Exactly which aisle in Kohl's are the "drugs" located in? Can you buy drugs with store credit?
I can understand if she returned for CASH.... but the story says "store credit" which, last I checked, meant you could only use to make purchases for store items.
So... back to my original question. Why steal store items... then return them... for credit to buy store items?
Did you see my reply? lol Store Credit = almost as good as cash.
Well, I was talking with a Loss Prevention officer at Nordstroms in Annapolis one day and this topic came up. BY STORE POLICY, even if the LP officer observes a person doing this, they are to take NO ACTION except note the offenders car tag number OR get a vague description of the person and turn it over to MALL SECURITY......Why??? Because some corporate lawyer does not want to offend a NORDSTROMS customer......Thats NORDSTROMS at Annapolis Mall....
What else are they supposed to do? They're not an actual officer. :shrug: They do work hand-in-hand with local police though. Also, Nordstrom's is essentially "renting" that space as they're usually a part of a larger shopping complex, so of course things will have to go through the mall security/whatever contractors the landlord pays for. When I worked closely with LP at home depot, we usually sit on our own building and can bring matters straight to the police. Even then, they're still not allowed to approach anybody on SUSPICION. They have to actually walk out the store/through the cashiers to classify as stealing, and only then can they escort them to their LP office in the back and "detain" them until the cops show. And as an associate I can't do anything except alert Loss Prevention. Descriptions, license plate numbers...it was incessantly drilled into our heads to NEVER approach someone you might think is stealing. Or even chase after them into the parking lot.
Most of the time (don't think that's the case with this lil pill-poppin' chica) but in the bigger stores that have much more at stake (like HD...power tools, materials, etc. lots of $$$) these offenders are usually a part of some circuit. They go from store to store pulling the same scams. When these people are caught, sometimes it's after months or even years of Loss Prevention people and cops trading info with various surrounding stores or other same-store locations. Pictures, descriptions, stories all get circulated. If someone's stealing big-ticket items from one store, they're probably stealing from others.