re: Help with riddle - How Much Money Did The Store Lose?

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What? They sold the item. The $100 was already stolen. Why would selling it to the thief make them never realize those gains if selling to a regular customer would

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Nobody can be this dense. Youre just playing the contrarian at this point

The items were NEVER sold. The money they got for the purchase was their OWN. No new monies were exchanged in the transaction, from an outside source

The thief essentially stole items. He walked out with $70 in stolen items, and $30 out of the cash register. He gave the store ZERO dollars they they didnt already have. Thats how the transaction is different from a regular paying customer.

Once the thief gave them their $100, they were made whole. But when he walked out with $70 in merch and $30 in change, thats the point where the store was robbed. Again