I guarantee that plastic case does not feature even a single component of a GPS tracker. It’s a deterrent sticker, that’s all.
SurreyHillsSomewhere on
Presumably the Co-op aren’t getting all the customer data from just their loyalty programme.
your_swindon_lot on
My wonderful wife does that too.
Open the fridge, take the sausages out, some sort of alarm goes off… “they’re for the kids, put them back”
BobDurstsGuiltBurp on
As clearly bullshit as this is, even if supermarkets were actually gps tracking their sausages what do they honestly expect us to believe would happen? The police don’t even bother to show up when someone gps tracks their multiple thousand pound bike to the thief’s address.
Guy_Incognito97 on
I will just take the sausages out of the packet and carry them loose. Checkmate.
Citizen_DerptyDerp on
I better get one of these for my sausage, I definitely wouldn’t want to lose it.
dickyboy_adams on
The police don’t turn up to a GPS tracked car. Fuck off with your capitalist propaganda.
CollectionBroad8919 on
Bullshit. I’ve looked at the cases that they use. There is absolutely no GPS on them just a high end RFID chip. It’s just a deterrent. The boss of co-op even said so.
Also for most cheaper GPS chips you need a clear view of the sky. I can’t even get phone signal in my co op. But they still have these invisible GPS trackers.
Own_Wall_888 on
I will be boycotting the Co-op because of this.
GPS tagging is not necessary on a £30 product, let alone £3.90, and if they really do have a massive problem with people shoplifting (which I doubt), then it speaks about many of their customers.
EDIT: Downvoters really like being stepped on by big corporations.
axelzr on
It’s a BS sticker, they just contain the radio thingy which sets the alarms off (unless they wrap in til foil).
mrchaddy on
Upvote purely for the snigger that escaped when I read the title.
Suz-goose on
My local coop stopped having steaks due to constant theft. That was my wee treat meal instead of ordering a takeaway just a nice steak and side salad. First world problems I know but jfc, fix this economy already.
Character_State4109 on
We can have a game where you steal some gps suasages and have to keep them on you for 24 hours and evade capture! It’ll be like running man but in Birmingham.
My wife remarked to me earlier that she didn’t see anyone shoplifting at the Co-op for once today when she was getting stuff for lunch. To say it’s endemic now isn’t exaggerating – I see it constantly in all my local supermarkets, from the sneaky can into the pocket to walking out with a shrink wrapped slab of products, to a gang of teens rushing in to nick soft drinks out of the fridges. It’s fucking mental.
ash_ninetyone on
Be surprised if they have a GPS tracker in. They’re not that small yet surely.
But I’d more suspect one of those security stickers that set the alarm off.
Which I hate because when you go through self-service checkout and pay for em, they don’t get deactivated. Only at the staffed checkout
rain3h on
And will they use the TV detector vans to track the thieves down?
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I guarantee that plastic case does not feature even a single component of a GPS tracker. It’s a deterrent sticker, that’s all.
Presumably the Co-op aren’t getting all the customer data from just their loyalty programme.
My wonderful wife does that too.
Open the fridge, take the sausages out, some sort of alarm goes off… “they’re for the kids, put them back”
As clearly bullshit as this is, even if supermarkets were actually gps tracking their sausages what do they honestly expect us to believe would happen? The police don’t even bother to show up when someone gps tracks their multiple thousand pound bike to the thief’s address.
I will just take the sausages out of the packet and carry them loose. Checkmate.
I better get one of these for my sausage, I definitely wouldn’t want to lose it.
The police don’t turn up to a GPS tracked car. Fuck off with your capitalist propaganda.
Bullshit. I’ve looked at the cases that they use. There is absolutely no GPS on them just a high end RFID chip. It’s just a deterrent. The boss of co-op even said so.
Also for most cheaper GPS chips you need a clear view of the sky. I can’t even get phone signal in my co op. But they still have these invisible GPS trackers.
I will be boycotting the Co-op because of this.
GPS tagging is not necessary on a £30 product, let alone £3.90, and if they really do have a massive problem with people shoplifting (which I doubt), then it speaks about many of their customers.
EDIT: Downvoters really like being stepped on by big corporations.
It’s a BS sticker, they just contain the radio thingy which sets the alarms off (unless they wrap in til foil).
Upvote purely for the snigger that escaped when I read the title.
My local coop stopped having steaks due to constant theft. That was my wee treat meal instead of ordering a takeaway just a nice steak and side salad. First world problems I know but jfc, fix this economy already.
We can have a game where you steal some gps suasages and have to keep them on you for 24 hours and evade capture! It’ll be like running man but in Birmingham.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wsHyZirk_sc&pp=ygUXT21nIGEgc2F1YWdlIGlzIG1pc3Npbmc%3D
My wife remarked to me earlier that she didn’t see anyone shoplifting at the Co-op for once today when she was getting stuff for lunch. To say it’s endemic now isn’t exaggerating – I see it constantly in all my local supermarkets, from the sneaky can into the pocket to walking out with a shrink wrapped slab of products, to a gang of teens rushing in to nick soft drinks out of the fridges. It’s fucking mental.
Be surprised if they have a GPS tracker in. They’re not that small yet surely.
But I’d more suspect one of those security stickers that set the alarm off.
Which I hate because when you go through self-service checkout and pay for em, they don’t get deactivated. Only at the staffed checkout
And will they use the TV detector vans to track the thieves down?