Ive been a police officer for 10 years and Ill start by saying its NOT that we dont care or that we “have bigger fish to fry”. The problem is the court system. Imagine spending hours, days, weeks of your life investigating your shop burglars. Finally a suspect is found and arrested. Court system just lets them right back out to reoffend for the Xth time. They either serve no jail or likely less time than you did investigating. Honestly its just a feeling of defeat. Wanting to help people but all the time upper command or the courts our yanking the chain back!
I mean let's be honest there are always going to be sketchy people anywhere valuable merchandise is. Doesn't matter if it's online or physical stores: people will find ways to cheat and steal.
I always think that youtubers who show their collections are putting targets on their backs for being robbed. It's definitely putting the likelihood of it happening in the higher percentage versus a non youtuber. I don't tell anyone about my collection. If there's company or random people at my house I shut the room off.
I don’t even trust my own family. I have an aunt and her little gremlins that I would not trust inside my house. Bedroom and collection both keyed doors for when guest are over.
We lived in an apartment complex back in 2002. My wife would always call the management office over simple repairs that I could do myself. I told her to quite calling them, because the maintenance staff aren't people you can trust. The apartment next door was being cleaned up for the next tenant, and I was out of town at the time. My feeling was that a member of the maintenance staff had seen my gaming collection and they'd grabbed a key to our apartment to steal my PlayStation, Dreamcast and N64 games and consoles. They didn't steal jewelry, stereo equipment or anything but those videogames. They broke a glass window and supposedly climbed over a cheap desk that should have fell apart, had someone climbed over it. We ended up buying a house less than a year later.
If the locks were made of Gallium than a basic plumbers torch can get through it under a minute. It's worth researching the types of locks you've got. Certain metals are much tougher to melt and require torches that create a lot of noise.
I work in retail and the spider wraps don’t work, people just figure out how to get them off and when we think we see someone stealing we’re told the most we can do is greet them and notify our loss prevention, the company looks at it basically as the stuff someone is stealing is far less cost than the cost of a lawsuit of an employee getting shot or whatever.
Man, it's stuff like this that makes me just want to maintain selling online. Been thinking about opening up a store where I am for a while now. A lot of people online think selling video games in a more professional manner is easy. They really have no idea. Keep doing what you guys do!
I worked at GameStop in highschool and we had an employee, a grown man, that stole GameCube discs from the drawer and took them to a different GameStop to trade in. It was like the 3rd or 4th trade in that the other store got suspicious of all these disc only games this guy was bringing in. He had mentioned he worked at our store so they contacted our manager who did an inventory and the dude was fired the same day.
Dang man, it sucks that there are people out there that are willing to ruin other people's livelihood over a few thousand dollars worth of games and gear
why wouldn't you file an insurance claim? insurance will want to see comps and you have price charting that lists all sold. if its due to not inventorying or tracking purchases/sales in the store, thats a management/ownership issue.
I'm from Kansas when Riff and crew walk around in Southern California, in public, how hard is it to escape the groupies and the paparazzi!? #lookatthecows #wegotwheat!
Yeah like the Name of the Snake is Frank. He is the mascot of Hello I'm Gaming. You probably know the person who made that Gaming Channel better as Dankpods.
Justice must always be served and it REALLY sucks when it isn't, but as Christ followers we must be careful in how we talk about thieves (or anyone committing unjust acts.) They are children of God also, albeit very lost ones. Wanting revenge is a normal human emotion (I struggle with it also), but it is of the flesh, not of the Kingdom and we must always be striving for the Kingdom
11:15 what the hell Curtis the image of someone getting shot and killed over stealing is disgusting. that’s not equal justice. and murder isn’t the answer.
@@gilbertoarellano8525 im thinking it’s the part where the guys want criminals to be prosecuted for a crime. For some reason liberals think that’s a bad thing.
Ive been a police officer for 10 years and Ill start by saying its NOT that we dont care or that we “have bigger fish to fry”. The problem is the court system. Imagine spending hours, days, weeks of your life investigating your shop burglars. Finally a suspect is found and arrested. Court system just lets them right back out to reoffend for the Xth time. They either serve no jail or likely less time than you did investigating.
Honestly its just a feeling of defeat. Wanting to help people but all the time upper command or the courts our yanking the chain back!
That’s California for ya.
Florida is blast now, and blast forever!
Gabbo's evil twin brother
Sabbo the Stealer
Stabbo
😂 and he don't have the brown card 😂
Gabbo the grabber lol😅
Yo this was funny lol 🤣 ❤
Lol 😂❤@@robertkissiar2976
it was Retro Rick and Michael on his ladder...
😂
😂😂
Curtis still whipping his mayo out and putting it right on the table 😂
I mean let's be honest there are always going to be sketchy people anywhere valuable merchandise is. Doesn't matter if it's online or physical stores: people will find ways to cheat and steal.
“It was Me Pixel Game Squad/Pixel Plus it was me all along”
Vincent Kennedy McMahon
The raiper?
It’s awesome to see Retro Rick back in the podcast studio, wait a minute…that’s not Rick! That’s his twin! 🤔 😂
sickening! This week at SEGE multiple vendors had stuff stolen. This stuff is disgusting man.
A wolf IN sheep’s clothing
I always think that youtubers who show their collections are putting targets on their backs for being robbed. It's definitely putting the likelihood of it happening in the higher percentage versus a non youtuber. I don't tell anyone about my collection. If there's company or random people at my house I shut the room off.
I don’t even trust my own family. I have an aunt and her little gremlins that I would not trust inside my house. Bedroom and collection both keyed doors for when guest are over.
