Thief @ charity shop

mrs_lds

The other day I was browsing my local charity shop and I spotted a most beautiful Tula bag brand new for sale @ only £10 . I did not have any spare money so thought I would buy it next time I was in. Anyways carried on browsing and I noticed this woman pick it up to buy with some other items. Not mean;'t to be I thought that I should buy it nayway she went to pay for the other items but left the Tula bag on the floor by her handbag. She was very on edge and eager to pay & leave. I was fuming so I went round the back of the shop and quickly caught an assistant and told her. She let me leave via back door but what transpired was that she pretended to have forgottne to apy for the bag but did not have enough money anyway!!!!
This poor charity shop is for our local hospice. Shame on the woman!! I know where she lives small town. The manager said it costs too much to prosecute. Since then I have returned to the shop and got the bag for only £5 - mean't to be.
It ruined my day though that this person tried to steal from a charity shop.

soolin

I saw someone cheat the till lady out of £10 the other day at the hospice shop. I did grab a spare sales person and she basically said they were all so old that they just let them get away with it as they were fearful what would happen if they stood up to the customer.

In this instance the customer gave over £10 for a 30p item, the customer took the £9.70 change and sort said oh, and I'll take the rest of the change back as well, took the £10 note and left.

Smits

soolin wrote: »

I saw someone cheat the till lady out of £10 the other day at the hospice shop. I did grab a spare sales person and she basically said they were all so old that they just let them get away with it as they were fearful what would happen if they stood up to the customer.

In this instance the customer gave over £10 for a 30p item, the customer took the £9.70 change and sort said oh, and I'll take the rest of the change back as well, took the £10 note and left.

So much effort for 30p?

I have witnessed people stealing chocolate bars from home bargains.

Intergalactic_Floozie

One of our local charity shops shut down their changing rooms because people were trying on 'new' clothes, putting their old clothes back on the coat hangers and walking out of the shop in the new threads, whilst leaving their filthy scruffy stuff on hangers.

theonlywayisup

Smits wrote: »

So much effort for 30p?

I have witnessed people stealing chocolate bars from home bargains.

Its not 30p.

Its a well known trick called 'ringing the change'.

http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Totnes-shop-worker-falls-victim-money-scam/article-1966928-detail/article.html

http://www.kirriemuirherald.co.uk/news/SCAM-WARNING-TO-LOCAL-SHOP.6338990.jp

soolin

theonlywayisup wrote: »

Its not 30p.

Its a well known trick called 'ringing the change'.

http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Totnes-shop-worker-falls-victim-money-scam/article-1966928-detail/article.html

http://www.kirriemuirherald.co.uk/news/SCAM-WARNING-TO-LOCAL-SHOP.6338990.jp

I didn't realise it was a known trick, although the woman doing it certainly knew exactly what she was doing. She looked the till lady straight in the eyes and took the £10 back, her hands didn't even shake.

I don't know how they live with themselves, I really don't. £10 to a hospice charity is a lot of money, they don't make a lot in that shop at all.

theonlywayisup

It's when they do it with larger denominations x several times a day, that it becomes quite profitable. I guess the charity shop assistant is a stereotypical old dear.

When the scam fails, they just laugh as if to make out they were confused too.

Hermia

Nothing surprises me. I work in a public library and we are constantly trying to find ways to stop the stock being stolen. It's so stupid when they can borrow the stuff for free! We now have to hide the 40p local paper behind the desk because it was getting stolen every week.

cestlavie

thieving from charity shops is also sadly rife where i am , i suppose because a lot of the staff are elderly volunteers and not as on the ball as in other stores. exchanging clothes or shoes in changing rooms is a classic trick - one of the stores now only puts out one pair of shoes out to display which is a clever solution, but of course means twice as much work for staff who then have to hunt the second shoe if someone wants it. having seen thieving from outdoor charity clothing bins / oxfam book bins as well i no longer use them but give stuff directly to the shop.

hermum

Smits wrote: »

So much effort for 30p?

I have witnessed people stealing chocolate bars from home bargains.

It wasn't 30p, it was £10.
People are unbelievable, they need some feisty younger people out the back to call on for when that happens.
I guess they don't know anyone who has ever needed the services the charities are raising money for.
Low life scums.
Now I'm cross.
I live in Plymouth & I think that it was last year some sh1te stole, yes, stole, the plaques from the war memorials on Plymouth Hoe.
Luckily the scrappy where they were taken called the Police.
They should have let the lads based in plymouth who's friends haven't come home from Afghanistan get their hands on him.

drc

One word...KARMA.

But don't charities (the larger ones at least) have some insurance for this sort of thing? The local cancer research shops where I live must rake in several thousand a day. They are always heaving and there are a load of designer clothes in there as there are a lot of very rich people around this area (not me unfortunately ).