Taylor Swift CDs go into lockdown at stores across Australia after desperate thieves target them for shoplifting

Taylor Swift CDs go into lockdown at stores across Australia after desperate thieves target them for shoplifting

Taylor Swift CDs are being kept behind the counter in music shops across Australia after her recent concerts led to a surge in them being stolen.

JB Hi-Fi, Australia’s largest music-selling chain, has taken the desperate measure to deter fearless thieves who see a CD and think ‘You belong with me [without paying]’.

In place of where the pop star’s CDs would normally be kept, JB Hi-Fi in the Strand Arcade in Sydney’s Pitt St Mall has a blank space and four separate signs telling customers that the Swift albums are only available behind the counter.

‘Taylor Swift CDs are kept behind the counter. Temporary. Please ask a member of staff for assistance,’ one sign reads, followed by a smiley face.

‘It’s unfair that Swifties are being blamed for this,’ furious fan Alison, from Coogee in Sydney’s east, told Daily Mail Australia.

Taylor Swift is pictured onstage in Accor Stadium, Sydney, Australia during The Eras Tour

Taylor Swift CDs are being kept behind the counter in music shops across Australia after her recent concerts led to a surge in them being stolen. Two signs in a JB Hi-fi outlet are pictured

‘It’s more likely to be people trying to profit off her recent tour and resell the CDs at a higher cost.

‘Never in my wildest dreams would I think it would be so hard to buy a CD,’ the massive Swift fan said.

Three of the four signs in JB Hi-Fi are printed on pink paper – a colour often worn by Swifties – and the fourth sign, which is printed on green cardboard, features pink love hearts.

Alison, 25, said the last time she was in a JB Hi-Fi shop she had no trouble finding Swift CDs and that this move is not good for the store’s reputation.

‘Don’t blame me and my fellow Swifties for the actions of few people who probably don’t even like her music.

‘JB Hi-Fi need to calm down and put the CDs back on the shelf where they belong. Otherwise, long story short, we won’t tolerate it.’

Alison was unable to get a ticket to see Swift in Sydney, but is such a huge fan she flew to see her in Melbourne instead.

‘It was the best concert I’ve ever seen,’ she said. ‘She played everything I wanted to hear.

‘There will be bad blood between Swifties and JB Hi-Fi if they don’t fix this quickly.’

The global superstar got great reviews for her seven shows in Melbourne and Sydney, which saw her change costumes to represent different eras of her career over three and a half hours onstage.

More than 600,000 people attended the Australian leg of the mammoth world tour.

A record-breaking 96,000 fans attended each of her three nights in Melbourne and a further 83,000 Swifties were at each of her four shows in Sydney.

JB Hi-Fi has been contacted for comment.