itt awesome things you have stolen/stealing escapades.

[blaksun]

so yesterday i yoinked myself a pair of low-top b&w chucks.

holy shitfuck, huh? it was really easy too. i was visiting the neighbourhood (kind of) used clothing store, when i glimpsed them on a rack. it was like a ray of light was shining on them from the heavens.

so i took them into a dressing room with a t-shirt, and put them in my backpack. no one suspected a thing!

last year, on st. patrick's day (COINCIDENCE!) some of my friends bought a couple bottles of brandy and were gonna get shitfaced during lunch. i, however, was extremely poor, but also very thirsty.

this is in quebec, where you can buy booze in grocery stores; conveniently, there was one right across the street from my school.
so i just walked in, grabbed a fawtee and stuck it in my backpack. it wasn't even till after i was walking out that there was a catwalk overlooking where i had been conspicuously stealing alcohol, with various men in suits prowling it. i don't know how the FUCK they didn't see me, but they didn't, and i got off scott free.

soon after that, my friends and i started getting unhealthily fond of alcohol, but i was still poor. every fucking day after school or during lunch, i'd go to that same grocery store and steal food or 40s of booze. that i didn't get caught is ridiculous.

god, that store was ridiculous. it provided everything for me. i never needed batteries for my cd player, or lighters, or papers, or food, or alcohol, or cosmo magazines.

so tell me a story of a crazy theft, or something you've stolen that you're quite proud of.

[Nox (ADVANCED)]

100 meter (was 120meters need hose fo billy :tongue: ) high pressure garden hose with shinning/solid brass connectors and tap head. still in use at my place.

[Stone]

A 24 port 100 BaseT Ethernet Switch.

[Esophagus]

A couple of stories. One of bad security, and one of a terribly stupid shoplifter.

First off is the local value village. they have an alarm, but nothing that sets it off. And absolutely no working cameras other than covering the till. You cna put anything on, or pick anything up, and walk out. Me and a friend once picked up an old lite brite and walked out the door. Weve put on four layers of clothes and walked out. Weve picked up an old school nintendo and walked out. All of this among various other things! I love that place.

Second..... I work at the local wal-mart (I needed the money, and couldnt find another job. Ew.) in the electronics department. The store began to suspect someone in our department was shoplifting (its not just one of us). The other day one of us got hungry and went and got a pizza pop. The secret shopper (who he knew) was quite nearby. He was caught redhanded, put on file, banned from every walmart for life, paraded around in handcuffs, and finally arrested. He didnt even get to finish his pizza pop! I was made aware of this while sitting in the staff room reading a stolen comic book, drinking a stolen orange juice, and sticking a stolen movie in my locker. Way to go wally world!

[Scamula]

Wow, where do I start? I created a shoplifting manual a long time ago and it should be available somewhere on RORTA. Anyhoo, I've cut and pasted the section of my manual where I tell of my "big hauls". Enjoi :biggrin:
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My Tales of Destruction and Woe (well for the stores that is)

As promised, here is the section of the file where I tell you what I did on my ?big hauls?. Learn from what I tell you here. The biggest lesson of all from this section is that with other things in life, there is no one size fits all formula. You have to tweak the information in this file to fit your needs at the time. You have to think on your toes and go with the flow. Let?s just say you had planned to do the bag out in K-Mart, but when you get there, the dressing rooms are being renovated. Don?t just clam up, freak out and resort to middle school style boosting techniques. Simply do the do in the restroom instead of the dressing room or pick another technique altogether. Few things (people included) can fit into a neat little box. Take everything you learn from this file and put it altogether and mix and match it to suit your needs at the time. Reread this file if you need to get ?fired up? for a big stealing spree or if you are not 100% clear on something. I produced this file out of the kindness of my heart. I get no money from this. If someone is willing to help you as I am, then do take advantage of their help! Now, without further ado, let me tell you some real life stories of what happened to me.

