Anonymous #12 said:

A lot of states have dispensed with the "theft by deception" and adopted a consolidated statute with penalties that largely change solely based on the value of the item stolen.

I took the liberty of looking up Florida's theft statute § 812.014

Just to illustrate my point:

(1) A person commits theft if he or she knowingly obtains or uses, or endeavors to obtain or to use, the property of another with intent to, either temporarily or permanently:

(a) Deprive the other person of a right to the property or a benefit from the property.

(b) Appropriate the property to his or her own use or to the use of any person not entitled to the use of the property.

. . .

(d) It is grand theft of the third degree and a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, if the property stolen is valued at $100 or more, but less than $300, and is taken from a dwelling as defined in s. 810.011(2) or from the unenclosed curtilage of a dwelling pursuant to s. 810.09(1).

(e) Except as provided in paragraph (d), if the property stolen is valued at $100 or more, but less than $300, the offender commits petit theft of the first degree, punishable as a misdemeanor of the first degree, as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

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Anonymous #10 said:

Generally stores in my area don't document < $50 returns with your driver's license.

Be sure not to go over 3.

Also, this is theft by deception, which is a felony and form of fraud, regardless of the amount. Check your state laws. It's not worth an eighth of commercial buds to get fucked like that.

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