POLL: MAN STEALS $100 FROM a STORE'S REGISTER. THEN HE BUYS $70 OF GOODS FROM THAT STORE & GETS $30 CHANGE. HOW MUCH DID THE STORE LOSE?

He got 100 of their money, came back and used their 70 and took more by taking groceries with their 70 dollars then got 30 more by getting change. Store loss more than dollars they lost products, but the price of those products plus taxes makes a difference because it has got to be paid by them, not the tax on the buyers part it the stores part. Since I don't do calculus which is just a guess, things are not the same in all areas nor does every store pay the same for their product no matter the charge for them.


The man only used that hundred he took, that 30 brought it back to a hundred the store that he stole it from what out of brains also. It threw in 30 extra for the help they need to find another clerk and to restock.

The store lost 70 in goods and 30 in change.

Store's cost for those goods is irrelevant.

Last Edited by Mr. Lee on 01/25/2023 09:23 AM

$100

100% mark up, they lost $65

They lost 200 bucks if you’re a Republican. They saved 2 million if you’re a Democrat because they should’ve paid him reparations for being Colonialist Aggressors.

This is the proper logic.

Last Edited by pakydak on 01/25/2023 09:30 AM

But if we don't take profit margin into account, it assumes that the products that the store sells didn't cost them anything to acquire, and that would matter because we're trying to figure out how much the store actually got set back by the guy stealing a hundred from them, but then him turning around and being a customer and using that money to purchase their products instead of him saving it or spending it elsewhere....

I'm sure that I'm missing something here, but it's too early in the day still lol

Last Edited by Asuralikeproduction on 01/25/2023 09:30 AM

If he's in California, nothing because it's too little for the cops to bother with and corporate will write it off!

Oops, I chose $130, but should have chosen $200, assuming that the $70 worth of merchandise stolen in the first place was worth $70 to the store. The store probably paid $30 for that $70 worth that we pay retail for.

So my answer would have been $100 plus $30 plus about $30 more depending on what the store's actual cost for that $70 worth of stolen merchandise.

I put all the cash from the drawer in my pocket to recover the deductible on insurance, and then claim a few things that look like they are missing too...The insurance sends me a check for $500

Why wasn't he shot when he broke into the cash drawer?

Now we're getting somewhere I think....

Last Edited by Asuralikeproduction on 01/25/2023 09:33 AM

The actual answer is $60 because he would have $30 after buying the goods and then he also “gets” another $30 in “change” (the amount being what is changing)

It’s just a logic puzzle and I honestly think you don’t even know the answer to your own puzzle by the way you worded it. You think it means something different when you look at it yourself and read how you worded it than how it should be read logically.

Last Edited by RealViceLord on 01/25/2023 09:32 AM

1st when they ring out the cash register it's missing a 100.00 short.

Then the 70.00 dollars in goods.

The store lost 170.00 total even though they got back 70.00 dollars.

The drawer is short $100

What they lost depends on their profit margin.

Trust me, I passed the 5th grade.

At the end of the day, when the drawer is reconciled with the receipts, there's a $70 receipt without payment + $30 in cash missing = $100

The question was how much did the store lose, not just money.

If 535 thieves and reprobates get themselves elected to a governing body, how much are they stealing from both the store owner and the producers of those goods? And how much money do they waste trying to reform this reprobate who stole the $100?

The original 100 he stole.

Yes but two things - first, you're not following the instructions of the poll (not to consider profit margin) and we can't all agree on a right answer if we all use our own rules.

Second, I'm surprised that you reject the notion that "value of the product is not what the store paid to stock it, but what they can sell it for on the market". That's the value of the product, and $70 worth of value in products was removed from the store.

The store lost the opportunity to receive $70 for the product, because the guy stole it.

The crime wasn't having money to buy food, the crime, that actual stealing was the original 100. It wasn't his money he was shopping with, it was stolen money.

I should have finished my coffee before voting. It might have helped the brain.

This why it's so easy for the globalists to run game on the people. The average person is not very bright.

In fact I'm sure that the OP's question posed is nonsensical without knowing how much the product cost the store, and Brief's above answer proves it. We gotta assume how much the product costed the store. You can say that profit margin isn't a factor in answering the question all you want; but in the end, it HAS to be a factor in answering the question; otherwise it's a trick question that couldn't even have an answer.

75% are average or below 100 IQ

Just 25% of the population is over 100 IQ, so yes, in general, people are stupid.

It takes a minimum IQ of 120 to become a doctor, an MD

$100 .. it's so obvious I feel ashamed to answer.

event..........Thief.............Store
1..............0.................+100
2..............+$100.............-100
3..............+$30 +$70 goods...-30 -$70 goods
total:.........+$100.............-$100

Last Edited by JADR+ on 01/25/2023 09:53 AM