Smash-and-grab robberies typically target goods like clothing, jewelry, accessories and electronics, all of which have high resale values.
Many of the items stolen from those vendors are regulated, such as over-the-counter medications and baby formula. If the items are then fenced — when buyers knowingly accept stolen goods to resell — quality standards that ensure efficacy and safety can no longer be guaranteed.
“When a manufacturer or distributor sells things to a retailer, they know the precise conditions under which they’re stored,” Spangler said. “Not everything is going to be susceptible to heat or cold, but some things are. Take a nicotine patch — these are not expensive products, but that adhesive can melt if exposed to certain conditions. Then there are those products that are intentionally adulterated.
You’re not just being part of the problem but also jeopardizing your health and safety by buying these items. Brewer said marketplaces that allow third-party sellers like those on Facebook and Amazon are monitored but not thoroughly enough. Amazon said it spent over $700 million and employed more than 10,000 people to prevent fraud and abuse in its online marketplace last year.
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