Woman arrested after police found $2,500 worth of Stanley cups in her car

The craze for Stanley stainless steel drinking cups reached new levels last week when a woman was arrested and accused of stealing 65 of them, worth almost $2,500, from a store in California.

Police in Roseville, in Placer County, northeast of Sacramento, said Sunday that they were called Wednesday to a report of a theft from a store on Stanford Ranch Road in the city.

“Staff saw a woman take a shopping cart full of Stanley water bottles without paying for them. The suspect refused to stop for staff and stuffed her car with the stolen merchandise,” police said in a statement on Facebook.

apfelwoiSchoppen,
@apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world avatar

I honestly don’t get these fads. Last one that left me scratching my head like this was the yeti cooler craze, and before that was the instapot craze. Mindless hyper consumerism, that will be used just as much as your last mug, cooler, pot all of which are likely in a landfill now.

ShepherdPie,

It’s so ridiculous to see it getting pushed in real-time too. A few days ago every news outlet was simultaneously posting stories about these stupid cups or people waiting in line to buy these cups out of the blue just trying to drive the latest craze. There’s no way that’s organic.

GiddyGap,

The only one I get is the Instapot. I actually use that a lot, and it makes incredible food in a very short time.

apfelwoiSchoppen,
@apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world avatar

My grandma used pressure cookers in the 50s, they weren’t very safe then. But even before the instapot, pressure cookers had all sorts of safety features that make them quite usable. I just don’t get the hype of one instance of commodity items.

MrBusinessMan,

On the one hand she’s got a great entrepreneurial spirit but on the other hand, stealing from a store is never ok to do.

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot,

And the Leafs can’t even get one.

anarchy79,
@anarchy79@lemmy.world avatar

Single handedly defeated by Florida woman

bc1,

Factory cost is a few dollars

linearchaos,
@linearchaos@lemmy.world avatar

A few weeks ago they were going for $2,500 each on eBay

cordlesslamp,

You can get high quality stainless steel thermos on AliExpress for $10-$20 (bought a few myself, can’t believe how good they’re), so I guess you’re right.

Daft_ish,

Hol-leee shit, $2500 worth of consumer goods trash. Put this woman in jail! If the government wasn’t so tied up on witch hunts, like Trump staging an insurrection, we would have to resources to weed out this trash once and for all.

AquaTofana,

This has to be sarcasm.

Blumpkinhead,

I can’t tell anymore.

WaxedWookie,

Poe’s law is a hell of a drug.

anarchy79,
@anarchy79@lemmy.world avatar

You can remain calm citizen. For now. It’s sarcasm. I’ve had it confirmed from the top echelons.

FlavoredButtHair,
@FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world avatar

I’d still rather ha e a Yeti rambler.

Tarkcanis,

That sounds like a mental health thing, I hope shes getting help.

PrettyLights,

How so? They’re expensive cups with an active resale market. This looks like generic retail theft.

captain_aggravated,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

Nah, I think “Hey I think I see a way to make a bunch of money” happened. “Stanley cups have suddenly become very popular and thus scarce, so I’ll go get a bunch of them and sell them for more than their retail price. oh, their retail price is actually quite high. I know, I’ll just shoplift them! Profit margins increase!”

The psychology I find fascinating is the trend itself. A brand of quality insulated metal water cups that has apparently existed this whole time has suddenly become a popular fashion item among the instagramettes. We’ve apparently reached the shoplifting stage of the craze. I wonder how many fistfights there will be over $45 water bottles.

