It definitely doesn't wash out. Thieving is a huge loss and prices increase for sure. It is a big factor in price increases actually. There are career thieves out there that this is what they do nonstop.
Definitely does. My gf has an analyst job for a large grocery chain. Part of her job is to analyze shrink, or things that rot or go bad on the shelf before being sold. She said it's hard to factor in thieving with this, but it is definitely factored in as a loss, and it most certainly affects prices, sometimes substantially...
There is a reason why your high priced razors and such are locked up in all stores now...
I hear ya. I have a similar story in an auto parts store one time. I started to tackle and stop the guy and I'm glad I didn't because I would've prob been hit with a lawsuit because the manager's exact words were "It happens all the time, and we do nothing." I should've just picked up my $30 item and walked out too. lol
Another thing, it's the way older crowd that you wouldn't expect to do it that do. Why? Because they're seen in the public eye as the least likely. Wrong. Old folks are the ones selling pharmies the most as well.
They are, but a lot of cheaper items aren't tagged, nor really cared about. If I was a thief, I would stay away from Wal-Mart and such, but people steal from there like crazy.
- There are approximately 27 million shoplifters (or 1 in 11 people) in our nation today. More than 10 million people have been caught shoplifting in the last five years.
- Shoplifting affects more than the offender. It overburdens the police and the courts, adds to a store’s security expenses, costs consumers more for goods, costs communities lost dollars in sales taxes and hurts children and families.
Nope.
- Approximately 25 percent of shoplifters are kids, 75 percent are adults. 55 percent of adult shoplifters say they started shoplifting in their teens.
Also most shoflifters, that is the only crime they will commit. They will even return dropped money, or not steal from their friends or families houses.
Most non-professional shoplifters don’t commit other types of crimes. They’ll never steal an ashtray from your house and will return to you a $20 bill you may have dropped. Their criminal activity is restricted to shoplifting and therefore, any rehabilitation program should be “offense-specific” for this crime
Most DUI people are habitual offenders. Most I know drink and drive daily, or every time they drink, they drive. Not me, nor do I support it. However, shoplifters...
- Habitual shoplifters steal an average of 1.6 times per week.
I do agree its a huge issue. Just figured it was already factored into the pricing module for the store. I truly do not think stores would relax prices if thievery disappeared, and the consumer would just be paying the same amount making the store more profit. Honestly it would be hard to disagree with this statement. I guess for the consumer it screws them and the store on paper, but just the consumer for real since the store has already factored in the cost to the gauging markup the consumer pays. (sorry I hate knowing markup is 200% + on certain items so I guess view point is off the middle ground somewhat)
-murph
It's not hard, I'll disagree with this statement. I have a girl sitting beside me right now that all she does is try to find a way to reduce prices. Some is out of her control yes, but they definitely do try...
I was in a super target the other day in line behind a black family of four with a cart full of groceries using a ebt food stamp card , they had several items that the cashier said they could not use the card for (a plunger , liquid plumber , lightbulbs , and deoderant) the cashier asked if they wanted to pay seperate for those items and the ladie said no just leave them off. ....Well the cashier set them at the end of the tray to the left and continued to ring up the rest of the goceries , then another employee wlaked up and started bagging the groceries and bagged up the items and put them in the cart.
I didnt say anything but it aggrivated the shit out of me. ...And these people think they deserve more than minimum wage. ARRGHH !!!
I didnt say anything but it aggrivated the shit out of me. ...And these people think they deserve more than minimum wage. ARRGHH !!!
Yeah grocery stores only make about $1 in profit per $100 sold, it's a very low margin/high vol business obviously.
What you said about 55% starting in teens makes sense. When I meant most of it is younger people, I moreso meant starting out that way and not people starting to shoplift in their 30s and 40s.
