(03-27-2023, 04:06 PM)ffeffffefff Wrote: An in-store method that works well if you live in area were reuseable bags are common is to get reuseable bags that have a removeable bottom. Plastic is best. You can find these in packs online. You use the bags instead of a basket get some items, ideally your most expensive ones and put them in the bottom of the bag. Then put the plastic on top, and get some cheap items that take up a lot of space like bread, chips, bottled water.
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(03-27-2023, 05:17 PM)AlreadyRRich Wrote: Your method is more like ''I don't wanna pay for certain items''... my method is '' I don't wanna pay at all'' lol.

(03-28-2023, 01:51 AM)EquitableEngineer Wrote:

(03-27-2023, 04:06 PM)ffeffffefff Wrote: An in-store method that works well if you live in area were reuseable bags are common is to get reuseable bags that have a removeable bottom. Plastic is best. You can find these in packs online. You use the bags instead of a basket get some items, ideally your most expensive ones and put them in the bottom of the bag. Then put the plastic on top, and get some cheap items that take up a lot of space like bread, chips, bottled water.
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Nice addition to the thread, thanks. Great for the more expensive items like coffee, steaks and shit like that. When you mentioned doing a walkout it reminded me of something that works very well with large items at the self checkout. This is only really practical if you are shopping with a basket but if you pick up a large item like 6xlarge bottles of water or like 24 rolls of toilet paper you can easily just walk to the self checkout and place the large item on the ground beside the scales. Then just proceed to scan your other items and when you pay simply pick up the large item and walk out, just be wary of any potential alarm stickers on there. Cant remember the last time i paid for toilet paper  

(03-27-2023, 05:17 PM)AlreadyRRich Wrote: Your method is more like ''I don't wanna pay for certain items''... my method is '' I don't wanna pay at all'' lol.

While true the most important difference here is that it can be performed in person and with cash. People dont give in person SE enough love round here.

(03-28-2023, 02:09 AM)Defeat Wrote: Right! This entire thing was an interesting read. It's a little hectic though, the whole process and progress through the pages lol

(03-27-2023, 05:17 PM)AlreadyRRich Wrote:

(03-27-2023, 03:17 PM)Dazen4xx Wrote:

(03-27-2023, 03:59 AM)AlreadyRRich Wrote: I was never asked once for pictures.
Since it's food, you can easily say you threw everything away since Vinegar has a strong smell.

But I wonder how hard would it be to empty out the vinegar bottle in the sink, break it, and then throw some water a lil bit everywhere...

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If you read the word Photoshopping, you will find what app is recommended to do so. lol!

Okay I request the refund and they sent me an email asking for a picture so I broke a random bottle and told them the vinegar was toxic and spilling everywhere. So they issued me a refund pretty easy thanks bro for the advice. Definitely going to attempt this again once I run out of groceries.

Told ya!

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(03-27-2023, 04:06 PM)ffeffffefff Wrote: An in-store method that works well if you live in area were reuseable bags are common is to get reuseable bags that have a removeable bottom. Plastic is best. You can find these in packs online. You use the bags instead of a basket get some items, ideally your most expensive ones and put them in the bottom of the bag. Then put the plastic on top, and get some cheap items that take up a lot of space like bread, chips, bottled water.

You can go to the self-checkout, but make sure to leave your bags where you load your groceries before scanning. So move them from your bag, scan them, and into the bagging area. When you have paid, move the items you paid for back into the bag and leave. Ideally pay in cash to be safe. If you've done this right, the camera that points down onto the scanner shouldn't see anything under the false bottom of the bag.

You can also go to the cashiers, but try to go to one that doesn't have a bagger, and say you'll just throw the items back into your own bag. In one instance I heard of, a cashier insisted on bagging and noticed the items under the bottom. Just feign ignorance and pay for the whole bag.

I have heard very good things about this method and it's ability to be used consistently. It is lower risk than concealing items on your person or doing a walkout. The downside is that you can't get a ton of groceries at once since the most you can carry is two bags, you have to spend money, and you have to be careful about managing your bags so you don't mess up at the checkout. One could probably construct something  in their bag to make this more reliable.

