It's Roleplay, Chill

This tip is PERFECT for T@rget. The hauls you can achieve using this tip will land you a felony if caught, so be quick and be careful.

This tip is a more complex version of disguising yourself as a worker. You not only have to wear the store uniform, but you have to play the role of a load mover. Anyone know what that is? They are the people who move inventory from the truck into the store. You’ll see them pushing those large freight carts full of boxes in T@rget, setting them nearby an isle, then other lower level workers will come unpack those boxes.

Ever see those doors in T@rget that say “employee only”? Well, these doors are where the cargo loaders enter in/out of frequently. My friends, as a former worker -these are where bulky and expensive items are stored. It is a TREASURE trove. Walk in confidently and take it in. Some stores will put flat screen Tvs in here. On any given day you’ll find couches, futons, baby strollers, makeup, keyboards, etc. Also stored here are items they are planning on stocking in the future. You’ll see a cart with the isle number and date it is to be placed. If there’s any item that is about to be released, it is going to be stored behind one of these employee only doors.

Careful, because there ARE cameras inside to catch employee theft. They’re not watched as much, but they exist.

Now, please know most cargo movers delivering loads usually come very early morning or very late at night. Pulling off this tip will probably arouse the least suspicion during opening hour.

Onto the steps! Remember, follow them down to every last detail and you WILL be rewarded to the tune of thousands of dollars.

One last thing! This is a high stakes crime. It’s up there with bank robberies and ATM heists. Only attempt if you are intelligent and have the capacity to perform under pressure and articulate every last detail.

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1. Get a uniform. You know what it looks like: T@rget is khakis, sneakers and a red polo. Nametags help, but aren’t a complete tell-all. This step is one of the easiest. T@rget doesn’t issue out shirts themselves, so variations in khakis and red polos are common. If your uniform looks slightly different, it won’t arouse suspicion.

2. DISGUISE YOUR APPEARANCE. I cannot emphasize this enough!! Lifting over $500 means possible JAIL time if caught. Disguising yourself isn’t too hard. Think wigs, facial hair, cross dressing to become a different gender..even race! It’s all possible today with makeup and FTX. ****important*** be COMFORTABLE and CONFIDENT in your new appearance. Yeah, if you’re a girl lifter dressing as a dude- you might feel self conscious and you might believe EVERYONE is staring at you or everyone knows. These days, gender is such a mystery, they will honestly just not give a fuck and ignore you. But be sure to practice your disguise and wear it around your home before leaving for public. Be comfortable in it like it’s your own real skin.

2. If you’re driving, you gotta cover up your license plate somehow. If your haul exceeds $500 it is a FELONY (in most states, please look up your bylaws.) LP will DEFINITELY trace the theft back to you, and will look at parking lot cameras. It’s easy for them to get a plate #. Please cover it up to avoid police. My favorite and most inconspicuous way to cover my plate # is to get some leaves and superglue. Pull over in an unsurveillanced area very close to the store and superglue a bunch of leaves right on your plate (front and back). Make it look as natural as possible, and make a pile near the bumper too, not JUST on the letters and numbers. You can even let a half of a number or letter show. Don’t let a full number or letter show though, because police can sometimes trace a vehicle to an owner with just make/model and a single character taken from the plates.

2. Collect large, empty cardboard boxes. Tape them up to make it look like they contain goods.

3. The day has come. Put on uniform, then disguise. Go to the store parking lot early in the morning and get a card. Quickly- unload the empty bulky boxes into the shopping cart.

4. Wheel the cart full of boxes into the store. Be CHARMING and CONFIDENT. Wave at employees, say good morning. Say they’ve been expecting a load.

**Note: use the word LOAD. That is T@rget lingo. You can probably get away with “cargo” too, but the most commonly used word there is load. (i.e., I’m getting a load, we’re in for a load today boys, we’ve been expecting Wednesday’s load)**

5. Once you’ve secured entry into the store, wheel it to any section of the store. Go towards the walls, look for those big flappy doors with plastic windows that say employee only.

6. Push through one of the doors. Act like you’re looking for a certain area in the employee only section. The items in there are organized with white sheets of paper, denoting isle number and product #. Of course you won’t know what these numbers mean, but mutter to yourself, scratch your chin, and act like you are looking for the “correct” area to unload this cart full of goods.

7. You’re not truly looking for the “correct” area to unload, actually. What you as a lifter are looking for are the items you want to take out of the store. Once you see a product you want to steal in masse, start unloading your fake boxes of goods.

