Police said a series of shopping cart thefts beginning the day after Thanksgiving ended with a New York Toys ‘R’ Us being left without a single shopping cart.

Investigators said the more than 500 carts at the recently-opened store in New York’s Bronx borough began disappearing on Black Friday and the store was completely cart-less by the time the busy last-minute shopping days rolled around last week, the New York Daily News reported Monday.

Officers said they are probing whether the carts, which cost about $200 each, were taken by an organized gang to sell for scrap or by local homeless people using carts to store their belongings.

Meanwhile, store employees said customers are stuck carrying items around the store by hand and several simply left the store upon discovering the lack of carts.

Thanks UPI.