From the point of view of a male 30-something hermit, the journey has gone like this so far: I use Firefox, and if you don’t set a homepage it has this start screen with buttons for sites you frequent as well as a bunch of news articles served by whatever the hell Pocket is. One of them had an image of a bright pink handled drinking cup with a headline to the effect of “Confessions of a cup girl.” I did not read this article. A short time later, someone posts to Lemmy the picture of Homer Simpson in the lesbian bar, all the women have those same pink cups, he’s got the hockey trophy. Now here we are, a 23-year old woman has been arrested for stealing a shopping cart full of them. It’s absolutely fucking hilarious.

anarchy79,
@anarchy79@lemmy.world avatar

I mean, at this point we’re all just thieves thieving from thieves.

vaultdweller013,

Who are you? Trazyn the inginite?

anarchy79,
@anarchy79@lemmy.world avatar

I’m the twisted firestarter. I was hired for the show.

klemptor,
@klemptor@startrek.website avatar

My sister in law gave me one of these things for xmas. I like it but $45 seems steep. I had no clue there was a trend!

anarchy79,
@anarchy79@lemmy.world avatar

With the right branding, anything can be a trend!

Donjuanme,

Thank you, I read this and was shocked the hockey trophy was stolen, and was so cheap.

I saw that Homer Simpson meme and had no idea I was supposed to be looking at the other cups XD

Why are they popular? I’ve got 3 excellent thermos cup type things from Costco for 20 bucks…

captain_aggravated,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

As far as I understand, it’s influencer fashion. Somebody with a popular Tiktok account has said “you’ve got to have one of these” and it was so.

Everythingispenguins,

… accused of grand theft.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Kbobabob,

I love the photo of the stuff on the hood like it’s some big drug bust

Kittenstix,

Might as well be, I bet a brain scan would show significant similarities.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Crime aside, if I ever spend $45 on a water bottle, you all have permission to kill me.

Kbobabob,

I mean it would probably just about last a lifetime. Stanley are good bottles. Do you go through water bottles fast somehow?

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

No, I don’t go through water bottles fast, which is exactly why I wouldn’t spend $45 on one.

neptune,

You can lose a $20 water bottle as easily as a $45.

Kbobabob,

Well that’s not the water bottle’s fault. If you’re prone to losing things then yeah a lifetime purchase isn’t for you. I don’t buy nice sunglasses for that reason, lol.

NENathaniel,
@NENathaniel@lemmy.ca avatar

Not quite that expensive but, my LTT Water bottle is super nice tbh, no regrets

excitingburp,

My regrets about my LTT bottle is that it’s LTT. Still a functional bottle though.

TIMMAY, (edited )

Its a pretty good thing to spend money on if you use it on a daily basis. I work in a kitchen and need an insulated water bottle or I will literally die. Instead of using plastic I use a reusable bottle. I bought it a year ago and I have not looked back. Yeah, its more expensive than it needs to be and is a fad, but it’s certainly not the most irresponsible thing you can spend $50 on. edit: removed superfluous an

Tbird83ii,

I mean… It’s a lot of metal… And it’s strong enough to survive the job site for a decade.

As someone who frequents construction sites for my job, and also as someone who has owned a Stanley travel mug and water bottle before whatever the fuck this fad is ( over 10 years… ), they are nigh indestructible, and they keep temperature for longer than either my wife’s Hydro flask or my yeti. So far in that sams period only my, Yeti coffee mug has survived as long. My wife has replaced her hyroflasj twice.

Just anecdotal, but I tend to be hard on things, and it’s stayed with me this long… It’s like $4/year for a coffee mug.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Sure, but there are re-usable metal insulated bottles that are a lot less than $45 and will also last for years. This is $45 because it’s trendy.

TIMMAY,

Yeah, cant deny that. Relative to no bottle, it’s better. Relative to other bottles, it’s bad. A middle ground would be nice. Id like to think that maybe the fad-aspect of it will increase the amount of water bottle users over all, but I’m very pessimistic about that. edit: spelling

ThatWeirdGuy1001,
@ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve been reusing my liter bottle of aquafina for months now. Just buy a regular fuckin bottle and reuse it.

kofe,

I spent like $20 on two off brand metal ones and have used them for years now. Metal is easier to recycle and doesn’t contribute to micro plastics

KevonLooney,

Those leach microplastic into your water. Don’t reuse them. Although any $1 water bottle is probably safe.

