Have you ever stolen a dvd?
Well. Have you?
chris
no. i have however thought of elaborate shoplifting schemes which involves two individuals: one positioned at the entrance of a store and one in the dvd section. the store would have to have very high ceilings and the exit would have to go directly out to a parking lot.
one individual would simply throw the selected dvds very high into the air and the other one would catch while situated at the exit. the dvd would of course be past the security checkpoint/alarm gate, so as long as you kept throwing dvds, you could just walk out the store. and that's if nobody noticed*
* you could rob fort knox the same way ohhhh my; i should probably stop brett ratner
That isn't really that elaborate
Quoteno. i have however thought of elaborate shoplifting schemes which involves two individuals: one positioned at the entrance of a store and one in the dvd section. the store would have to have very high ceilings and the exit would have to go directly out to a parking lot.
one individual would simply throw the selected dvds very high into the air and the other one would catch while situated at the exit. the dvd would of course be past the security checkpoint/alarm gate, so as long as you kept throwing dvds, you could just walk out the store. and that's if nobody noticed*
Thats the worst idea, Ive ever heard of. This one is perfect.
This involves a 2 person team, but you come in 1 at a time.
The first guy walks into the high security electronic store (best buy, media play, ect) and heads straight towards the dvd section. Make a straight line there. Select the dvds you want to steal, take maybe 5 or 10 of them, and go straight to the bathroom. Enter the bathroom stall and lay them next to or behind the toilet. Leave the bathroom after you take a shit and walk to the exit.
One of two things will now happen. The security guy at the front will stop you and explain to you that he saw you take the items in the bathroom and leave with no dvd's in hand. You shake your head and explain to him that you forgot them in the bathroom. If this occurs you now know that they have HIGH security, and that your best bet is to drive across the street to their competitor.
The other thing that could happen is that you will walk right out the door. Your clean, you haven't stolen anything yet, you have just set the ball rolling.
You head towards your car, where your buddy waits. Your partner waits 15 minutes before entering the same store. He walks to the bathroom and enters the same stall.
One of two things will now happen. The dvds will be gone, which means either employees put them back, or a random customer found them.
The other thing that could happen is that the dvds are laying right there. Your partner then takes his time sitting on the toilet seat, tearing off the security sensors. He may have to open the case to take off the sensors inside.Your partner then conceals them on his body and walks straight out the door.
I can't think of a safer way of stealing dvds.
chris
Quote from: ThecowgoooesmoooThats the worst idea, Ive ever heard of.
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No, I've never stolen a DVD before. I found a possible way to do it though, if I were ever so inclined. One night I was at 'the mall' and in the CD/DVD retailer (you know, the one's that sell CD's for $19.95 and DVD's for $25-30) and it was right before it closed. I was gonna get a couple of classical discs so I made my final selections and went to the front of the store where a long line was quickly amassing. I was about the 6th person in line and naturally they only had one person checking people out. There was another guy behind the counter and he got the idea to help the process go a little faster. Instead of checking people out, he went ahead and de-magnatized the purchases of the people in line so that the 'checker-outer' wouldn't have to. This seemed normal except for the fact that he handed our selections back to us to hold (the guys towards the end of the line) while we waited our turn. I guess we were all on 'scout's honor' at that point, because we could've easily run out with no bells and whistles until the guy realized what he did and someone else in line realizing what's going on and make a run for it too.
I don't know if this is standard practice or what but it was certainly an interesting tidbit of information to stumble upon. So, if I were ever to attempt some kind of burglary of the local FYE, I would get a few selections (perhaps expensive Criterions) before the mall closed on a Friday or Saturday and wait for the scenario to repeat itself. Of course, the gamble is whether or not the dude behind the desk decides to 'help along' the process by giving people a chance to get freebies, but I guess it's just as much of a gamble as stealing anything. The downside of this is that you either have a goofy-looking uncomfortable situation of stepping out of line and putting them back when you're the second person from the checkout guy or you laid down $60-85 dollars for three DVD's.
