Police say shoplifted merchandise being sold at Bay Area flea markets
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- Опубликовано: 18 июл 2021
- Networks of organized thieves are going after smaller ticket items like laundry detergent, toothpaste, and deodorant, leaving retailers like Walgreens, CVS and Target taking increasing losses. The shoplifted items are then sold online or at local flea markets.
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Well when you decriminalize shoplifting, what do you expect?
More future loosers that will most likely be homeless, parents raise yo kids right!
This also funds more gang activity
Leading to more violence, robbery rape and murder
Really smart SF, great policy
@@tremblence blx……!!!!!!!
worse, when you treat people trying to enforce laws as if THEY are the criminals.
@@mikeg3439 you get what you vote for. Funny thing is all these buisnesses will leave California, and vote the same way they did before turning their new state into a shithole just like the one the left. Forget the southern border, we need a wall around California
Store owners should go over there and shoplift their stuff back since there is zero chance that they will get arrested.
Its only legal if you steal from a corporation
Just kill these shoplifter, no law and order anyway
So I guess anybody can just take what they want from these people and not get charged with a crime, that might be a good idea , see how they like it
@@frankregg9048 AGREE.
I see nothing wrong with what they did, the corporation’s can quite literally write the damages and losses off it’s in their favor either way get off their 🥜’s 😭
If someone is selling laundry detergent. You gotta know, it's stolen 😂😂😂
If that toothpaste he is showing for $6 dollars at target, and $2 at the flea market.., WHAT DO YOU EXPECTED!!?
I agree … it’s sad that it’s come down to this . These corporations reporting record profits meanwhile some ppl have to choose between food or insulin. I don’t condone theft at all however I am saying they started it with corporate greed . And the government allowing them to price gouge the public and slap a red now I’m on it and blame it on inflation. It’s greed , and some ppl chose to fight back . The sad part is it affects all of us . They are corporate thieves and suffer no consequences , but if the ppl do it then it’s a crime … that’s pretty darn ironic if you ask me …
"Retail theft is down this year" Is that because 10 Walgrens are closed ?
And Target is closing @6 too because of these douchebags
If there weren't customers buying these stolen products the stealing would not exist.
Plus, anything less than $1000 doesn’t get prosecuted. So, it doesn’t count in the report.
I don’t believe that statement for a second.
theft is also down because a lot of these stores don't bother to restock items. So there is not much left to grab.
"Retail theft is down this year," uh, not it's not. It's 10 times worse.
London breed Ted Wheeler Lori Lightfoot build de Blasio Gavin newsom are all idiots
@Matt Glass goofy*
Karen
@@bekimcolaku5258 sorry we don't have such pillars of purity like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt gaetz and Ted Cruz... 🙄
@@SteveinSanFrancisco do you have a business if so I'm going to take what I want without paying better yet tell me your home address when you're not home I'll just take what I want because that's what the Democrats promote lawlessness
Every single person selling stolen merchandise should be sent to jail and fined a hefty fine… No excuse for any of these people. F them All !!!
I remember when I was going around to many stores in GA and SC, I came across some smaller ones in the lower income areas who had everything behind counters and windows. If you wanted something the clerk would get it and bring it to the register, so you had to pay for it before it was handed over to you. They had gotten tired of being robbed when they weren't looking. It worked for them.
Meanwhile in Japan you could ride your bike to the train station, leave it there unlocked, and no one would steal it. If you asked them why they don't steal, they'll tell you it's unconscionable.
Yep. Left my bike, helmet, and bag with a lock that I thought I would need at the train station. When I seen that not one bike was locked, I certainly didn’t want to stand out and put the lock on it. Came back to find it untouched. Yet when I rode it back onto base I definitely had to lock it up.
@@je6476 not saying Japan is perfect. Their society has a lot of issues, but imagine being able to trust complete strangers with your belongings. You know first hand, and its something we should strive for.
You can leave your car running in North Boston. Young girls can walk freely at night because of zero street crime. It's the mafia that keeps things in order.
@@cvn6555 wait what? The Mafia?! How so?! Tell me how.
Now I wanna move to Japan.
