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Post by poindizzle on Sept 21, 2011 5:13:15 GMT -5
I have a routine I usually follow on Tuesdays which involves a route I have mapped, a circle that doesn't take me too long from the time I get off work until I get home, and there are 4 stores I usually hit in this small area. TRU, Wal-Mart, K-mart, and Wal-Mart, then home, probably less than 15 miles traveled. I hit TRU, they've got the WM27 figures, which are not as interesting as I hoped, and they've been picked through already. Then Wal-Mart. Dear thief-who-steals-t-shirts-to-sell-in-their-crap-Ebay-Store, thanks a lot. I was thinking about getting David Hart Smith finally until I noticed the torn flap on the side and the missing t-shirt. This has also happened to Chris Jericho's microphone, and a C.M. Punk shirt, and surprise, surprise, no one wants to buy them. Then K-mart. 1 Elite Randy Orton, that's it. Except the tape was torn off the side and the flap was open. Nothing stolen yet, but it looks like an attempt was made. Then the next Wal-mart. Full Case of Elite 10! Awesome! Is Big Show there? Hell yes! Wait...Sonuva...Both Belts were gone from the torn flap on the side. So I checked the pegs for another one. What do you know, the flap was torn and the belts were out. I ended up getting R-Truth, which is admittedly a great figure, but still, what crap. And the odds are good that these thefts are the same person. So who here has had this happen to them, and why can't Mattel make their Elite box a little less shoplifter-friendly?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2011 7:25:26 GMT -5
We have the exact same problem here in Australia...Mattel really does have to change their Elite packaging. Hopefully the new 2012 packages are improved
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Post by Next Man’s Gamechanger on Sept 21, 2011 8:08:40 GMT -5
I don't think that's Mattel's fault. If you walk into a store and see a million empty Doritos bags in an aisle, do you blame Doritos for having packaging that's too shoplifter-friendly? The store should have better security than to allow someone to just stand in an aisle opening and stealing accessories from a toy.
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Post by master of the WORLD! on Sept 21, 2011 8:41:01 GMT -5
A few weeks ago I went to tru and they had all of elite 10. I picked up kofi and passed on the rest. The next day I decided to go back for he big show and the figure was still there but someone cut the front of thw package w a blade and stole his belts! They had kane also and his belts were gone too.
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Post by The Highwayman on Sept 21, 2011 8:44:39 GMT -5
I can't tell you how angry I would've been about the Big Shows. I probably would've spoken to somebody at the store. Not that they would care in the least bit... That really sucks.
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Post by poindizzle on Sept 21, 2011 9:39:20 GMT -5
I don't think that's Mattel's fault. If you walk into a store and see a million empty Doritos bags in an aisle, do you blame Doritos for having packaging that's too shoplifter-friendly? The store should have better security than to allow someone to just stand in an aisle opening and stealing accessories from a toy. I definitely see where you're coming from on that one, because the store I work at is short staffed and every weekend when we have to put up the sale stickers it leaves the front end of the store unguarded, because there is one manager working the back aisles, and one associate working front. If it's not my weekend to work then I always have to work the following monday, and surprise, surprise, every monday after the weekend I had off, I find tons of merchandise stolen, including these little bottles of white zinfandel wine, and I think, "When you take these out of the four pack, they make clinking noises, and they are hit every weekend, so maybe you should check on them periodically, and stop doing the ad in intervals to just walk the store." It's what I do, and my weekends never have shoplifting. Your example is a lot like mine, Dorito Bags make lots of noise and if someone did that under an employees nose, that's just laziness on the employees part, because apparently they don't care if the store is robbed blind, and makes no profit and has no hours to give to it's other hard working employees (sorry, just venting, but I have to work two departments at my store just to make 35 hours a week). But it's another thing when someone quietly tears a flap or takes box cutters to one piece of tape which is the only thing that secures the figure in place. What happened to the rubber bands that held the figure in place? How about a long vertical piece of tape on the sides? Or how about a package similar to the DCUC figures, I have only seen one of those ever shoplifted, and it was for the build a figure piece. I know you can't stop it completely, but at least slow it as much as possible. Mattel's horrendeously easy to tear open package is equivocable to my store deciding to save money on Prilosec OTC and ALLI weight loss pills and all the other things people like to steal, by just putting them into jars with scoops like candy stores. I'm sure the new basic packaging means new Elite packaging as well, I just hope it won't be a joke like the current one. I've been collecting my whole life, and I have never had a toy that I could have out of the box entirely in less than 20 seconds while still being careful and taking my time.