8. Do a switch. Stack your empty boxes and then grab the item off the stack and place them in your cart.

9. Once you’ve ditched the empty boxes and loaded up on real items, time to GTFO.

10. Walk casually, even get out a pen and paper as if you’re doing inventory.

11. Since you’re not a real employee, you will have to exit out the main entrance of the store. This can be sus, but with the uniform, it pretty much shields any questions away.

12. Get out the door immediately; and get to your car. Load your goods up and GTFO.

13. Drive to an empty, unsurveilled parking lot and remove leaves from your license plate. You don’t want to get pulled over with 20 baby strollers in your trunk because you forgot to uncover your plates.

14. Go home, wait at least a month before boosting any of the items. DO NOT list items on Craigslist or EBay.

15. Do not go back to the store with the same car or same appearance again. If your haul was big enough, they WILL know you and they will always have you in the back of their minds.

Happy lifting, good luck.

So I decided to post this here in the main shoplifting tag as I felt it didn’t give anything away but some useful ass tips, and yall mofos should follow my private blog for more tips like this cause I ain’t posting any more here lol. 

Also it’s all messed up in the tag, just saw that. Sorry. It’s all organized and cute on my blog thingy.

So I named this an uncute tag simply because it’s not cute. I’ve been doing just fine without these special extra tools or tricks and haven’t been caught yet. Some things aren’t for everyone. I’ll list what will get you caught/addicted.

Magnet’s/Hooks: These nifty little tools are great for people who sell shoplifted goods for a living however these can get you in a  LOAD of shit.

For example:

I personally would never consider purchasing a magnet/hook, as this can lead to addictive behavior. Remember that shoplifting and all of this is a CRIME. It is not a job or hobby. IT’S NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING THEM, I JUST WOULDN’T GET THEM, THATS ALL.

Being caught and having these on you will change your petty crime charges into something wayyyyy more serious. You can go from a fine to actual real real jail time.

You get stuck to metal objects. Now a good friend of mine on here told me about how she would get stuck to displays  when she had her magnets on her. Suspicious or nah?

They’re very loud, if you’re in a quiet store the only thing employee’s will hear is the sound of you detaching tags. no good.

BEING LOUD AND ABOUT: Have you just known someone who was loud about everything? Will in the world of being a criminal, being loud and just plain out there can ruin your life. Literally. You want to be so quiet and out of view that they forgot you ever came in the store.

Ways to ruin your stealth:

Dropping Items. Like this is actually really bad, don’t do this, keep steady hands.

Talking to EVERY employee. It’s okay to talk to one at the MOST. But don’t talk to every employee because they’ll just be on your back trying to continue a conversation with you.

Being and look awkward. This means being clumsy, and fidgeting, it’s really hard to conceal while fidgeting, i’ll tell you one thing.

Having a HUGE bag. Nothing more suspicious. Like you’ll knock things down and look awkward and causing you to speak to employee’s and you’ll be breaking all the rules listed here, lol.

Having BAD partners: It’s one thing to shoplift, but to shoplift with a bad partner is asking to be thrown in the slammer.

Effects of having a bad partner and how it Affects you:

They get caught, you get caught. Rather they snitch or you to are close together.

They’re obvious. From the moment they walk in they’re suspicious.

They’re loud and about. Always in the view, can’t shut up and act so proud.

They’re clueless. ”Are you going to steal that?!” Bad partner asks while lp is already prepared to tackle you.

They act like children. Following behind you, always asking what to do, chickening out.

 Will sell you out. They will cry, beg and plead to lp that you kidnapped them and made them shoplift.

Shoplifting EVERY DAY: This is a complete no no. I shouldn’t have to explain why.

What it will do to you and your well being:

It will become addictive. It will, no doubt about it. You’ll want to shoplift everyday, want to shoplift bigger things and get sloppy while at it.

You’ll become an even bigger cheap-stake. You’ll cry over paying for that 1$ bottle of soda because you could have stuffed it in your butthole, oooo nooo.

You’ll become recognized. The cameras will see you more often, entering the store and not buying a single thing if not shoplifting their store. They’ll start to wonder why certain items you picked up went missing and you’ll be the suspect. Next time you come in, BAM, RIGHT IN SLAMMER.

You’ll get lazy.I mentioned this but you will. You’ll want every thing to just come without a price and slip and then BAM, RIGHT IN THE SLAMMER.

You’ll get caught. You will, you didn’t listen to this beautiful post, and did all the things I said not to do and now look at you. In da slammer ye go.

hey! 

I’m a cashier for Walmart and had this idea yesterday, my lifting buddy and I want to lift a bunch of shit and we we’re hoping to do this: 1) She comes in, somewhat fills her cart with stuff we want to lift. 2) She comes to my register, pretending like we’re strangers to each other. 3) I fake scan a lot of the stuff, demagnetize stuff, place them in bags, scan a few cheap things, and trying to create a receipt long enough to look like it matches the number of items I’m placing in bags for her) 4)She walks out, goes home with all the goodies and voila.