LOL how are these "schemes" getting "increasingly more sophisticated".. literally.. walk into a store, stuff duffle bags and walk out... very sophisticated. policies have made it ever so easy.
Well said and sadly true. I could compare it to the Republicans in Congress that let a twice impeached president off. Except, you know, that guy ripped off all taxpayers and not just SF ones. Same difference, higher stakes and both wrong.
@@holdon4992 damn trump still living in your head? It’s August dude, seek help for your TDS
@@Ms_Sanchez01 you're cute
Everything here is free, just take it, free flea market stuff, come get it folks,, jus take what you need.
@@cutwagman That's what I was thinking, just get a large group together and take the obviously stolen stuff from the flea market criminals.
This is a shame, people have lost their sense of decency. Stealing is so wrong, and we the consumers are the ones who have to pay the increase prices because of these crimes. Much more should be done to protect these businesses.
We have the freedom to stop shoplifting. The criminal cannot complain about having to pay for the thing.
People of a particular community
Not people, blacks. Seems improper to call them people.
@@johncarter40101 + Like what community?
That's ridiculous.. No wonder prices are going through the roof.
“Retail theft are down” bc no one has been arrested so there’s not gonna be any RECORD of theft on anything at all
Exactly!
Before the CVS on 7th and Market in San Francisco closed, thieves would sell the merchandise they stole right in front of the CVS store. This shows the direct failure of Prop 47.
AB109, Prop 57, Prop 47, electing Marxist DA's, it goes on and on. In Los Angeles County we have ONE man trying to fight this, the County Sheriff, a Democrat, but the entire Democrat leadership in the area is angrily and formally demanding his instant resignation for being a "danger" to their communities with his attempts to curtail crime.
They had some good deals before they closed
Prop 45 would put an end to it in no time.
Wait till the I>R>S find out!!! Whoa!!
So the voters continue to get it wrong w/every election that comes before them. When the damn map says go right, they go left. Why?
Why must San Francisco & Californians continue to choose the same depressing leaders for their great cities?
All of you who've voted for London Breed, Gavin Newsom & Nancy Pelosi feel no sense of buyers remorse?
Watching those thieves stealing store merchandise, and not even batting an eye at the manager makes me angry! I worked hard my life to pay for what I needed/wanted, and when I didn’t have the money I didn’t get what I wanted! These people have no morals!!
Crack babies.
Eventually, everything will be behind the counter, and you’ll have to walk in and ask for what you need and wait for it to be picked. Or online only.
How can the mayor stand there and say that they will be prosecuting these criminals, when nothing happens when the shoplifters leave the store with trash bags full of loot?
Right?
Reality means nothing, its for social justice- Duh
Cause it's people from her old hood lol...
she is lying because she can and there are so many brainwashed leftist voters in the city who believe her, no matter what.
All the mayor has to do is walk two blocks down from City Hall and see all the Hispanic and Asian people buying all the stolen merchandise on 7th and Market st. The police stand there and watch it continue day in and day out.
Retail theft is down, yet you've had to close 17 Walgreens in San Francisco and stores have limited hours due to theft. Make it make sense...smh
@andydguitar absolutely
Sad to say but we need tougher laws . So people know there’s real consequences
@andydguitar No because then they'll just start robbing the delivery people at gunpoint. They will also force their way into the closed stores and rob them at gunpoint. The only way to stop this is to get rid of the San Francisco city leaders and turn California into a swing state. They can start by getting rid of the district attorney who is IMHO the first one responsible for this debacle using the current recall election for him. That is the only solution but I doubt that is going to happen.
@@coachfive9656 I agree. Chop fingers off like medieval times
@andydguitar Which will result in the delivery people being robbed.
Well, go to the markets & arrest the idiots selling the stuff...it's a no brainer.
This is disgraceful. They either failed to listen to instruction and dishonor their family, or(more likely), their parents didn't raise them right. Either way, it's an embarrassment to the nation and local communities.
you spelled "parents" wrong... it's parent
@@djjohnpiazza7043 I was using the plural form(assuming both were present)
Lmao stop listening to the mainstream media, these people get there stuff from liquidity warehouses, they show black people stealing clothes makeup and electronics yet whats being sold like detergent soap toothpaste has been sold at flea markets for YEARS!
