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Originally Posted by Riddick

haha they prob don't care. I used to do that alot back in my younger days when I was broke. I've been caught before hiding a figure so I could rush home and borrow some money from my Parents (mind you this was back in my teenage days) and an employee said it's the same as stealing haha! I told her ''I only live 10 miles away, I'm buying it, just have to get cash'' and she wouldn't let me hide it or hold it for me. How the hell is it stealing lol, I'm buying it. It's shady but it's not stealing wtf lol. I ended up telling her ''I do have enough'' and carried it around the store until she left me alone and then I hid it and ran out and got some money.

Thank god I don't have to do that anymore considering I have a job now and credit cards lol.

It IS the same as stealing. Well, technically it's vandalism, since you're not taking the product out of the store. Think about it for two seconds. They AREN'T watching the security cameras 24-7, that's ridiculous. It's not what they're there for. They're for looking at later as evidence. And shockingly, merchandise doesn't magically appear on store shelves! I KNOW, RIGHT?!

They have to BUY IT. The store has paid for merchandise. When you hide it, you've stolen it. Because now they can't sell it. And if you never come back for it , and a lot of people DON'T, the store can never sell it because they'll never find it. So it's lost. Stolen. Stores find giant piles of crap hidden under shelves that they never knew was there. That's all money wasted.

I know in your magical fantasy land, they track every single piece of merchandise in the store from the second it gets off the truck till it goes out the door, and carefully comb the aisles to make sure there's exactly what's supposed to be there, and when it's not, they search under every shelf for it, but in the real world, that's not practical or possible.

Also, keep in mind that shrink, which includes these items, usually gets taken directly out of the manager's paycheck.

Don't stash. It's scummy and childish, and you will get kicked out of the store for it.