{"id":33011,"date":"2024-04-07T21:26:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=33011"},"modified":"2024-04-07T21:26:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:26:58","slug":"receipt-scanners-at-loblaws-sparked-a-huge-backlash-but-police-say-retail-crime-rings-are-real-and-worse-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=33011","title":{"rendered":"Receipt scanners at Loblaws sparked a huge backlash. But police say retail crime rings are real \u2014 and worse than you think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/660dc7c10360e.image_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"209\" \/><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Police say organized retail crime rings in the Toronto area are using self-checkouts to steal millions of dollars worth of merchandise, then selling it through online marketplaces like Amazon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/receipt-scanners-at-loblaws-sparked-a-huge-backlash-but-police-say-retail-crime-rings-are\/article_49c93806-eb9b-11ee-8dc1-b3f8ddb7cfba.html\">Receipt scanners at Loblaws sparked a huge backlash. But police say retail crime rings are real \u2014 and worse than you think<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>to-do: find original story about the testing of the scanner gates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>i wonder if these organized theft re also ening up at the online auctions that seem to have a never ending source for mid-prioced consumer goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>2024-04-07 &#8211; sent this to the writer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoyed this article. Amazing how enterprising the bad guys are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You mention some (most?) of the stolen goods are fenced through Amazon. I was thinking some of it might end up in the online auctions that have seem to spread like wildfire during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Browsing and bidding online has become a bit of a hobby for me. They seem to have a never-ending supply of consumer goods, often new\/unopened. Along with plenty of dubious &#8220;as is&#8221; items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only downside to these online auctions is the bad guy wil on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which reminds me\u2026 I&#8217;ve never seen much coverage about this online auction scene since ~2020. Maybe I missed the articles? Search doesn&#8217;t turn up much. Hit me up it you want some thoughts on the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyhow, thank for the read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police say organized retail crime rings in the Toronto area are using&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[203,1156,1944,1231],"class_list":["post-33011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-amazon","tag-auctions","tag-loblaws","tag-scammers","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33011"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33014,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33011\/revisions\/33014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}