Like with this method we could get away with like curling irons, toys, electronics, etc.

What do you think?

The “holy fuck i’m really doing this right now ” haul Haul from like 2 days ago, I didn’t get to post until now, but I’m so proud.

The pants and the hoodie are so fucking cute , and the blankets soft.

I’m having a hard time deciding if I should keep or boost the Anastasia highlight palletes.

Day 1: Cut out all sodas/juices/energy drinks and switch for tea or water for better sleep, skin, metabolism, and to kill excess sugar cravings.

Day 2: Do 50 squats every day before your shower to get that ass🍑

Day 3: Do a face mask.

Day 4: Paint your nails/toes with a cute ass design💅

Day 5: Make yourself a bomb ass breakfast before starting your day.

Day 6: Clean out your closet and try on shit to configure some cute ass outfits for future reference.

Day 7: Take an epsom salt bath to detox and relax.

Day 8: Buy yourself a new highlighter. Even a cheap one like ELF or Makeup Revolution can ya shit pop✨

Day 9: Take a selfie. Take 10. Take 100. Do your makeup or go natural, and gas yourself up with as many selfies as your heart desires. Y'all have no clue how much this boosts your self confidence.

Day 10: Pick/buy yourself some flowers. Love thyself.

Day 11: Do something different with your hair. Part it a different way, straighten it, curl it, dye it, whatever makes you feel glammed up💆

Day 12: Go for a walk outside. Get that fine ass some fresh air and exercise.

Day 13: Get your eyebrows done, or do them yourself if you prefer.

Day 14: Trim your split ends💇

Day 15: Try out a new lip color💅

Day 16: Go through old makeup and throw out anything unwanted or expired. Keep that vanity fresh.

Day 17: Go to bed early for that young beauty rest💤

Day 18: Go through social media and your phone contacts. Delete/block people you don’t like or want to talk to. Cut that toxicity outta your life.

Day 19: Wear a new perfume, or one you normally don’t wear.

Day 20: Exfoliate ya face with your favorite scrub.

Day 21: Apply coconut oil (to lenghten) or castor oil (to volumize) to your lashes before going to bed

Day 22: Buy or make a lip scrub to get them soft kissers😘 (diy scrub: honey+sugar+olive oil)

Day 23: Buy yourself a cheap, fake little engagement ring to remind yourself that you are married to yourself. It also wards off fuckboys.

Day 24: Stretch properly after you wake up, and before you go to bed.

Day 25: Make yourself a lit ass playlist on spotify or your phone’s music to jam whenever you’re feelin down.

Day 26: Make a fruit salad and gobble that shit up for a healthy snack (melt some dark chocolate and drizzle over it for a little treat)🍎🍓🍇🍉🍍

Day 27: Do some yoga.

Day 28: Wing out ya eyeliner like a bad bitch💁 Use scotch tape as a guide for beginners.

Day 29: Buy yourself a new bra or pair of panties to feel sexy af in💞 Target has cute shit for cheap.

Hello lovelies! I was watching this community, lurking, liking posts, but never reblogging or anything bc I didn’t have a liftblr but hey, I made one purely because I wanted to share my experience with you. I’ve worked at a LOT of retail stores (liiiiike…. more than I’d like to admit) so i’m going to share with you some intel on some stores that I guess not a lot of people know! 

AM3RIC@N E@GL3:

Every employee has a walkie talkie with an earpiece. There’s a code they use to talk about people they think might be lifting. It may vary from store to store but at the store I used to work at, they would refer to anyone who was sus as “Art.” so they’d say things like “I think Art has decided to come in today” or “I just saw Art over by the denim wall.” The phrasing is key here because the word think is what they use when they think someone is sus, v they’ll use the definite verb if they actually see someone conceal.

AE is definitely one of the most aggressive stores when it comes to LP. We don’t have anyone who works there strictly for LP, but all employees are trained in it. The common theme is that they won’t chase you unless they definitely see you conceal. Just be careful. If they see you conceal for sure, they’ll alert the manager. The manager will ask you if you’d like to purchase the items, and if you deny having them, they’ll let you go without saying anything else but they will alert a security guard. so be careful.

Fitting rooms are so good if you can manage to get tags off. The fitting room attendant is usually overloaded with shit to fold or put back on hangers and sort and whatnot, and so they usually don’t have time to actually care about what you’re doing in there. They usually ask for your name. Do not give them a fake name unless you are alone. Otherwise your friend might slip up and call you your real name which can be sus. 

