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Loads of Tide thieves clean up nationwide
From Maryland to California, Tide detergent is becoming liquid gold to criminals, who are stealing the bright orange bottles and using them as a form of currency on the streets.
At $15 a pop for Tide in the 100 fluid ounce container, it's not surprising thieves across the country are scrubbing store shelves clean of the laundry detergent.
Earlier this month, a Tide robber from St. Paul stole $25,000 worth of the detergent and was sentenced to 90 days in jail and five years probation, according to a story in the Pioneer Press.
And a Maryland supermarket surveillance camera caught a suspect loading his car with 15 to 20 bottles of Tide, hauling them away, and then an accomplice selling the detergent to a nail salon. The footage was aired on an NBC affiliate in Los Angeles, which reported that national retailers such as CVS were taking extra security measures to keep Tide tied down.
And its not just Tide, the NBC story found. A spokesperson for Ralphs Grocery Stores, a California supermarket chain, said the thieves are also stealing Red Bull and shampoo.
http://lifeinc.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/13/10669349-loads-of-tide-thieves-clean-up-nationwide
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)This is the weirdest story not involving the Klown Kar I have read in a while.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)This is just odd as hell. It isn't as though you can use the stuff to cook meth or something.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)murielm99
(30,745 posts)WHY?
And what do nail salons have to do with it?????
Does anyone here have an answer?
zorahopkins
(1,320 posts)If Tide is selling for $15.00 a bottle, then someone who steals it pays nothing for it.
If the person who steals one bottle of Tide can sell it for $8.00, then that person is $8.00 ahead.
And if a person who has lost a job or is desperately poor cannot afford a $15.00 bottle of Tide, an $8.00 bottle is much more affordable.
Everyone wins.
Except, of course, the Big Chain supermarkets that overcharge anyway.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)Control-Z
(15,682 posts)I knew little more after reading the complete article than I got from the title.
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)behind the counter!
barbtries
(28,799 posts)since you know anyone who would steal infant formula has to really need it.
but then again, steal the formula so you have money for your beer. i could see such a scenario.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Easily re-sold for cash.
Poor mothers weren't the ones stealing it, almost every time we caught them it was someone who needed money for drugs.
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)the stores will put under lock and key, next to the baby formula and razors.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)whatever grabs you as a cocktail I guess.
Robb
(39,665 posts)Sale plus a store coupon AND manufacturer's coupon. Got ten of them for 3.99 each.
Where do I go to trade them for guns and drugs? And can guns and drugs clean clothes?
DianaForRussFeingold
(2,552 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)is to steal items. Thieves are stealing Red Bull and shampoo...and? Water is still wet. Thieves steal items out of a store. Water is still wet.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)a glitch in the Matrix. Pay no attention to anything that does not seem to be a part of the Official Simulation.
Now, back to "our" recovery. Everything is absolutely fine and we are getting it all "under control".
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)its been complete cartloads of chewing gum being stolen by Romanians. Apparently its used instead of coins for use in shops there.
Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)The unintended benefits of good marketing.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)So it's easier to walk out with it in your cart because it wouldn't be in a bag...if you walked out with a couple small cans of some item and that wasn't bagged, that would look suspicious.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Barter goods will be the name of the game when all H breaks loose.
Juneboarder
(1,732 posts)I make my own laundry detergent at home and it costs me maybe $3 for a 2 month supply. The hardest part is grating the soap to mix with your other ingredients.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)or not
TlalocW
(15,384 posts)Who is a coupon queen and can go to CVS, buy over a hundred dollars of product, and come out with the store owing her 5 bucks. We'll ship the bottles to these place to be distributed for free.
TlalocW
surrealAmerican
(11,362 posts)... is so much more expensive than the other brands. It's got the same stuff in it, but you can get All or Arm & Hammer for less then half the price.