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This is flatly untrue. There are both sophisticated and basic criminal enterprises based around stealing from places like dollar tree and selling to your corner

by op00to 3y ago

This is flatly untrue. There are both sophisticated and basic criminal enterprises based around stealing from places like dollar tree and selling to your corner store.

tehwebguy 3y ago
I don't get it, if Dollar Tree sells basically everything for $1.25 the wholesale cost must be so low that corner stores have basically no room to save money by buying stolen goods. Anyway, if there are really criminal enterprises doing this it seems like it would take marginal investigative work to uncover and nail down.
- spiderice 3y ago
  Yeah GP really needs a source for their claim. They’re basically saying that criminal organizations can steal incredibly cheap trinkets and sell them below cost… apparently at volume. Seems ridiculously unlikely.
  - WillPostForFood 3y ago
    I don't know about incredibly low priced items (Dollar Tree), but the kjist is correct around organized shoplifting at retail. Retailers say organized retail crime has made their theft problems only worse. Crime gangs often look to steal products from stores that can easily and quickly be resold on online marketplaces such as Amazon and through other illicit markets. “More products today are locked up because the problem has gotten so much bigger,” said Lisa LaBruno, the senior executive vice president of retail operations at the Retail Industry Leaders Association. “Criminal actors can steal high volumes of products and sell them with anonymity.” Retailers have supported a bipartisan bill that would require online marketplaces to verify state-issued IDs for millions of high-volume third-party sellers. President Joe Biden supports such a measure and this week also called on Congress to impose liability on online marketplaces that sell stolen goods on their platforms. Amazon said it does not allow third-party sellers to list stolen goods and works closely with law enforcement, retailers and other partners to stop bad actors. “We regularly request invoices, purchase orders, or other proofs of sourcing when we have concerns about how a seller may have obtained particular products,” a spokesperson said. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/01/why-does-the-drugstore-lock-up-toothpaste-and-deodorant/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/01/why-does-the-drugstor...
    - lazyasciiart 3y ago
      A lot of the official stories about security and theft at retail stores are just not true, of course. Locking up products correlates well with under-staffing: the grocery near me went from having liquor for sale on the shelf and a dedicated checkout counter staffed right there, to having all the liquor locked up and no staff member visible for miles.
jrflowers 3y ago
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- mikeyouse 3y ago
  Are you unfamiliar with the multi million dollar business that criminals have figured out? Turns out homeless people don’t steal deodorant for fun but because they’re paid to do so by organized gangs. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-03/members-of-bay-area-retail-theft-ring-that-stole-millions-plead-guilty https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-03/members-...
  - jrflowers 3y ago
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    - qwerpy 3y ago
      Are you only able to communicate through thick, smug sarcasm?
      - deleted 3y ago
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      - jrflowers 3y ago
        Are you sure you replied to the right comment? This thread is about the sophisticated and organized homeless gangs robbing us of generic branded eau de toilette
      - WaxProlix 3y ago
        Can you engage with comments only through a dense layer of thoughtless hyperrationalism? Or is there a point that's been made here which you're missing?
taeric 3y ago
And this feels like a plot from a movie. Plausible, to a large extent, but ridiculously improbable. Do you have any references to dig into on this? I'd, sadly, expect that the majority of real "theft" in places like this are going to be wage theft.
- klyrs 3y ago
  Movies have convinced people that theft is this major, glamorous affair. It's really not, 99% of the time. People steal excavators from construction sites. People steal from themselves to defraud their insurance. Employees and managers steal from the stores they work at. Sometimes I leave the office with a dry erase in my purse. And yeah, wage theft is a major problem.
- op00to 3y ago
  https://nymag.com/news/features/tide-detergent-drugs-2013-1 https://nymag.com/news/features/tide-detergent-drugs-2013-1

by op00to 3y ago

This is flatly untrue. There are both sophisticated and basic criminal enterprises based around stealing from places like dollar tree and selling to your corner store.

tehwebguy 3y ago

I don't get it, if Dollar Tree sells basically everything for $1.25 the wholesale cost must be so low that corner stores have basically no room to save money by buying stolen goods. Anyway, if there are really criminal enterprises doing this it seems like it would take marginal investigative work to uncover and nail down.

spiderice 3y ago
Yeah GP really needs a source for their claim. They’re basically saying that criminal organizations can steal incredibly cheap trinkets and sell them below cost… apparently at volume. Seems ridiculously unlikely.
- WillPostForFood 3y ago
  I don't know about incredibly low priced items (Dollar Tree), but the kjist is correct around organized shoplifting at retail. Retailers say organized retail crime has made their theft problems only worse. Crime gangs often look to steal products from stores that can easily and quickly be resold on online marketplaces such as Amazon and through other illicit markets. “More products today are locked up because the problem has gotten so much bigger,” said Lisa LaBruno, the senior executive vice president of retail operations at the Retail Industry Leaders Association. “Criminal actors can steal high volumes of products and sell them with anonymity.” Retailers have supported a bipartisan bill that would require online marketplaces to verify state-issued IDs for millions of high-volume third-party sellers. President Joe Biden supports such a measure and this week also called on Congress to impose liability on online marketplaces that sell stolen goods on their platforms. Amazon said it does not allow third-party sellers to list stolen goods and works closely with law enforcement, retailers and other partners to stop bad actors. “We regularly request invoices, purchase orders, or other proofs of sourcing when we have concerns about how a seller may have obtained particular products,” a spokesperson said. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/01/why-does-the-drugstore-lock-up-toothpaste-and-deodorant/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/01/why-does-the-drugstor...
  - lazyasciiart 3y ago
    A lot of the official stories about security and theft at retail stores are just not true, of course. Locking up products correlates well with under-staffing: the grocery near me went from having liquor for sale on the shelf and a dedicated checkout counter staffed right there, to having all the liquor locked up and no staff member visible for miles.

jrflowers 3y ago

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mikeyouse 3y ago
Are you unfamiliar with the multi million dollar business that criminals have figured out? Turns out homeless people don’t steal deodorant for fun but because they’re paid to do so by organized gangs. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-03/members-of-bay-area-retail-theft-ring-that-stole-millions-plead-guilty https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-03/members-...
- jrflowers 3y ago
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  - qwerpy 3y ago
    Are you only able to communicate through thick, smug sarcasm?
    - deleted 3y ago
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    - jrflowers 3y ago
      Are you sure you replied to the right comment? This thread is about the sophisticated and organized homeless gangs robbing us of generic branded eau de toilette
    - WaxProlix 3y ago
      Can you engage with comments only through a dense layer of thoughtless hyperrationalism? Or is there a point that's been made here which you're missing?

taeric 3y ago

And this feels like a plot from a movie. Plausible, to a large extent, but ridiculously improbable. Do you have any references to dig into on this? I'd, sadly, expect that the majority of real "theft" in places like this are going to be wage theft.

klyrs 3y ago
Movies have convinced people that theft is this major, glamorous affair. It's really not, 99% of the time. People steal excavators from construction sites. People steal from themselves to defraud their insurance. Employees and managers steal from the stores they work at. Sometimes I leave the office with a dry erase in my purse. And yeah, wage theft is a major problem.
op00to 3y ago
https://nymag.com/news/features/tide-detergent-drugs-2013-1 https://nymag.com/news/features/tide-detergent-drugs-2013-1