But do note, one of the biggest red flag for loss prevention is people putting items in their reuseable bags, and people doing shady stuff at the self-checkout. Just act normal, place your bottom items in quickly, and pay

Also, like any in-person SE, dress nice but not too nice. Try to look like you have some money or are too square to be doing anything that's frowned upon. Don't do the same stores over and over again.

Your method is more like ''I don't wanna pay for certain items''... my method is '' I don't wanna pay at all'' lol.

(03-29-2023, 03:31 PM)ffeffffefff Wrote: True, but it's lower risk than traditional in-person SE. If you do it right, you can hypothetically pay $10 for $50 of groceries and is safer to repeat. It works well inconjunction with other methods like marking food as spoiled on InstaCart to keep your bills down without getting banned too fast.. Hypothetically speaking, of course.

(01-21-2023, 06:30 AM)EquitableEngineer Wrote: I have to say I am partial to the old vegetable switcheroo occasionally where you weigh steaks or some other expensive grocery items as carrots and pay a fraction of the cost - this only works at the self serve checkouts so beware. Its almost the perfect crime because you can go to self serve and scan your 'carrots' right there in front of everyone and the employees without raising any eyebrows, you just have to make sure you are quick when you weigh the 'carrots' initially and not be seen doing it. I dont weigh at the self serve itself but rather in the vegetable aisle where they have those dedicated scales for weighing your veg and printing the little sticker that has the barcode to be scanned. Just slap that baby over the barcode on your steak and enjoy a nice juicy steak for under £0.30. If you are wondering I choose carrots because it is the cheapest option to choose from where I reside.

Would love to hear your tricks for keeping the cost of groceries down

(03-24-2023, 01:36 AM)mammta21 Wrote:

(01-30-2023, 04:11 AM)KingDead Wrote:

(01-21-2023, 06:30 AM)EquitableEngineer Wrote: I have to say I am partial to the old vegetable switcheroo occasionally where you weigh steaks or some other expensive grocery items as carrots and pay a fraction of the cost - this only works at the self serve checkouts so beware. Its almost the perfect crime because you can go to self serve and scan your 'carrots' right there in front of everyone and the employees without raising any eyebrows, you just have to make sure you are quick when you weigh the 'carrots' initially and not be seen doing it. I dont weigh at the self serve itself but rather in the vegetable aisle where they have those dedicated scales for weighing your veg and printing the little sticker that has the barcode to be scanned. Just slap that baby over the barcode on your steak and enjoy a nice juicy steak for under £0.30. If you are wondering I choose carrots because it is the cheapest option to choose from where I reside.

Would love to hear your tricks for keeping the cost of groceries down

My mother is a pro at self checkout. She fills the cart with a ton of recyclable bags you bring your self then uses the scan gun and puts filled bags on top of items she never even takes out of the cart. She gets like half her groceries free.

I just use Walmart+ and Instacart and then check that every item was damaged or missing and they refund me.
Walmart refunds me even if I choose curbside pickup and even on the few items they say I have to return to the store but never do.
Plus if you use SNAP its back in your account in 3 hours.
Last month I checked my SNAP and somehow had $650 because I think Walmart fucked up and refunded me multiple times.
It's crazy I have so much food I can't even eat it before it goes bad.

Hey would you explain how do you ref the whole Walmart order for groceries? Cause for me it says to return the item. Also do you claim damaged, one by one?

(04-07-2023, 04:08 PM)KingDead Wrote: Also Walmart+ pick up groceries works as well saying everythings damaged or missing.  Fuck buy a bottle of draino or bleach and say it leaked all over my dog ate some of it my daughter passed out from the fumes. 
If trhe ywant you to bring it back you know the drill. Fill the bleach bottle with Sulfuric Acid you get online and when they get nosy and think your a criminal! (the nerve)  the sulfuric acid burns their skin and another lesson in Don't Fuck With My Career as a Survivor/scammer/whatever and you wont get punished.

(03-24-2023, 01:47 AM)AlreadyRRich Wrote: Im not OP but here's the best trick for free food : INSTACART

No failure to date with this method :
Any GROCERIES
Limit tested : 300$

Buy any groceries you want, for a higher chance of success, pick veggies / fruits / food that are exposed, but it doesn't really matter.
ADD A BOTTLE OF VINEGAR (the glass ones - they like 3$)

Ask the driver to DROP OFF at your door.

Contact customer service IMMEDIATELY, tell them that the bottle broke and ruined all your groceries.

