posted on December 11, 2003 05:25:04 PM new
Apparently there was a shoplifting ring who'd steal items from stores, return them for merchandise credit and then sell the credit certificates online for roughly 75 cents on the dollar. Wouldn't you get suspicious why someone had so many different store credits and yet would sell them each at a loss of 25% or more?? Over 500 times?? Buyers better hope they don't come after them for receiving stolen property
See http://www.boston.com/dailynews/345/region/Three_charged_with_stealing_re:.shtml for more details
posted on December 11, 2003 05:37:43 PM new
Good grief!
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"In order to avoid poverty, just do three things: finish high school, marry before having a child, and don't have that child until you're at least 20 years old. Only 8% of people who do all three of these things wind up poor, but a staggering 79% of those who fail to do them wind up in poverty." ~William Galston
posted on December 11, 2003 05:40:33 PM new
"In order to avoid poverty, just do three things:
1-Steal things.
2-Return for credit.
3-Sell vouchers on Ebay.
posted on December 11, 2003 05:43:12 PM newKarbunara, the alleged ring leader, was ordered held on $25,000 cash bail, while Macy was ordered held on $200 bail and Holland was released on personal recognizance.
What they don't mention is that Karbunara tried to pay his bail with a Wal-mart gift card.
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posted on December 11, 2003 05:43:34 PM new
I wish Vendio would pop open a new window with links...HINT!!!
Just like the www.ultimatedressage.com board does
(please check out their nice coding, Vendio!)
on topic...well, sheesh, old school crime, new school place to fence the stuff!
J
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All the monkeys aren't in the zoo,
Every day you meet quite a few,
So you see it's all up to you.
You can be better than you are,
You could be swingin' on a star
posted on December 11, 2003 05:48:32 PM new
My iMac has had a brain barf since I upgraded to OSX.
Sigh, sometimes it works others it does not.
However, they could emulate the UD board or even OTWA's (sans the image heavy loading on that board!)
J
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All the monkeys aren't in the zoo,
Every day you meet quite a few,
So you see it's all up to you.
You can be better than you are,
You could be swingin' on a star
posted on December 11, 2003 05:53:45 PM new
Dadofstickboy--that was very funny! You're a clever one.
The name of the ringleader of that troop of thieves sounds an awful lot like a pasta dish.
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"In order to avoid poverty, just do three things: finish high school, marry before having a child, and don't have that child until you're at least 20 years old. Only 8% of people who do all three of these things wind up poor, but a staggering 79% of those who fail to do them wind up in poverty." ~William Galston
posted on December 11, 2003 06:28:45 PM new
I was just thinking.... if you buy a stolen merchandise credit with a stolen credit card, do they cancel each other out? :>
posted on December 11, 2003 06:57:01 PM new
From reading some feed back appears some had no problem using them. ALMOST like they KNEW and were quite pleasantly surprised that they were able to use them.
posted on December 11, 2003 07:39:32 PM new
::I think the people who bought those cards will get a rude awakening when they try to use them.::
Why? Do you have any idea how much effort it would take for these companies to link a mass of false ID to purchases then submit them to the third cparty company that is dealing with the card then provide that company with justification for the removal and refunding of card balances? Not even close to being worth the effort.
Why do you think that they do not guarantee the security or safety of the cards? Retailers do not manage their cards.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
posted on December 11, 2003 08:23:33 PM new
This WOULD have been a FREE lunch if they had managed better,,,,little here, little there,,,diff. I.d.'s.....ALL in one POT! hahahaha.......GREED!
posted on December 11, 2003 08:42:55 PM new
check out the Guns,,,,on e bay,,,,,many have made complete machine guns from buying piece by piece on e bay.....Knock , knock, knock,,,,Hello,,,,,FBI,,,,,We noticed you have a completed Thompson SUB Machine Gun all from E bay. Thank you for putting it ALL together for US. This will look just great on our Office wall. Wow,,,,fully Auto and ready to lock and load and rock and roll.....
posted on December 11, 2003 09:01:07 PM new
When you do a search for Gift Certificates on E-Bay you really begin to wonder,this should be an interesting Christmas.
posted on December 12, 2003 06:44:17 AM new
It's an Internet Explorer feature, not a windows feature.
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