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I thought this was funny.

A man swapped the $984 tag on the TV for one that said $4.88 and paid for it in the self check out lane... Here is the link.

If he only didn't get caught, then that would've been super hilarious.

lol you rock simms

Please don't cheer the criminals.

Yay for Criminals!!!!!! Fight the System!!!!!

Rodimus_Lantern wrote:Yay for Criminals!!!!!! Fight the System!!!!!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*cough*

got carried away...

Dick wrote:Please don't cheer the criminals.

...Big corporation is cheated out of some money. Oh boo hoo, top brass might have to go take an '87 Merlot in their helicopters instead of the '85.

Heh, trying to trick a TV out of wal-mart, pretty funny.

Jesus Prime wrote:

Dick wrote:Please don't cheer the criminals.

...Big corporation is cheated out of some money. Oh boo hoo, top brass might have to go take an '87 Merlot in their helicopters instead of the '85.

1) A theif is a theif, the same guy that will steal a TV from a shop is the same guy that will steal your wallet.

2) Crime like this affects you and I more than the company. Something like £6 billion per year is lost to shoplifters in the UK alone and that cost is recouped by uping prices to the customer. That means you're paying more so this guy can have a free TV.

Movie Optimus wrote:Heh, trying to trick a TV out of wal-mart, pretty funny.

It's not a trick, it's called stealing.

Dick wrote:

Jesus Prime wrote:

Dick wrote:Please don't cheer the criminals.

...Big corporation is cheated out of some money. Oh boo hoo, top brass might have to go take an '87 Merlot in their helicopters instead of the '85.

1) A theif is a theif, the same guy that will steal a TV from a shop is the same guy that will steal your wallet.

2) Crime like this affects you and I more than the company. Something like £6 billion per year is lost to shoplifters in the UK alone and that cost is recouped by uping prices to the customer. That means you're paying more so this guy can have a free TV.

So... Robin Hood's a bad guy? Big businesses are thieves. Exploitative thieves. Steal form a thief, you're a hero to me.
And there's a differenc between shoplifting and this. To be honest, his price was probably closer to what the thing cost to manufacture than Walmart's was.

Jesus Prime wrote:So... Robin Hood's a bad guy? Big businesses are thieves. Exploitative thieves. Steal form a thief, you're a hero to me.

How are businesses theives? Did they take something from you that you weren't willing to give?

Jesus Prime wrote:And there's a differenc between shoplifting and this. To be honest, his price was probably closer to what the thing cost to manufacture than Walmart's was.

So by your reasoning it'd be right to raid a florist because the flowers they sold don't cost as much to produce as they are for you to buy? If busineses like WalMart didn't make a profit they would close, if they closed you wouldn't be able to buy the things you do, if you didn't buy them demand would be low requiring less people to produce them and less materials being used which also require people to produce. To put it bluntly a country's economy is reliant on businesses like WalMart.

A country's economy is not reliant on huge corporations.
WalMart can make a profit, sure. But when their profit margins start looking like the income of small countries, that's just wrong.
And if they closed, I'd still be able to buy everything I needed. You know why? Because it'd give small shops a chance to compete again.
And that's why big businesses are thieves. Because they steal the market right out from under honest people's feet.

If the PS3 was $4.88, then I'd buy it.

Seriously, it's Walmart, get over it.

I've worked in Walmart, if someone manages to trick them out of a TV, more power to him

Grendel wrote:Seriously, it's Walmart, get over it.

I've worked in Walmart, if someone manages to trick them out of a TV, more power to him

What's funny is that Wal-mart made a statement saying they weren't going to prosecute shoplifters because it wasn't worth the money. This guy, on the other hand, is a clear LP hit. At what point did he think people wouldn't notice the giant TV and a $5 receipt?

Jesus Prime wrote:A country's economy is not reliant on huge corporations.
WalMart can make a profit, sure. But when their profit margins start looking like the income of small countries, that's just wrong.
And if they closed, I'd still be able to buy everything I needed. You know why? Because it'd give small shops a chance to compete again.
And that's why big businesses are thieves. Because they steal the market right out from under honest people's feet.

So again, a corporation is evil for making money?
Sure they'll close and you'll still be able to buy things, there's nothing stopping you from doing that now. I go downtown and there's nothing but small shops competing against each other. I fail to see your reasoning.
I go into Wal-Mart, I guess they're nothing but thieves in there too. Every employee, every person who shops there? Seriously, you're reasoning is crap.

And there's a differenc between shoplifting and this. To be honest, his price was probably closer to what the thing cost to manufacture than Walmart's was.

So say you're selling the original Megatron. You decide that it's worth about $200 (I really don't know what the original Megatron is worth, so roll with me here). I walk up to you and hand you $20 (which is about how much he cost originally) take your Megatron and walk away.
There's your line of thought. Does that not sound like stealing to you. Because, according to the law, it is.

Loki120 wrote:So again, a corporation is evil for making money?
Sure they'll close and you'll still be able to buy things, there's nothing stopping you from doing that now. I go downtown and there's nothing but small shops competing against each other. I fail to see your reasoning.
I go into Wal-Mart, I guess they're nothing but thieves in there too. Every employee, every person who shops there? Seriously, you're reasoning is crap.

