Did you know you can buy the tags online? and with some electrical know-how you can make them say what you want. A little time and effort and now you have a tag that says whatever price you want on it. If they got switched at the store at that point, well, how would you know? Just work in teams to make the switch less obvious on the cameras.

[–] WorkingClassCorpse@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Even though this wouldn't change the price at check out, I love the chaos this would cause

I almost feel bad for the minimum wage clerks who would have to deal with the angry deep discount shoppers.

[–] fox@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

Iirc some places have laws that merchants must honor the price on the shelf to prevent screwing customers at the cash

[–] Tabitha@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

how you can make them say what you want

ok, so I should steal them.

I thought the video was going to be about making fake barcodes, for example, photocopy the barcode of the cheap item, print it to a sticker, put the sticker on the expensive item of the same weight, enjoy discount, or be about generating unauthorized clearance barcodes, but going to the grocery store and changing them all to say cool things like crakkka down, ACAB, America Delenda Est, etc. is cool too.

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Someone did that something like that once when I worked at a best buy. Someone returned a cheap go pro in an expensive go pro's box. Then I accidentally sold it to someone else, who was irate when they came back.

[–] Tabitha@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

there's basically no way to prove who actually swapped lol

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: