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Saw this at my local Home Depot yesterday (14-2 and 12-2 NM cable locked up). My colleagues tell me this has been going on for 8 months now. What have we come to. :-(
 

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I probably has to do with a store policy of not stopping thieves who just walk right out of the store. I was at Lowe's and a guy with a covid mask and a hat had a table saw on a flatbed and rolled it right past the cash register. He walked out into the parking lot, threw it into a pickup truck and drive away.
 
Just another reflection of the society we live in now. They have to limit the “five finger discounts”…….although those probably take 10 fingers
 
Same thing here at HD I asked an employee why and his answer was if you get out the door, they will not chase.

He told me last week a lady fill up a cart with over $2500 dollars of tools and just walked thru the door. WTF
 
kec said:
Same thing here at HD I asked an employee why and his answer was if you get out the door, they will not chase.

He told me last week a lady fill up a cart with over $2500 dollars of tools and just walked thru the door. WTF
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Obviously the punishment doesn't fit the crime. Costs more in lawyer fees, time etc to prosecute. Easier to charge more to us that pay.
 
So how does that stop anyone from walking out the door with the reel of NM cable, just makes it so they need to ask a clerk to unlock it so they can pull one to put in their cart.

With self checkout lanes one could have it in bottom of cart, never scan it and still walk out door without paying for it.

I'm not one of those that are strongly against self checkout lanes, but do expect to potentially run into additional security measures where it exists.

My guess is they still do prosecute people but instead of intervening at the door they depend on technology to provide evidence to local police and let them find the suspects. Think that is what Walmart has been doing in most places.
 
ptonsparky said:
How do you walk out with that large of item?
Quickly, I guess.
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I have a friend who works at a HD. She told me she has seen people just walk out with carts full of stuff. They aren't allowed to chase them, so who is going to stop them, the high paid HD security guard?
 
kec said:
Same thing here at HD I asked an employee why and his answer was if you get out the door, they will not chase.

He told me last week a lady fill up a cart with over $2500 dollars of tools and just walked thru the door. WTF
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Didn't scroll far enough to see this, but yup... just take what you want and walk right out.
 
Rock86 said:
Didn't scroll far enough to see this, but yup... just take what you want and walk right out.
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Which makes me ask why lock up any the merchandise? Some places done this with other higher dollar items in the past as well. You can still walk out the door with it, you just needed help getting it from the shelf is all.
 
It's going to evolve to where retailers will have to have armed guards on their payroll at the entrances.

Besides these types of thieves look at all the "smash and grab" going on.
 
yeah this drives me crazy. I think the stores dont want people to feel uncomfortable or mistrusted by having high security, recieipts checked etc. I think they should have one single file exit and a security guard checking everything. I am fine with that. Im sick of having to pay more to subsidize the scumbags 🤬 . Im also thinking maybe some of those middle east countries are right with their cutting off a thief's hand approach.
 
electrofelon said:
yeah this drives me crazy. I think the stores dont want people to feel uncomfortable or mistrusted by having high security, recieipts checked etc. I think they should have one single file exit and a security guard checking everything. I am fine with that. Im sick of having to pay more to subsidize the scumbags 🤬 . Im also thinking maybe some of those middle east countries are right with their cutting off a thief's hand approach.
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Probably doesn't hurt as much the next time around when you have a prosthetic hand and they cut it off. :unsure:
 
The thief in Lowe's went right past me with his shiny new table saw and then right out the door. The cashier came out from behind the register when she saw him and stopped at the the door, she then proceeded to reset the anti-theft alarm that was going off. When I got out to the parking lot the guy was still trying to load the heavy saw into his truck. There is no reason why someone couldn't have walked out there and at least jotted down his license plate.
 
infinity said:
The thief in Lowe's went right past me with his shiny new table saw and then right out the door. The cashier came out from behind the register when she saw him and stopped at the the door, she then proceeded to reset the anti-theft alarm that was going off. When I got out to the parking lot the guy was still trying to load the heavy saw into his truck. There is no reason why someone couldn't have walked out there and at least jotted down his license plate.
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He must have been thirsty after loading that table saw. Did he come back in and buy a drink?
 
infinity said:
The thief in Lowe's went right past me with his shiny new table saw and then right out the door. The cashier came out from behind the register when she saw him and stopped at the the door, she then proceeded to reset the anti-theft alarm that was going off. When I got out to the parking lot the guy was still trying to load the heavy saw into his truck. There is no reason why someone couldn't have walked out there and at least jotted down his license plate.
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Probably presumed the exterior security cameras caught what they needed to catch?

My wife was mad that a cart in parking lot scratched side of her car in a parking lot one time. I told her what can you do about it, says on a sign right at the cart corral they are not responsible. She went in and complained anyway. They took her information, presumably looked at video footage and determined their employees should have retrieved carts sooner than they did, and we did eventually get a compensation check from them for damages.

Never disagree with the wife was my lesson out of this I guess :)
 
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