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

The expensive carts are locked up or behind the counter at many shops here too. The irony is that this store considers a $2.50 5 pack of DE blades "expensive", yet a 4 pack of Fusion blades is upwards of $16. Crazy!

most smaller places around here have them locked up also ... only place i didnt notice that ive been in that they didnt have them locked up was walmart ...

Originally Posted by Bill S

I can't imagine wanting to use a Fusion so badly that I would take up shoplifting. That is someone truly misinformed/uninformed.

In a pinch I had to do a quick shave with a single-blade disposable this morning--it was an awful feeling.

I use to go to a store/warehouse bulk purchase type place, $49.99 for 16 Fusion blades, that's what drove me to DE's & straight's. When you start shelling out $50 for 16 blades you start to realize that there has to be something cheaper, fusions won't break the bank in a year, but everyone shaves right? That would be like putting TP under lock and key (I think if I were to steal something it would be that instead).We have one store that locks up the Gillette fusion and Mach 3 blades, one of those vending type thing's, and of course the camera is right over you.

I should give up trying to understand things. We have a uniform service at my work. The lockers with the clean uniforms are open to anyone. But the dirty hamper is locked??? Now if you were going to steal a uniform which one would you choose?

I've noticed blades locked up around here as well. But what I found really odd was the last time I bought a styptic pencil, it too was locked up? I have a hard time believing people were shoplifting them, none of the employees I talked even knew what the heck they were.

Originally Posted by 32t

I should give up trying to understand things. We have a uniform service at my work. The lockers with the clean uniforms are open to anyone. But the dirty hamper is locked??? Now if you were going to steal a uniform which one would you choose?

Now that's funny!

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?