Also, fitting room attendants change ridiculously frequently. It’s one of those jobs where they just put anyone who isn’t busy. I was never in the fitting room for more than like 20 minutes at a time, because I was usually covering someone, or the second they put me in there, it’d be time for my break. If you take a long ass time, there’s a good chance it’ll be a new attendant and they won’t even know what you brought with you in there.

F0R3VER 21:

My experience in this store is gonna be different everywhere you go, solely because we were super understaffed when I worked there. I worked at a very high volume large store that was supposed to have 120 employees at any given time and we had 25 while I was there.

SENSORS. I cannot stress this enough. Our store was supposed to sensor everything over $10, but our lifting problem got so bad that we ended up tagging everything. That being said, because of this, we would often run out of tags, and when we were too lazy to go get some from the back, we just wouldn’t tag things before we sent them out on the floor. Because of this, you can usually pick around and find items that aren’t tagged, and at the very least you can exchange them for store credit without a receipt

Speaking of doing that…. they now take your ID info when you do a no receipt return. Once you hit a certain amount of no-receipt returns (I’m not sure how much it is because they started doing this after I quit), they will either refuse the return or they get really sus.

You ever been in a F21? It’s a fucking MESS. Employees on the floor are way more concerned with cleaning the store before closing than talking to you, especially if you go an hour before close because that’s when they start recovery. You go then, and no one cares about what you’re doing. Bonus points if an employee says hi to you and you smile and say you’re doing well, it makes you very not sus

Fitting room attendants RARELY count your items and if they do, it’s just to make sure you don’t have more than six. They don’t actually pay attention to the numbers. But please, for the love of god, do not leave tags on the floor, it’s so annoying for us to sweep up at the end of the night lol at least have the common decency to put them in a pocket of a pair of pants.

T@RG3T

Much like f0r3v3r 21, we have a no-receipt return limit. I know for sure it’s $75 in any given 12 months. That’s not a lot so please be careful. Also, obviously be careful about no receipt returns in general, because once they scan your ID THEY HAVE YOUR INFORMATION

Most stores, even big ones, usually only have one LP. They’re dressed in a way that you can tell they’re LP. Some have two, but most only have one. Which means if you see an LP on the floor, then they’re not in the security office watching the cameras.

Self checkout is a REALLY bad place to lift. If you’re going to do it, conceal it in the fitting rooms.

BOB and LISA. These are the two things they stressed the absolute most there. (Bottom of Basket) and (Look Inside Always) SO if you’re going to conceal, please make sure you don’t like put a bunch of makeup in a makeup bag, because the self checkout attendant or your cashier will open it and see it and then you’re busted! Same goes for putting anything on the bottom of your shopping carts. If you’re feeling ballsy you can do this anyway, and when the cashier asks if you scanned it you can easily tell them you forgot.

I’m sure a lot of u have seen this tip already but seriously PRACTICE AT HOME. i tend to keep the boxes of old palettes and lipsticks.

 What i do is i practice by putting the palette back into the box and trying different techniques to put it into my purse or i just simply use the box.

i try things like crouching down, fast concealment, setting up my phone as a camera (on the top of a bunk bed) and seeing if the camera catches me. 

Tomorrow is, according to retail, the first day of Christmas. Tomorrow begins the highlighted “If you feel off, youre off, dont go.” season. Extra Security is hired. LP is just as disguised as we are. Tomorrow begins the holiday shopping rush. Which is actually a pretty good time because most SA are gone off dealing with cranky children and bitter mothers upset over hatchimals. But for some stores, tomorrow begins the era to crack down on us. Tomorrow is not the time for feeling off.

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! :)

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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. 

First and foremost, the EXORBITANT cost of college these days pretty much means lifting should be a right. College costs are soaring while these days, it is essential for financial independence. Use resources your college has in order to save you pocket money. Even if you don’t attend a particular college, knowing where the spots are to snag free items will save you money. With all this being said, ALWAYS be stealthy. No, there are no cameras and no LP- but if someone sees you taking and snitches there could be some type of consequence.

*****happy educational lifting, friends*****

For dry paper goods (napkins, paper towels, paper plates, cups toilet paper): head to any dining hall/department kitchen/public library/staff room. My aunt higgith attends a community college part time, and the anthropology department is LIT. They have a fully stocked refrigerator, a closet stuffed to the brink with paper towels, and drawers stuffed with cup sleeves. We go there during the day and bring an empty reusable shopping bag. We’ll take around 2/3 sleeves of paper cups, 2/3 stacks of paper plates, a whole ziplock bag full of napkins, and 2/3 paper towels. Be sure to only take a few of each, DONT fully deplete their supply otherwise they may start to hide their goods. Grabbing this stuff usually lasts our house a month or more and is COMPLETELY free. Buying all these paper products would be $10/$15. Everyone knows a nearby staff room or kitchen, but you need to fit in somehow and be discreet when taking it. Also, have a story already formulated as to why you’re there- just in case someone asks. Higgith is a student, so she is ready to tell the world in case they start chatting her up.

