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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stevelabny" data-source="post: 1956938" data-attributes="member: 9298">Its a mix of demographics, price, gotta get em all, and the fact that 90% of people steal, and choose to rationalize their stealing while they have problems with others.As pointed out, most gamers are younger guys. In general, younger guys are more likely to risk pretty theft. RPG Books are also pretty expensive, and when trying to buy a lot of them, money becomes an issue, especially for those on an allowance or minimum wage. In the late 80s, my DM used to switch price tags on his RPG Books, he would peel off $10 stickers and put them on $20 books. He figured that if he was caught, they wouldn't be able to prove he swithed the stickers. He also wouldn't go more than half off, figuring that he still wanted the price tag to be somewhat believable, and not actually cause the store to lose money, just not make a profit. From 97-02 I worked in a photgraphy store located near the School of Visual Arts in NYC. Like most stores, there were occasional attempts at theft, but most of the SVA students who really wanted to steal? Applied for a job. There was definitely more theft from employees than from customers. And just to illustrate my final point, the owner of that store would often complain about shoplifters or crooked employees, but yet stole cable, and lived in a rent-controlled apartment. Because I'm like this, I actually ASKED him how he could possilbly complain about theft when he does it too. His response "Stealing cable isn't stealing...the cable company is big and rips me off." When I responded again that he is obvioulsy more well off than the students, and that marking certain items up 75% or selling gray-market film was ripping them off, he just muttered under his breath and walked away.I've seen people say it's ok to download music but not PDFs, people who say it's ok to steal cable but not inventory, and people who will cheat on their taxes because everyone does it.People just want to believe that they're better than the other thieves.You show me someone who says they've NEVER stolen anything, and I'll show you a liar. 99.5% of the time.</blockquote>

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