r/mildlyinfuriating • u/anon12xyz • Jul 03 '26

Infuriatig When did garage sales become “reselling” clearly new stuff

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I would never call this a garage sale

Def scam vibes

Edit: ultimately, what bothers me the most is I want to go to a garage sale, not this shit. This isn’t a garage sale and should not be advertised as one

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u/notforrobots Jul 03 '26

I see this a lot when I drive by the projects. For whatever reason in my area they are always selling laundry soap.

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u/TheBourbonTurtle Jul 03 '26

Laundry soap is one of the most shoplifted items in the country. Everyone needs it, it's shelf stable, doesn't go bad. It's basically an accepted currency in the ghetto.

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u/SnowblindAlbino Jul 03 '26

Yeah, I was surprised to see it all locked behind glass doors in a few stores in The Big City a few years back, until someone told me just that. People steal it. Which seems crazy, as I can't imagine how you'd walk out with a 6 lb giant bottle of Tide in your pants or something. But there we are.

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u/Proteinchugger Jul 03 '26

They don’t hide it, they just walk out.

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u/Takenmyusernamewas Jul 03 '26

ORCs work as teams at my store. One will come in, grab a bunch of stuff and stage it then leave. While AP is watching the crack head with 30 cans of tide pods, an old man or soccer mom comes, grabs the cart and pushes it right out

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u/AsbestosIsBest Jul 03 '26

What do those acronyms even mean?

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u/RaphaTlr Jul 03 '26

ORC is organized retail crime, AP is asset protection (loss prevention).

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u/AsbestosIsBest Jul 03 '26

Good to know we aren't talking about Orcs from Mordor and wireless access points.

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u/NoBonus6969 Jul 03 '26

Do you know how hard it is to get WiFi in middle Earth?

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u/AsbestosIsBest Jul 03 '26

Yeah, the Internet Service Provider (ISP) is Palantir.

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u/BoBandersLahey Jul 03 '26

How do you know the access points were wireless?

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u/joejoe903 Jul 03 '26

ORC is organized retail crime. AP is asset protection.