some thoughts on receipts

[holyskeleton]

hi ya'l im new here. i was looking up shoplifting on wikipedia and a link took me here.

anyways recently i had some thoughts on the receipts. ultimately this one sheet of paper can worth anywhere from 1 to 1 thousand dollars. so if someone goes into a store and buys something, gets the receipt, then makes a copy of it, then go back to the store and take the same item off the shelf with the receipt in the pocket, he can just walk out without paying!

now he can always do this more than once. then afterward he can just go back with the receipt and grab one off the shelf and then just return it and the money back and keep the stolen ones for himself or sell it.

the thing is that they now have internet registered inventorys so they'll know if which ones which...

any thoughts on this?

[holyskeleton]

oh and if you dont wanna get tracked by using credit card you can always pay cash. but they wont give you cash back if its more than $200 instead they give you a check. you can take the check to the bank but then you get tracked. does anyone have some information on which store gives store credit or if they can put the money on a gift card?

[DIzzIE]

It's a bit harder to copy a receipt than you might think. One would need to match paper/inks as closely as possible, mayhap even investing in a little specialty receipt printer of one's own...

If one's receipt shows that one paid for the purchase with cash, one will then get cash back for the item (unless, as you rightly point out, it's over a certain amount which varies from store to store, in which case you'll get a check), with an exception being if the retailer has a strict policy about only giving store credit for all returns. If one does get a store credit card, one could then try to buy a standard gift card with said store credit card, if the particular store in question happens to allow that sort of thing...

Oh, and I think Classic Compilation #3 is going to be all about receipt scams, look out for that within the next couple of weeks, maybe.

[Scamula]

This doesn't sound like a bad idea. But u must be careful not to get caught while "picking up" the items that r on the receipt. This scheme is a little higher up than straight out stealing and if you get caught, I think the managers are going to be a bit more inclined to calleth the po po. They are going to think that you're not a lone booster but there are more of you, like a whole ring of you or something.

[himhkd]

sounds ok but dizzles right you would need to match inks and paper



and you would have to worry about dates and things


but i might try it because i have the paper needed

[ThePrincessOfScam]

Well it could work.. I mean.. if the dates and all that it could get quite confusing... If you bought something and kept going in and sporting it out you would have like... 5 minutes to do that before the time change would get rediculous, especially if you get questioned on it.




Hmm well lemme think about it... In a very hypotheticla way...

Reciept.. I work at a resteraunt people pay by credit card... Perhaps if there was someone at a retail store.. that was in on this kind of underground type shit and was willing to help you, you could:

Make sure you go to the store the day your friend is working and he/she knows whats goin down..

Make your friend charge you for something expencive... you should maybe try this with small things at first... Once he has, the computer will just register that you bought something equaling the total that was charged. Get the reciept, 2 COPIES of it.

The next day come back with the expencive thing you bought when your friend is not there and return it. Get the money back, and then come back yet again another day when your friend is there and return it again with the second receipt. That gives you the money back twice. Once to replace the purchase and once again for your pocket.

I know that as long as the computer has the reciept the product actually returned is not on record. Especially at the huge-time retailers.


This is a rough theory but I will keep improving on it and finding out more behind this and all... Theory only. lol.

[Stone]

That doesn't apply to all retailers. I know that DSG (one of the biggest electrical retailers in the world, that is Dixons, Currys, PC World, PC City, The Link, etc, all owned by DSG) keep sales on server forever. When you return something using a reciept the barcode on the reciept is scanned, the nthe product to be returned is selected from the sale file shown on the computer. Every transaction from that reciept is logged. If you try to return again using the same reciept the previous return is shown on the computer in red. The police will be called, the CCTV footage given to them, you will be arrested and charged with fraud. Many people have been caught trying this with them, all ended in a successfull prosocution.

[holyskeleton]

yes thats one of the things im thinking about. one of my friends pointed out that some store doesnt use alarm systems intead use real people to check the receipt at the door. also their receipt is just a regular paper and regular ink. so whats gonna go wrong is if they register every single item. best buy does that but they need a day to update. and if you return something on the same day of purchase then they are gonna call the manager.

[ThePrincessOfScam]

which is why I need to work on the whole theory of it.

Right now it is really rough, I will check into a few things and post back.


I DO KNOW.... Voids.

For anyone else who works with fast food you can try this:

I know at my job we have something called a VOID.

When you fuck up on a meal or something but you have already cashed it, you VOID it and the money is deducted or put back into the till so you can redo it, or cancel it.

Like if someone buys something and you accidentially ring it in for more then it is worth, VOID it and that amout of whatever was over is deducted from the till.

We also do this if someone forgets their money or wallet or something, if I dont think they could use a break, I void it and it is deducted from the till.

NOW:

I know that Walmart, BK and I am sure Mcdonalds does this, This is pretty much how to steal from the till and no one will know.

ring in something worth 5-10 dollars.. dont go over.. honestly it is rediculous to beleive someone bought 200 dollars worth of food but it is on your head... Ring it in and cash it. Then.. Print the reciept and void. Voila.

HOW THIS WORKS:

If an order is 5.50. You cash it and the register automaticly thinks the customer gave you exact change for that order. which is why employers get on your ass if you cash something and dont void it.... because there would be 5.50 missing from the till.

By voiding it you take that 5.50 out of the till again. And they can record it and see that the till is balenced.

Well do that... but... Take the money. I work graveyards so it is fairly easy to pocket the money. Just make sure the cameras dont see.


Exploited VOIDS, friends... are one of the few perks of working at a fast food place. lol.



MORE TIPS FOR FAST FOOD WORKERS:

When someone comes in and orders somethng huge, a really long order. put an extra few bucks or so on his/her bill.. They wont know because their order is so huge and you get the money

I usually add like... 2 dollars per large order... Using these techniques I make 15 bucks in "taken gratuity" every night.

Because thats what it is.... A mandatory gratuity for working our asses off to collect your huge order. lol.



haha.

[Scamula]

That doesn't apply to all retailers. I know that DSG (one of the biggest electrical retailers in the world, that is Dixons, Currys, PC World, PC City, The Link, etc, all owned by DSG) keep sales on server forever. When you return something using a reciept the barcode on the reciept is scanned, the nthe product to be returned is selected from the sale file shown on the computer. Every transaction from that reciept is logged. If you try to return again using the same reciept the previous return is shown on the computer in red. The police will be called, the CCTV footage given to them, you will be arrested and charged with fraud. Many people have been caught trying this with them, all ended in a successfull prosocution.

Oh shit! :crazy: