We recently took a road trip and we were away for a couple nights. We did a little retail shopping. That opportunity is limited where we live.
We came home and took a few days to fully unpack. Days after the trip, we found this loss prevention tag on a new pair of shoes. A call to the store resulted in their request to bring the item back to have the tag removed. Hundreds of miles of driving was not on our list of things to do. It was recommended that we take the shoes to a store closer to home. Not happening.
Many related YouTube videos are available, so we went to learn more. Seems like this issue is common, but the gadget we have is attached with a cable and the ones we found on the web had a different sort of fitting/locking mechanism.
We saw various references to explosions of ink or loud alarm noises should the unit be tampered with.
We decided to use bolt cutters to cut the cable. It worked super easy. No ink. No Air Raid Siren.
Was the tag scanned out when we paid for it? We heard no alarm when we left the store. I am in my early 60s and am often asked for my DOB to buy beer. No similar prompt to remove loss tag at checkout?
Next time, we will check for tags before rolling out.
AI
Wanted to blur out part of the store receipt above. On Mac Photos, the old way was to retouch by creating a blur. I have enjoyed this feature for things like blurring out a car license plate you don’t want to show. The new AI way seems to want to insert distorted characters in place of what was there.
I like the old blur it out way, not the new insert characters way.
My first time using it, so maybe I have it wrong.
Possibly of interest:
Does AI Create Fake Info For The Web – Oyhut State Park?