i was at s3ph0r4 and was caught on cams by łp

they got me once i got out (police were called blah blah blah)

lesson 1! do NOT try and use blind spots. only body conceal and use slight of hand techniques

lesson 2! unless you have more merchandise on you and they check your bags, don't fess up to more then you're accused of.

lesson 3! TRUST YOUR FUCKING GUT. i went with friends and this was my first time in this sÈph0r4 and i kinda abandoned my friends to go there. i got sussed at every store and therefore only hit 2-3 stores being s3ph0ræ and mæc33s. the store i got caught at i went to last and the other one was easy with my m4gñ3t, especially in the area i was in (I HAD ON MY BODY SO 3ŁP DIDNT SEE)

lesson 4! don't look at cams

lesson 5! don't get cocky

hiii ikêä + tãrgēt haul!

2 lazy to write everything down but

total: $1195✨

- the founder of ikea, ingvar kamprad, was a nazi sympathizer

- ikea is owned by charities, all run by ingvar kamprad, therefore none of its profits are taxed, making the ingka foundation (the charity that runs ikea) the largest charity in the world, with a net worth of $36 billion dollars. it is one of the most elaborate tax evasion schemes by a company to date.

- ikea partners with lumberers that do illegal logging in romania, russia, and many other european countries. they cut into virgin forests and green belt areas which destroy ecosystems and kill native animals. they also leave these forests a mess after they’re finished logging.

- ikea chooses not to adhere to cpsc (consumer product safety commission) guidelines and knowingly produce furniture that risks consumer’s health and safety in order to retain profit. well known cases of these risks include the malm dresser recall, where eight children had died from tip overs due ikea’s neglect in removing an unsafe product from the market.

- their meatballs and weiner sausages contained horse meat in several european countries amid the horse meat scandal. also, their chocolate cake was contaminated with coliform bacteria, which is found in fecal matter.

- ikea used cuban political prisoners as well as forced labor camps in germany to assemble and manufacture furniture to sell in the 1980s.

- furniture is poor quality and made to break in roughly two years, forcing consumers to return to buy more.

Household items: Pots & Pans Shopper bags Dish soap Laundry soap Dryer sheets Bleach Stain sticks Air fresheners Candles Air in a can Dusting rags Towels of all shapes and sizes Food in every category. Vegan, organic, non perishable, gourmet, I don’t give a FUCK you deserve to eat!! Glasses/plates/silverware Wine bottle opener! Wine and booze! Cooking utensils

Personal care: Deodorant Shampoo/conditioner Tampons/pads Body scrubs Skin care Socks Makeup wipes Whatever makeup you want because you deserve it babe :’) Toothpaste Toothbrushes Teeth whitening strips Lotions Bubble baths (for long days where you’ve earned it) Face masks

Things to spend your boosting money on: Furniture! IKEA is so awesome Cooking tools! Mixers, microwaves, coffee machines, basically anything that you can’t lift just buy.

STORES THAT YOU WILL LOVE: Household decor: Pottery Barn, World Market, IKEA Beauty: Ulta Personal care: Bath and Body Works!! Cleaning supplies: Target! Please conceal in the dressing rooms :) Alcohol & Food: AJs! It’s fine food and if you have one in your state go go go! World Market has awesome wine selections and fun food! Clothes: Old Navy! Urban! Candles (it gets its own category because I LOVE CANDLES): BABW! Urban! POTTERY BARN AGH SO GOOD

Heres a list of things to avoid that look sus! (compiled from many other posts and lp reddit)

Getting out of the car and putting on a backpack 

Covering your face as you walk in the door

Walking quickly

Looking at people, not merchandise / noticing every person who walks by

Carrying a large bag

Looking at people instead of looking for a cart when they first walk in the building.

Selecting a hiding item (trash can, tote, large box) and placing it in the cart before going to a high theft area

Women who put their purses in the top of the cart and leave them open. Then when they select, some things go into the basket and some go next to the purse.

