Noticed these stickers on all the items I purchased. They must think we’re stupid.
I’ve worked in retail, and… That’s not an actual RFID alarm sticker, and it’s not just there for the potential theives.
Some manufacturers will actually put an RFID tag on the inside of the box. These tags work exactly like the RFID stickers, and they’re deactivated the same way (usually a magnet underneath the store’s counter).
This sticker is actually a “chip away” anti-theft sticker. They frequently go on the same products that get RFID stickers, but all they do is tear apart instead of peeling off. They’re mostly an internal tool for LP to try to link thefts and fraudulent returns (that number is the store number that it came from). This one just happens to conveniently have “ALARM” printed on it as a secondary feature, letting thieves know that the item will set off the alarm without showing where the RFID tag is.
Edit: I should probably add that they also put them on high-theft non-alarmed items, but they probably didn’t get separate sets of stickers.
It surprises me that the tags are deactivated instead of read by a reader and registered in a database as “sold” and the alarm system checks that database whenever it reads a tag. That way it would be impossible for thieves to just deactivate the tag with their own magnet.
Pretty sure that if those stickers weren’t deactivated at the register you’d get a surprise whenever you tried to leave 🤷
Can’t one just peel them off?
To be fair, these are significantly better than the tags an employee has it remove with some tool.
Shhhhh.
Normally these things are intended for inside packaging. Clearly this is just a failure
The thing that triggers the alarm is flat and often applied as sticker. Most likely the bold design is meant to alert the cashier to deactivate it. But if you’re suggesting that you can just keep walking after the alarm goes off, I think your chances are good, unless like all the Walmarts near me, there is a police officer in the exit lobby.
Look close, they’re some kind of hired security guard dressed up to look like police. They’re not real police… which probably won’t stop them from acting like they are.
Every Walmart I “visit” has a city cop parked outside at all times
That’s fine until there is an employee aiding an outside thief.
Hey, can you include OC on the title? Thanks.
What if the person who took the photo really doesn’t care.
Just curious- what is the deactivation mechanism? Would a strong magnet do it?
