That's cool, just wondering, but than again you live in Nor Cal, probably different than So Cal:p

Yeah about 750Gs different lol

Stashing does not meet the legal definition of theft. Even if it were to meet it unless the charged everyone who left merch at the register they didnt want or employees who put items back in the wrong place they would open themselves up to selective prosecution complaints.
And why focus on the person hiding something to?pay full price and not the person running around with a pricing gun.
Oh, and deducting pay from someone because of a third partys actions is?a federal offense.
While we're on the subject of price changing think they'll ever look into the slimy retail post xmas sale scheme? The major retailers have sales right after xmas so anyone without a receipt only gets credit for the sale price.

Nor Cal, Emerald Triangle, Humbolt County... Mmmmm Heaven lol

haha! i love price swapping. specially at ross.

See- this guy is a dickhead. He's got serious money from his career and still pulls this crap?
The guy is no better than a Cantina-Swapper- consder that someone else is going to pay more for his little barcode swap.

Which will just contribute to Lego increasing prices because of theft. Thats why things are priced certain ways, you have to cover your losses somewhere. Dishonest people suck!

Remember when McDonald's would put them in their Happy Meals? Those were the day.

i use to take legos from kmart when i was little my parents cough me and spanked me like no other, lol never did it again untill i became a stupid youth wyllen out and stealling alot to sell for cheap to the less fourtunate. i eventually got cought by undercover securty, got let go with a warning and thats when i truly never stoled again, thank god i got a job for toys and other expencess. stashing i do sometimes but only when im comeing back for sure and i really need it. danm! i didnt know you could get busted for stashing tho.

True and I know we all use the word "need" in almost a joking way but honestly none of us "need" any of these things, these are luxury items and we should all be thankful to have them. There are others less fortunate as we all know and alot of us, Im sure contribute to Toys For Tots and other foundations as well as give to Goodwill or even younger family members.

That said I also once took something that wasnt mine and was also spanked so hard I think i actually witnessed the space time continuum fluctuate right before my eyes. Never again was I tempted to steal regardless of the shiny space time lights lol.

lol. im afraid of the belt till this day lol. but it was a good tool for discipline in my family.

What a messed up guy. There's got to be something more than his love of Legos or money.

And I completely agree that article was painful to read at some points, due to the awful puns. Some of them were really stretching the premise (especially the "Wookie's bar" comment. WTF does that even mean?).

Even if the workers doing inventory in the toy department don't find it, the ones assigned to other areas will. As long as it is somewhere on the sales floor and not under an aisle, it will be found when they do inventory.

But that's not the point of stashing a figure. Most people who do stash things do it with the intention that they will be back relatively soon to purchase said item. I've even heard some managers and staff say they let it happen because it usually means a guaranteed sale. Others will put it back immediately if they see you stash something. Or sometimes if the staff is facing shelves and finds an item that doesn't belong there, they will put it in a cart and return it to the proper section (along with all the other crap they found that doesn't belong there).

I have heard of some collectors who will stash things in order for other collectors to find later. Personally, I think that it's great if you know who the other collector is and when they will be by to get the item. Otherwise, you could be keeping some kid from getting it.

I'm not so much afraid of the belt, but the sound it makes when it clears the belt loops. It's the main reason to this day I take my belt off slowly every night.