NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Not sure on the number but wouldnt be surprised if over the year the "lost goods" added up to that much. Id be surprised if that number was 100% confirmed stolen goods or if it also included items just written off due to not being able to find them instore as well.

Milwaukee Tools used to be (still is?) a major target. You'd see people load up a cart with tools and just push it right out the door. Now it seems like the stores tether/keep the tools in cages to help prevent that. it was amazing to go on offerup/craigslist and see great deals for the tools and they all just happened to have been "gifts" lol

 

Direct from a managers mouth. Bellingham Lowes had a loss of $750k. Like said by the poster above, these numbers were attributed to theft but probably totals all "missing product" not found during inventory.

I was in the chikfila drive thru in Lynnwood next to the lowes and watched a homeless guy run out of the store with a shopping cart full of power tools. He put one foot on the cart and then pushed it thru the parking lot like he was in the Iditarod. Not a single employee behind him. Now, it's presumptive of me to assume that a guy who looked completely homeless was homeless and that he didn't pay for the tools that he came running out of the store with but...he was a homeless dude that stole a cart full of tools in one swipe.

 

Better to steal from a corporation than from individual citizens. Not condoning it but, to me, there’s a difference

 

Yeah but don't think that it's actually coming out of the corporation's pocket. All that it does is drive the prices of the items they sell higher for the individual citizens buying them to offset the cost of the stolen goods and investments in greater security.

 

A thief is a thief, they don't see a difference

 

CVJs in, but last time I did my ujoints I guess I picked the wrong size or some shot because the clips don’t want to fit in perfectly after one snapped out last time my CVs blew.

Anyone know what they used for the front u-joints successfully? According to this thread https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/u-joints.698353/

I actually called spicer when I was doing this and they mentioned Spicer-513x should work but my experience had differed. I checked for any falling needles in the cap and they were good too. Flange itself is pretty massaged now from trying to seat the caps further.

$20 Spicer 5-213X U-Joint Kit 1330 Series (OSR)

Spicer 5-213X U-Joint Kit I have Spicer-513x

CVJ picture for something more interesting lol



CVJ, OEM, Cardone

 

Wow, that is looking great! Amazing job, that looks quite stout. Did you fabricate the tire carrier? It looks super cool, you should totally do a write up on this thing.

 

Ha I am in Lake Stevens what would you charge someone to throw this together? I have a canopy most of the time though so that may or may not add some complexity for the angle of the tire holder not sure

 

Home Depot in Issaquah has cameras with a monitor right there, and it chimes when you walk down the aisle. I imagine there could potentially be a smaller number of larger thefts that may skew that number... that's complete conjecture though in my armchair opinion, who knows, maybe it's just a corporate tax at this point.

EDIT: I also know they have several folks there 24 hours a day, no idea if it's for security.

 

I can't tell you how many times i've gone there and they've rung things up wrong. I'm sorry but for $15 an hour if your to lazy to do your job right i'm not going help.

 

Why don’t they drop to 25% occupancy and keep a better eye one everyone

 

Because they still cannot do anything. When liquor first started selling in grocery stores my mom had to deal with people loading backpacks up and walking out because they knew employees literally cannot touch them. The one person that did was fired and the company was sued for a million+ IIRC. Not sure how that ass backwards shit works out but we may offend someone.

hell my buddy worked security at target someone walked out with a cart full of legos. My friend followed him out and tipped the cart over. Even though he was indeed stealing them, my friend was fired for pursuing.

 

OR/SR/Pro chin. $free

 

Damn seems like all the shitty people are coming out big for 2021. Id steer clear of beckler river road for a while

 

That seems to be what they want...

 

Got dang. F*ckin animals.

 

i've got something i might be able to make work for you that i'm taking off my truck. Just down in snohomish lmk.

 

I get corporate liability and all but wtf is this world coming to...

 

I’m not going to sugar coat it... a purge.

 

Sorry im not sure why but im not getting notifications when im getting quoted. Im going to do a write up and add up what it cost me in metal here soon. My tire holder is just at a 90° so that wouldnt be a problem but the locks on the canopy might get in the way