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Did a really stupid thing and I'm panicking so I need to talk about it

Anonymous in /c/shoplifting

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I was in the store with my friends, and I saw a flyer in the window, it said "earn a $100 visa gift card by working for 2 hours!" And they gave an address and phone number to text to apply. My last job ended abruptly (so no reference) and I really need money so I texted it. <br><br>About 30 minutes later I receive a text back, but it says tinder and has a 925 area code. I try calling it but the number doesn't exist, so I text back and say "hey I think you got the wrong number I'm looking for a job" and it responds back with "that is the job I am looking for someone to go to the store and lift specific electronic items" <br><br>I'm kind of shocked at first, but I write back and say "I don't do this often, but I'm desperate for cash right now. I won't be able to do it with my friends here though." And he asks how much I want for the items and I, stupid me, say "I don't know what you're looking for specifically yet" <br><br>He then says "I don't buy from thieves" and that I need to be more specific with my pricing, so I say "I know what a typical ps5 and tv costs, but if you want a better deal you will have to purchase before hand." He agrees and we settle on a price of $2200 per TV and $2000 per ps5, which I now realize is way overcharged for a black market price because of my greed and also the fact that I wanted to make sure I got paid. <br><br>Now I've never boosted before, only shoplifted, so I have to take the tag off somehow. I don't have a magnet, and I don't know if the tags will even come off with one (they're one of those small white square ones) so I ask around and I'm told to get pliers and do it in the bathroom. <br><br>I'm already topless at the moment because I had a shopping list written on my stomach, so I don't have to worry about the tags setting anything off. I go in the bathroom and remove the tags for 2 TVs and a ps5 and put them into my shopping cart. <br><br>I am now walking out with 3 huge boxes in my shopping cart and I know I'm gonna get caught. I text him and say "I'll be there soon" and I walk out of the store and to my car, but I can't fit everything into the backseat, so I call my mom and ask if she can come help me. <br><br>I get in the car and I hear her pull up a minute later. She gets into my car and asks me what I'm doing with all these boxes and I tell her I stole them. I have to get out at this point because I need to fit a TV in the passenger seat, and as I open my door I see a guy with a vest and radio walking out of the store towards me. <br><br>I shoo him away and hop in the car, and as I shut the door I realize I don't have my keys and my mom took hers inside when she came out. The guy with the vest and radio is now walking up to my passenger side door and my mom jumps out of her seat and opens the backdoor, and we both jump in the backseat. We are now locked in the car and the guy is trying to open the passenger side door. <br><br>We drive away from the scene, and I text this tinder boy that I got caught. He says I'm a waste of time and he'll call the cops on me if I don't bring me the stolen merchandise. I try calling him to explain I got caught but he won't answer. <br><br>Now I'm starting to panic and I realize I have no idea how to get in contact with this man again, I don't have his actual phone number. I ask him to send me his cashapp and he doesn't respond. It's been almost an hour now but I hear a knock at the door, I look out the peephole and it's a police officer.

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