@iceonthesun8880 I know bro. I was just being cheeky.
@@djjohnpiazza7043 Yup, all the strong independent women crapping out kids they can not control and have no time to actually parent.
Thefts are down, let's me ask Walgreens about that. Oh wait there closing their stores in mass.
Those “organized thefts “ were organized by BLM DURING THEIR QUIET RIOTS.
They're closing Walgreens in Massachusetts? Lol
En masse. In mass seems like your talking Bout a church service or using the short form of Massachusetts.
Thefts are down? Ask Safeway.
I cant believe his sorry a** said that
Retail thefts are down because you do not prosecute the crime.
Toothpaste $6, Shampoo $10, Tide Pods $10, Razors $15...Who's exploiting who?
Can you post a list of the flea markets selling this stuff?
I just want to avoid them, I don't want to be buying anything at a low discount
Retail theft is down? The reporter said it was 3 times the national average! What world do they live in?
1984
Even if it were down it's because they don't even bother calling the police anymore… Obviously less would be reported when its not a crime to steal
@@scottyee707 it's honestly pitiful to have to deal with the lost revenue for the stores, but it is planned for, most of the time. There are diminishing returns that would be further compounded with low dollar items if law enforcement and possibly courts are involved. As for the crooks, they were set free before the pandemic really took off.
The district attorney told the police in San Fran that they are not to arrest thieves so if the police won't take a report, the theft never happened.
@Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho Damn, that's a good answer. Nice pull!
looks like a "mostly peaceful" re allocation of merchandise
Mostly peaceful wealth redistribution and long due reparation payments as AOC would probably say
just another "summer of love"
And the mostly honest shoplifters are behind it.
DEMS in CA Deserve to have theire WALLETS R@PED by chinaJoe & pisslosi to add to her MILLIONS!!!
Lmao
How about starting with stiffer penalties for shoplifting/theft.
Accountant here: The reason things are expensive is because the stores have to factor in stolen goods as an "expense". We then increase the cost by however much we estimate was stolen. People complain about the price and blame it for why people steal, but people stealing is in part why it's so expensive. They're not stealing from big corporations, they pass that expense on to the consumer. We pay for what they steal.
Amazon smile each time they see something like this... sooner or later many stores will eventually close down increasing amazon sales
@@yellowmoon1084 True.
@@yellowmoon1084 It depends on which homes. Many homeowners have guns. 2 drug addicts entered into a Garden Grove, California, home last year. Both were shot to death. However, if the home only has a little old lady, then they will succeed.
Amazon does not stock everyday items very well. If they do, they are many times from the smaller more expensive sellers. Walmart COM does a better job and is now faster too.
@@Cypherdude1 Are you aware that amazon is opening some actual storefronts?
@@temujinkhan6326 Yes, I know there's one in Seattle, their headquarters home.
This is not " shoplifting " it is organized crime. Needs to be prosecuted under the ricco act.
OK so modern commercial retail is blameless and has no responsibility rrrrrightttttt
@aeonsbeyond What?? How are you blaming the stores??
I could say the SAME exact thing about our politicians but there NEVER gonna "be prosecuted under the ricco act." EVER! 🤦♂
@@butwhole4186 Doesn't really matter even if the theives are wrong there stealing a few hundred the crooked politicians are stealing BILLIONS and yall worried about these little stores. LOL. No wonder our country is falling apart. LOOK stores have insurance for a reason. To bad our crooked politicians don't.... 🤦♂
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Selling stolen items at a flea market is like selling pirated CDs
I cannot believe SF Police Chief stated shoplifting is down this year. It is laughable. Most likely retail theft is down is because all the stores have shut down.
'Steal" it back! Dare them to call a cop.
They would just beat your ass, they are not like the store security who would watch over as the goods are being emptied off the shelves.
And if you went down to these markets and started packing the goods up in a bag and walking off, the people running the stalls would complain about you stealing from them. Oh, the irony.