1. The Jacket?Once I was perusing through Sears and I saw that they had a sale on jackets. I?m talking about those all-weather shits. We were having some odd weather...it was kind of rainy and cold at times, but at times it was way too warm for a ?real? winter coat, so these jackets would be perfect. I hadn?t planned to steal anymore that day, because I had already rode hard, but as I said earlier, when opportunity knocks, you don?t turn away. I went over to the coat display and I picked up two coats in the colors I wanted and the sizes that I thought I could fit and then I went to the dressing room. The dressing room thing was semi-legitimate this time because I really did need to try the jackets on. One fit great and one didn?t fit as great. I looked around on the one that did fit to look for tags or something hard that needed to be removed. I didn?t find any hard security tags so I was in luck. I simply ripped off the tags and stuffed the tags into the pockets of the coat that didn?t fit so good. I put the coat I wasn?t going to steal back on the rack. Then I just dipped around the store acting like I was shopping and then when the coast was clear, I just left. I didn?t use the pushout or the bagout with this coat because it just wasn?t practical. However, I did have an alibi as I had removed the tags, and they didn?t really know whether it was my coat or a coat of someone I was in the mall with. I was holding it balled up under my arm pit and looking around and at my watch like I was looking for my ?friend? who had left the coat with me. No one paid me any mind. What?s the lesson from this story? Shoplifting is nothing but acting. If you play the game, you?ll usually be okay. Second, always leave yourself some wiggle room with regards to alibis. As you are prepping the things that you?re preparing to steal, be thinking of a plausible story just in case you get caught or someone is eyeing you suspiciously. Or better yet, think the story up before you leave the house. The chances of you getting caught are slim and even if you do get caught, you?re not likely to get any harsh punishment. But, nothing is guaranteed. Some call me paranoid, but I just prefer to be safe rather than sorry.

2. These Shoes Are Made For Walking?I went to JC Penney for the purpose of stealing a pair of nice sneakers. I went on a busy day as they had one of those mega-sales. I sat down trying on shoes. When I found a pair I liked, I simply ripped off the tag inconspicuously as I tried them on. I put the tag back in the box and then I looked at the shoes in the mirror. I walked around with the box and the shoes in my hands but the shoes were not in the box. When the coast was clear, I closed the box, left the box on the shelf and caught the elevator to another floor with the shoes in my hand. In the elevator, I dropped the shoes into a shopping bag I already had with me. Then I just left the store after that. It was that easy. What?s the moral of this story? Use crowds to your advantage. This wouldn?t have worked as well in a slack period as the sales people would?ve had nothing else to do but be in my face. Also another lesson to learn from this is the art of planning. I did this so well because I had already planned to steal sneakers and I knew the game plan. I didn?t get distracted by looking at underwear or pants or shorts. No, I was focused on the shoes. I did the do quickly and smoothly and then I was out.

3. In the Mix?I went to another mall store that has housewares and stuff for the purpose of stealing a blender. I just took the blender and some clothes in the dressing room. I cut the blender out of it?s packaging and put it in a gift bag that I had swiped from the floor. Then I put the box back together, put the clothes back, put the box back on the shelf and left on two wheels. What?s the moral of this story? Again, planning is key. I went to this store with the intent of stealing a blender. I knew my alibi if I got caught was that I had just come from a housewarming party hence the gift bag with the appliance. In keeping with that alibi, I knew my first order of business was to select a large gift bag as I was *shopping*. The clothes were so I wouldn?t look too suspicious going into a dressing room. I don?t recommend stealing appliances and other large things on your first visit to a store. Steal something small, such as a pair of slacks to get your feel for the store. Also, use common sense and know how to work those alibis. This was a store without dressing room attendants. So, therefore I couldn?t leave my other merchandise outside as I *tried on* the clothes because there was no one to watch it. What if some other shopper had of come by and bought it while I was trying on clothes? I really wanted that blender sir....it was the last one in that color. Once again, always find a way to justify yourself and your actions. Nothing is guaranteed. If some employee had caught you and asked you why you were bringing a blender into the dressing room, then you could?ve said what I wrote in italics and they would?ve had to accept that, especially if they had questioned you before you went past every register.

4. Other Stories?I?ve stolen numerous personal portable CD players using the bagout. I just hide them in the store?s clothing and take the clothing to the dressing room, cut the CD player out of it?s packaging, put it in my purse and leave. It?s not hard. The moral of this story is when doing the bagout, pick things that are small yet expensive, such as electronics and jewelry. It?s going to be a little hard to bag out a microwave especially if they have dressing room attendants. I?ve also stolen luggage (you know those rolling backpack thingies) from Sears. I just acted like I was looking at it and checking it out, but I was really removing tags and checking for hard security pieces. Then I just wheeled it out of the store and nobody was paying attention. The fact that I was a little dressed up probably helped me a little as they probably thought I was some business person getting a little shopping done after a hard day of legal (*snicker*) work. The moral of this story? Once again, shoplifting is acting. Acting is not just acting, but it is also costume. If you plan on just leaving with some luggage, don?t be dressed like some hoodrat. Impersonate a business person. I simply wore a nice shirt and pants that I had stolen from Dillard?s a few days back.

