A cashier scheme, will it work?

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I've had to come to terms with the fact that I'm a genius and I can't just 'shut off' my highly productive brain. It's a blessing AND a curse.

I'm sitting here, minding my own business when I get a thought.

I MUST harness the power of the beeps the scanners at various stores make.

I have to record a proper beep for all the different stores I go to, store them in their own individual files, and find a suitable playback device that can easily be hidden but be believable as a scanner beep.

I figure, if I play the beep right before the cashier sweeps the item over the real scanner, I'd have a fair shot at tricking her into thinking the item scanned and I could get it free. I'd have to time it perfectly.

Of course, I could only do it so much as to not be obvious about it, but hey, 2-3 free items per trip would be a real bonus. I'd have no loss if I failed so it would be stupid to NOT try it.

Sheer genius?

Yes, sheer genius. 12
Whoa, genius, but why are you thinking about this? 6
Have fun trying, let me know how it works out. 44
That's the dumbest idea ever. 35
I don't know if you're demented or a genius. 9
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  • TerryVie
    11 years ago | pl

    actually a nice idea...however, the motion with which they move it over the scanner is quite fluid, because it will get scanned only once.

    So, you may play the beep, but they will not "pull away" but continue the started motion, resulting in another beep that properly registers the item.
    If unlucky, it will also SOUND a bit different(coming from another position and all that.
    Plus, to be sure, the cashier will after a double beep check the item list to see if it was registered double(which it was not), and other customers in line may be able to pinpoint the source of the first Beep.

    Lets put it this way: It's a fun idea, but the chance that the scam is revealed is too high for my tastes, and they WILL see it as attempted shoplifting(though probably by a different name) and call the police.

    Back to the drawing board. But cool idea ^_^

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  • Darkoil
    11 years ago

    Why go to all that trouble to steal a few items, just put them in your bag and walk out of the front door like every other thief out there.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      I usually put it underneath my tinfoil hat, that blocks those pesky tags from setting off the alarms. I can only fit so much under there though .

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  • anti-hero
    11 years ago

    There is a thin line between genius and retard.

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  • Corleone
    11 years ago

    Nope. The cashier sees it on her monitor when something is scanned. The beeping sound is not enough.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      That's assuming they have a monitor and are paying attention, most of the stores I go to don't have a monitor or have one that you can swivel around to face you and not the clerk, and the clerks are teenage boys who don't give 2 shits.

      It could work provided you got the right clerk, the right store, and timed it right. There's no risk as long as you make your audio device uncrackable and undectable. You could use a phone with a modified speaker/headset, they'd never know what you were doing.

      Why do it? No real risk like there is with smuggling shit, and for the challenge and fun of it.

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      • Corleone
        11 years ago

        Well, if you know the right store you can try it, though I wouldn't recommend it. Let us know how it turns out.

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  • curiousd
    11 years ago

    Way too much effort and it's stealing.

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  • howaminotmyself
    11 years ago

    It doesn't take a genius to be a cheat.

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  • FocoUS
    11 years ago

    Why are people throwing around "I'm a genius" all the time. It's pretty arrogant (undeserved arrogance.) It's always about tiny things like grocery scanners too. Sorry but you're no Danny Ocean.

    Your idea also won't work because the workers follow through with the scan. They won't stop abruptly when they hear the fake beep. But if you think it'll work go ahead and put your effort into trying to save 10 bucks on groceries and tell us how that goes.

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  • Jessie735513
    11 years ago

    Except that the item will flash up on the screen in-front of the cashier.

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    • bigtoy
      11 years ago

      Also the fact that they have a practised movement that guarantees that each product scans on first swipe so you'd probably keep making it seem like she's double scanning every item and would check out why this is happening. The timing would have to be so perfect every time as to make her think she had scanned the item when in fact she hadn't. I think they have the swipe/ motion too well practiced for this to work even if you did overcome the problem of the sound coming from a different direction and the screen checking.

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  • dom180
    11 years ago

    To be honest, I'm getting a bit sick of the self-proclaimed "geniuses" on IIN. It's a neat idea, but IIN isn't really the place to brag about how smart you are.

    But hey, if you really want a challenge then film yourself executing the idea and put it on YouTube :P

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  • MissyLeyneous
    11 years ago

    You'd get caught on the first try.

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  • dappled
    11 years ago

    It's a fantastic idea but it would only work with a one-eared cashier. Or, more specifically, a cashier who is deaf in one ear. :/

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      With the proper equipment and placement, I think I could pull it off.

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      • Who_Fan4Life
        11 years ago

        Blow out the ear drum of a specific cashier and go in that person's line, lol.