For free waters, sodas, chasers: Staff rooms OR dining halls. When you go to your dining hall, bring water bottles and empty containers to store with mixers. Take as much soda or water as you like, it’s a dining hall for heavens sake! Especially helpful for when you’re drinking and don’t want to pay for expensive drinks at a bar: just bring your container filled with soda and add your alcohol of choice. For canned sodas, make the effort to scope out the best stocked staff rooms. I know sooo many kitchens and staff rooms that are literal treasure troves. At any given point, they have 4 or 5 cases of sodas and a huge stockpile of sparkling water. Be discreet and take some! Saving on waters and soda is a HUGE discount. Why spend $4 on a six pack of coke when you can get it for free?? If you’re savy enough and never pay for your drinks again, you could save $50 a month easily.

For cleaning supplies: janitors closets, bathrooms, and staff rooms. Higgith’s university is a literal treasure trove. It’s a big university so all 20 buildings or so have multiple janitors closets. We prefer the education building because it’s the nicest and usually has great stock. each janitors closet will vary slightly, but all the basics can be found. Industrial sized buckets of bleach, mopping solution, and sometimes Lysol wipes are there in BULK (those are crazy expensive!!!). We go monthly and put mopping solution in a backpack, it’s heavy- but saves sooo much money. After Higgith takes the mopping solution it’s my turn. I rush in while she stays on the lookout. I snag Lysol wipes and whatever else we may need. Quick, easy, effective.

Toilet Paper, PooPourriand Febreeze (bathroom finds) Try to find the nicest bathroom in the building or campus. Certain departments go all out with their bathrooms, providing extras like febreeze, PooPourri, and soft cottonelle toilet paper. Find a bathroom decked out like this (and believe me, they DO exist, almost every institution has one) …and lift away. Febreeze is like $3 a bottle, potpourri is at least another $3, and y'all know how expensive cottonelle is. Do you really think I wanna be wiping my ass with scratchy one ply?? No hunny, if I’m gonna lift, I’m gonna lift the best toilet paper I can get my hands (or ass) on. Literally. Higgith’s anthropology bathroom is lit, just like the staff room. One of the anthro lecturers must be bagging the dough because he/she is ALWAYS replenishing the Febreeze bottles we steal. They set out popourri and leave unused cottonelle under the sink. Higgith and I go in with empty backpacks, and leave with a months supply of bathroom bliss. Can’t tell you how good it feels to get it all for free. During our halls we take 2 bottles of Febreeze, 10 rolls of TP, and one or two PooPourris. It doesn’t sound like a lot, but we hit that bathroom at least twice a week just for the cottonelle.

Food: Dining halls, staff rooms. Always have Tupperware on you. Dining halls are practically BEGGING to be stolen from. Try to steal dry/non perishables like granola bars, cereals, and bread. Higgith’s dining hall has sleeves of bagels, bread, English muffins, etc. We snag a TON of bread products, usually one of everything they have. $10 right there. We take granola bars, bananas, oranges, and take some hot food for later as well. Staff rooms, again, are pretty self explanatory. Find a staff room which usually is stocked nicely- and jump when there is good food being served. Take as many free handouts as you can. Take tea packets, sugar packets, coffee creamers, paper cups, napkins, and any other useful item.

Textbooks: Your University’s textbook annex/store. Most aren’t monitored. Bring a backpack or if backpacks aren’t allowed, wear layers and slide the book of choice under your jacket. If you really need an expensive textbook and can’t afford it, you can always pull a return scam and tell amazon the package got lost. If you only do this once and a while, this means you will not be suspicious to them. Very easy- either way.

School Clothing: University outlet or bookstore. Many schools do not monitor their clothing areas or bookstores. Why on earth should you pay $50 for a school hoodie when you go into debt just to attend? Steal, steal, steal. Smaller things like school magnets, lanyards, pens are easy snatches. Sweaters are more difficult, but when in doubt just use a backpack or wear it over your normal clothes. Most schools don’t have dressing rooms, so it’s normal for people to wear them in store. If tagged- do not attempt to steal unless you have a magnet. Detagging must be done very discreetly and in a blind spot. 99% of school stores DO NOT chase or prosecute.