Submitted by AutisticAction in axolotl

I am planning on shoplifting from Apple. Had in mind a speaker, a headphones, an Airpods, and a camera stand. I am very worried though because I fear I am trying to aim for too much and that I will get caught. Any advice from professionals on how to pull something like this off?

Also I would like to know what objects Apple will track. Because I shoplifted a HomePod but it's a smart speaker so I am worried if that gets tracked by Apple. Any advice helps.

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veuzi wrote (edited )

Apple stores are notoriously open-plan, have employees and LP on the sales floor everywhere, like no blind spots, everything locked up and display models being your only options in a lot of cases.

It's a shoplifter's nightmare, and I would be impressed if someone could get away with a haul from those bastards. But in any case, the smarter way to steal Apple products is to go to an electronics store that stocks Apple products but also all the other brands, and have actual shelves around where you can hide stuff.

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AutisticAction OP wrote

From where I'm at there are a very rich towns in the Bay Area where there's hardly that much security and I have shoplifted successfully a few times from there. But it was for single small items like Airpods.

Assuming if there's no way I can achieve a successful larger haul from Apple, where else do you recommend specifically?

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veuzi wrote

I don't have that much insight on American chains of electronics stores that are any more local than multi-national conglomerates such as Apple. My advice is more on the generalized sides of things than the specifics.

An electronics store in a mall might just be too small to have shelves and will only have display models. But there might also not be enough room for employees to fill the space, and not enough pay for them to care about being attentive to potential shoplifters.

A free-standing box store with a huge parking lot will have shelves, blind spots, potentially multiple entrances and exits, and varying degrees of care taken to security and LP. You will have to case it and make your own judgement about the risks, but most lifting methods in any other product categories are still viable.

On a side note, there are other potential sources for bulk Apple products than retail. Think offices that cater to design and journalistic fields. I can not advice anything specific on gaining access to a space like that (hint: It's probably easier if you work there, but that can also get you caught through association), but it is an avenue to consider.

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veuzi wrote

Sorry, not a 'murican. But there are warehouse stores as well as Apple department stores everywhere, in varying scales and footprints of course.

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AutisticAction OP wrote

In the Apple stores I go to they are big enough to have shelves and products displayed (no display models). Though they tend to be in malls or shopping centers.

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veuzi wrote (edited )

And it's not all locked up or displayed in empty boxes? Sounds like you got yourself an unusual case, or perhaps the store in question hasn't yet been hit with massive losses from lifting. I guess that makes sense since you described these stores being in affluent towns and suburbs.

I would generally exercise caution in malls, though. Because not only do you have to get away with the loot from the store itself, but also from the entire building. You do get the potential benefit of blending into crowds, but there are asshole mall cops out there who are too attentive for their own good. You know, the kind of mall cop that would chase and restrain a random person for looking like a shoplifter.

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AutisticAction OP wrote

Thanks for the tips. I do have a bad feeling that even in the stores in affluent towns they may hide some nasty trick up their sleeve.

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