All very good ideas. There is a method that I often use to steal stuff.
A lot of mall stores hire teenagers to work as the cashiers. All you need to do is slip them a 50 to keep thier mouths shut and to do fucking nothing when the alarm rings. You do have to spend some cash but it is a pretty easy way to steal stuff.
Also when you are big stores like walmart. Be sure to go with an adult thats atleast over 35 its good if its a women. Just steal the shit you want and walk out with her. If the alarm rings just ignore it and keep walking. Most of the time the people who work there ignore the alarm mostly because most of the machines ring even if you just bump into them.

good tips i wanted to put down some off that but u did dont think ya left anything out...

for places like blockbuster...you make sure that no one can see you and stick the dvds wherever, then while you're leaving the store get a friend to be at the sensors with a movie in their hand. while you're walking through, have them partially in the sensor so that it looks like it was their fault it went off. then they just apologize and keep browsing while you get to the car with all your shit (:
plus, don't ever steal from macys. their loss prevention watches like hawks. plus if they catch you it's a 150 dollar fine, no matter how little you actually stole.

This is true. I used to be Loss-Prevention at Lowes (Never turned anyone in so I got fired) Anyways, a lot of the best shoplifters use this method. The expensive pocket knife brand called CASE uses VERY strong plastic the display its product and I have seen more than one thief open it up like a hot knife through butter, plastics do not stand a chance against a solid roofing razor.

free brand new video games---
this works ive done it before-
first look for a game you want taht hasnt been released yet, find the release date and mark your calendar
when the day finally comes, go to an eb games( i know it works here, might work at other stores), and brign a couple old games with you,
and then wait in line, like ur gona sell the games,
when you get near the cash register, there will be a big stack of your game of choice, reserved for the people who pre-order games,grab 1 and look at the back like u want to read it(preorders have disks in them, unlike every other case in teh store)
and then keep it on the bottom of your stack of games and when you get to teh front of the line, try to sell your games, the clerk will ask for ID, you say "shit, i dont have any",
at this point, you just casually walk away with your brand new game in hand
*ive been to a couple EB games outlets, and they all have dummy beepers, although the stolen game will set off beepers for other stores, so be careful,, but chances are when a game gets released even if teh beeper goes off, nobody is gona have the tiem to catch you

i have found that the best way is to go with a friend, but go in at separate times. You will go in and take the item u want and set it down in some part of the store like the clothing section under some pants or some where away from where you go it, and walk out. Then your friend will go in and pick it up very nonchalantly take it to the bathroom cut it open, put the trash under the trash bag and walk out...its worked so far...

That is a good idea I'm gana try that later.

A good method I usually use is if I have something in my hand I want, I reach into my bag, drop the thing in, and pull out my wallet or something so it looks like I just reached in to get something.

i found a good way to steal headphones

go to the area wear they sell them and causal look at a few pairs like you are comparing them. Take the pair you intend to steal but also, take another of the same kinda and hold it behind it so it looks like you only took 1 pair, and walk away. now in an isle wear their are no cameras, open one of the pair and plug it in your ipod/mp3 so it looks like its yours IF you get cought. go back to wear you took the one originally and put back the unopened pair. it wouldn't be a bad idea to end up buying one of those 1 dollar pair so it doesn't look to suspicious.

Yeah that's a good idea.

It's like what I do when I'm working. If it's in an open space take two items, walk around a bit, conceal one of them on yourself and put the other back as if you've changed your mind about buying it.