Bragging to your friends

Out of season clothing (sweatshirts to body-pack in the winter etc.)

Sunglasses

Backpacks

Red dyed hair

Stroller with two bags

Hoodies on especially if the drawstrings are pulled

Carrying a receipt

Going in circles

Leaning on the cart when pushing it (elbows on cart to look relaxed but has a stiff back)

Going to the bathroom multiple times

Touching your face allot 

Covering your mouth (sign of anxiety)

Looking around the store at an abnormal rate

Being surprised when an SA approaches you

Removing hangers from clothing and leaving those hangers on the rack. 

Hanging around blind spot areas too much

Groups of teenagers

Picking items w/o even looking at prices

If they came inside the store on foot (walked instead of drove)

Biggest piece of advice I can give is to THINK LIKE A NORMAL SHOPPER. Normal shoppers look at prices, they pick things up. they read ingredients. they compare items. they sometimes ask for help. they aren’t afraid of conversation with employees.

-DNA: Did not arrive.

It’s really easy to DNA stuff online. Just email or live chat (i prefer livechat) the company and say that you never received the product, and that you were really excited to get it/disappointed it never came.

For Ämäzön, Wälmärt, Ültä, Tärgët, etc, it’s best to have an active account with actual purchases on there. Even after your scam, buy cheap things once in a while so you can scam again. I’ve done that with Tärgët & have scammed over $400 in items on the same account (with like 10 legitimate purchases).

Here’s a list of stores I’ve scammed and their protocol, & the amount I scammed:

-Ämäzön: reshipment or refund ($30) *Blocks your account after 3 consecutive DNAs

~Ä&F: reshipment or refund ($70)

-Ämërïcän Ëäglë: reshipment or refund ($74)

~Äërïë: reshipment or refund ($70)

~ÄlïËxprëss: refund ($50)

~Bärnës & Nöblë: reshipment or refund ($45)

-Bäth & Bödÿ Wörks: reshipment or refund ($70)

-Bëd Bäth & Bëÿönd: reshipment or refund ($25)

-Bëlk: reshipment or refund ($50)

-Bëstbüÿ: reshipment or refund ($60)

~Bödÿ Cändÿ: reshipment or refund ($35)

~Cänväs Dïscöünt: external investigation w/carrier ($12)

-Cär iD: external investigation w/carrier ($60)

-Chëwÿ: reships, you have to return the extra ($30)

~Cölöürpöp: no refund, no return. Only reship ($50)

~DHgätë: refund ($12)

~Dïckïës: reshipment or refund ($30)

-Ëbäy: reshipment or refund ($15)

~Ëssënce Makeup: reshipment or refund ($20)

~ËZLïp: store credit or reshipment ($25)

~FäshïönNövä: makes you file a claim w/carrier ($80)

-Föötlöcker: external investigation w/carrier ($110)

~FrëëPrïnts: reshipment or refund ($12)

~Fëntÿ x Sävägë: store credit only ($60)

~Gärägë: external investigation w/carrier ($40)

~Glössïër: reshipment or refund ($108)

-Güïtär Cëntër: external investigation w/carrier ($50)

-Höllïstër: reshipment or refund ($100)

-Höt Töpïc: external investigation w/carrier ($40)

~Hïbbëtt: file a claim w/ their website, get a refund to paypal OR store credit ($170)

~Hömë Dëpöt: reshipment or refund ($20)

~Husky (car mats): external investigation w/carrier ($115)

-Jöürnëÿs: external investigation w/carrier ($20)

-Köhls: external investigation w/carrier ($40)

-Lüsh: external investigation w/carrier ($40)

-Mäcÿ’s: reshipment or refund ($80) *Blacklists you after 5 consecutive DNAs

~Mïchäëls: reshipment or refund ($30)

-MK: reshipment or refund ($120)

-Näïl Süpplÿ Glämöür: reships, you have to return the extra ($30)

-Nögü: external investigation w/carrier ($50)