You'll get a instant credit to your account.
Request the credit to be reversed and you'd like a refund to original payment method.

That it's.
2 emails.

(04-07-2023, 04:26 PM)ffeffffefff Wrote:

(04-07-2023, 04:08 PM)KingDead Wrote: Also Walmart+ pick up groceries works as well saying everythings damaged or missing.  Fuck buy a bottle of draino or bleach and say it leaked all over my dog ate some of it my daughter passed out from the fumes. 
If trhe ywant you to bring it back you know the drill. Fill the bleach bottle with Sulfuric Acid you get online and when they get nosy and think your a criminal! (the nerve)  the sulfuric acid burns their skin and another lesson in Don't Fuck With My Career as a Survivor/scammer/whatever and you wont get punished.

Why settle for a misdemeanor when you can ramp it up to a violent felony!

I can't even begin to explain how stupid of an idea this is.

Ordering a dangerous chemical to harm the workers at the megacorporation you're defrauding because they suspect you of fraud, for what? $100 of groceries? What could go wrong?

(03-24-2023, 04:01 AM)Dazen4xx Wrote:

(01-30-2023, 04:11 AM)KingDead Wrote:

(01-21-2023, 06:30 AM)EquitableEngineer Wrote: I have to say I am partial to the old vegetable switcheroo occasionally where you weigh steaks or some other expensive grocery items as carrots and pay a fraction of the cost - this only works at the self serve checkouts so beware. Its almost the perfect crime because you can go to self serve and scan your 'carrots' right there in front of everyone and the employees without raising any eyebrows, you just have to make sure you are quick when you weigh the 'carrots' initially and not be seen doing it. I dont weigh at the self serve itself but rather in the vegetable aisle where they have those dedicated scales for weighing your veg and printing the little sticker that has the barcode to be scanned. Just slap that baby over the barcode on your steak and enjoy a nice juicy steak for under £0.30. If you are wondering I choose carrots because it is the cheapest option to choose from where I reside.

Would love to hear your tricks for keeping the cost of groceries down

My mother is a pro at self checkout. She fills the cart with a ton of recyclable bags you bring your self then uses the scan gun and puts filled bags on top of items she never even takes out of the cart. She gets like half her groceries free.

I just use Walmart+ and Instacart and then check that every item was damaged or missing and they refund me.
Walmart refunds me even if I choose curbside pickup and even on the few items they say I have to return to the store but never do.
Plus if you use SNAP its back in your account in 3 hours.
Last month I checked my SNAP and somehow had $650 because I think Walmart fucked up and refunded me multiple times.
It's crazy I have so much food I can't even eat it before it goes bad.

walmart+ is when they hire a person to deliver the groceries to you and then you go on the app and tell them that it spolied or spilled? whats the amount $ of your orders you do this on? and around how many items?

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(02-01-2023, 04:43 AM)killerkeemkeem Wrote: I like to use Instacart and just refund them occasionally. Keeps the grocery costs low

With instacart what do you tell them ? around how much are your orders? and how many items do you get?

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(03-24-2023, 01:47 AM)AlreadyRRich Wrote: Im not OP but here's the best trick for free food : INSTACART

No failure to date with this method :
Any GROCERIES
Limit tested : 300$

Buy any groceries you want, for a higher chance of success, pick veggies / fruits / food that are exposed, but it doesn't really matter.
ADD A BOTTLE OF VINEGAR (the glass ones - they like 3$)

Ask the driver to DROP OFF at your door.

Contact customer service IMMEDIATELY, tell them that the bottle broke and ruined all your groceries.

You'll get a instant credit to your account.
Request the credit to be reversed and you'd like a refund to original payment method.

That it's.
2 emails.

Can you use a completely fresh insta cart account never order from?

(03-28-2023, 01:51 AM)EquitableEngineer Wrote:

(03-27-2023, 04:06 PM)ffeffffefff Wrote: An in-store method that works well if you live in area were reuseable bags are common is to get reuseable bags that have a removeable bottom. Plastic is best. You can find these in packs online. You use the bags instead of a basket get some items, ideally your most expensive ones and put them in the bottom of the bag. Then put the plastic on top, and get some cheap items that take up a lot of space like bread, chips, bottled water.
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and place the large item on the ground beside the scales