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Thieves take $11,000 in Victoria's Secret bras  

by Sue Dremann
Palo Alto Weekly Staff

Posted by No-Surveillance--No-Sympathy, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Nov 1, 2012 at 4:25 pm

Perhaps this is news..but it seems more like surreal comedy. But if Stanford Shopping Center management, and the individual retailers can't putchase surveillance equipment--then they deserve what they get.

Probably should start watching Craig's List for an announcement about a good deal on women's underware.

Will be interesting to see if anyoe in the Victoria's store gets a bonus this Christmas.

Posted by anon, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood, on Nov 1, 2012 at 4:35 pm

$61 per bra is ridiculous! Who are the real thieves here?

Posted by Manzeer, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Nov 1, 2012 at 4:42 pm

They never look as good as they do on the models. Save your money gals.

Posted by Outside Observer, a resident of another community, on Nov 1, 2012 at 6:29 pm

@anon,

No thieves, just fools parting with their money.

Posted by Ducatigirl, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Nov 1, 2012 at 8:09 pm

Of course the bras look better on the models. The models have implants, real women usually do not!

Posted by Nora Charles, a resident of Stanford, on Nov 1, 2012 at 8:30 pm

I think I remember reading about the same thing happening a few years ago there-maybe the same thieves?

Posted by Who's DOING WHAT?, a resident of East Palo Alto, on Nov 1, 2012 at 10:15 pm

Wow they lost $ 11,000 in merchandise. What about the slave labors they pay only 4 cents an hour to sew their merchandise. Goggle it yourself "Victoria Secret & Slave Labor". Who's the real thieves?

Posted by MV Resident, a resident of Mountain View, on Nov 2, 2012 at 9:09 am

@Ducatigirl:

Unless you're in SoCal.

Posted by moi, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Nov 2, 2012 at 11:07 am

Never having been a girlie girl myself, I am disgusted by this: People spend $61.11 for a bra? This culture's priorities are upside down. Whenever I see someone holding a Victoria's Secret shopping bag, I see someone who has been bamboozled.

Posted by tomytwotone, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Nov 2, 2012 at 11:09 am

You mean $11.000 retail value. In reality $200 worth of merchandise lost.

String them together and someones got a nice sling shot.

Posted by VS Enthusiast, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood, on Nov 2, 2012 at 11:39 am

Wonderful Stanford Mall Leadership....the public would prefer that you place video surveillance in the parking areas and the stores rather than fill the planter boxes for the next year....

Posted by Classics from 40 years ago, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood, on Nov 2, 2012 at 11:50 am

"Wrap? No, thanks, I'll eat them here...."

Ah, the classics (from 6th grade.)

Posted by moi, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Nov 2, 2012 at 4:39 pm

To the Editor:

Thank you for cleaning up the comments. I'm relieved to see they have gone poof.

Posted by Outside Observer, a resident of another community, on Nov 2, 2012 at 5:40 pm

>>"Whenever I see someone holding a Victoria's Secret shopping bag, I see someone who has been bamboozled."

Absolutely!

And the same is true for those who bought 7-figure Eichlers and $3000 bicycles.