That would be a good one. The flea market gets flash mobbed Walgreens workers 😂😂😂😂
And you will be arrested too. Law is partial towards some people in certain states
Tell people that go to the flea markets not the buy the stuff that is stolen. If people will not buy it, then there would be no sales. People need to stop buying it too. I know it's more expensive to buy the real deal but it's help in the long run to do the right thing
Bring A Protective Device and tell them to STFU.
Have the store owners go to there market stall and start stealing stuff XD.
Merchandise is stolen, then returned to the store for a “store credit” that store credit is then listed on EBAY. I worked at Linens N Things. A group came in, walked up to the desk with a $500 comforter set to “return” it. No receipt. “No problem” I said. I then voided the store credit AFTER they left. Zero value on that card.
Of course it is. Just demand receipts from every vendor for all goods for sale
As a Californian who worked in “Loss Prevention”
I can tell you that we can’t touch or take product back, nor do cops arrest these people. $949 and lower the cops just gives them warnings and anything above that the cops cuff them then 9 times out of ten they drop them off down the street and they do come back in and steal the same or following day.
That rule clearly needs to change
@@acemarvel1564 Seems it's up to the D.A. They are the ones who have decided not to prosecute misdemeanors involving theft, citing overcrowded jails and prisons. 0_o
I get the store owner can't take the stuff being stolen back, while the perp is stealing it. But if the owner went to the flea market, I'd think they could steal $950 of the goods there and take it back to their store?
And you'd think these stores would figure out a way to block entry to their stores goods, and have their clerks get the goods a customer wants, bring it to a counter, and after payment, pass the item under the counter via a drawer. Or have a way to remotely lock the doors and not let 'customers' out unless they show a receipt?
These stories are simply an advertisement for the crimes to come. Do you have think crooks in another state havent' heard about this new Gold Rush?
@@danbrownellfuzzy3010 I heard on Chicago radio recently, a discussion on that cities problems of this sort. They allow $1000 to be stolen. There is no talk of fixing that, only trying to stop the 'smash and grab gangs'. 0_o I wonder what the end game is? Government take over of all businesses? In the name of safety? Like what happened in the USSR, China etc?
LOL he called the store and the clerk said it was probably shoplifted LOL. Man somebody give this guy a freaking Nobel
Lol
I swear some of them reporters are idiots.they can say the stupidest things
What's the point in putting those stickers on the stolen products if that's the answer/action you get?
Lol! Just look at that whole team. Wow…
Yeah I spit my coffee out in disbelief! 😅
I think we've spotted the culprit in the latest theft of donuts.
Stealing is not wrong! It's the laws.... the laws don't intimidate criminals..... catch and released!!
Oh, well, it's San Francisco, nothing illegal there about any of that.
And they're ⚫ i bet
@@rauljrlara9994 crime has no color you racist.
The democrat leaders protects the thieves and illegal stuff. The democrats wants to destroy America.
Pelosi's legacy.
@@jayrezz988 Statistics proves otherwise. Sorry, not sorry.
This is an advertisement for the flea market! 😂
💯🤣
They need to require the vendors to show proof of where they got the items from
Businesses should pull out of these areas altogether. Don't jack up the price to cover the loses. It's not fair for consumers in other areas.
Nancy and Chuck must be so proud.
Who is that
Pelosi & Schumer,pond scam.
So the voters continue to get it wrong w/every election that comes before them. When the damn map says go right, they go left. Why?
Why must San Francisco & Californians continue to choose the same depressing leaders for their great cities?
All of you who've voted for London Breed, Gavin Newsom & Nancy Pelosi feel no sense of buyers remorse?
Nancy and Chuck don't have a thing to do with this. DiFi doesn't even have anything to do with this and she was Mayor of SF decades ago.
SanFran message to thieves: take whatever you like, we'll just close down
No body calls it "san fran" though.
Those businesses can probably just leave those SF residents high and dry
SF needs adult supervision.
I hope they close down. So people can say oh the rich getting richer. But they do not want to watch these videos.
