AIBU to “steal” this?

In many respects you’re worse than the bloke doing the shoplifting. At least he’s willing to do the dirty work, take the majority of the risk, and can say he’s feeding an addiction. What’s your excuse? You’re knowingly buying stolen goods and turning a blind eye to the consequences.

And the money you give him goes straight to a drug dealer, to fund organised crime, modern slavery, and all manner of other stuff.

But hey, that new Daz does smell lovely.

But if you know he is stealing you are also knowingly committing a crime. It's up to you if you think that is ok or not.

I do agree with @RobertaFirmino that the problem is solved through more complex means, but I'm a shopkeeper, total societal work over isn't in my remit. Keeping my business going so I can employ people is the only thing I care about.

Also people are in dreamland if they think this stuff comes from big name supermarkets only. They steal from anyone, because they're thieves, that's what they do. They don't think the same as you

You are a shoplifter you has someone else do their dirty work and take all the risks.

£10 a week on laundry stuff is mental.

You say that no one is beaten up or abused but how do you know??? My DH works in a supermarket and has to deal with these types of people on a daily basis. He is regularly threatened with violence and has been attacked before. It might not directly affect his livelihood but it could mean prices go up for everyone when this happens. Theft like this isn’t a victimless crime and saying other people do it or that times are tight Isn’t an excuse.

I'll reserve my compassion for people who deserve it, not a common thief, thank you!

"Poor OP" my hole!!

You know it's wrong. Otherwise you wouldn't have come on here asking.

Everyone on here has torn you a new one, but I'd say "there but for the grace of god go I." But what will happen when he gets caught and put in prison? It's "if" rather than "when". You need a more sustainable plan for your family's finances going forward, than relying on the offerings of a drug-addicted criminal.

Off topic a bit, but how on earth are you spending a tenner a week on laundry stuff? I'm a family of 4, with 2 KS1 aged kids, and I probably don't spend that in a month - on the full price stuff!

Llama we absolutely do factor shrinkage into how we price things.

We don't put the price up because heals the box is missing and we need to recover costs on that box it just eats into profit and if we want to maintain that profitability we will be charging more across the board.

It's applied in anticipation of the theft because the theft is inevitable.

People have got proper fucking jokes views of who it is out there doing the robbing and the buying and I guess that's because it doesn't really affect you.

People are struggling. They're not buying luxury washing up stuff though. If they are finding a tenner a week to smell like cheap chemicals then they're not struggling in any sense that most reasonable people would understand

People steal because they're thieving cunts, on the most part. People buy hooky gear because they have no morals and are too scared to steal it themselves.

Relevant experience: owned a small retail business for 30+ years. Dealt with hundreds if not thousands of thieves over the years

No, you're the one talking out of yours luv.

I @Runnerinthenight when I should have @Runsyd apologies :)

I voted YABU before a little derail here...I'm old enough to remember the door-to-door-salesman who knocked once a month with dusters, dustpans & brushes etc and flirted with the 'lady of the house' - heaven knows where he got his stuff from but pretty sure he wasn't a tea leaf.

You are morally wrong and you shouldn't keep having children if you can't afford it. How bizarre to keep getting an addict to keep coming to your house when you have children. Are you stupid?

Why would you ever even consider it?!

Ya think?!

You're wrong.

Golden Swan White Vinegar, 5 l (Pack of 4) https://amzn.eu/d/01nyslqk

£17 for 20L. Can be stored almost anywhere but you can also find single 5L bottles if space is a real issue.

That's why I said:

If I couldn't afford to feed my children, you bet I'd probably take this route

I didn't say OP was doing that? I wasn't purely responding to the OP, I took in the other comments before mine and made my own comment.

This comment was directed at the OP

I do think though that if you cut out spending so much on fragrance for your laundry you'd be better off all round. Clearly you're feeling some guilt over this

HTH @Misthios as well.

Shame you're not capable of reading the actual words in front of you, and that you condone criminality!

@Runnerinthenight agreed, but it didn't "@" the person saying only males would think a tenner a week on laundry stuff was a bargain., not sure why we kept clashing when we both agree the op is wrong in her life choice to buy from a drug "dealer" (addict)
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Hopefully both you and him will get caught, I hope as a mother they throw the book at you, all your posts trying to justify what you’re doing are disgusting. You are self entitled and immoral and need to have a look at yourself without the rose tinted glasses. Lets be honest, you’re a common thief and you should be ashamed of yourself!

If you have the napisan type stain remover in the tub then save the little baseball cap scoop. Buy supermarket washing powder. Use the scoop for the powder, it will be enough, the powder will last twice as long as the box says, and it takes seconds. No need for expensive pods.

Because most of the trolls on MN are male.

Why are you buying all that laundry stuff though? Scent balls? It doesn't matter if they normally cost £8, no one needs them so half price isn't a bargain. You could buy a box of supermarket brand powder, white vinegar for softener, and supermarket stain remover and it would be far cheaper than £10 a week at full price. By buying branded and unnecessary rubbish at a discount you are actually paying far more. The money saved on all that crap could be spent on food.

I don't think anyone is in any need of an 'explanation' from you!