[Eulux]

only thing worthy of mention is a pix 501...that and a tyan dual opteron mobo/cpu combo. 246x2.

[holyskeleton]

hell SWIM didnt pay a penny for his geforce 8800 and AMD 5200 and 4 more hardrives and many more.

[Esophagus]

the other day i bought a graphic novel at chapters so i could get a bag, to shove more in (i need to start wearing my backpack more). the till glitched and gave me like 40% off! none of the staff knew it was on sale. not really a huge accomplishment, just dumb luck.

[vandamn]

2 baby alligators (caimens)

[vandamn]

I think its ridiculous to devulge your secrets of boosting on an open thread
All the floor detectives have to do is read this to educate themselves better or put better security devices in their merchandise .
Once you give away your secrets then They never work as good anymore because some dumb fuckwad whose never stolen anything before will read it and try out your technique and ROYALLY FUCK IT UP .........and the more people that fuck things up the harder it makes our job at being Kleptomaniacs .

[Stone]

Shut up... What we discuss is either A: Common Sense or B: Freely available information that can be found anywhere else on the internet.

And isn't Cleptomania a psychological condition and not a job?

[Eulux]

also, notice I never said shit about how I got my hardware...if they feel like divulging that info, then that's their call...

[Scamula]

I think its ridiculous to devulge your secrets of boosting on an open thread
All the floor detectives have to do is read this to educate themselves better or put better security devices in their merchandise .
Once you give away your secrets then They never work as good anymore because some dumb fuckwad whose never stolen anything before will read it and try out your technique and ROYALLY FUCK IT UP .........and the more people that fuck things up the harder it makes our job at being Kleptomaniacs .

Shoplifting and other economic crimes are like computers....technology changes so fast that even if you don't post your *tips*, you'll have to upgrade your techniques sooner or later. LP doesn't really get their information from forums....they get it in the real world by watching the people that they catch stealing via cameras, plain clothed officers and the like.

[Scamula]

Shut up...

hahahhahahahahahahahha lol. For some reason that just cracked me up...I'm not used to Stone talking like that. He is usually a nice guy. :laugh:

[Stone]

This board is about freedom of information and discussion of whatever we want. If somebody tells me otherwise I get fairly bitchy.

[Jarmungand]

asdf

[blaksun]

new rule for this thread: you must name brands and chains.

[Stone]

No.

[Nox (ADVANCED)]

Mine was from a yard in a residential area.

[himhkd]

i got about 100 dollars worth of paint from michaels

[ThePrincessOfScam]

I stole over 200 dollars worth of antique WW1 and WW2 millitary garb (hats, helmets, belts, a wooden pipe.... that sort) from this old antique store downtown...

It was suprisingly easy.

2 primitive secuity cameras, 3 front salesmen, 1 Security image TV right beside them (lazy asses not watching the damn tv lol) and omage of things to take with the front door 10 steps away...

[Nox (ADVANCED)]

Got a carton of Melbourne last night an a thermal flannel jacket.

[TWISTED JOKER]

Got a 120 gb xbox 360 hard drive($170) from target, then I sold it on craigslist for $145.

[Nox (ADVANCED)]

"Holy shitfuck" i think i know you from another forum, not sure which one!

[TWISTED JOKER]

I'm on bs and &t. Though I don't go on latter.

[headcase]

I tend to steal things by accident. Or else hang around the most high-brow store in the city acting suspecious.


so yesterday i yoinked myself.

Good stuff.

[Stone]

I stole something by accident before and I felt pretty guilty over it. I was after taking 6 pills and had none left. One of my mates said he'd half his last pill with me and I swallowed it whole by mistake, forgetting that it was his and it was to be halfed. I didn't mean it and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get it back up.

It ended up being all good though, he had this weird thing that he'd do sometimes when he was out of his head. He'd go searching for something but when asked what he was looking for he didn't know. He ended up searching for nothing around the whole house.