@@PainandMotivation
But the rich are getting richer. And how do you think they are getting richer? They steal just like those thugs at Walgreens. The only difference is that the rich have a sophisticated way of stealing and when they steal they don’t steal laundry detergents and toothpaste...they go for the millions of cold hard cash.
Does anyone know what markets sell the cheap detergent and formula, so i know not to got there?
time to start shop lifting at the flea markets lol
"Retail theft is down"... I guess that's why stores are closing or limiting hours.
Good ims glad close them all down
Relax, they voted for this.
I saw the comment and thought it would be quoted from some fruit loop. After I saw it was from a uniformed officer with stars my mind was blown.
You're right Chinh Phan... These clowns voted for it. I can't help but applaud the decision these clowns have to live with.
👏Can't👏stop👏the👏progress👏
Get stores to stop reporting theft, then they can say theft is down.
Theft is down...because all the stores are leaving the ghetto...
When all the Walgreen's and Targets are gone, these people can always get their stuff at the local flea market.
They are incapable of future thinking, it's a bell curve thing.
might have to start stealing from flea markets
More like Amazon
For about 3 weeks.
A, no
At a sore I worked at I suggested we set up the store with fake items , empty boxes , etc . Then added locks to the doors . Police then entered the store and arrested the thieves .
What a shame letting these people get away with this!
I'm shocked that letting criminals back out on the streets isn't working. Just shocked.
Your Casablanca reference was excellent. I do not know why I tell you this because it could not possibly profit me.
Whites created poverty
how do you expect young black people to make a living?
Remember spankings? My mom broke a giant wooden spoon on my back. I turned out alright.
@@kamiliachadlistole? Do you mean purchased from their cousins?
Watching the mayor claim they will go after the perpetrators is literally hilarious. The city politicians created this problem. It is obvious the city politicians have no desire to solve the problems they created.
Diversity hire police chief is as useful as a neutered stud bull..
Well if they fix the problem and the problem and exist for them to claim they’re going to fix so they can get reelected! Democrats need these problems to exist otherwise no one would vote for them and they know it.
The mayor herself is the biggest thug. Just look at her with so much hate she has toward wealthy ppl and corporations that she wants to take away wealth from these stores and distribute to her own thugs hyenas
Note to Self Whenever you feel like shoplifting, go to Libtard California... It's call reparations over there. They will even give you a bag.
@@bigsamuil she is known for allowing homeless to use drugs in "safe zones" throughout SF.
Libby Schaff is no different, pretending to help the homeless for her political career. Letting Nazi Meth camps throughout Oakland cook crystal meth in thier rvs literally on a school block and not do anything about it. Think I'm kidding go to San leandro Street and 38th avenue in Oakland that's just one that im talking about.
You need to arrest these people. It's just a matter of time where all that stolen merchandise would show up.
Look at this officer. Perfect proof, no need to be in shape because he could not chase someone down, but if they caught the thief nothing would happen anyway.
"The reality is our retail thefts are down this year."
Yeah, that's why major retailers are closing stores, because they are just too profitable. SMH
It is down, due to the lack of stores still in business to steal from!
@Gerald Renolds Exactly. Why bother reporting these thefts to the police when none of these turds are ever prosecuted?
Yeah “retail theft is down this year” so are murders in Chicago….
Get the from the beginning and never let anyone of them ran free ever again. That is the right thing to do.
Great job Gavin!
They haven’t been accused of sealing stolen items…but they are selling stolen items 🤔
Fake news. I've been to flea markets throughout Chicago. They always have new unopened items. Not to say that some items aren't stolen. Forsure they are some stolen
Wow. A tv reporter can figure this out and even find the sellers at a flea market. Yet the whole police force is baffled and can’t catch the slow witted criminals.
Cops are useless
They just want their pensions
It's like they could not give a rat's arse about it. Too difficult to check out a flea market and call in some items to see if they have been stolen.
You can "know" whatever you want, but this is America and the only thing in determining guilt that matters is what you can prove
@@ceoatcrystalsoft4942 . Yeah just give up. Do nothing. That solves everything. Excuses are like assholes. You know the rest.
The stores should just take their property back without the police being involved.
