So I'm in the lumber yard today and a guy wheels a trolley full of 2x4's up to check-out and says he left his wallet in the truck. Girl says it's okay for him to go get it. So he wheels the trolley out!! and loads the lumber into the truck and drives off. WTF?? I get the licence plate and give it to the manager and he says, "Happens all the time." So why, exactly do they let people take the goods off their property, then? Manager said it usually isn't worth going after them, because at the most they'll say they just forgot and will pay, but it's worth it to the thief to try to get away with it. Damn!! Is stealing really that easy now?
Lumber theft
- Thread starter Cock Throppled
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Yep. And you can thank the apathetic attitudes of the staff for that. I watched a couple of guys try to roll out of Home Depot with ten $35 a piece boxes of deck screws lined up behind the lumber they had paid for. It was painfully obvious that they were trying to roll the lumber out in such a way that the screws stayed hidden from her view. I ratted them out and the clerk got all flustered, like she didn't know what to do as they were pretty well thru the door. I yelled out to them, asking if they forgot to leave the 400 hundred bucks for all those deck screws. The look of utter humiliation on their faces as they tried to fumble thru the "um, oh....I guess we forgot about those" routine was mildly amusing.Cock Throppled said:
That being said, I understand the hesitation in confronting thieves. If you're wrong, you are in deep shit. In fact, at one time Home Depot used to make you show items you were bringing in and they would put a little sticker on it, proving it was your property that you brought in. They stopped doing that for two reasons. One being because they were sued by a guy who had brought in a used halogen bulb and either wasn't aware of or didn't bother to get the sticker. Therefore, when he put the bulb back in his pocket, security assumed he was stealing because there was no sticker on it. The other reason is because of all the scum bags who were bringing in broken screwdrivers, etc. to get the sticker, then ditching the broken item and putting the sticker on drills, taps, cans of paint, etc.
Good for you Dakota!
I wonder if those two guys would be upset if someone stole their gas barbeque off their deck? Or maybe it's different when someone is stealing from them?
They DESERVE to be humiliated! It's not a harmless prank, it's stealing. And you know where Home Depot will make up the missing 400 bucks? From the other customers who aren't petty thieves.Dakota Wood said:
I wonder if those two guys would be upset if someone stole their gas barbeque off their deck? Or maybe it's different when someone is stealing from them?
Bottom line is ,the bastards deserve to be caught and procecuted,,,,what happens is the store passes on the theft lose on to consumers(us),which means higher costs.(fuckers)
employee theft is probley the all time worst as they have figured out how to make things go poof as they have an in.
Aside from my freelance part time work
I own and run a small business(50 people)and have everything from hand tools to big ticket items like generators/compressers/trucks etc and have been ripped off for all the above, and it sucks!!!!!What happens is my insurance premiums go up,my costs have to go up or i have to cut costs to even it out(get the picture)
Ny thought are we should have a law like in Saudi Arabia when a theif is caught,their fucking hand gets cut off!!!!
employee theft is probley the all time worst as they have figured out how to make things go poof as they have an in.
Aside from my freelance part time work
I own and run a small business(50 people)and have everything from hand tools to big ticket items like generators/compressers/trucks etc and have been ripped off for all the above, and it sucks!!!!!What happens is my insurance premiums go up,my costs have to go up or i have to cut costs to even it out(get the picture)Ny thought are we should have a law like in Saudi Arabia when a theif is caught,their fucking hand gets cut off!!!!
2 things here.
1) I can't get away with it so I'm sure in hellz gonna squeal like a stuck pig if I see someone else doing it.
2) to a few select VPD cops. This kinda shit going on yet I'm sure that measuring the distance between my back tire and the curb was the absolute most important thing to do at 2am.
1) I can't get away with it so I'm sure in hellz gonna squeal like a stuck pig if I see someone else doing it.
2) to a few select VPD cops. This kinda shit going on yet I'm sure that measuring the distance between my back tire and the curb was the absolute most important thing to do at 2am.
brings up the point that if a fraction of these 'businesses' actually paid their employees a decent wage, or better yet, a profit-sharing scheme and pointed out how much theft cost a company every year, a few of those HD thieves would probably get a 2x4 in the nail gun from that otherwise disinterested clerk!
(also brings up that when people have tried to stop thieves they sometimes lose their lives ... like the guy dragged under a car from the gas station).
and on a different note: HD has crappy products, non-existant service but HUGE prices on the shit they sell! try finding a fucking board that isn't bent in 3 directions and they want top dollar for the fucking thing! no wonder these guys at least try wheeling the crap out the door.
(also brings up that when people have tried to stop thieves they sometimes lose their lives ... like the guy dragged under a car from the gas station).
and on a different note: HD has crappy products, non-existant service but HUGE prices on the shit they sell! try finding a fucking board that isn't bent in 3 directions and they want top dollar for the fucking thing! no wonder these guys at least try wheeling the crap out the door.
Thats strange, I built an entire garden shed on my parents property for them this summer with wood from Home depot and found it to be of excellent quality.LonelyGhost said:
I hand chose the boards sure, and yes i had to set some aside as i felt they were not good enough, but i would say i only set maybe 1 of every 8 to 10 boards aside.
And the plywood i bought, every single sheet was fine.
And i got much good advice from staff on fasteners, door options etc.
Personally i found the whole HD experience just fine.
Maybe its just your local store or something.
And although he no longer works there, my brother in laws, brother worked at HD for a few years and he said they were good to work for and offered him great training.
He left HD to open his own small renovations business, and said most of wht he learned was from his years at HD.
So i guess at HD YMMV
that's my thought ... i have been to HD's from Ottawa to Vancouver etc and all were top notch ... local place is full of junk ... i think they are either too small to get the good product (not enough turnover?) or the manager just doesn't care (most likely scenario!).Gentleman First said:Personally i found the whole HD experience just fine.
Maybe its just your local store or something.
