Comments on: Alleged Theft Ring Used Switched Barcodes To Steal From Retailers http://www.northescambia.com/2019/11/alleged-theft-ring-used-switched-barcodes-to-steal-from-retailers Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:44:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Eric http://www.northescambia.com/2019/11/alleged-theft-ring-used-switched-barcodes-to-steal-from-retailers/comment-page-1#comment-431407 Eric Sat, 24 Oct 2020 12:49:51 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=383715#comment-431407 @Rasheed You are about 20 years off on the Tech and the Pricing.. Any PC with Windows, download a free app and $39 printer and you got undetectable UPC stickers, sized to order @Rasheed
You are about 20 years off on the Tech and the Pricing.. Any PC with Windows, download a free app and $39 printer and you got undetectable UPC stickers, sized to order

]]> By: Kane http://www.northescambia.com/2019/11/alleged-theft-ring-used-switched-barcodes-to-steal-from-retailers/comment-page-1#comment-402458 Kane Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:42:00 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=383715#comment-402458 Hi Rasheed I understand the logistics involved but nowhere in the article did it say they used self-checkouts to do this. This scam is not new it has been going around for years and years, is it easier with the self-checkouts? Maybe but they are not essential to accomplish what these people have done. Retail theft is not new self-checkouts did not create this problem. Randomly assuming things with no proof or offrering no proof is what is wrong with this world today. To many false sorcies of information or people using opinions as facts is the normal thing today. I will not and cannot abide this type of misinformation and will say something anytime I see this happening. As for robots taking jobs yes this is happening and it will continue to happen as industry modernizes and tries and applies new technology jobs will disappear. The advent of the assembly line changed the way jobs worked as well and people were worried about it then. The advent of the Pc had the same affect. Change is scary but we will make it through. Just remember those companies wont work without customers and those cant be replaced by robots......yet lol. Hi Rasheed I understand the logistics involved but nowhere in the article did it say they used self-checkouts to do this. This scam is not new it has been going around for years and years, is it easier with the self-checkouts? Maybe but they are not essential to accomplish what these people have done.

Retail theft is not new self-checkouts did not create this problem. Randomly assuming things with no proof or offrering no proof is what is wrong with this world today. To many false sorcies of information or people using opinions as facts is the normal thing today. I will not and cannot abide this type of misinformation and will say something anytime I see this happening.

As for robots taking jobs yes this is happening and it will continue to happen as industry modernizes and tries and applies new technology jobs will disappear. The advent of the assembly line changed the way jobs worked as well and people were worried about it then. The advent of the Pc had the same affect. Change is scary but we will make it through. Just remember those companies wont work without customers and those cant be replaced by robots……yet lol.

]]> By: Rasheed Jackson http://www.northescambia.com/2019/11/alleged-theft-ring-used-switched-barcodes-to-steal-from-retailers/comment-page-1#comment-402423 Rasheed Jackson Wed, 27 Nov 2019 00:20:58 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=383715#comment-402423 @ Kane The article said they used bar codes for lesser priced items, so when scanned the description of the item on the scanned bar would come up on the screen, and would not match the item in hand. A cashier should catch that. Furthermore creating a bar code that would actually scan would require access to the system that these store use and most likely a bar code printer. which is why they most likely made copies of bar codes and swapped them. The bar codes contain a lot of information about the item not just price. As an industrial E/I technician at a local industrial facility I have had the, lets say, misfortune of working on Bar code printers, scanners, the computer software and the communication systems that make them work. So I know a little about Bar code printers and scanners. Our printers are quite pricey some as much as $10k each. @ Kane
The article said they used bar codes for lesser priced items, so when scanned the description of the item on the scanned bar would come up on the screen, and would not match the item in hand. A cashier should catch that. Furthermore creating a bar code that would actually scan would require access to the system that these store use and most likely a bar code printer. which is why they most likely made copies of bar codes and swapped them. The bar codes contain a lot of information about the item not just price. As an industrial E/I technician at a local industrial facility I have had the, lets say, misfortune of working on Bar code printers, scanners, the computer software and the communication systems that make them work. So I know a little about Bar code printers and scanners. Our printers are quite pricey some as much as $10k each.

