Is the online marketplace model to blame for the shoplifting spike?

Much of the public discussion about the wave of violent smash-and-grab shoplifting raids in major cities has centered around keeping shoplifters out of stores. Yet much of the pilfered product is sold online via Facebook Marketplace, Amazon, eBay, OfferUp and other marketplaces.

According to a recent USA Today’s Talking Tech podcast, suggestions for consumers to avoid contributing to the problem include avoiding third-party marketplaces, looking up seller information and going direct-to-brand.
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RSK: This is far from the answer. Laws are meant only for those who want to obey them. Until there is a severe recourse for the "Perps" for doing this, it will continue. As ling as consumers like to buy good merchandise cheap, it will continue.