Well, there was this kind of urban myth in the house. Nobody knew if it was true or not but is was often discussed. The owner said he came home one night really drunk and hid 8 pills somewhere. The next day and from then on he couldn't remember where he hid them. But he also said he couldn't remember if he even did hide them or if he took them some other time. Well I'm sure you've guessed that my mate who was searching for nothing came across them. They were hidden behind the hinge of one of the wardrobes in one of the bedrooms. He went to the other bedroom where the owner of the house was sleeping and asked him if we could have the pills and pay him back another night.

From that moment on, it was one of the best nights buzzing I ever had. I was hallucinating like fucking mad. Me and my mate were fucking twisted from the pills. We were even sharing the same hallucunations. We were hallucinating that there was some kind of stringy substance that was growing up our arms and wrapping itself around us. It wasn't dangerous but was glowing in mad fucking colours. I often used to see shadows moving and small insignificant hallucinations when taking pills but never anything on that scale.

Fuck, I'm gone completely off topic. Anyway, as I was saying, I stole it by accident but it ended up being all good.

[headcase]

Still slightly off topic but given that there is no real motive to this thread except telling stories:

I was at Hi:Fi Ireland in August which was as much a drug-taking contest as it was a music festival. Unfortunately, right before we left, there wasn't a downer to be had in the city. So we suffered our come-downs (Sunday and Monday - Monday was horrific) like men. Then, on Monday afternoon we were walking through Cork city in a horrible state. 4 days without a shave or a shower of a toothbrush, two of which were spent dancing like someone hepped up on speed (oh wait.....), sweating like, well, like someone hepped up on speed in a festival tent (upon leaving Tiesto, the weight of my sweat was pulling my pants down). So me and a buddy said goodbye to the group and got on a bus. On the ride, the buddy reaches into his pocket and takes something out. In his palm are 4 Xanax.
Turns out, he had met someone in town before we had left who had saved some Xanax for us, knowing our predicament. They were, of course, for everyone. I was momentarily dismayed that we had unnecessarily suffered the journey from West-Meath to Cork (via fucking Dublin), but the Xanax put a stop to that sharpish. Nonetheless, we decided it best not to inform the others of the slip.

[Oi Scout]

36 seperate Tins of beer, and 2 crates. Just put them in the stores bags, then into a trolley, walked past the checkout quickly and it looked like I bought them. I've done it with less after that, but thats the most I ever got in one go. Most people I know have been caught doing it though, so I stopped. They all know I did it in the shop, but never did anything. But if I go in now they insist on pushing the trolley for me.

[annoyed]

I was at the checkout at CompUSA and slipped one of those AOL CDs into my bag without anyone noticing. Boy was I nervous as I was walking out the door, especially since I had forgotten to check for a security device. Luckily there wans't one. The experience shook me up so much I nearly puked after I made it out. I ended up chucking the CD in case anyone was tailing me trying to discover my secret lair where I hide my stash.

[odin_dax]

I was at the checkout at CompUSA and slipped one of those AOL CDs into my bag without anyone noticing. Boy was I nervous as I was walking out the door, especially since I had forgotten to check for a security device. Luckily there wans't one. The experience shook me up so much I nearly puked after I made it out. I ended up chucking the CD in case anyone was tailing me trying to discover my secret lair where I hide my stash.

LOL!

In all seriousness now, HOW DARE YOU EVEN TOUCH AN AOL CD!

[mrpsychogreaser]

Oh man...I have so many. This one I use every time I go a Walmart store because they usually have these out front. 3 for 1 cokes from the machine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j38adyyJivA

But my best days were long ago when I had different friends working IN LOSS PREVENTION, at different stores! If you know those guys, half of em are crooks too. We did a 3 day Best Buy run once where I dressed in different styles of clothes and changed my hair/look. We took in a grotesque amount... thousands of dollars of high end consumer electronics going out the front door of the store! Like I said though, you have to have someone incahoots for that one.

-MPG

[odin_dax]

Oh man...I have so many. This one I use every time I go a Walmart store because they usually have these out front. 3 for 1 cokes from the machine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j38adyyJivA

But my best days were long ago when I had different friends working IN LOSS PREVENTION, at different stores! If you know those guys, half of em are crooks too. We did a 3 day Best Buy run once where I dressed in different styles of clothes and changed my hair/look. We took in a grotesque amount... thousands of dollars of high end consumer electronics going out the front door of the store! Like I said though, you have to have someone incahoots for that one.

