The Today Show Talks About Professional Theives

Today Show Talks About Professional Thieves

The Today Show aired a segment last week entitled “Hunting Down Professional Thieves.” It investigated how criminal organizations hire professional thieves to steal products from major retailers and resell them online or to major distributors.

The Today Show guests provided the following example:

A consumer searching for an online deal on baby formula on a website like eBay could potentially “find baby formula that was in someone’s truck for a couple of days in 90 to 100 degree weather.”

In other words, an unsuspecting consumer can endanger their baby’s health with a compromised product sold illegally. In this blog I’m always reinforcing the 3 C’s—contamination, counterfeiting and cost, but I never mention the potential “fourth C” which is crime. Consumers purchasing suspect products online solely looking for a deal may also be supporting organized crime. This is story we hear a lot about regarding the counterfeit handbags being sold on city streets.

The conclusion of this piece was very interesting and relevant to our salon business. When you purchase personal products, you should not soley base your purchase on the price and be sure that the manufacturer authorizes the sale in that location. When you purchase salon products from authorized retailers, you know they are guaranteed and that in most cases, you are actually saving at least 10% on your purchase.
Support our hardworking hairdressers while protecting yourselves and your families.