Steal the cables too! Those HDMI cables are a rip-off.
My wife used to work retail at a national craft store chain. She told me there policy regarding shoplifting was "let them take it". I guess they figured it was easier to figure in some losses, but most of the stuff they sold that could be readily stolen was little crap. I'm sure they wouldn't let you walk out with a fancy sewing machine or something like that.
WAWA must have the opposite policy. (I could be off on some of this stories details but the gist is)
Back in college (1995/6) a friend got caught sliding a 69 cent slim jim up his sleeve on the campus WAWA at 3am (after several bars and off campus parties but he wasn't drunk and was over 21). He as arrested by city cops, spent the night in jail and had to post 5k bond. Back in court the WAWA lawyers tossed everything they could at him. He got 2 weeks in jail/probation and some huge number of hours of community service. All over a 69 cent slim jim.