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philip964 wrote:

fulano wrote:Saw a show on shoplifting on CNBC yesterday (maybe day before). Wow. This is big business.

Saw the same show. I am amazed how clever people are in their thievery. In an actual tape of a theft, a guy wheels a small motor cycle up to the cashiers desk and asks to return the item. The clerk correctly asks for his receipt and he has none. The clerk correctly refuses to refund his money. Disgruntled the customer wheels the motor cycle out of the store. Earlier he had removed the motorcycle from a store display on the other side of the store.

The guy creating these receipts surely had a scam similar to the crooks featured in the CNBC program. They are clever; you can't deny that. Its just that they are crooks. Seems it would be easier and more pleasant to make an honest living than to deal with the constant guilt of being a criminal.

Saw a show on shoplifting on CNBC yesterday (maybe day before). Wow. This is big business.

One guy who now advises the authorities said he could get $12,000 worth of merchandise in 8 hours. The theif gets 10 cents on the dollar (rough numbers) and the fence sells it for 50 cents on the dollar at flea markets (better know as thieves' bazaars in olden days).

The crooks like it as a profession because it is safer than assaults or armed robbery and if they get caught they don't get much punishment.

This guy had a different angle perhaps trading the stolen items for cash thus getting $1 on the dollar...