Homie looks like the only thing he's caught in the last 24 hours is a 6-piece combo from Wingstop.
Only 6 pieces? Looks like he goes for the party pack
Facts. I was wondering why they were having such a hard time fighting crime til I saw him
@@vincel8866 😂🤣
he didn't even haggle on the price smh
C’mon Lieutenant! You can’t inspire confidence in your ability to solve crimes when you can’t control your eating! 🍔
If the stolen goods is less than $950 is NOT a crime according to California law 🤣😂😂😂😆😆😆
So let me let this straight. I can walk into Macy's, take a COACH handbag ( as long as it's less than $ 800 ) and waltz out of the store unmolested? 😂
@@tatianalyulkin410 It sounds crazy but is the law here in California and the employees they are not allow to stop anybody
@@DanielRojas-nw3mv It's not that it's the law as much as the fact that those " shoplifters " are pros and they might have all kinds of nasty things like knives and guns on them. If you were one of those security people, would you agree to be seriously injured or crippled ( if not worse ) because of Gavin and London's Woke insanity? I sure as hell wouldn't!
@@tatianalyulkin410 correct but even the police won’t do to much to stop the crime
@@DanielRojas-nw3mv Same reasoning. I'm willing to die for America and Ukraine. I'm willing to die to protect my family and friends. I'M NOT READY TO DIE FOR THESE CLOWNS WHO FOR SOME REASON CONSIDER THEMSELVES POLITICIANS.
If the fleamarket merchants can't produce legitimate proof of sales for the items they are selling, the merchandise should be confiscated and the merchant should be fined/jailed.
Most definitely, these flea markets need to be regulated. I’m more convinced that people hve accepted this as the norm and no one really wants to change it.
You meant to say "if you change the Mayor in San Francisco, lets do it " 👍🏼
Blame the California legislature for making theft of merchandise under
$950 a misdemeanor.
It wasn't legislature. It was the PEOPLE who voted in favor of Proposition 47 in 2014. Stop blaming others for your own actions.
@Thomas Chock Amazingly, it boiled down to 4 million California voters in 2016 that put prop 47 in action. But it's been the local D.A's that are refusing to prosecute misdemeanors involving theft, citing overcrowding of jails and prisons. So the trick really is, how to get rid of those D.A's or whoever are their bosses and replace them with someone who will uphold the law.
D E M O C R A T S in action . . .
Recall Governor Gavin Newsome for destroying public spaces and small businesses.
I was mafcat all the thefts buuuuut seeing what they're doing here just warms my heart.
It's a literal middle finger to corporations, so I'm strangely happy for these people.
*mad at
As if these scumbags only target corpos. They take what they can, from whoever they can.
Arrest them all.
These organized shoplifters seem to have one thing in common....
Yep black lives matter if they're not protesting or shoplifting
@@pauljanssen2624 FBLM
Stop complaining and go buy that stuff in the flea market. Winning
Do they sell ed
Yup and I'll stick to my stereotype all day
100% return on their “investment”. Why wouldn’t criminals steal things? They know they won’t get in trouble. Until something is done about theft this will keep happening.
All stores should just close. Simple.
Honestly, it's not even about ''criminals'' stealing things. This would entice even otherwise lawful citizens to take things they would normally pay for. I'm a broke college student and the idea of not being arrested for stealing would intrigue me too. Especially kids and teenagers.
That'd be infinity percent return
What puzzles me is why stores in those areas don't install a wall to wall counter with bars on top and security drawers under the counter. Customers could walk in to get out of the weather, but would have to stand at the counter. Then ask a clerk to get the item they want. Which would be picked and brought to the counter by the clerk. Once the item was paid for, the clerk would put the item in the drawer under the counter and push it out to the customer. Problem solved.
Omg a crew of thieves running out of the store it’s crazy
So true, they’re everywhere in our American Country.
Shoplifting is legal there. Seriously it's been decriminalized.
