I'm not talking about the kids who steal them so they can use them as Frizbees, or the motorist who steals one to replace a missing hubcap. I'm talking about the %&#$@#$ Hubcap Haven type of place they have set up in a strip shopping centers. Go in for two Aerostar hubcaps, she tells me they are $25 a piece. Ask her if she could do better on the price, she goes and gets the hubcaps, can let one go for $15. One of the caps had the Ford emblem missing, both where scratched, corroded, dirty, and warped. Said to her "$25 for those?" She curtly tells me how much the dealer charges for them. Said, "thats for brand new hubcaps!!," and stormed out. Got a full set from Wally's for $14 bucks, they are plastic, but who cares. How I miss the days when you could go to the junk yard and paw thru a crate of them.

 

Maybe you should have went to wally world and found yourself a nice Aerostar to park next to......

 

They have some really good digital cameras that watch their parking lots, and don't mind sharing the pictures with local law enforcement. Target is the same way. I know because I used to service the AC for their security offices. Big Brother is Corporate America.

 

They have to have good cameras because their guards aren't worth a crap. My wife got her purse snatched a few years ago just 10 feet from a Walmart security guard. She said "Shouldn't you chase him or something?" Then she started chasing the guy herself. That's when he finally started running after the guy. They didn't catch him, but the license plate on his truck led to an arrest within a couple of days. She got the plate number, the guard could barely describe the perpetrator as a skinny white kid.

I wouldn't recommend stealing hubcaps just because it's wrong, but chasing hubcap thieves is probably right around catching guys that steal your newspaper with most PD's.