-MPG

I'm beyond the age where my friends would work those kinds of jobs, but it's a good idea that sparks some interest for me. I think it's much easier to rip off electronics a different way, though.

[Stone]

Someone I know used to work in a major games, music and movies store as head of security and boy did he fucking screw that place. He used to walk out after work with gearbags full of stuff and nobody questioned the bags. He used to tell his mates to come in at certain times when he was on his own and he would make sure the cameras were turned away from them and they could fill bags and just walk out.

A tidy amount of money was made also from selling playstation 2's that he nicked. Quite a nice bit to be honest, it was a good christmas for me!

[Nox (ADVANCED)]

it was a good christmas for me!

Someone give that man a cigar! lmfao

[Heartbreaka912]

I wouldnt really call it awesome but when i was younger, me and a couple of friends that worked with me stole some other employees checks from our job, and there was this store in the ghetto that would cash checks with no i.d., you jus had to sign the check. so me and my 2 friends went to cash the check( we wore hats and shades so the camera couldnt see our faces. and at the store, there are 2 lines for cashing checks and on the side of each register they have a finger print ink pad thing but they dont make u use it. So i go up 2 cash my check and my friend is right beside me in the other line cashing his check, so i look over and i see this fool putting his damn finger print on the check like a dumass. So we get out of the store and me and my other friend are yelling at the dumass and we told him that he was gonna get caught becuz his dumbass put his fingerprint on the check. 2 weeks pass by.. word gets around that the dumbass friend snitched on us. and all of us end up going to jail for forgery and identity theft but i only got 3 years probation and got off on 1st offender.

[mrpsychogreaser]

So i go up 2 cash my check and my friend is right beside me in the other line cashing his check, so i look over and i see this fool putting his damn finger print on the check like a dumass. So we get out of the store and me and my other friend are yelling at the dumass and we told him that he was gonna get caught becuz his dumbass put his fingerprint on the check. 2 weeks pass by.. word gets around that the dumbass friend snitched on us. and all of us end up going to jail for forgery and identity theft but i only got 3 years probation and got off on 1st offender.

I find that big jobs work out best when only members of your immediate family are involved...or loyal long time friends that are like family. A person you barely know is never a good partner for organized crime.

[kspn]

Mine is pretty pathetic but I once swiped a basketball card that was listed at $50 bucks from a store, I just put it behind a pack of cards I had bought earlier and no one suspected a thing. I still go into that store all the time and buy stuff there and they have no idea I ever stole it.

[eminent]

Swim went shopping and was checking out these really cool shoes in River Island ,she had 1 on and was legitimatly trying them on ,then all of a sudden all the lights go of. Bunch a girls start screaming ad run out the shop. Security guard's not standing outside either ,she can't beleive her luck so she puts on the other one intending to walk straight out. Then she realises the jewellery section pitch dark to ,takes a handfull and throws that in her bag to.

Thats 80 pounds worth of free shyt....

Nyhow as she leaves the whole shopping centres lights are down ,no announcement ,and shoppers were all fleeing. :wiggle:

Guess she could had taken more but her friends caught up wih her.

[mrpsychogreaser]

Swim went shopping and was checking out these really cool shoes in River Island ,she had 1 on and was legitimatly trying them on ,then all of a sudden all the lights go of. Bunch a girls start screaming ad run out the shop. Security guard's not standing outside either ,she can't beleive her luck so she puts on the other one intending to walk straight out. Then she realises the jewellery section pitch dark to ,takes a handfull and throws that in her bag to.

Thats 80 pounds worth of free shyt....

Nyhow as she leaves the whole shopping centres lights are down ,no announcement ,and shoppers were all fleeing. :wiggle:

Guess she could had taken more but her friends caught up wih her.

Funny, this just happened to me and my girl the other day. We were in a store and the lights went out..but I was thinking that the scanners might be running on back up power so I hesitated to grab anything. Anyone know if that is the case or did I miss out on a score?

[icharianchem]

stole over 800 USD worth of spaypaint from three stores back to back within the space of an hour

got cuaght at one gave them back 2 cans of paint
kept 7 grabbed a handfull of markers gell pens and rubberstamps(what the hell) on my way out

there was alot of graffiti in local areas for nights to come

[Nox (ADVANCED)]

5cents of every customer today to buy my lunch.

[Th0r]

I tend to steal things by accident.

Thats a good tactic eheh