-NŸX: reshipment or refund ($25)

~Nïkë: reshipment or refund ($99)

-Öld Nävÿ: reshipment or refund ($70)

-Öttërböx: reships, you have to return the extra ($70)

~Pändörä: external investigation w/carrier ($50)

-Päcsün: reshipment or refund ($40)

-Pëtcö: reshipment or refund ($30)

-Pöpsöckëts: reshipment or refund ($18)

~Pürä Vïdä: reshipment or refund ($47)

-Römwë: reshipment or refund ($45)

-Sällÿs: reshipment or refund ($40)

-Stäcy Läsh Störë: reshipment or refund ($30)

~Sëphörä: reshipment or refund ($90)

~StëälthDäshCäm: external investigation w/carrier ($25) **has terrible customer service

-Snäpfïsh: reshipment or refund ($10)

~Spëncërs: reshipment or refund ($15)

~Shëïn: reshipment or refund ($154)

-Tärtë: reshipment or refund ($25)

-Tärgët: reshipment or refund ($200)

-Ültä: reshipment or refund ($175) *over $100 is an investigation

~Ügg: external investigation w/carrier ($170)

-Wälmärt: reshipment or refund ($30)

~Wïndsör: external investigation w/carrier ($40)

~Vïctörïäs Sëcrët/Pïnk: reshipment or refund ($202)

~Zümïëz: reshipment or refund ($50) *Blacklists you after 2 DNAs

As I always tell you guys, I’ll be updating this list as I scam more stores! If you know any feel free to lmk!

quality over quantity

quality over quantity

quality over quantity

quality over quantity

Fuckin full length stockings bitch. Cut the legs off them and you’re left with some lovely concealment helpers. 

The “shorts” you’ll end up with are perfect for wearing under pants/shorts/skirts for body concealment. The long “socks” can be used in so many ways. My favourite thing to do is to fold the excess fabric on them down and safety pin them to the inside of jacket sleeves/pant legs to use as a secret pocket. You could also tightly tie them around your waist/ribcage/thighs etc. for more body concealing.

Different tags can be removed different ways, some of which I won’t go into to here only because I want these tips to be as general as possible in order to be helpful to more people. These tips will work on every tag I’ve ever encountered except 2alarm or 3alarm tags which are the physical embodiment of the devil.

These techniques are tried and tested personally by me, my favourite and most foolproof techniques are marked with an asterisk(*).

Do not read this expecting some miracle technique, this is all just common sense. Also do not try these all in one go, work on each technique one by one and polish your skills to avoid getting cocky or sloppy.

Sus= suspicious, getting caught or being close “Don’t act sus” “security looked super sus” “I hope they don’t sus me out” “I think my mum has sussed out where all these new things are coming from”

