If companies are actually doing this, it's going to be an interesting year

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[–]Zapped 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I know someone who worked for a large regional gas station chain in the U.S. and they were trained to let this happen. They would identify who was shoplifting and start a case. They had the framework in place to keep a running total and once they hit the magic number, they would file charges.

[–]HiddenFox 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Time for the thief's to diversify their victims! Maybe the government can develop an app to let them know when they are approaching the $3000 limit so they can then move on to the next store.

Seriously though, fuck politicians are stupid.

[–]UncleWillard56 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Probably because so many cities are allowing for just <$1000 before the police will even show up and charge anyone. Here's a thought, stop fucking stealing shit.

[–]Drewski 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is common for a lot of retailers, they let it get to felony level shoplifting before they press charges.

[–]Musky 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

I've seen Walmart arrest a family of Mexicans for shoplifting gift cards that don't even work unless they're activated. They literally just stole worthless bits of plastic.

[–]jet199[S] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

Stores should arrest people who just cause a mess.

Why put up with it? Damaging goods or putting them in a place they won't get bought has much the same effect as stealing them.

[–]Musky 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Here expired, damaged and returned goods get sent back to the manufacturer and the store receives credit. It's priced in already, same with 'shrink.'

I don't want to be arrested if I accidentally knock over a shelf or something.

[–]jet199[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Not uncommon in Europe to see signs "you break it, you pay for it."

[–]Musky 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I've seen those too, not sure smaller places have the same perks.

[–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You should be. Be careful

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You would have to know the word "amortization" to understand why they do this.

[–]notafed 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Queue new California legislation that requires seperate shoplifting incidents to be filed as seperate charges and barring aggregating incidents into a single larger charge.