Believe it or not.. I have a much simpler idea, but I'm basing it on the HMV I visit. Once in a while when a person leaves the store with something they've purchased, the alarm goes off. The workers turn to the store entrance.. and a guy raises his shopping bag that he just given. The workers nod with the usual look of agreement: "Oh, I see. That was your bag. Thanks, sir."
Well.. wouldn't it make sense to put some DVDs in your pockets (assuming you bring the space) if that sort of thing will occur? If you purchase something.. I assume ANYTHING (but preferably a cheap DVD just in case) and then it goes off.. what are they going to do? It happens so often if the rare event occurs where they try and stop you and ask you to show you if you have anything, just take major offense to it and argue that you just helped their store and that the alarm sounds so often - why are you being picked on? and if they persist, just throw them the cheap DVD saying, "keep your trash.. I don't want it.. I'll just go to Blockbuster." and storm off mumbling something about federal law.
no ive never stolen a dvd, but you guys seem to have pretty good ideas. i dont think id ever do it though... plus i have no partner in crime
I steal DVDs from Amazon.com. :(
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if the rare event occurs where they try and stop you and ask you to show you if you have anything, just take major offense to it and argue that you just helped their store and that the alarm sounds so often - why are you being picked on?
...and accuse them of racism. loudly.
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if the rare event occurs where they try and stop you and ask you to show you if you have anything, just take major offense to it and argue that you just helped their store and that the alarm sounds so often - why are you being picked on?
...and accuse them of racism. loudly.
"Bah! Racism, j'accuse!"
"Sir, we're both white."
"I'm 1/8th Puerto Rican, or 'spic,' as you would call it!"
"Okay, sorry, didn't mean to bother you."
Is that how it would go?
THAT.. Or:
"That's racism!!"
"How do you figure?"
"No! Not me! Over THERE! There's some KKK members reenacting a scene from 'Birth of a Nation!'"
"Birth of huh?"
"The Griffith movie! Over THERE! LOOK DAMNIT!"
*confused man turns around as theif makes run for it*
"Hey, the Elvis line was getting old."
Or yell "rape" loudly.
Quote from: ShanghaiOrangeI steal DVDs from Amazon.com. :(
how?
Quote from: cecil b. dementedQuote from: ShanghaiOrangeI steal DVDs from Amazon.com. :(
how?
You do the same thing as in Sphinx's scheme, except on the internet.
i see. i guess you need a special kind of modem then.
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Punish me! I've been bad.....
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I've never stolen a DVD from a store (okay, I may have kept a few souvineers from my days at Hollywood video), but I used to steal cassette tapes back in high-school... It was pretty easy/boring... just would grab one, go over to the cd side and make like I was looiking at the cds, but I was really removing the magnetic strip from the tape, then I would stick it in my pocket...I would do this a lot to test out albums and find out if they were worth the purchase on cd... this was before you could download whatever you wanted from the internet.
When I received free DVDs from the studios for magazine reviews, I would take the ones I didn't want (unopened, of course. I would fire off a BS capsule review for the mag to please the studio.), go to Tower Records or Best Buy, etc. Their policy on items with no receipts is 'exchange only'. I'd tell them I got it as a gift, but I already had it, could I exchange it for another title. They would scan it, and of course it would be in their computer, then say, "Okay, go pick out your exchange." Then pick out something I wanted. Cha-Ching!! When I got a copy of Time Bandits, I told them I got the wrong version; I wanted the Criterion one. They said okay, I paid the difference of only $10! Same with the Limited Ed. of Army Of Darkness too.
I've stolen the following dvds in one way or another (but not b/c i'm black if that's what yo racist ass thinks)
little shop of horrors
salesman
boogie nights
l'avventura
blue velvet
putney swope
my fair lady
mr show: first and second seazon
slapstick encyclopedia
godfather boxset
and others i can't think of right now...about 40% of my collection and i own
like 80 dvds. i don't play. peaces
I ordered the Kubrick Box set and the Godfather box set from some place online, they only sent me the Kubrick set, and I notified them that they forgot the Godfather, they told me they were out of them so I said to cancel the order, so they refunded me for the Godfather and Kubrick box set which I kept and got for free.