Me and my coworkers at my last job had jokes about this kind of topic. Customers would always ask us questions like "You're out? So the ad was just to get me in here?" or "Are you hiding any in the back?". It was annoying as hell. Don't yell at the employee, he's not a crook, he's a part time worker making rent for the month. And yelling at the store when they have no control over how much of a product corporate sends them is a pain too. But I digress...

The Grim Locust wrote:

Loki120 wrote:So again, a corporation is evil for making money?
Sure they'll close and you'll still be able to buy things, there's nothing stopping you from doing that now. I go downtown and there's nothing but small shops competing against each other. I fail to see your reasoning.
I go into Wal-Mart, I guess they're nothing but thieves in there too. Every employee, every person who shops there? Seriously, you're reasoning is crap.

Me and my coworkers at my last job had jokes about this kind of topic. Customers would always ask us questions like "You're out? So the ad was just to get me in here?" or "Are you hiding any in the back?". It was annoying as hell. Don't yell at the employee, he's not a crook, he's a part time worker making rent for the month. And yelling at the store when they have no control over how much of a product corporate sends them is a pain too. But I digress...

omg [rant] i hate it when people yell at me when we run out of produce..... i mean if you dont see it and something is in it's spot.... it kinda sorta tells you that there isnt any in the store...... or when i'm working in the produce department and some one asks me about something in frozen food (which i'm not trained in) and then yell at me or belittle me cause i cant help them..... it's not my fault walmart trains it's employees IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY ARE HIRED FOR............... UGH [/rant]

Jesus Prime wrote:A country's economy is not reliant on huge corporations.

WalMart can make a profit, sure. But when their profit margins start looking like the income of small countries, that's just wrong.

And if they closed, I'd still be able to buy everything I needed. You know why? Because it'd give small shops a chance to compete again.

And that's why big businesses are thieves. Because they steal the market right out from under honest people's feet.

I don't want to come off sounding like an ass, but I just had to reply. Don't take it personally There is a simple solution, one I know at least one friend of mine lives: stop shopping at Walmart. If Walmart bothers you enough, buy the things you need at every other store you can, and try to recruit friends and family that feel the same way to also do this. It may not make a huge impact, but over time, who knows? I've tried to shop at Walmart less ever since I quit several weeks ago. Though I still have to buy a few things there that I can't find elsewhere.

I'm a little disturbed by your reasoning in the second sentence... if someone creates a product that becomes a huge success and ends up making billions of dollars because of it... he is not entitled to any of that because his income is greater than another's? (By no means am I referring to athletes and their ridiculous salaries... that's a whole other world of nonsense.) I may not have much love for Walmart, but they will only be as successful as they are so long as people still shop there. It's like that saying, put your money where your mouth is. People need to take action instead of (verbally) complaining or just getting mad about something that bothers them. Even worse is complacency, which is a big problem in this country...

All I can say is DUMBASS

The Grim Locust wrote:

Grendel wrote:Seriously, it's Walmart, get over it.

I've worked in Walmart, if someone manages to trick them out of a TV, more power to him

What's funny is that Wal-mart made a statement saying they weren't going to prosecute shoplifters because it wasn't worth the money. This guy, on the other hand, is a clear LP hit. At what point did he think people wouldn't notice the giant TV and a $5 receipt?

Actually, that's incorrect (as far as I know). My girlfriend worked at Wal-Mart just this past year and she was told they wouldn't prosecute anything under $25.00 because it was too costly and too much of a hassle. I guarantee they'd prosecute over something as expensive as a Plasma TV.

Which brings me to my next point....Wal-Mart's the one at fault here. They really dropped the ball. The simple fact that he even got as close to completing this as he did...proves to me that one hand doesn't know what the other's doing, or simply doesn't give a damn.

Have you seen a Plasma or LCD TV in it's box? They're massive. They won't fit in a cart, they barely sit over the top of it, and to top it off..they're bulky and heavy.

Someone, in one of the many departments he passed, on his way up to the Self Checkout...must've thought "What the hell?!" plus, when an item like that is scanned, the security strip must be deactivated, so they must've seen him jostle it around trying to get that strip.

Yeah, blame the thief for his part in it, no denyin'. Blame Wal-Mart too, because if people were actually doing their jobs, he'd have never made it out of electronics with it.

Halo wrote:If he only didn't get caught, then that would've been super hilarious.

He wouldn't get caught. They have no LP there, no one watching the cameras. Wal-Mart rather take the hit then pay for serciuty.

Starscream's Girl wrote:

Halo wrote:If he only didn't get caught, then that would've been super hilarious.

He wouldn't get caught. They have no LP there, no one watching the cameras. Wal-Mart rather take the hit then pay for serciuty.

Um.....Well obviously he did get caught so someone was watching something. Perhaps read the article before commenting on it because with that statement it seems like you are just making a halfass knock on wal-mart.

Robinson wrote:

Starscream's Girl wrote:

Halo wrote:If he only didn't get caught, then that would've been super hilarious.

He wouldn't get caught. They have no LP there, no one watching the cameras. Wal-Mart rather take the hit then pay for serciuty.

Um.....Well obviously he did get caught so someone was watching something. Perhaps read the article before commenting on it because with that statement it seems like you are just making a halfass knock on wal-mart.

A woman who works at a Wal-Mart here in Tampa told my boyfriend that. So don't be saying things till you get your facts.