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Years ago, when I worked for a jewelry manufacturer I had to take a lie-detector test; the Friday of the first week I worked there was a very strange day. It was obvious even to me, who had only been there 4 days. Lots of men showing up at the window, where you had to be buzzed in, they all looked like undercover cops or something.

Well, it was a strange day, they busted the head guy in the factory for stealing gold. This was back in the 70's, when gold was going UP! UP! UP!, it got up to $600 an ounce I think. And this company had had a REALLY hot item and was doing real well.

My boss was a WONDERFUL man, he went and ran the factory himself for a while. He hired the handicapped, he would pay for his employees tuition to go to Fashion Institute of Technology and learn more to earn more, the factory part was a union shop. He was a really fine fellow. I never found out what happened to the theiving foreman, only that the guys who had been showing up all day where not just NYC detectives, but also FBI, so I guess interstate something was involved.

When our daughter got her first job, selling souveniers at Liberty State Park, her dad told her "Don't ever TAKE anything, even if it looks like a piece of garbage, don't take anything with offering to pay for it". Theft is such a major problem in these types of situations.

Thanks for making me remember Ira Skalet, my old boss, who's birthday was one day before mine. I didn't work for him very long, and I regret it. How many bosses can you say that about?

And retailers often pass the cost of inventory losses on to consumers. The survey found that the average family of four will pay more than $400 in higher prices at the register this season to offset the inventory losses, known as shrink.

According to the Libertarian philosophy, these poor customers are not committing any force or fraud, and yet they are being punished for other people's deeds, as if what one person in society does affects another! If a retail business is harmed by anyone then the owners need to go after those who harmed their business, and leave the rest of us the h*ll alone! ;-)

You're not kidding this is a huge problem. I have been in the retail business as an owner.

I make it a point to always watch the cashier ring something up... and then CLOSE the transaction. They can punch anything they want in, and then clear or void. You can almost develop an ear for it too.

Then, when you seriously suspect your transaction was not rung up, or it was cleared, note the time, and the transaction immediately following it. Then call the owner or the corporate office. Never the manager.. lots of times its the manager who does it.

You have NO idea how appreciative they are! My favorite was when I bought a caramel apple for $3.00 at a privately owned store. It was clearly not rung. The owners investigated, and estimated that the store mgr. had been stealing $100 per day for a year. They sent me a coupon for 2 caramel apples with undying thanks. Those were the sweetest caramel apples ever.

Nothing new there ! Pro shoplifters take a LOT of stuff,and are rarely caught.Amateurs get caught a good % of the time.Store employees take at least 12 times as much,last I heard.

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I used to work loss prevention for a retailer. The employess were the biggest single source of shrink. LOL We had one store that was so bad, we had files on every employee on the payroll....LMAO