Know your enemy
This comment was left recently at my blog in a post where I was talking about a video showing a laptop thief in plain action:
its actually quite simple go to best buy when its busy, ask for something compact like me i asked for a mac book air, i shoped for a bit hid it under my coat mind you it was winter at the time, so i was not standing out like a sore thumb, picked something out got to the register paid for it, i walked out the alarm went off, and said oops and showed the guy my reciept with my bag and cd i bought, and walked out, went home played around with my new mac book air for a few weeks, and then sold it on ebay now $1,800 richer :D number 1 way to get away with it stay calm, the goon squad at best buy cant touch you or intercept you, all they can do is call the cops but if you notice a lot of store drones looking at you thats a good hint to GTFU and scan your suroundings for signs of the MAN on your tail.
I’m not saying that whoever wrote this is for real a thief but judging by the spelling this could be the case. The main reason I’m posting it now in the main page is to show our readers how these guys work. Every store should train employees in the same way Casinos do. A simple one hour training showing all these little tricks could save them thousands of dollars. Sometimes a video surveillance system is not enough.
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I agree with your comments about the need for training of store employees. However, I question your comments about this person likely being guilty because of his (or her) spelling. To wit, I don’t believe that “thieve” is the word that you meant. Thieve is a verb meaning “to steal.” You used the word (twice) as a noun. I think that the word you meant was “thief.” In which case, you spelled it incorrectly (grin)! The point is, we all make make typos and misnakes (grin) in spelling. That does not automatically make us guilty of theft. Still, it is a worthy article - thanks for posting it.
I have no idea what moron salesman the supposed thief had taking care of him, but I have never seen anyone at Best Buy of any other store hand something that they have to get from a locked case over to a customer. They take it up front for you and tell you to let the cashier know when you go to check out. I think the guy claiming to be a thief is full of it just because I really don’t believe they would have handed over any laptop…that’s the part of employee training that they beat into your head with a hammer :).