Stealing: Theft and Store
Cost to Society For Shoplifting
Shoplifting is a major problem in today life. The temptation of not paying for something, just hiding it away and saving your own money is a large factor for some people. The culprit just thinks he’s getting a product for free and doesn’t know what he’s actually doing to himself and the community. Negative effects of shoplifting effect business owners, business customers, teenagers, and society as a whole. When a theft from any business occurs, it is harmful to everyone. The effects of shoplifting cost United States businesses approximately six billion dollars every year. About one out of every three businesses fails because of the effects of shoplifting.
In this essay I’m going to explain some of the circumstances of stealing from local stores, or any store. After I have been caught stealing I found out how wrong it is and how it is harmful to everyone. The stores are trying to crack down on shoplifters by making the punishments as strict as possible.
The effects of shoplifting are harmful to the consumers. Stores often have to increase the price of their merchandise to make up for all the stolen goods. It is estimated that families spend three hundred dollars every year to make up the cost of what shoplifters steal. Most of these families need this money. Shoplifters are the cause of families not having as much money because they have to make up for the cost and pay more on foods, clothes, DVD’s, etc. When shoplifters steal a product from a store, the price on that product will go up. That is how it affects shoppers of that store. If there were not any shoplifters, prices on goods in stores would decrease massively. Honest shoppers now fall into the same mistrust category as shoplifters because they cannot be distinguished from one another easily by the retailer.
Shoplifters also affect store owners. They affect store owners in many ways. One way is that when a shoplifter steals, that business loses profit and money.
Shoplifting is a major problem in today life. The temptation of not paying for something, just hiding it away and saving your own money is a large factor for some people. The culprit just thinks he’s getting a product for free and doesn’t know what he’s actually doing to himself and the community. Negative effects of shoplifting effect business owners, business customers, teenagers, and society as a whole. When a theft from any business occurs, it is harmful to everyone. The effects of shoplifting cost United States businesses approximately six billion dollars every year. About one out of every three businesses fails because of the effects of shoplifting.
In this essay I’m going to explain some of the circumstances of stealing from local stores, or any store. After I have been caught stealing I found out how wrong it is and how it is harmful to everyone. The stores are trying to crack down on shoplifters by making the punishments as strict as possible.
The effects of shoplifting are harmful to the consumers. Stores often have to increase the price of their merchandise to make up for all the stolen goods. It is estimated that families spend three hundred dollars every year to make up the cost of what shoplifters steal. Most of these families need this money. Shoplifters are the cause of families not having as much money because they have to make up for the cost and pay more on foods, clothes, DVD’s, etc. When shoplifters steal a product from a store, the price on that product will go up. That is how it affects shoppers of that store. If there were not any shoplifters, prices on goods in stores would decrease massively. Honest shoppers now fall into the same mistrust category as shoplifters because they cannot be distinguished from one another easily by the retailer.
Shoplifters also affect store owners. They affect store owners in many ways. One way is that when a shoplifter steals, that business loses profit and money.