Thread: Look what was posted in the local grocery store!

So sad,
Shoplifting is a serious problem for shopkeepers large and small.

There is a real market for stolen goods even bicycles. Once they
are out of the store there is little risk and they show up in flea markets
and are even resold by other shops.

Sad...

A little off topic, but I read somewhere that there is a huge black market trade in counterfeit cartridges. As I recall, the article stated that up to 80% of the cartridges sold on the internet are fake. I have no idea if this indeed true, but all of the stores putting these behind lock and key would indicate a least an interest to counterfeiters.

in the 1970's, I worked as an auditor for the US military, and we got assigned to do a special review of the local Army Commissary (grocery store). At that time, they priced based on a non- or minimal profit per item (less than 1 cent/item), and we found their major loss was of small items like cartridges (Trac 2 was the state-of-the art then), and so a loss of a few packages could force the Commissary WAY into the red ink. Of course, we also discovered that people were shoplifting things like frozen turkeys, by holding them between their thighs under their skirts or raincoats while they paid for other items at checkout. If you're willing to freeze your privates to steal a turkey, what won't you steal?