Confusing question

[PragueBlue]

That is the only scenario where the answer can be £100.

If you assume the shop is selling at trade price, it doesn’t really matter as they’ll go bust pretty soon.

Plenty of shops sell goods at trade price to shift old stock.

If the OP wanted a figure from his original post, the only possible answer, from the info provided is £100.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Shoplifters of the world, unite and takeover

 

[Coatigan]

£70 of the missing £100 is back in the till when he paid for the goods.

It is not. It is £70 for the goods bought, regardless of their value, who buys them, or how much is already in the till. The £100 is still missing.

 

[hammocity]

£70 is not 'back' in the till. The two are completely separate things.

So the rest, while sensible, is not relevant.

Why is £70 not back in the till? The thief has paid £70 for goods that were purchased for less than that, only way, as someone said, if it was a items being sold at cost price but I don’t think the OP was factoring something like that as there’s very little % of goods sold at cost price.

 

[hammocity]

It is not. It is £70 for the goods bought, regardless of their value, who buys them, or how much is already in the till. The £100 is still missing.

Ffs! :-)

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Plenty of shops sell goods at trade price to shift old stock.

If the OP wanted a figure from his original post, the only possible answer, from the info provided is £100.

Or the mathematical one of £30+ trade price of goods in the transaction.

 

[Coatigan]

This is how Chat GDP explains it.

'1. The man steals £100 from the cash register, the store has lost £100.
2. He picks up £70 in goods, pays with stolen money, so there is no additional loss.
3. he leaves with £30 in cash, which is not an additional loss but part of the original £100 he stole.

So the total loss remains £100.'

Looks like artificial intelligence is indeed a match for natural stupidity.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

It is not. It is £70 for the goods bought, regardless of their value, who buys them, or how much is already in the till. The £100 is still missing.

It wouldn’t be in the till if the transaction hadn’t been completed, but it is because the transaction was completed.

Therefore, at the end of the day, the till will be £100 down, but the business will be £30 down plus the trade cost of the goods sold in that £70 transaction.

 

[Coatigan]

Why is £70 not back in the till? The thief has paid £70 for goods that were purchased for less than that, only way, as someone said, if it was a items being sold at cost price but I don’t think the OP was factoring something like that as there’s very little % of goods sold at cost price.

Ffs! :-)

 

[Sir peace frog]

Shoplifters of the world, unite and takeover

very rude not to