A woman shopping at a hypermarket in Greater Taichung was suspected of switching the barcodes of expensive products with lower priced ones to trick store clerks. Having developed a taste for it, she eventually tried it again late last month when she switched the barcodes on four items, amounting to a total of less than NT$2,000 for NT$10,000 worth of merchandise. A vigilant clerk discovered what she was doing and immediately alerted the police.
According to the police investigation, the suspect pulled off the price tags of expensive products when no one was paying attention, and replaced them with price tags for cheaper products before paying at the counter. The hypermarket had often been the victim of similar swindles in the past, and had therefore told its employees to be on the lookout for customers attempting this when they checked out. The checker immediately saw through the suspect’s tricks, blocked her at the counter and called the police.
The police hurried to the hypermarket and found a set of glass shelves, a latex foam pillow, a crystal chandelier, and outdoor LED lights in the suspect’s shopping cart when they arrived. The price of these products was NT$10,638, but after the barcodes were switched the total was only NT$1,996.
Photo: Wang Min-wei, Taipei Times
照片：自由時報記者王敏為
The suspect admitted that she had tricked hypermarkets in this way four times before. She said all the products were for herself and that they were not taken to be sold for profit, adding that she greatly regrets her misdeeds now.
(LIBERTY TIMES, TRANSLATED BY TAIJING WU)
一位婦人到台中市的大賣場購物時，涉嫌將高價商品的條碼貼紙暗中更換為低價條碼蒙混過關，上個月底她食髓知味故技重施，將四項總價值一萬多元的商品條碼，更換為不到二千元的條碼貼紙結帳，當場被已有警覺的店員發現報警。
根據警方調查指出，嫌犯於大賣場購物時趁無人注意，將店內高價物品條碼撕掉，並貼上低價物品條碼，再至櫃檯結帳。店家先前就曾遭同樣手法詐騙，所以告知店員結帳時要提高警覺。收銀員很快識破嫌犯手法，隨即攔下報警處理。
市警趕往大賣場，在嫌犯購物車內起出玻璃架一組、乳膠枕一只、水晶玻璃吊燈一組，及LED戶外照明燈一組。這些商品原價要新台幣一萬六百三十八元，不過換條碼後，卻僅要新台幣一千九百九十六元。
嫌犯坦承過去已有四次同樣手法向賣場詐取財物，所有商品都為自己所用，並未販賣圖利，對於所犯的錯感到相當後悔。
（自由時報記者許國楨）
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