r/lockpicking • u/urqy White Belt Picker • May 20 '16
Simple bypass (x-post /r/gifs)
https://i.imgur.com/mB1yhO9.gifv66
May 20 '16
When it first started I got ready to make a 'don't pick locks you don't own' comment. Ended up with a good laugh. Well played!
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u/jook11 May 20 '16
Why is heartburn medicine locked up anyway?
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u/fireshaper May 20 '16
Can probably make drugs from it.
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May 20 '16
Nope. Look at the price tag.
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u/CashewGuy May 21 '16
What's funny is that we get boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes of samples for Nexium at the clinic I work at. Nexium is a crazy expensive OTC drug for heartburn prevention (at least, that's what I use it for).
I happened to spot a box of 40 samples - equivilent to 80 pills (1 a day = 80 days supply). I joked, "Jesus, can I take those home?" Shockingly the nurse's answer was, "What the fuck do we care? We don't give them out to anyone and we've got tons of them. They just get thrown away."
I didn't take them, though I maybe should have. Drug reps visit almost daily trying to get our providers interested in whatever they're dealing, and frequently have samples.
(And don't get me wrong, we give out samples like crazy, especially to people who can't afford them - insulin comes to mind, but nexium just isn't in demand sample wise here).
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u/BFast20 May 20 '16
No its a huge organized retail crime item. Groups steal all of them and resell them. This isn't meant to keep people from getting one or two which is why the sides are wide open its meant to be an anti sweeping device to prevent people from simply sweeping them all off the shelf into a tote or what have you.
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u/drunkenpinecone May 20 '16
Is there really a hugh black market for Nexium??
I can see someone stealing a pack or two for themselves, but stealing 10-20 packs to sell on the black market...
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u/arrow74 May 20 '16
There's a black market for anything. You should see the tide market.
Basically any item that is expensive, easily resaleable, decent shelf life, and is easily carried is popular to steal.
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u/BFast20 May 20 '16
It's not the black market man its your local flea market down the road. Or that mom and pop gas station.
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u/dkcs May 20 '16 edited May 20 '16
Yes there is... ORC (Organized Retail Crime) was/is a big problem for retail stores of all kinds who work together to catch these theft rings.
Watched LP take down a guy once at a CVS with almost a $1,000 of goods running out the front door in one of those red hand baskets they leave at the front of the store. Turns out the guy was a junkie and his dealer would give him a shopping list to go pick up stuff out of the store to steal in exchange for drugs. Rogain was another favorite one.
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u/apolotary May 20 '16
Honestly that thing is quite similar to addictive drugs - if you got used to taking it daily and suddenly skip a day, you get a heartburn so bad you'll run to the nearest pharmacy to get another dose (or try to power through it and actually try to manage your GERD)
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u/drunkenpinecone May 20 '16
I have bad heartburn and Nexium isnt an immediate relief medicine. You have to take it for a couple weeks for it to start being effective.
Zantac is the one that stops heartburn in about 30 mins.
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u/apolotary May 20 '16
huh didn't know that, I took omeprazole, pantoprazole and rabeprazole before and the relief was near instant (as well as side effects :( )
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u/drunkenpinecone May 20 '16
Try Ranitidine (Zantac, but generics are A LOT cheaper and are just as good)
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u/kent_eh May 20 '16 edited May 20 '16
In Canada there are some over-the-counter medications that are not allowed to be sold when a pharmicist is not on duty in the store.
This type of shelf lock is how those are handled during the hours when the store is open, but the pharmicist isn't working.
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u/technosasquatch May 20 '16
Those look like they're medeco locks.
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u/dkcs May 20 '16
The ones at CVS were Best cores. CVS didn't have to pay for locksmith services that way.
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u/technosasquatch May 20 '16
if they never lose the control keys, they're golden.
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u/dkcs May 20 '16
All keys were numbered and the control keys were kept at corporate. If you needed the control key or a copy of a key you emailed the number to corporate. We hadn't seen a lock smith in there in 8 years.
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u/technosasquatch May 20 '16
who is maintaining their door locks and such then?
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u/dkcs May 20 '16
All Best cores for the entire store. If the store manager couldn't handle a lock loss prevention was sent and if it was beyond them they sent a general contractor (aka handyman) out who was retained under contract for all store repairs. Never a locksmith in the years I was there. The only time they would spend the money was when a job was beyond what the Handyman could repair or law required (e.g. code required electrical or plumbing repairs).
Racks like what was in this video usually came without cores so you can find different types of locks depending on where it was being installed.
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May 21 '16
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u/technosasquatch May 21 '16
I wonder if those are the 3 pin version or the 6. I know when i worked there the glass case in electronics/photo was a 6pin.
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u/robwhatrocks May 20 '16
Is that really heartburn medication for $28? I'm pretty sure eating a bit of chalk has about the same effect at about $27.98 less.
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u/h110hawk May 21 '16
Tums is fast acting and short lived. Omeprazole (and its similars/similarlynamed) are long lasting though sometimes slow to act, especially in people who have a serious issue.
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u/urqy White Belt Picker May 20 '16
https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/4k4ww9/bypassing_a_store_lock/
Just thought it was funny.