]]> By: Hoosier Daddy http://www.northescambia.com/2019/11/alleged-theft-ring-used-switched-barcodes-to-steal-from-retailers/comment-page-1#comment-402421 Hoosier Daddy Tue, 26 Nov 2019 23:58:13 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=383715#comment-402421 @ Anne: I agree with you. I am not exactly lo-tech, but I refuse to use self check-out. I use the excuse that I may break the machine, embarrass myself, and have to pay for the damage. In reality, I realize that scanners, robots, and etc, are assuming many humans jobs. These machines do not pay income taxes. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Remember when a bank had several tellers. Now two or three can take care of the few walk-in customers. A future labor force will have to plan well to exist in the not so future business world. @ Anne: I agree with you. I am not exactly lo-tech, but I refuse to use self check-out. I use the excuse that I may break the machine, embarrass myself, and have to pay for the damage. In reality, I realize that scanners, robots, and etc, are assuming many humans jobs. These machines do not pay income taxes. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Remember when a bank had several tellers. Now two or three can take care of the few walk-in customers. A future labor force will have to plan well to exist in the not so future business world.

]]> By: Anne http://www.northescambia.com/2019/11/alleged-theft-ring-used-switched-barcodes-to-steal-from-retailers/comment-page-1#comment-402416 Anne Tue, 26 Nov 2019 22:43:52 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=383715#comment-402416 @ Rasheed Jackson You are right about the Self-Checkout being a friend to theft. We were in a home depot store the other night and there was NO Human Clerk on what seemed to be the one checkout. All the others were Self-Check and not one employee was nearby. Making it easy for thugs of this sort to get away with many items before being caught. Also, putting human people out of work...Profit over People. @ Rasheed Jackson

You are right about the Self-Checkout being a friend to theft.
We were in a home depot store the other night and there was NO Human Clerk on what seemed to be the one checkout. All the others were Self-Check and not one employee was nearby.
Making it easy for thugs of this sort to get away with many items before being caught.
Also, putting human people out of work…Profit over People.

]]> By: John Harris http://www.northescambia.com/2019/11/alleged-theft-ring-used-switched-barcodes-to-steal-from-retailers/comment-page-1#comment-402414 John Harris Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:02:50 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=383715#comment-402414 Three of the 5 have done lots of time in prison for the same crimes. Some will never learn. Three of the 5 have done lots of time in prison for the same crimes. Some will never learn.

]]> By: Kane http://www.northescambia.com/2019/11/alleged-theft-ring-used-switched-barcodes-to-steal-from-retailers/comment-page-1#comment-402411 Kane Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:26:43 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=383715#comment-402411 Hey Rasheed Target does not have self checkouts. Not sure about Home Depot. They would not need a self checkout to pull this scam off as they literally changed the bar code. I'd like to see all stores having self checkouts it's quicker. My products don't get squished by cashiers who don't no how to bag and my items get bagged the right way which is my way lol. Hey Rasheed Target does not have self checkouts. Not sure about Home Depot. They would not need a self checkout to pull this scam off as they literally changed the bar code.

I’d like to see all stores having self checkouts it’s quicker. My products don’t get squished by cashiers who don’t no how to bag and my items get bagged the right way which is my way lol.

]]> By: Thomas Western http://www.northescambia.com/2019/11/alleged-theft-ring-used-switched-barcodes-to-steal-from-retailers/comment-page-1#comment-402410 Thomas Western Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:31:42 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=383715#comment-402410 Lol,I've actually joked about doing this.But never thought about doing it. Lol,I’ve actually joked about doing this.But never thought about doing it.

]]> By: EMD http://www.northescambia.com/2019/11/alleged-theft-ring-used-switched-barcodes-to-steal-from-retailers/comment-page-1#comment-402398 EMD Tue, 26 Nov 2019 13:01:33 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=383715#comment-402398 DISGUSTING ! DISGUSTING !

]]> By: Rasheed Jackson http://www.northescambia.com/2019/11/alleged-theft-ring-used-switched-barcodes-to-steal-from-retailers/comment-page-1#comment-402396 Rasheed Jackson Tue, 26 Nov 2019 12:59:17 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=383715#comment-402396 Self-checkout. A thief's friend and accomplice. I know, I know, the article said nothing about the self-checkout but when an item is scanned the item detail comes on the register's screen. This allows the cashier to verify the item scanned is actually the item in hand. With self-checkout there is no check so the thief self checks. Just another reason people should not use self -checkout. And who absorbs these losses to theft? You got it , we the consumers!!! Yes there will always be people who cheat the system and we the honest consumers will pay the price. Self-checkout. A thief’s friend and accomplice. I know, I know, the article said nothing about the self-checkout but when an item is scanned the item detail comes on the register’s screen. This allows the cashier to verify the item scanned is actually the item in hand. With self-checkout there is no check so the thief self checks. Just another reason people should not use self -checkout.
And who absorbs these losses to theft? You got it , we the consumers!!! Yes there will always be people who cheat the system and we the honest consumers will pay the price.

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