (so far) because at least at the ones I’ve been to they are the only form of LP so if I know where they are it’s all good.

3. Take note of what bag and style of existence you are dressed as for each trip to each one. Have an existence you’re pretending to be. If you’re planning to purchase, make a fake account like a little while before you go.

4. Go in with a question planned. Have some idea of something to say. I like to ask about X product I know they don’t have or about a certain size I know they don’t have. Then act sad and wander.

5. Although most of the good stuff tends to be on the tip top of displays, the stuff on the lower shelves is the easiest. Bending and squating is the easiest to just slide something in your bag, especially if you have a rain coat or blazer or something too. Don’t look around before you conceal. Just be aware of who is where

6. Look up a stores reviews on yelp before you go. See if there’s complaints about being followed, etc. cause those stores are honestly my fav cause they don’t want any more bad stops so they’re hesitant.

7. Honestly goes for all stores, but just google the store name and the location and shoplifting. See what police blotters, etc. come up. Gives you an idea of how active they are.

8. See if they are hiring LP! Also, legit do for every store. Let’s you know when they are weak.

9. I like to wear some sort of band under my shirt so I can stuff lipsticks and shit there too if the concealing method will be more natural in the moment.

10. Be confident. Honestly this is key.

And finally I guess call them out if one Sa is following you. ask to talk to a manager, etc. cause it’ll be so bad for them.

A bunch of shit I learned in my marketing class :)

(Disclaimer: these do not account for cameras and wandering SAs so keep an eye out still!!)

Straight floor plan:

-straight lines

-used in stores like walmart (not expensive but not a wholesale/liquidation store)

-cashier can’t see you if you’re behind a shelf

Diagonal floor plan:

-diagonal lines

-used for a more open traffic flow, which makes it a little harder to watch for other customers but not too hard

-cashier can see most areas (not all, some are blocked still)

-the back is the best place to conceal

Angular or circular floor plan:

-high end/specialty stores (Pandora for example is like this I think)

-open floor plan

-round displays/stands

-great for traffic flow

-a little harder to conceal than diagonal floor plan but not bad if you know what you’re doing

-cashiers can usually see around the round bends if the stands are tall  but obviously can’t see everywhere

-if they’re lower stands (like jewelry stands) it’s harder to conceal, try floor or scarf concealment

Geometric floor plan:

(Ex. My hottopic is like this)

-multiple shapes

-usually a mess, harder for cashiers to see around all the twists and bends

-easy to conceal

-usually have good blind spots from cameras

Mixed layout :

-as the name says, it’s mixed

-a little harder to find blind spots but not too bad

-use tips from other layouts

Boutique/round floor plan

(I couldn’t find a photo online so I drew it on picsart)

-these are used for high end shoe stores, jewelery etc

-Things displayed on the wall

-cashier can see everything

-hardest to conceal in

-I don’t suggest!!!

(There’s a couple more but idk alot about them/I haven’t been into a store with them so i don’t know how it works)

–Things stores use to prevent lifting, using their layouts or SAs–

(These aren’t all obviously but I haven’t seen many of these on tumblr)

-Greeters.

They greet you on your way in the store, it’s supposed to syke you out and make you think they know you’re there

(They usually forget you as long as you’re not sus, especially in big stores like walmart )

-Checkouts

Placing checkouts where people have to pass it to leave. This deters lifting because lifters think it’s sus to just walk past the cashier and out of the store. However that’s not usually the case. They honestly don’t care

-Short shelves/displays

They keep shelves and displays waist/stomach height so they can see possible lifters overtop and it makes it harder to conceal 

-Shoplifting signs

These are placed in the front of the store, the washrooms or high up  (while you look for cams) these are meant to deter a lifter but sometimes there aren’t even cameras or anything to catch you lifting.

(Like burglars are less likely to break into a house/car with a safety system sign)

Hey gang! So, I know I just posted a haul like,,, yesterday, but my best friend and I went out and hit the town today, and, well... Anyways, here's a teensy lil haul from us to you 💙 also, dw, I went to a different bth and bdy than last time lmao

Bth and bdy:

Vampire blood candle: 24.50

Blueberry pancakes candle: 24.50

Strawberry pound cake candle: 14.50

Pink velvet cupcake lotion: 14.50

At the beach lotion: 15.50

Aromatherapy sleep body wash: 13.50

Sweater weather body spray: 15.50

Velvet sugar body spray: 14

A thousand wishes body wash: 12.50

Hand sanitizers: 1.95 x 6

Sleep aromatherapy pillow mist: 13.50

Gingham air mist: 9.50

Wallflower scents: 7.50 x 3

Two assorted art stores I don't feel like naming lmao:

Pumpkin maple candle: 24

Vanilla bean and sugar pillar candle: 10

Sagewood bergamot candle: 14

Vanilla and amber candle: 20

6 pack of micron pens: 18

Paper mate flair pens (2): 2 ea.

Paper mate ink joy gel pen: 2

Sharpie pen x 2: 3.39

Sarasa pen: 2

Artist loft pen: 1.29

Gellyroll pen: 2

Prismacolor pencils x5: 2.29 ea.

Steadtler fineliner: 2

Stabilo: 1.49

Royal and Langnickel brushes x3: 4 ea.

Faber-Castell colored pencil set: 35

Winsor and Newton acrylic paint: 7

Uni Posca markers x7: 4 ea

Royal and Langnickel brushes x5: 4 ea

Miscellaneous:

Living world small pet carrier: 8.49

Tunnel for small rodents: 9

Rodent hammock: 9

Vanilla passion fruit and hawaiian breeze candle: 3

Carmex chapstick 3 pack: 5

Tarot deck: 40

The sun and her flowers: 13.58

We also got a pair of non-slip shoes for my buddy, since we work at the same place and he needed some, so there's another 55 😌

Stop!! Reposting!!! From outside the community!!

Antis are fucking dedicated okay. I wasn't here for the doxxing scare a while back but tags and reposting outside the community are how they fuckin find us you dumbasses.

Remove your exif data (post with a VPN if you're really that worried)

Don't give any personal info, not even your name.

Make your backgrounds as blank as possible because people CAN recognise what's in them.

And don't, repost, outside of the fucking community.

One person reblogs something from a non-lifting account and that's all it can take for antis to find us. Suddenly they'll be seeing all the other lifters you reblog from and they may not be as safe as you.

DON'T REBLOG OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY FOR THE SAKE OF YOURSELF AND OTHER LIFTERS. YOU ARE MAKING IT EASIER FOR ANTIS TO FIND US AND FOR PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN KNOWN ABOUT US TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND WHO'S IN IT.

i cant believe people actually go into shops using these tips and thinking that theyll work

“cry if lp catches you, sob and say you are poor and are so sorry”

ive seen this tip a million times from screenshots of ‘borrowing’ tiktok.. 

real Iifters know that shit is dumb and will never work.

L0$$ PR3VENTlON DOESNT CARE ABOUT YOU. majority of lp get off on arresting people who Iift, even if theyre poor or homeless. they’re even less likely to care if youre an alternative teenage girl who was steaIing eyeliner from t@rget.