You see that racist store manager try and trip that poor guy? LMAO
@@bobfish3176 he's not racist, he's just annoyed. He shouldve had the employees immediately escort all other shoppers out, then locked the door
This lawless happen in California, becasue of the stupid fake democracy happen in Califonia. The homeles, shoplifting robery and other crime is legal in California, as long as you have nothing to lose, then you are free to commit crime in this jungle state.
I'm glad I live in a red state
@@midnightmoon3230 I will sell all my properties and get out of the socialist state.
It must be terrible to live in San Francisco, what a shame.
@Wältér-Ràul Chínchíllä even if its safe, the rent is SKY HIGH. lol thats criminal.
@Wältér-Ràul Chínchíllä You should go if you really want to, but I just think there are many better places these days. Really nice, truly diverse medium sized cities, with a very low cost of living. That is not SF, never really.
@Wältér-Ràul Chínchíllä Sounds similar to my retirement plan, we've already purchased the house. Mine is the east coast version with mountains, hiking, fishing, etc., right outside a small town with about 10,000 population. I wish you good luck finding your American dream friend!
It was actually pretty good to live in the city if you aren’t looking for trouble. My car was only broken into about 5 - 6 times, my rent was triple the national average, rarely a day over 80 degrees and anti- american, crazy liberals roaming the streets.
And now the well off are leaving CA and driving up prices in Utah, Montana etc.... and will slowly change the political landscape in those states. Liberalism is a plague.
and the police aren't arresting them....that one table looked like it had more than the $1000 limit
Thanks for telling me where to shop for the best deals
The store owners should just show up and steal it all back!
just walk up with a gang of guys and take it all back. and dare them to call the cops
Wouldn't it be interesting seeing victims of those shoplifted items go to flea markets and "shoplift" their own stuff, making sure not to exceed $950?
... or if the theifs went to those flea markets and stole it all again, only to sell it online.
At flea market prices, you could wipe out a whole row of tables and never get to $950
The victims are large corporations so I dont feel sorry for them. Ill buy them cheaper at the fleq markets
@@scrapcash2421 all that deodorant...it could fuel an entire Anime Expo that we use to be allowed to go to.
@@mexreax4493 you know, I always felt the same way specifically for big corporate chain restaurants. Not that it was ok to diamond dash a resturaunt but rather that all these corporate places do is create generic mediocre food. Theres no heart or soul at a fuckin dominoes and it bewilders me when I see them in business.
But now seeing your comment I change my mind. These big corporations could be accused of having cheap labor but atleast it’s something. CURRENTLY, the best we got at the bottom is minimum wage and perhaps for some people thats their current LIVELIHOOD!
So to respond to your comment, whats the alternative to shopping at a big corporate store? Perhaps, shop at a smaller store? Cause currently, shoplifting at corporate stores WILL cause them to shut down thus laying off dozens of workers -THAT I KNOW YOU MUST CARE ABOUT- thus leaving NO merchandise to steal in the first place.
Solution:: Built a Big Shopplifter Jail, specific for shopplifters. Put all of them in Jail, 6 months minimum!!!!
So no SF police asks to see invoices for the sold inventory at the flea markets.
Defunded. Not resourse to go into this
Hi: If you are from outside of California this story never mentioned Proposition 47. Prop 47 came from George Gascon and San Francisco. It raised the theft limit to $950 before the crime becomes a felony. It eliminated theft with a prior, which means every time a person steals it is the first time, it made possession of stolen property and second degree burglary misdemeanor (cite and release depending on jurisdiction) offenses. While it was sold to the public by academics and journalists as a way for people to get back onto their feet and was meant to relieve the burden-weight of conviction...in reality it's nothing more than turning a blind eye to crime. Yes, retail theft is down. That means they've lost confidence in the criminal justice system and don't want to waste their time waiting for a purposeless report. Mayor Breed knows better but was also convinced the solution to a problem is to do nothing.
Well Mayor Breed covered for her brother who murdered his girlfriend so what do you expect?
Yep
The major retailers leached out the labor and wealth, the human capital cant all be shoved into a cage 😂 its chaos as “the market manages itself.” I remember thinking economics class was a load of sh-t! Here it is! A young nation in the grand scheme of things.. we don’t look so good from where I’m standing.
felony or no felony. if your DA and judges turn a blind eye, the police can arrest everyone and the criminals will always get away with it.