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        • dappled
          11 years ago

          Sometimes pure logic makes me laugh and laugh and laugh. That was brilliant! :D

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  • Merdoc444
    7 years ago

    Honestly, I have the same type of thoughts throughout my day all the time. I could be doing something, then my mind wonders for a breef moment and thinks about elaborate things like your clever free food thought. I've never tried to actually do any of them though. But you, I say if you are capable of testing your idea, don't pass up the opportunity, plus it would be pretty fun I'm sure.

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  • theaverageatheist
    11 years ago

    tell me if it works because food is more expensive than clothes here

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  • Saycheese
    11 years ago

    You have to think about the fact they might catch you by actually looking at the screen. I always look at the screen to make sure it was scanned correctly. Now if they were dumb enough to not look at the screen maybe and like what dappled said it will for sure sound different unless they were deaf in one ear.

    Also what is the point of stealing? I see no fun in it. Oh wow I just got away with doing something illegal. Well ladee frickin daa....

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  • [email protected]
    11 years ago

    That shit most likely wont work,and your ass probably will get busted on the first try.Theres better shit to GAMBLE on,and plenty of it.

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  • rogart
    11 years ago

    The scanner lady can look at the screen and see that the item didn't ring up. Worth a try tho I guess, because she probably wouldn't suspect that you were holding a beeper in your hand. I dont know if this makes you a GENIUS...

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  • myboyfriendsbitch
    11 years ago

    If you get caught, say you are just kidding and act like you're stoned.

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  • ㅤㅤㅤ
    11 years ago

    no

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    • myboyfriendsbitch
      11 years ago

      How would anyone ever address you, i wonder...

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      • ㅤㅤㅤ
        11 years ago

        I'd prefer to be addressed as, "The Mysterious Stranger".

        I love that book, oh, I do.

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        • myboyfriendsbitch
          11 years ago

          I dreamt your name ended with a B and you were in love with my boyfriend. Lol, that is my first IIN dream!

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          • ㅤㅤㅤ
            11 years ago

            Creepy. I had a dream I was escaping from a mental asylum/laboratory last night and we got caught.

            Weird.

            Anyways my name doesn't end in a B and I don't love anybody, so you have nothing to fear.

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            • myboyfriendsbitch
              11 years ago

              we as in you and i? Strange. I hope they don't catch me.

              I'm glad your name doesn't end with a B. I would have thought i was creepy.it wasn't like your real name though, it was your profile name. _______B

              Btw i love your profile. It's very creative. Even though it's just a pic and a nameless name. Awesome :)

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  • spinerbrent
    11 years ago

    There is being of have this when honest is lost and never again the good wife for one such as you find house in dust.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    try it, "genius". enjoy your night in the slammer until your folks will come to bail you out.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      Jail, big whoop, all it means is free food and rent!! I'll take the Kosher meal, please (you're guaranteed fresh fruit with that and it stays wrapped and untouched so if you go to jail, always ask for Kosher). If you go to prison, claim native American/Jew, that way you can get Kosher meals AND get to smoke tobacco as a religious ritual.

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      • dalmationUntoyourSoul
        11 years ago

        have you ever been to jail? because you sound like a tool. the only way this plan would work is if the cashier was retarded and the item didn't scan properly on the first try. walmart likes to hire retarded people. i'd try it there.

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        • KeddersPrincess
          11 years ago

          I work at Walmart :(

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          • dalmationUntoyourSoul
            11 years ago

            i'm not saying you're a tard, it's just that late at night they tend to have retarded people and old people as cashiers. as much as i dislike walmart, at least they're giving these people a chance to work.

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      • [Old Memory]
        11 years ago

        You know, i've talked about that in one of my comments. I completely agree with you. Besides -don't foget free education, you can have your second degree by the time you're out. Besides, people are always scared of prison violence and their anal virginity -usually unless you're in a gang, nothing will happen. If you're a big, violent sociopath like me -certainly nothing will happen to your asshole. So why not? I think I'll make a poll about it.

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  • dirtybirdy
    11 years ago

    Its better when the cashier is awesome and just pushes stuff through for free. I used to like if someone had a billion cans of cat food I'd just slip a bunch through, beepless. Rebel, yes

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  • EndlessSuffering
    11 years ago

    Congrats..You're gonna be a criminal when you grow up! :3

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      IF I grow up. IF.

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      • dirtybirdy
        11 years ago

        Don't do it!

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      • EndlessSuffering
        11 years ago

        If you don't commit suicide you will!

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  • Redcoats
    11 years ago

    It'd never work

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    you are a genius! a naughty one , thats so funny

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  • dongwhan
    11 years ago

    do you have crackheads in your area? this is what I do: I find my local neighborhood crackhead, give him/her a grocery list worth maybe $50 and when he/she comes out with the stolen goods I give em $20, thats a good deal,one time a guy came running out of the store being chased by security and they beat him to the ground with their clubs and packs of meat went flying everywhere that was funny as hell, even thought I didnt get a good deal on groceries that week I still was very entertained.

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