AIBU to “steal” this?

She's not acknowledged anything - she hasn't replied at all!!

Love how your not acknowledging the people who have told you about the trauma aggressive shoplifters cause to staff 🙄

It's not "an insane reach" in the least. Someone who thinks it's ok to buy stolen goods has very poor morals.

I am very 'shades of grey' but I cannot and will not condone theft!

Right back at you lady.

@AmiABadPersonn 11 pages of most ppl thinking you are wrong and you justify it by others do it! Ridiculous

Of course it's wrong

Regardless of how much in obscene bonuses CEOs of supermarkets receive it still doesn't justify buying stolen goods that have been shoplifted.

Shoplifting just increases the prices for all of us, so I don't understand why some posters think it is OK to defend shoplifting. It doesn't hurt the CEO's pockets, it hurts the shopper's pockets.

Well it's safe to assume that the baby in this case was conceived after the CoL crisis began to bite...

Nothing is ever guaranteed! I lived through 15% interest rates. We bought our first home years before we had our first child, and moved to yes, that 4 bedroom home, when we were contemplating having our second. We planned our third according to affordability too. It's called being responsible. Yes, we could have both lost our jobs and ended up in dire poverty but we didn't.

I've had times in life like most when money was not plentiful but I have never, ever, stooped so low as to buy household goods from a drug dealer!

The old "Well someone will buy it so why not me" excuse really does not stand up to any sort of moral scrutiny

That's the same excuse some women trot out when they are sleeping with someone else's husband - "if he isn't sleeping with me he will be sleeping with someone else".

Seriously? Do you actually believe that load of rubbish you just posted?!

How surprising there's been a no show from the OP 🙄

More than anything else, why would you buy baby milk off this person??? It could be tampered with , fillers used or whatever ...they do it to medications/perfumes why not baby milk. For that alone I think you are absolutely off your rocker !

I've been held up at work by a smack needle wielding addict. Threatened with knives and hammers. Had bottles thrown at me. I've had to lock us in and close early and wait for the police because groups of them were threatening myself and my staff. Another time I had to lock some kids in with us and call their parents and the police to keep them safe from the local addicts. Someone from the next shop down got stabbed. It's disgusting. You and everyone who does that are supporting this behaviour. Putting innocent people in danger every day.

Shoplifting is costing the British economy nearly £8 billion, that affects all of us and is one of the reasons prices are rising.

Someone who thinks spending £10 a week on laundry detergent is a bargain could do with some serious budgeting advice.

Of course it's wrong and this is the most unreasonable post I've ever seen in this forum. Your friend was right to call you out on it.

So someone would buy stolen goods from a drug addict just so they could have 'nice brand' detergent? That's nuts. I could afford whichever one I wanted but choose a supermarket own brand as it's fine and probably a third of the price of the ones the OP is 'ordering' to be stolen for her.

It is wrong. But times are hard. I think if I was really struggling and someone could 'help' I'd be inclined to.

She didn’t say she couldn’t afford it. She said she got it cheap. And if she’s spending a tenner a week on the “nice” laundry detergent and softener brands I’d suggest she’s probably bargain hunting rather than a day away from baby starvation.

Absolutely agree! Everybody should have anticipated the cost of living crisis with the stagnating wages and increasing food and energy bills. And nobody should ever have children unless they have thousands stashed away in the bank for rainy days and already own at least a four bedroom house. For the good of society. Pip pip.

So am I morally wrong for this? Or would you do the same?

Yes to both.

I'm also gobsmacked at £10 a WEEK for cleaning stuff, though. Does he stash a couple of "mother's helpers" in the Glo-White box??

I feel like this is not wrong because if I didn’t buy it other people would.

The most stupid argument Ive ever heard.

Well you are feeding his habit, if he has one, not to mention his shoplifting, if that's what he does. You are also 'receiving goods', if they are stolen, which is a crime much worse than shoplifting i.e. it carries a heavier sentence. But on the other hand, he is used to selling you stuff and if I were your friend I would turn a blind eye. You could assume, of course, that he is using the money for food and that the goods he is selling are not 'knocked off' but bought cheaply from a wholesaler and he is offering good discounts because he wants some ready cash. You could also assume you are helping someone on their uppers. If he has the same stuff regularly it is much more likely that he has found a cheap wholesaler, and he is trying to go straight(er). It's you who have the problem. You have assumed he is shoplifting. He might not be. If you want the stuff, buy it.

Getting rid of the market doesn't stop the crack heads from having a crack habit though, it just pushes then into mugging grandmas and house burglaries instead .. they need to fund their habit and they will find a way to do it.. I think stealing from Tesco is infinitely better than stealing from granny Dorene on the corner .. totally understand if you disagree though.