Well it's illegal is the main thing , so it's not a good thing + 5

It's not good. Prices can go up.I also like to read or think why people might be shoplifting, for example, they get an instant thrill or it is masking pain in their life.

An improper practice. Theft is morally wrong.

I thinnk it is a dumb thing to do, a stupid risk for not much gain. Unless, of course you have kids who won't get anything for Christmas because you don' have much money, then it might be admireable. But it is still not a good thing to do.

Of course I feel it is wrong and not enough is being done to make it less likely to happen. I feel mainly teenagers are the biggest shoplifters and a new law which works on merits should be in place. For example if your underage to serve time for every dollar either in damages or from attempted thief a day in prison will be given on your 18th birthday. I believe most crimes committed by children are being done because they feel they will not be punished as an adult.

I think shoplifters should unite and takeover.

They're bloody heavy.

It's a really fast way to ruin your life. :(

I think it's only permitted to shoplift after a "Hurricane".

Shoplifting costs the world’s merchants many billions of dollars every year. Some people estimate that the losses in the United States alone exceed $40 billion. In its brochure Curtailing Crime—Inside and Out, the U.S. Small Business Administration says this: “Petty thievery may not seem like a major crime to the casual crook who pockets a ballpoint pen here, a pocket calculator there. But to the small business fighting for survival, it’s murder.” Because profit margins are so small, in order to recoup an annual shoplifting loss of $1,000, a retailer must sell an additional 900 candy bars or 380 cans of soup every day. So the harm to a business is great if many little boys are stealing candy bars. Therein lies the problem. “Tens of millions of people, young and old, rich and poor, from all races and backgrounds, are stealing from markets and stores. With what result? The U.S. National Crime Prevention Council reports that almost a third of all businesses in the United States are forced to close because of stealing. There is no doubt that businesses in other countries are under the same threat. Prices go up when people steal from stores. Hence, in some areas consumers pay $300 a year in higher prices because of shoplifting. This means that if you earn $60 a day, you work the equivalent of one week each year to pay for what others steal. Can you afford that? To retired people subsisting on a pension or to a single mother struggling to support her family, losing a week’s income in this way can be crushing. The costs do not end there. An entire neighborhood may suffer when the shop on the corner closes”. Some material here taken from the June 22nd 2005 issue of Awake! Magazine.