Anybody else have any elaborate stealing dvd methods that you can think of? These plans have to be good though, and 99% foolproof.
chris
Quote from: ThecowgoooesmoooAnybody else have any elaborate stealing dvd methods that you can think of? These plans have to be good though, and 99% foolproof.
chris
Get a gun, a mask and a racing bike
Quote from: thecowgoooesmoooAnybody else have any elaborate stealing dvd methods that you can think of? These plans have to be good though, and 99% foolproof.
this is not elaborate but very foolproof...make sure to be wearing your cargo pants with the 11 pockets, pick up the dvds you want, go to a place where you can't be seen by the workers and put them in your various pockets, then head for the exit. The alarm will go off, pay no mind...unless a member of security has witnessed you stealing the dvds they can't stop you, so just keep walking....this can only work a few times obviously...there are cameras, and if one of the workers is savvy enough they will have security review the tapes...eventually you will become a mark, and this method will not be effective, but if it's just one or a few dvds your after this would be perfect.
I can't believe there's a thread on how to steal DVDs! Basketball playing Jesus judges you!
I used to steal CDs from a department store in Australia called Target that seals their CDs with paper things that have metal things at the back (like some type of chip that activates the alarm when you walk out). You just tear through the seal, take the CD out and put it into your pocket and run the fuck outta there...
But the fact that they're CDs and not DVDs would kinda make a difference. And the fact that they stopped sealing their CDs with these things three years ago makes an even bigger difference...
So What Now Then?
Seriously, it's far more easier to just rob someone's house than try to dodge the HMV alarms. Just choose the right people to rob from. College students and the elderly that government-funded houses harbour are the easiest people to target, considering they'd have good DVDs and no alarm systems in their houses. You'd get the good classic DVDs (eg: pta's fave singing in the rain, a clockwork orange, dr strangelove) from the old people, and the good new ones (eg:way of the gun, reservoir dogs) from the college students :-D but remember that reservoir dogs circulates among house-robbers everywhere. "Marky" kills "Bobby" for it, "Pauly" assrapes "Marky" for it and...-I'm going to stop now because I just realised I don't know anything about italian mobster names...Marky, Bobby and Pauly....wtf?
Call me a snob, but robbing from other people means second-hand. Ugh.
Walking out of HMV (just have it in the bag on a busy day and keep on walking, no problem) means clean.
I have never stolen a DVD, though, only a video. I have stolen lots of other things (always judiciously and with anti-capitalist justifications) and nothing compares to walking out of overpriced London restaurants without paying. Stealing things you don't even want is also fun.
Quote from: budgie...I have stolen lots of other things (always judiciously and with anti-capitalist justifications) and nothing compares to walking out of overpriced London restaurants without paying. Stealing things you don't even want is also fun.
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Aren't you in Chumbawamba, budgie?
Actually, I have stolen a fair number of DVD's. It's really not that complicated. My friend and I took a page out of Kevin Klines book, a la 'A Fish Called Wanda' and just tossed the DVD around the electrical sensor thing and walked out. Call me crazy, but this scheme worked for L.A Confidential, Trainspotting, The Big Lebowski, and The Planet of the Apes (which I proceeded to give to good will after my first viewing).
i am currently planning a massive dvd heist from a big name electronic store... this will be the ultimate... probly over 100 dvds in one heist... it is still in the planning stage....
i plan on giving out free dvd's to members here!
ill be like robin hood
steal from the rich and give to the middle class!
chris
Quote from: Thecowgoooesmoooi am currently planning a massive dvd heist from a big name electronic store... this will be the ultimate... probly over 100 dvds in one heist... it is still in the planning stage....
i plan on giving out free dvd's to members here!
ill be like robin hood
steal from the rich and give to the middle class!
chris
do tell
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Aren't you in Chumbawamba, budgie?
