Shoplifters in Connecticut pull off a heist to steal carts-full of laundry detergent

[Fla Dem]

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[greenjar_01]

1. Soon to be on sale at a Bronx bodega

We call it inventive supply chain management.

[Sherman A1]

2. Organized Retail Shoplifting is a very real thing

Baby formula, Tide, Batteries, Liquor and Cigarettes are all highly sought after to be resold.

[bamagal62]

3. All the Dove products are under lock and key

At my local CVS. Apparently, it’s a popular resale item!

[Devil Child]

11. Same, all hygiene and cleaning products under lock and key

Only started mid 2020 at the shops in my neighborhood.

The overworked staff and I always have a cynical laugh at the time wasted doing a secure toothpaste handoff thanks to local shitbags robbing the store blind.

[cadoman]

4. what is the path of resale on that?

Flea market? Garage sale?

[dalton99a]

14. Mostly online

https://www.businessinsider.com/shoplifting-thieves-professional-organized-retail-crime-home-depot-2021-7

[dalton99a]

5. Organized shoplifting gangs with nice SUVs

They are all over the country

[leftstreet]

7. No kidding n/t

[PatSeg]

6. What a crappy way to make a living

Risk going to prison for $1600 worth of merchandise? Peculiar life choices.

[Fla Dem]

24. Always that way with any crime..is the risk of getting caught and eventual punishment worth it?

Obviously millions though the years have said yes.

[PatSeg]

25. Yeah, I've never really understood it

I don't have a criminal mind, but if I did, I wouldn't take such risks unless the payoff was really worth the risk. Not only was it only $1600 worth of merchandise, but that has to be split between several people! AND they still have to unload the stuff.

I am trying to understand the mind who sat at home and thought this was a great idea. It would hardly make a great heist movie, but it could make a fun Ocean's Eleven satire though.

[Devil Child]

8. Add rampant individual and organized shoplifting as yet another factor

for the negative feedback loop driving shortages and price hikes.

No sympathy or empathy for thieves.

[Wicked Blue]

9. Those dirty rats!

I hope one of them comes clean

[Tomconroy]

12. Ha!

[roamer65]

10. Stores eventually will go to some sort of ticket system.

You walk an aisle, see a picture of the item and take the ticket for it or scan it on an app. Then you give the orders to them and they are filled for you. Like a pharmacy.

[Sympthsical]

13. Where we all unwillingly become customers of instacart

And the mark up on that stuff is extraordinary.

[roamer65]

15. Pretty much.

[jmbar2]

16. They should keep spray paint at the entrance

Mark the cars as they speed off for easy ID.

[Baitball Blogger]

17. Were the cars stolen?

[Fla Dem]

18. When I used to shop at Costco, they had checkers at the doors.

You had to give them your cash register receipt to check against what was in your basket. I can understand stores going to some type of system like that. I didn't know this was beginning to be a prevalent crime.

[hunter]

19. It's a fucking stupid world where name brand detergents are monetized.

At least its not something dangerous like cigarettes, and it's tangible, unlike bitcoin.

[Sneederbunk]

20. They made a clean getaway.

[unblock]

21. Really doing everything they can do to look like criminals

I always thought the key to shoplifting was acting as if you're legit and paid for it at least like you meant to and just accidentally forgot.

The time difference between loading deliberately and loading frantically is negligible, and hitting a cart while pulling away with the door still open is just classic.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

22. I once worked at a Krogers that was changing location

We were moving to a bigger, brand new building. Movers were taking stock over. 2 guys came in, loaded up all the cigarettes and tobacco products and stole them. Brazenly, right in front of us.