*IMPORTANT INFO TO REMEMBER BEFORE DETAGGING* 1. Never detag on the shop floor, take items into the changing room and detag and conceal in your bag or under clothes in there. Sneak items into the changing room unseen by: - slipping items into your bag or pockets or down the front of your trousers or bra in a blindspot (an area where you cannot be seen by cameras, be sure that no staff or customers can see you either) - dumping an open, mostly empty shopping bag below a rail of clothes then subtlety dropping clothes on the hanger into the bag in a blindspot (this one requires super awareness of who can and can’t see you behind your back, very dangerous and not for rookies) when you then pick up this bag be sure to cover the opening of it with your jacket or clothes which you wish to take into the changing room - slipping small items into the pockets of a coat or pair of jeans that you’ll then take into the changing room (stick to things like small wallets and jewellery that are found within or near the clothing section, it will look weird if you are carrying a big coat around the electronics) - *hanging more than one item on a hanger is the easiest and most fool proof way of getting items into the changing room to detag. Grab something chunky and something long, like a floaty dress and and a chunky cardigan or jacket, then hang what ever you want on the neckline of one of the items, you can also hang things on the back loops of jeans, the loop sometimes found on the inside of jacket or a looped label. A few things to watch out for: jackets may fall off the hanger due to the extra weight and reveal your concealment, and make you look nervous and sus, you can avoid this by closing up the jacket, this will also hide the item hung on the jackets loop far better. And make sure to pass a mirror before entering the changing rooms to check if you have any hangers sticking out and hold something against yourself as if you’re checking to make sure it suits you so you don’t look sus. Also if the fitting room attendant takes the items off of you and find the double hung items you can just act dumb and say “oh I knew I had more items” “oops sorry I forgot I was making an outfit” it sounds out of the ordinary but it’s never not worked for me. 2. Some paper tags and barcode stickers have RFID tags hidden inside, these can be deactivated by making a tear which ruins the electronic signal, but I prefer to be leave these behind inside the pockets of jeans or a coat. 3. Always take a pair of jeans or a coat with lots of pockets I to the changing room to hide all your tags in, I find a coat is best because you can hang hangers inside to make more space inside your bag which looks less sus and leaves more room for more stolen goods. A coat isn’t always available though or looks sus in the summer but jeans are stocked year round so is a safe bet. Always remember to take anything that you left tags inside back out to the shop floor and dump somewhere messy in the store or back where you found it, never give it to the changing room attendant! If they find the tags it will be almost impossible to talk your way out of it. 4. Ink tags are not there as a deterrent, they are never fake and do contain ink that will stain your skin and your clothes if it is broken open and it will break open if you are too rough and you will be caught for sure. You need to be super careful with ink tags, super super careful. 5. Do not over stuff your bags, you might as well write “shoplifter” across your forehead in day glow glitter if you’re gonna walk around with a over stuffed bag.

Okay detagging techniques: 1. *Yank the tag, just yank it. Pull the fabric taut and yank the tag itself firmly until there is a rip in the fabric big enough to pull the tag through. Be careful not to pull too hard and make a big, suspicious noise and a big ugly hole. With ink tags you’re better to hold the tag at the edge, and yank softly but firmly, if you keep your hands on the sides it shouldn’t break. 2. Using a seam ripper to make a hole big enough to pull the tag through, get the seam ripper as close to the pin that hold the tag on the garment as possible and dig the point I to the hole made by the pin and push forward softly to rip the fabric. A seam ripper is a tiny metal tool, sort of like a two pronged fork with a razor between the prongs, it is used for ripping out bad seams believe it or not but works just as well on fabrics. Keep your seam ripper inside a small sowing kit inside your bag so that if you get searched you can say you just carry it as part of the kit in case of a wardrobe malfunction, this will get you a far more lenient punishment than if you were caught with the seam ripper on its own. You can find these in any haberdashers and most craft stores. 3. A small pair of nail scissors is also good for digging at the hole made by the pin to make a big enough gap for the tag to come through. Again carry it inside a small nail care kit with nail files and polish and things so you cannot be charged with “going equipped” to steal. 4. A craft knife does the same job but if you are found carrying these around it could look super weird so I’d suggest not carrying these or cutting a small slit in the lining of your handbag and slipping it in there. 5. Plant clippers or socateurs with a thin set of blades will easily cut through tag pins and wires but make a loud sus sound when they snip and could get you caught. Also are much harder to explain or hide than a craft knife, I’d suggest hiding in the handbag lining and only carry them if you truly 100% need them.

Hiding your tags DO NOT LEAVE THEM BEHIND IN THE CHANGING ROOM this is how most shoplifters got caught when I worked in retail. You must hide them and there are a few ways to do this: 1. Take the tags with you and hide them in the pockets of jackets and jeans as you walk about, this is super dangerous and should only be done if the other three methods are impossible. 2. *Hide tags inside the pockets of a jacket or pair of jeans or anything with pockets that you brought into the changing room with you, when you leave do not give the item with hidden tags to the changing room attendant, take it with you and out it so wwheres messy or back where you found it so that the tags will not be found until you are long gone. 3. Tape tags to the bottom of the changing room stool, be careful because the tape might make noise when you peel it and the tag could be found as you leave, fairly risky. 4. If the changing room dividers are thick enough you can reach up and set the tag on top of it. I have been back to shops I did this to a year ago and the tags are still there covered in dust ahahah be careful not to drop the tags I to other changing rooms or too near the door where someone might see your hand.