Yeah, I guess... :yabbse-huh:
Quote from: RaviI can't believe there's a thread on how to steal DVDs! Basketball playing Jesus judges you!
No, Brain Stealing and Taunting of Tards Jesus judges them.
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Coincidently I created this from Ravi's source image a year ago.
QuoteWalking out of HMV (just have it in the bag on a busy day and keep on walking, no problem) means clean.
Unless you're planning on eating, licking or fucking your DVDs, there's really no possible chance of catching any diseases from them. If it's your DVD player you're worried about, clean the fuckin' DVD. No thinking required. :-D
some of these are pretty elaborate plans. i've personally never stolen a dvd. never had the balls to.
i guess it helps when every dvd i own is something i didn't mind purchasing, if that makes any sense...
Quote from: TiffQuoteWalking out of HMV (just have it in the bag on a busy day and keep on walking, no problem) means clean.
Unless you're planning on eating, licking or fucking your DVDs, there's really no possible chance of catching any diseases from them. If it's your DVD player you're worried about, clean the fuckin' DVD. No thinking required. :-D
You wanna fight me, Tiff? Your literal vs. my lateral? :-D
I used to work at Suncoast...and seriously....all you have to do is know where the sensor is and completely wrap your hand around it tightly....for some reason, your body shields it from the sensors...I am not making this up either...
Quote from: budgieQuote from: TiffQuoteWalking out of HMV (just have it in the bag on a busy day and keep on walking, no problem) means clean.
Unless you're planning on eating, licking or fucking your DVDs, there's really no possible chance of catching any diseases from them. If it's your DVD player you're worried about, clean the fuckin' DVD. No thinking required. :-D
You wanna fight me, Tiff? Your literal vs. my lateral? :-D
I gotta naughty, dirty mud-wrestle in mind... :twisted:
I stole 20 DVD's in two days with this little plan (although it was about a year ago):
I'd take a DVD I wanted (or two, or three) and sit down in the row, as if I was looking at the bottom shelf of one of the...shelves...
I'd sit indian style and took those DVD's I wanted and placed them in the hidding spot: my indian style.
I'd then take a randon DVD off the shelf and put it over the hole in the middle of my indian style.
I'd look at it for a while, one hand on it, one hand on the "bottom" of it (in my crotch, really, undoing the wrapping, taking off sensors).
(Also, I wanted the entire package, not just the DVD, so I'm a snob too.)
When I was done, I'd put the DVD's that I'd "cleaned" behind some DVD's on that bottom row.
Also, this whole time my friend was a lookout. When I was done, he'd come by and stick them all in his pants (around the waist, mostly), and I'd take some too.
Best Buy never caught on.
Borders sort of did and I get looks all the time now.
Wal-Mart was real easy too. But remember, this was a year ago. Be careful.
QuoteI stole 20 DVD's in two days with this little plan (although it was about a year ago):
I'd take a DVD I wanted (or two, or three) and sit down in the row, as if I was looking at the bottom shelf of one of the...shelves...
I'd sit indian style and took those DVD's I wanted and placed them in the hidding spot: my indian style.
I'd then take a randon DVD off the shelf and put it over the hole in the middle of my indian style.
I'd look at it for a while, one hand on it, one hand on the "bottom" of it (in my crotch, really, undoing the wrapping, taking off sensors).
(Also, I wanted the entire package, not just the DVD, so I'm a snob too.)
When I was done, I'd put the DVD's that I'd "cleaned" behind some DVD's on that bottom row.
Also, this whole time my friend was a lookout. When I was done, he'd come by and stick them all in his pants (around the waist, mostly), and I'd take some too.
Best Buy never caught on.
Borders sort of did and I get looks all the time now.
Wal-Mart was real easy too. But remember, this was a year ago. Be careful.