We lived in an apartment complex back in 2002. My wife would always call the management office over simple repairs that I could do myself. I told her to quite calling them, because the maintenance staff aren't people you can trust. The apartment next door was being cleaned up for the next tenant, and I was out of town at the time. My feeling was that a member of the maintenance staff had seen my gaming collection and they'd grabbed a key to our apartment to steal my PlayStation, Dreamcast and N64 games and consoles. They didn't steal jewelry, stereo equipment or anything but those videogames. They broke a glass window and supposedly climbed over a cheap desk that should have fell apart, had someone climbed over it. We ended up buying a house less than a year later.
If the locks were made of Gallium than a basic plumbers torch can get through it under a minute.
It's worth researching the types of locks you've got. Certain metals are much tougher to melt and require torches that create a lot of noise.
I work in retail and the spider wraps don’t work, people just figure out how to get them off and when we think we see someone stealing we’re told the most we can do is greet them and notify our loss prevention, the company looks at it basically as the stuff someone is stealing is far less cost than the cost of a lawsuit of an employee getting shot or whatever.
Man, it's stuff like this that makes me just want to maintain selling online. Been thinking about opening up a store where I am for a while now.
A lot of people online think selling video games in a more professional manner is easy. They really have no idea. Keep doing what you guys do!
Elliott looks like Hispanic Curtis in the thumbnail
Plasma cutter cuts like butter !!!
You gotta hire the Hacksmith guys to setup drone security lol
I worked at GameStop in highschool and we had an employee, a grown man, that stole GameCube discs from the drawer and took them to a different GameStop to trade in. It was like the 3rd or 4th trade in that the other store got suspicious of all these disc only games this guy was bringing in. He had mentioned he worked at our store so they contacted our manager who did an inventory and the dude was fired the same day.
Sounds like a really smart guy 🙄🙄
I think if a sheep wore a wolf as his clothes, he would look pretty dang cool.
Dang man, it sucks that there are people out there that are willing to ruin other people's livelihood over a few thousand dollars worth of games and gear
Elliot always has been a real one!!
The prettiest legs in Podcasting. lol
why wouldn't you file an insurance claim? insurance will want to see comps and you have price charting that lists all sold. if its due to not inventorying or tracking purchases/sales in the store, thats a management/ownership issue.
irony = riff is the master mind
That's a bummer! I used to go to that Echo Park location. Never knew that's why they closed that one. Never underestimate low life, scumbags.
Its on a busy street but not really a secure area. Try opening up near a donut shop or police station.
Portable jaws of life
wouldnt that be loud?
At least justice will be served when they meet their maker...
Sounds like it was E.L.F.S using tinsel! Damn elves!
Fantastic podcast guys
Great video. Love ya keep bringing the great content
Elliot is such a cool cat 😃
I'm from Kansas when Riff and crew walk around in Southern California, in public, how hard is it to escape the groupies and the paparazzi!? #lookatthecows #wegotwheat!
Kansas City area?
@@ZBatt1 Wichita
Feed him blue cheese 😂😂😂😂😂
Look up Ryobi Bolt cutter. Relatively quiet and cuts deadbolts fairly easily.
Yeah like the Name of the Snake is Frank. He is the mascot of Hello I'm Gaming. You probably know the person who made that Gaming Channel better as Dankpods.
I knew it was frank
Goddamn it frank why do you always act like a snake
If they are smart enough to break in like rhat they woildnt sell all at once
*A wolf in sheep's clothing.
Move to Florida. 😁 We don't let that fly down here. Just don't go to Tampa. lol
I thought phoenix was on last episode?
When someone says hey do you want to open a store jn LA you say nooooope!
Yes, it's Jirard The Completionist.
F I N I S H H I M🔥………blue cheese!💀
Feed them blue cheese 😂😂😂😂
does chris have a youtube?
nice mispelling of IN instead of IS haha . It catches you.
You were in Echo Park nobody is calling the cops...they scoped you out and new everything about your biz.
Echo park isn’t the same as echo park in the 90s
Theft sucks! Sooo much happened at this recent game convention! Great topic
OCcollectables is a snake, he ripped me off
snake plisken?
Dude's story was odd to me. Vague answers. Kinda sussy baka!
Gabbo
Gavin Gruesome needs to go, what a bum!
Sounds like a crooked cop hit you up
Probably the usual suspects
They kinda lost me in the end with that bloodlust scenario. But otherwise, an interesting conversation.
Justice must always be served and it REALLY sucks when it isn't, but as Christ followers we must be careful in how we talk about thieves (or anyone committing unjust acts.) They are children of God also, albeit very lost ones. Wanting revenge is a normal human emotion (I struggle with it also), but it is of the flesh, not of the Kingdom and we must always be striving for the Kingdom
amen but we gotta vent
Yeah coz that's got a proven track record.
Blue cheese is worse than death💀
11:15 what the hell Curtis
the image of someone getting shot and killed over stealing is disgusting. that’s not equal justice. and murder isn’t the answer.
So interesting when this show leans right wing! I don't love it but it is interesting to witness haha
What part was right wing?
@@gilbertoarellano8525 im thinking it’s the part where the guys want criminals to be prosecuted for a crime. For some reason liberals think that’s a bad thing.
What are you talking about?
@@gilbertoarellano8525 He means 2nd amendment (gun use) and actual prosecution of criminals in California for shoplifting
@@ericj3331why “pin” any individuals when they dont explicitly state their opinion? Riff HAS ALWAYS said he doesnt support ANY politicians.
Sucks, total garbage. I hate to hear this
get out of California...
hope it was "Thief Simulator 1+2" and he was not happy afterwards
Boring.