NOW PLEASE FOR MY SANITY STOP WITH THE ROOKIE ASS QUESTIONS

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This page supports the following:

LGBTQ+ LIFTERS

POC/WOC LIFTERS

NEWBIE LIFTERS

ADULT LIFTERS

TEENAGE LIFTERS

MISUNDERSTOOD LIFTERS

LIFTERS WITH STRICT PARENTS

MALE LIFTERS

LIFTERS WHO HAVE BEEN CAUGHT MULTIPLE TIMES

LIFTERS WHO GET SUSSED OUT JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR SKIN COLOUR/SEXUAL ORIENTATION

LITERALLY ANY LIFTER !!!

What I DONT support:

PEOPLE WHO REPOST OUT OF THE LIFTING COMMUNITY

PEOPLE WHO LIFT FROM STANDS/SMALL FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES OR MOM AND POPS STORES

RACIST LIFTERS

ANTI-LIFTERS

HOMOPHOBIC LIFTERS

Lifting or not, people get stopped. You’ve probably been stopped before and never thought anything of it. If you get stopped and questioned, act just like you would if you hadn’t lifted a day in your life. Being polite, while feigning "offended" or "confused" is the easiest way to go. Alternatively, you could be b*tch about being hassled but that may not work for you personally or could be perceived as defensive (making it harder to backpeddle.) Find what works for you. Ultimately though in that moment, you are completely innocent by anyone's standards.

Stores that are “hands off” can’t physically stop you and be within policy. Any employee that isn't LP shouldn't be doing anything remotely close to stopping customers. When they do, deal either one of 2 ways; Either hold a receipt and project the impression of complying with their requests by giving them a closed mouth smile and nod while keeping pace, when they want to check a receipt or bags or something else, just act like its exactly what you’d if you weren’t lifting. Otherwise, walk briskly, showing no receipt, and shoot them a bothered look as if to say their accosting you is rude as is their desire to needlessly waste your time. Legally, SA’s and LP CAN NOT physically prevent you from leaving. They aren’t police, they can’t detain you.

If LP is stopping you, they're stopping you for a reason, so there's no point playing polite. When they stop you, they're either formally accusing you of shoplifting or they’re not. Call them out point-blank and ask "Are you accusing me of something?" Look them in the eye, press them for an answer, and don't let them skirt around it. Say "no" to any and all other requests. If they don't give you a straight answer & evade the question with something like "if you let us see your receipt we can clear this up", don't waste time. Say "no thanks" and walk away. If they touch you, treat it as assault . If they’re accusing of lifting, ask them for the details of what they're accusing you of having lifted, or tell them to call the police and WALK THE FUCK AWAY. If they're going to tackle you, they're going to tackle you, nothing you do will change that. Better them getting an assault charge than you getting a theft charge.

they are a company who pays disabled people less then minimun wage so they don’t have to pay fucking taxes.there job training program, is training disable people to work at goodwill so they don’t have to fucking pay them. they suck balls, it’s good for the earth, and vintage is in.

things to know about taking shit from g00dwill

nothing is tagged

because everything is used and random, it’s basiclly impossible to tell if something is yours or not if you rip the sales tag off. use this to your advanage.

some stores have cameras, some don’t. make a blind spot by kneeling buy a clothing rack, going to a dressing room or bathroom, or leaning over something. cameras are never watched from what I’m aware of.

it’s not odd to take non-clothing items into bathrooms/dressing rooms. this is because if someone takes it there isn’t another one

walkouts are super easy because stores are understaffed and emplyeees don’t care. you can total wear stuff out of the store.