Way too risky for me. U only got away becuz someone behind the camera wasen't payin attention. Your taking a big gamble with that technique.
chris
Why the fuck are people discussing how to steal DVD's? :evil:
cause people, like you
have no money, like you
Quote from: Phil Marlowecause people, like you
have no money, like you
Yeah, I'm really in a fucked up financial crises!! Donations needed!
Quote from: ThecowgoooesmoooQuoteI stole 20 DVD's in two days with this little plan (although it was about a year ago):
I'd take a DVD I wanted (or two, or three) and sit down in the row, as if I was looking at the bottom shelf of one of the...shelves...
I'd sit indian style and took those DVD's I wanted and placed them in the hidding spot: my indian style.
I'd then take a randon DVD off the shelf and put it over the hole in the middle of my indian style.
I'd look at it for a while, one hand on it, one hand on the "bottom" of it (in my crotch, really, undoing the wrapping, taking off sensors).
(Also, I wanted the entire package, not just the DVD, so I'm a snob too.)
When I was done, I'd put the DVD's that I'd "cleaned" behind some DVD's on that bottom row.
Also, this whole time my friend was a lookout. When I was done, he'd come by and stick them all in his pants (around the waist, mostly), and I'd take some too.
Best Buy never caught on.
Borders sort of did and I get looks all the time now.
Wal-Mart was real easy too. But remember, this was a year ago. Be careful.
Way too risky for me. U only got away becuz someone behind the camera wasen't payin attention. Your taking a big gamble with that technique.
chris
well actually, imo, u only got away cos someone behind the camera thought you were just playing with yourself. lucky 4 u they had a year to recover from such taunting. nah jk, its all good. :-D
My local HMV puts all their security tags on the outside, so you could just rip them off and walk out!
I've never had the balls to do it, though. If I was caught, my parents'd probably disown me.
Quote from: -dazza-My local HMV puts all their security tags on the outside, so you could just rip them off and walk out!
I've never had the balls to do it, though. If I was caught, my parents'd probably disown me.
When I was younger me and my friends use to rip them off and stick them on each others back so when they walked through the alarm would sound.
when i was younger my friends and i, stole thousands of dollars worth of re- issued star wars toys. i still have them all -- characters, vehicles, grip loads of this shit -- i want to sell them, all they're doing is taking up space -- i wonder if theyre worth any thing. as far as dvds -- you know the columbia music house things you get in the mail -- GET 10 FREE DVDS -- as long as you buy 2 at regular price. i sent it in -- got 10 free dvds -- then never bought the others -- i got a few threatening letters, but they never did anything -- worked like a charm -- i dont know if you call that stealing, but i got free movies nonetheless.
Quote from: cowboykurtisi got a few threatening letters, but they never did anything
crap, i shouldve done that. awww whatever
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If you are under 18 do it.....they can't hold you to shit. They will be more than happy to offer a membership, but being a minor (at least in the states)...they can't hold you to anything. I used to do it with CD's all the time...
yeah but don't they mess up your credit if you don't buy the rest of the dvds? seems like they could, having your credit card number and whatnot.
Quote from: cbrad4dyeah but don't they mess up your credit if you don't buy the rest of the dvds? seems like they could, having your credit card number and whatnot.
They don't always take your credit card number and they don't take SSNs, so they can't touch your credit... unless things have changed.
Old topic I know, but I know a damn good technique. I never used it personnally :wink: :roll: but I heard it works damn fine :wink:
Go in a store with a friend, but don't act as if he's your friend. You don't know him. He will discretly put as much stuff on him as he can. While he's doing this, you take one of these security magnets, the thing that makes the alarm go off. Put it in your wallet.
Now, head to the door, with your friend following pretty close. When you get out, the alarm goes off. Act as if you caught, say things like "SHIT !" or "Damn..." with a mad face, distract the attention. Your friend has 2 to 4 seconds to get out while the alarm is still off, and while every eye is on you. When he's out, just say : "It's my damn chip card again...here, take my wallet" and pass the detector. Nothing will ring. You are free.