Shotlifting
Spelt correctly ^^.

It is common knowledge that your average checkout monkey in a supermarket is glued to the desk and has the intelligence quotient of a small, out of date kumquat.

Thusforth, there are certain ways to procure things illegally without raising their suspicion.

For this scam you will need the following:

1. A taste for good whisky.
2. Appropriately smart attire.
3. Cash.
4. An adequately stupid looking checkout monkey.

Firstly, select your whisky. Glenfiddich is your easiest target for this scam, although certain other brands do have their advantages which i shall list later.

I am partial to Glenfiddich 21yo Havana Reserve. I am not, however, partial to the price of said whisky. It is, to put it lightly, somewhat beyond the means of a student's income (£59.99 at last pricecheck).

Select your Glenfiddich 21 yo. Take bottle out. Reinsert into Glenfiddich 12yo box. Your payment price has just dropped approximately £40.

Next, select checkout monkey. Checkout monkey will take bottle out to check it is the right spirit and that the tag can come off. This is where smart attire comes in. You look the part, they'll play the subservient part.

Checkout monkey will remove tag, not bothering to notice actual age of said whisky in box.

Monkey will ask for payment. Cash to hand to your pocket and you leave.

You have just scammed yourself, like a bandito, some fantastic whisky for a knockoff price.

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This also works for brands of particular ages such as Laphroaig Quarter Cask substituted for Laphroaig original etc. the labelling is nearly the same.
(Schumann makes awesome quiches., Sat 12 Jan 2008, 19:30, 3 replies)

or simply
purchase cheaper variety, scan/copy the bar code onto stickers, trim to relevant size - and hey presto; its the new swapping price tags!
(feedingtimeatthezoo day 1 of his bikini diet started, Sat 12 Jan 2008, 20:02, closed)

Glenfiddich?
Sorry I thought you said good whisky.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sat 12 Jan 2008, 22:00, closed)

oh if only
Glenfiddich, despite having the most turgid taste at the cheap end of the scale, improves mightily when you spend money on said Havana Reserve.

Personally, i'd take Lagavulin over any 'fiddich.
(Schumann makes awesome quiches., Sat 12 Jan 2008, 22:34, closed)