Recall the Mayor.
So, if I go and steal the stolen merchandise at the flea market, that's okay then - right?
The people at those stalls will actually put up more of a fight than those securities at stores.
Right! Makes sense to me!!
I think if it's worth less than $900, you're good?
Why bother?
@@guitarandmore69 since it’s the flea market and the prices are 20% less, maybe $700 and under is okay
Watching a tape was recorded 2 years ago
And things got worse not better
shame the stuff doesnt have some sort of serial numbers on them, that way the store owners could go down to the flea market and take their stuff back
All the retailers should raise prices on each item up $1000 and then have coupons at the register you scan that takes $1000 off each item. Then, if you steal one item, it meets the requirement to prosecute since it was $1000 on the shelf tag.
How about a combined total of $1000.00 ?
@@thomasbailey9820 No because if it's $1000 per item, then it immediately breaks CA's stupid law if they steal one item. That's the point.
Yooo this is actually really smart
That won’t work the same item have the same UPC codes
@@Z33.gi0 You've never worked retail, have you? I can tell. I worked retail for years.
But when a employee eat a bag of chips without paying he is fire for life.
Lol is that you that did that😂😂😂😂 might be worth a discipline but yeah prolly worth firing some trifling chip stealing employee
Happened to my friend at Great America.
My boss let me drink 1 energy drink everyday
@Jon Dough why do you need a source for something that’s normal? It’s not like you’re going to read it.
Just clock out and go back in to get a huge back of chips and other stuff.
The solution to this type of theft is eventually going to be that you need a user ID to come into the store - linked to a valid credit card - when you leave you get billed for the sku's you have on you
China has this process.
Gov Nuisance and his second hand car dealership looks works in California right ?
How long before all the stores move out?
They won't move out. All this theft at big stores is calculated into the final price of goods. It is a calculated loss. Why do you think the stores would care? You are paying for it either way.
Let them. I wouldn't blame them if they did. Watch the governor make a law saying they have to let them steal...OOPS TOO LATE !
ON LINE ,I WILL DELIVER.
News reporter: "I spent $17 dollars and I didn't even have to haggle"
Me: "You must be noob to the game, aren't you?"
Another one. . .
Reporter admits to buying stolen goods, on national television
Guy got ripped off!!! $6 toothpaste?? $10 shampoo?? WTF?! Maybe it’s Bay Area price but I live in Fresno (just a few hours away from SF) and that stuff should be worth half the price he paid for.
@@BubbleOfJelly
or he can go inside the store and pay full price for it, like everyone else does
🤣🤣
So... you're saying we can find discount prices on merchandise that isn't counterfeit.... Address and hours?
If shoplifters in my country would hit stores like that there would be undercover security guards on the floor, the store would most likely stop potential shoplifters from entering the store or even have uniformed guards in the store.
And then people cry when everything in the stores are locked up. Or the store only puts out a couple of each item.
These prices go up and we as honest citizens pay for this.
@@browncatwithblurredbackgro2461 What shocked me was he said $6 for a tube of toothpaste. I've never seen toothpaste that cost that much.
I hope they still enough to put these lefty businesses completely out of business
Why do people stay in California ? The whole state has been bankrupted and ruined. I would leave at the first opportunity.
@@sandragreen9560 It's cyclical, many large corporations are dropping massive amounts of money in the SF area and they are never wrong in their forecasting of the future since they have a greater amount of control over it.
@@sandragreen9560 Ca is far from bankrupt, we are the 5th largest economy in the world and there is endless great things to do eat and experience, plus our weather is excellent.
He’s a big healthy boy. No chasing criminals for him.
Most of the items I've bought have store stickers on them. That doesn't make them stolen. My store said they are told to mark all the products using store labels.
They should prosecute EVERYONE involved. Including the market keepers. They know exactly what they're doing.
Yes, because you can go to 24th and Mission in San Francisco and you can shop right there in the view and they do not bother them at all but they’re not black, they are Hispanics
@ganderson7790 the thieves or resellers?