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How easy is it to steal a CamelBak from your LBS?


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Shes a fit bird, that bandana tells you so. She needs hydration, she needs it fast and she needs it now...

 

Good on you for catching her. She was so calm about it...deserves a beating

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Considering that a Camelbak is quite a big item to conceal, you would think not that easy.

 

See how easy it is done.

 

The lady in red strolls in and is out within seconds!

 

We became suspicious with her quick entry and went to watch the video footage, this is what we found! 

 

 

 

Well done

 

What kind of security camera are u using, is it obvious or hidden?

Surprised she never saw it or maybe she just did not care about it?

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My company is experiencing an uptick with women with the same MO. Walk in with big hand bags and clean out our Nescafé Gold on our shelves. Happened in Pretoria one week and in Sandton the next. The one lady managed to get 9 Nescafé Gold's into her handbag while her friend distracted the security in the next aisle.

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Times are rough. And it will get worse. Inflation, unemployment, with more people forced to survive on crime.

 

This is really sad

 

In a few months food inflation / food shortages will force the very poor to turn to crime to survive.

 

I am referring in general and not to this well dressed over weight female...

Some people are desperate but they seem to be the minority sadly. The others know its easy money so they do that rather than getting a real job.

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My company is experiencing an uptick with women with the same MO. Walk in with big hand bags and clean out our Nescafé Gold on our shelves. Happened in Pretoria one week and in Sandton the next. The one lady managed to get 9 Nescafé Gold's into her handbag while her friend distracted the security in the next aisle.

 

Makes me think .... my wife frequents a local flea market to get art and other sewing supplies and I very often see stalls offering Nescafe Gold and Jakobs at below normal prices ......

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The fact that I do not use a camelback means feathers. The loss of this item needs to be offset by raising the price-tag on everything else. If it was a bloke one could execute a well aimed kick to the "goons". Being a female perp, the term "C@&T PUNT" comes to mind. Makes me so bloody mad. 

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She was back a week later, blissfully unaware that we knew about her long fingers!

She was probably back for more!

 

This time we made sure she was escorted away by the cops!

Should have dropped her off here down a mine shaft.....

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Ridiculously easy....that was planned beforehand. A pro shoplifter ??

Yup, that was planned.

They are a gang of 4.

There was a guy that entered just before her, the distraction.

Anoter one outside on lookout.

And another in the getaway car.

 

The police seem familiar with them and their M.O.

 

My guess would be some form of financial gain.

The following day there was particular interest in the pricing of Camelbaks from some very dodgey characters!

 

Out of interest we asked the thief if she would be able to pay us back the value of what she stole?

 

She told the cops: Sure, she would only have to sell the 2 cell phone she just picked up in a black bag inside a dustbin!!! (with chargers)

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Yup, that was planned.

They are a gang of 4.

There was a guy that entered just before her, the distraction.

Anoter one outside on lookout.

And another in the getaway car.

 

The police seem familiar with them and their M.O.

 

 

The following day there was particular interest in the pricing of Camelbaks from some very dodgey characters!

 

Out of interest we asked the thief if she would be able to pay us back the value of what she stole?

 

She told the cops: Sure, she would only have to sell the 2 cell phone she just picked up in a black bag inside a dustbin!!! (with chargers)

 

Glad the twats got caught, don't think you'll see them back in your store any time soon....here's hoping anyway.

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Well done

 

What kind of security camera are u using, is it obvious or hidden?

Surprised she never saw it or maybe she just did not care about it?

They just dont give a shite!

 

Our cameras are not hidden.

As you walk through the doors your mug is displayed on a LCD screen, which you can not miss!

 

They just don't care!

 

The scary part is, while I was in the back busy looking at the footage, the thief returned for her second shopping spree.

 

This was less than 3 minutes after she first came in. Obviously she went outside and quickly handed the stolen goods to her waiting tjommie!

 

Luckily she got interrupted on her second attempt!

 

But she was iut again before I got to see what actually happened!

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