howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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17 January 2011
13:5089265#1
the british retail consortium has issued figures that show nicking from shops has risen from £99 million last year to £137 million thsi year. this works out at approx £400,000 per day. interestingly there has been a drop in the number of incidents of 11%, people now are liberating more expensive items.
i would have thought it was practically impossible to get away with it nowadays with security tags, more security staff and lots more stuff under lock and key.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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17 January 2011
14:1389269#2
Do they refer to the amount stolen, or the cost of shoplifting? Different things. Those security measures are a cost we have to bear and are part of the total cost of shoplifting.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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17 January 2011
14:2189271#3
the figures purely cover items stolen, the most popular are t.v.s(how do you get one out of a shop without anyone noticing?), computer games and clothes.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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17 January 2011
16:1089280#4
Well it is indeed staggering how they manage it and fascinating too, i myself would make the worlds worst thief as i have a sign saying 'guilty' on my forhead. I always feel amazingly guilty walking through the customs for example even though I have nothing, how they never pull me over I dont know...thats a headscratcher that is!
But fascinating to see that despite all the prohibitions in place these days people can still do it..plenty of Artful Dodgers about it seems.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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17 January 2011
16:5989283#5
there was a documentary many moons ago about britain's most succesful shoplifter.
she was caught very many times but the sentences and fines were so minimal that she build that into her costings and still make a very healthy profit.
her face was known to all the major stores but he could change her appearance so well that staff were fooled.
her biggest triumph was to half inch stuff from marks and spencer's, then take it back for a full refund.
i always thought you had to produce a receipt.
17 January 2011
17:3989288#6
I was speechless just before Christmas (it doesn't happen often....) when I was driving out of the Morrisons/Nettos car park and noticed a man walking fast carrying a whole mattress (in a box) rather clumsily, and who then started to speed up, and I then heard a woman shout "stop him". I saw two young women wearing the Poundstore tabardy-things chasing this man. He had nicked a mattress!!! For goodness sake - where does it stop? I also found out that someone had nicked one of the raffle prizes (a watch) out of the Barnardos shop window. I was, and am, flabbergasted.
Keith Sansum1
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17 January 2011
18:0589289#7
if your incined to steal then it still can be easy
on the tags
some shoplifters have even got tag removers so got over that small obstacle
lol
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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17 January 2011
18:1289292#8
that was a bit much nicking a watch out of a charity shop, deserves to do time for it.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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17 January 2011
18:1589294#9
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Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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17 January 2011
18:3089296#10
Howard, you deserve a 'Good Ticking Off'
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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17 January 2011
18:5389297#11
howards always hands on lol
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17 January 2011
18:5789299#12
Surely this is a wind-up?
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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17 January 2011
19:0189300#13
Rolex and unwind all of you.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Guest 694- Registered: 22 Mar 2010
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17 January 2011
19:0989302#14
Bern that doesnt surprise me... store layout is all wrong.. but what would i know?! LOL! The loss in that place is huge and there is nothing that can be done because you have to catch them in the act to ban them from store and of course when they are banned from store because of the turn over you dont know who they are!
I think it does depend on the product and the store, i dont lose much because lets be honest i dont have the massive footfall and its a bit hard to nick a wedding dress :) Not that thats a challenge!
Jan Higgins
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17 January 2011
21:2389314#15
Yes Jenni, very easy to steal from there. Straight up an aisle and out running most shops filter you to the tills then out.
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Guest 662- Registered: 18 Mar 2008
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17 January 2011
22:5289325#16
Hi Bern, we were in the Charlton Centre car park when said Man with Mattress on shoulder came racing through the ground floor and straight out the other entrance. The two poor ladies chasing him didnt stand a chance of catching him the speed him came through at. We were amazed as it was a bl**dy big box he had hoisted on his shoulder.
Sheli x
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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17 January 2011
22:5889330#17
i suppose that if he had been caught with the mattress, someone would have deep sprung him from the nick.
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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17 January 2011
23:0789331#18
Lets FACE it, it's too easy.
If the prat had of come running my way, he would have been flat on his back.........minus the mattress.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 694- Registered: 22 Mar 2010
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18 January 2011
00:4089349#19
Jan I actually argued this in my interview.. and yet with the store make over it stayed the same... idiots!!
Madness ...
never mind :) Not my problem anymore!
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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18 January 2011
17:1689422#20
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