Yeah. It's good to conceal based on feel + practiced motions. Where you're looking is one of the first types of body language that LP will be looking for.

Paints. The tags used for them are normally just stickers so they can be easily removed. In my experience tubes of watercolour and gouache are very easy lifts, and also polymer clays such as Sculpey and FIMO. They can be expensive too.

Just peel the tags, conceal and resell online.

Seconded. If someone is looking at me too much I'm immediately wary. Normally I will look back at them and smile or something to make sure they weren't just spacing out.

Absolutely. I'm less scared to use up my ink if I didn't even pay for it.

That sucks...

because sometimes you find something steezy in a store with less security - thrift = less risk :)

And yet this cop probably wouldn't hesitate to manhandle / tase a lifter.

I don't really like to sell either... I only take things I really want to have for myself most of the time. I can have all the nice-smelling self care stuff I want now!

Although I do like to pinch art supplies and use them to make pieces that I often sell :^U if that counts.

Oh of course not. I walk into stores with structured bag and a big coat on and pay for absolutely everything ;^)

That's pretty smart! How did I not think of that? Those breakfast buffets have a lot of good snack foods... I wonder if it's just as easy in every country, because I've got one in my town and I'd like to get my hands on some tasty things.

Why search for a blind spot when there are only very few of them and u can easily just turn ur back to the camera with a thick coat on? Going to blind spots is a noticeable pattern, too. Staff know what their blind spots are and sometimes they watch them quite closely. The less predictable you are, the better!

I love finding nice items with no tags!!! If they forget to tag it, they're asking for me to get grabby lol. One of my local high street stores is always messing up... I've gotten myself some really high-quality and comfortable winter clothes and accessories thanks to their poor tagging skills!

Showing off the nice things you got yourself is the best feeling. I love wearing a really nice outfit that's mostly lifted LMAO.

I haven't lifted from one of these places in a long while... Might be hitting some places up soon though, since I have beef with some particularly shady charities and they have chains in my city :U

Regardless of your opinion, moralising is not polite and not typically appreciated.

OP isn't talking about screwing over the working class or lifting thrift, so it's not really necessary here. You're just pointlessly moralising.

A agree with that attitude - whenever I manage to lift something that's particularly nice or hard for me to afford, it's so much more worth it.

Fancy!

We've had horrible winter storms/hurricanes in my country (three in a row, with a body count and everything!), and thankfully lifting some nice warm clothes and bath supplies has helped me to fend off the cold.

Normally they are either a boxy-looking tag attached with a thick cord, or sometimes they're similar to golf tags but they have some kind of marking on them to indicate that they're screamers.

These will go off as soon as they pass through the gates and won't stop going off until they are deactivated or run out of power.

Screamer tags don't alarm unless you force them - if you use a magnet they'll likely be fine. To be safe, just don't remove tags with too much force. Use magnets or a hook and be patient.

It's better to be careful and make it out with less, than to be reckless and not make it out.

I was only really asking because I've never done one before and wasn't sure, but if it's not so viable anymore I will just not bother with it.

Damn... It was a nice idea but I'll have to drop it for now - I was looking to pull some DNAs from the site so that's a shame.

Don't worry about it to be honest. If an employee approaches you about anything like that just feign ignorance. The best thing about this method is, if you bring books you already own with you and incorporate them into the conceal, it's easy to play off as an accident.

It's one of the easiest and safest methods of getting books.

Enjoy that adrenaline and enjoy your new stuff! Lifting self care products is the best.