Submitted by smacks23 t3_z1zwkv in washingtondc
I get selling t shirts and souvenirs and homemade baked goods but I see people selling common items you can find at the grocery store or cvs. Why are they doing this? Is it stolen? Who is buying from them rather than a normal store?
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Respect the hustle.
They probably bought in bulk or ran some coupon hustles to get it for cheap. People get very creative around the holidays.
I'll buy batteries off a street vendor if it's cheaper than in the store. I go through a lot of batteries.
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Buy, stole, acquired, doesn't matter to me
When a street vendor is selling items for less than a large retailer can, you should probably ask yourself how they came to have these items.
Good fences make good neighbors street merchants.
>Is it stolen?
Ok Cop.
Money, yes, it's cheaper
Who cares?
Es cultural :)
>probably
Of course it’s stolen.
It fell off a truck! Honest!
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What's a shampoo battery? I was not under the impression that batteries were needed for my shampoo. Is that why my hair looks so meh??
> The fuck? Did he change brands or something?
OK that is hilarious, and I totally get that feeling of confusion. Love that you shared this memory.
Exactly. When you see the guys walking out of CVS with their arms full of stuff, this is one of the places they go to sell it.
People who are ok buying stolen goods because they’re cheaper.
When business leave your area, you will.
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They’re not going anywhere.
Oh.... stores don't close from excessive shoplifting? And if you think small mom & pop shops will fill the void, they're less capable of absorbing high levels of theft.
https://sfist.com/2022/02/13/yep-theres-another-walgreens-location-shuttering-in-san-francisco-soon/
Cool story, bro.
> Many stores nationwide shutting down due to shrinkage. > >
Huh?
No one cares. We’re talking about an intersection with a CVS, Target, Marshalls, Old Navy, and Best Buy, with a 7-11 and Giant a block away that have all existed for well over a decade. Not to mention a revolving door of small restaurants and chains coming and going all within one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the District of Columbia. Do you even live in the neighborhood? If you do, you clearly hate your less privileged neighbors trying to make a living.
Shrinkage is the technical term for shoplifting. Also includes employee theft and other losses.
In the sense of?
You're still talking? You call what they're doing is making a living..... by stealing. Since stuff has been stolen from me as well as these stores, yeah.... I have an issue with how they're making a living by stealing. If they had come looking for work, I could have possibly helped them, but nope.... just steal the stuff I worked hard to pay for from my meager pay. If it's not a big deal to you, I'll come over and you can give me your bike and TV just as they were stolen from me.
And are there really that many stores shutting down as a result? There were a couple of well-publicized ones earlier this year in SF but it doesn't seem like there's really an epidemic of stores shutting down due to shrinkage.
I maintain that is the worst area in the city. Super unsafe, super sketchy for the amount of police presence
How is everyone so sure that this stuff is stolen? Feels like I'm back in Florida with how much people are hating minorities in this thread. Yeeuuuuwweeee!
Goods probably aren’t stolen. In major metropolitan areas I’ve visited outside the US, street vendors are quite common and exist alongside traditional brick-and-mortar businesses. Oftentimes, these street vendors set up near larger established businesses since people walking by may already be primed to spend money. It’s more likely that these individuals are just regular people trying to make money in an expensive city.
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