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Post by Y3RP: LA MARAVILLA!!! on Sept 21, 2011 9:56:18 GMT -5
sad! but if per-say mattel change the elite package......... it will still contain plastic..... even if they bubble the whole figure. this wont stop a thief too just bring a box cutter too cut out the plastic & get what they want!!!
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Post by sinbotcha on Sept 21, 2011 10:09:42 GMT -5
I just seen a guy get arrested at target for stealing movies. They said they have been watching him and building a case by storing the security footage. I bet your wrestler stealer is being watched and will be taken down soon.
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Post by Y3RP: LA MARAVILLA!!! on Sept 21, 2011 10:13:05 GMT -5
I just seen a guy get arrested at target for stealing movies. They said they have been watching him and building a case by storing the security footage. I bet your wrestler stealer is being watched and will be taken down soon. u know how much toys that guy gotta steal before a case is really made! the guy who stoled dvd's probalary has a case over $500+
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Post by matteliswin on Sept 21, 2011 10:18:20 GMT -5
recomend to your store that they put a hidden camera in that isle. I recomended it with my local target and they did it.
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Post by juicewinslow on Sept 21, 2011 10:22:59 GMT -5
I've never seen this in my area until yesterday.
Elite 10 Big Show - both belts missing Elite 10 Ted DiBiase - Million Dollar Belt missing
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2011 10:50:41 GMT -5
i once encounter a a jakks rtwm jerchio with out the chair propbaly a factory error though
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Post by sunglassessteve on Sept 21, 2011 10:58:39 GMT -5
Mattel dont have too change there packaging.. i personally do NOT want too see this happen.. It's not there fault.. its the Stores fault.. they should hire security too bust these shoplifters.. If Mattel changes the packaging, its still going too happen. If ppl want something there going too take it. You cant stop them, unless there is good retail security and they keep an eye on these types of things.. What did the store say when your reported it too them? I bet you left the store and didnt even report this type of stuff, as well as other ppl too. You cant just NOT say anything about it and expect it too quit. Like i said no matter what the packaging style, ppl are still goign too steal it. I See ppl taking Basics and Legends all the time too so exactly what style packaging are they too use?
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Post by hierosis on Sept 21, 2011 11:13:23 GMT -5
recomend to your store that they put a hidden camera in that isle. I recomended it with my local target and they did it. Wait, if it's a hidden camera, how can you tell it's there?
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Post by steel on Sept 21, 2011 11:54:27 GMT -5
This is becoming more and more of an issue. And if the thieves aren't bad enough, we have the Store Employees basically not caring enough to address the issue once they know about it.
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Post by ToxicTwistOfFate on Sept 21, 2011 12:18:58 GMT -5
I hadn't experienced this until just recently. When I was in TRU the other day I noticed the Elite 10 DiBiase sitting on the peg had a rip on the side of the packaging. Sure enough I took a look at it and someone opened it up and stole the million dollar title and the briefcase.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2011 13:03:22 GMT -5
i do this on fridays when i get paid, i think i should have a diffrent day beacuse it seems whenever my walmart has new figs, i'm broke!
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Post by Next Man’s Gamechanger on Sept 21, 2011 14:03:46 GMT -5
recomend to your store that they put a hidden camera in that isle. I recomended it with my local target and they did it. Don't stores in the US have cameras on every aisle? I'm pretty sure they do here in the UK, that's why I find it strange that so many people are getting away with just stealing stuff out of the packaging.
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Post by Y3RP: LA MARAVILLA!!! on Sept 21, 2011 14:20:13 GMT -5
recomend to your store that they put a hidden camera in that isle. I recomended it with my local target and they did it. Wait, if it's a hidden camera, how can you tell it's there? ahhh, i see what u did their!!!
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Post by ufcwwefanatic on Sept 21, 2011 14:46:02 GMT -5
Yes,I See This Problem Usually At Just Walmarts,But The Other Day When I Went To 1 Of The TRU Close To Me I Found WM 27 & E10 & Someone Had Stolen WM 27 Undertaker's Coat,Miz Belt & E10 Big Show Belts,R Truth Shirt,& Kane,His Belt/Briefcase & I Found All These Ripped Open Packages Scattered About On The Bottom Shelf Behind The TLC Playset,I Get The Feeling Whoever Did This Had Plenty Of Time To Get Away With It,What A Shame.
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