ThatWeirdGuy1001,
@ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world avatar

Honestly the research shows microplastics are already everywhere so I’m not really worried about that

KevonLooney,

Car exhaust is everywhere. Do you huff directly from the tailpipe?

ThatWeirdGuy1001,
@ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world avatar

The main difference is microplastics are literally everywhere.

Bought a plastic wrapped sandwich? Microplastics. Drank from a plastic cup? Microplastics. Ate something that was prepared in a factory with plastic packaging? Microplastics.

Even things that don’t look like plastics like fast food foil wrappers are still full of microplastics.

Idgaf anymore.

Mamertine,

You missed a really big one of: did you wear clothing the has synthetic fibers? Bam! (Emeril voice) micro plastics.

FonsNihilo,

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    FlyingSquid,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    You can get highly rated mugs which are just as good for a lot less. You’re paying a premium for a brand name.

    Also, even an 18-oz Yeti is cheaper than one of these Stanley cups by $10-15.

    notannpc,

    Of course that would happen in Roseville. Criminals of suburbia are weird.

    jelloeater85,
    @jelloeater85@lemmy.world avatar

    I wanna see the mug shot… I’ll see myself out 🤣

    JCreazy,

    Mindless consumerism.

    gearheart,

    Completely off topic but…

    Does the Stanley cup have a sticker saying the product might cause cancer in the state of California?

    Also why does every product I see potential cause cancer in the state of California only?

    That is all. I’m too lazy to Google the question but thought I would annoy someone about it here.

    Thank you.

    ouRKaoS,

    The bubble that regulates the weather at Disneyland has weird interactions with certain items, so California has to warn people.x

    JCreazy,

    California just has laws in place that requires items that have potential carcinogens to be labeled. That’s it.

    IamSparticles,

    Well, that and their bar for what qualifies is really low. If a single study shows that a chemical agent may cause cancer in animals, it will be listed. It doesn’t actually have to be confirmed. Also, in many cases, manufacturers will simply put the label on their products by default to avoid being sued in California because it would cost them more to verify whether it contains one of the many listed chemicals or not. As such, the labels have largely become noise at this point.

    FuglyDuck,
    @FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

    California law. proposition 65

    Basically, they have a list of things “known to the state of California to cause cancer”. If a material on that list is used in a product, that product needs to have a “proposition 65” warning label in order to be sold in CA.

    Which, since everything is a polluted mess, basically everything is on that list.

    Kolanaki,
    @Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

    People who don’t know about the new cups by a company named Stanley: “Dang. She must really like hockey!”

    eestileib,

    I had no idea and was very confused because the picture seemed completely unrelated, and I thought there was only one Stanley Cup…

    Finite,

    Is this from the office?

    Spuddlesv2,

    I genuinely thought it was something to do with the NHL, like maybe mini commemorative replica cups or something. That at least would be interesting. This is just some weirdo stealing over priced thermos bottles.

    Trainguyrom,

    I was in the same boat until I saw an explainer video from Vox

    AnUnusualRelic,
    @AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world avatar

    People who also don’t know anything about hockey: huh?

    limelight79,

    The championship trophy in the NHL (National Hockey League, the premier North American hockey league) is “The Stanley Cup”.

    AnUnusualRelic,
    @AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world avatar

    Oh. Well, that tidbit hasn’t made it past the borders…

    Thanks for the info! :)

    signalsayge,

    At first I thought this might be a hilarious dig on Canada since they haven’t won the cup since 1993… not sure if you’re serious.

    AnUnusualRelic,
    @AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world avatar

    I’ve never heard of it. Hockey basically doesn’t exist in most of Europe. Never mind US hockey.

    SwampYankee,

    new

    Their website is stanley1913.com, lmao.

    But yes, my first thought was “how the fuck did she get one of those?” and then “only $2500?” and then “OHHHH”.

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