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THIEVES
Who's got the best story about thieves or short change artists. I have one that is hard to top: one Friday I was quietly doing my job, updating our list of deactivations when I was bombarded by 5 kids between the ages of 13-16, they did their usual Q&A and left. I look up about 10 minutes after they had left and noticed that all of the display phones on one wall were gone. Now these are FAKE non-working display phones that are marked "These phones are FAKE do not steal", littarally that is what the sign says, yet still these morons stole everyone of them. That's my story, lets see if anyone can top that one!
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When I worked for comp usa a few years ago, a kid grabbed an EMPTY software display box and bolted out the door, tripping and falling face first just as he hit the curb 😛
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ElmerFudPucker said:
Who's got the best story about thieves or short change artists. I have one that is hard to top: one Friday I was quietly doing my job, updating our list of deactivations when I was bombarded by 5 kids between the ages of 13-16, they did their usual Q&A and left. I look up about 10 minutes after they had left and noticed that all of the display phones on one wall were gone. Now these are FAKE non-working display phones that are marked "These phones are FAKE do not steal", littarally that is what the sign says, yet still these morons stole everyone of them. That's my story, lets see if anyone can top that one!
We had this one kid(13-15 years old) steal a dummy phone. Then 2 hours l...
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I've got a great one. This type of thing has happened more than once, so you think people would learn.
This guy we worked with was fired for stealing when he snuck back in to the store at night to steal some phones he left near the trash in the back. He broke the front window out and went out the back.
Problem was he used his code to shut off the alarm while doing his work inside.
This guy we worked with was fired for stealing when he snuck back in to the store at night to steal some phones he left near the trash in the back. He broke the front window out and went out the back.
Problem was he used his code to shut off the alarm while doing his work inside.
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When I used to work at Radioshack I had a cusotomer that tried to take a DVD player off the display wall. The problem was it was plugged in a power strip bolted to the wall. He ripped the power strip off the wall. I caught him with the power strip and dvd player in his hand. He told me he wasn't stealing anything. Then walked out into the middle of the mall yelling at me that he was a drug dealer and had more money than anyone in the mall and didn't have to steal anything. I was laughing the entire time.
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i just thought of another one. Had a gentleman come in to RS and steal the handset from a cordless phone. He came back the next day and wanted it activated on his sprint cell phone account.
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coganc said:
When I used to work at Radioshack I had a cusotomer that tried to take a DVD player off the display wall. The problem was it was plugged in a power strip bolted to the wall. He ripped the power strip off the wall. I caught him with the power strip and dvd player in his hand. He told me he wasn't stealing anything. Then walked out into the middle of the mall yelling at me that he was a drug dealer and had more money than anyone in the mall and didn't have to steal anything. I was laughing the entire time.
That reminds me of an episode of cops where a lady on the sidewalk flagged down a cop car, and complained to the cop that she had given her neighbor some money for crack, but that her neighbor...
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HAHA! I've seen that episode. The crack dealer was a white chick, and the prostitute was black. They didn't bust either one simply because they were both too stupid! 😁
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We had this one kid steal 2 phones from us. A vx7000 and a v710. Funny thing was, we had the box. So i waited about a week looked up the esn's on the box, got the account info and sent the cops to the address. 🤣 🤣
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I got customer who came in and said they wanted a phone. i told them to fill the credit app and i will run the credit check. while the guy was doing that i show the girl the free phones, siemens c61 and my own nokia 3595 ( i showed them that because we were selling nokia 6010). when i ran the credi it came back with a 300 for the grl and guy. it was about closing time and i was doing some paper work. when i turned to put the phones back, the nokia was missing. i called the cops and they came n called the customers house and the people said they took it by accident. so the cop went to their house and got back my cell. whn i got it back my sim was missing and the settings of my phone were changed.
how stupid u have to be to take a cell phone ...
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I've had some of the same things . . . customers who steal dummmy phones, and my personal favorite - I had a guy steal a dummy HS810 earpiece of the motorola display we have in our store. Did he seriously think we would GLUE a real bluetooth headset to a cardboard display?!
On a more serious note - we deal sometimes in grey-market unlocked phones and we get a lot of Nigerians sending them offers to buy our phones via Western Union money order (Nigeria is the money order counterfeiting capital of the world). I keep their e-mail addresses, and sometimes when I'm bored I go online and sign them up for dozens of e-mail newsletters at sites that I know will spam them . . . 😈
On a more serious note - we deal sometimes in grey-market unlocked phones and we get a lot of Nigerians sending them offers to buy our phones via Western Union money order (Nigeria is the money order counterfeiting capital of the world). I keep their e-mail addresses, and sometimes when I'm bored I go online and sign them up for dozens of e-mail newsletters at sites that I know will spam them . . . 😈
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Eli,
Nigerians have access to money order machines?!? I thought 3rd world countries weres till behind on the different form of currency. You mean they don't buy things with cattle or their children as a bartering tool?!?
How do you counterfit a money order? It is amazing what people will do to make a buck.
About the spaming....why not take it a step further and send them gay porn!! 🤣 How funny would that be?
Will
Nigerians have access to money order machines?!? I thought 3rd world countries weres till behind on the different form of currency. You mean they don't buy things with cattle or their children as a bartering tool?!?
How do you counterfit a money order? It is amazing what people will do to make a buck.
About the spaming....why not take it a step further and send them gay porn!! 🤣 How funny would that be?
Will
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It's pretty simple really . . .
You buy a whole truckload of money orders for $1 each. Then you ship them back to Nigeria where you use your computerized templates and high-end laser printers to change the values from $1 to something a little more worthwhile, like say $1,000. Now you have a whole stack of counterfeit money orders with a valid tracking numbers on them. Any bank will accept them as genuine, but they will be returned once they reach Western Union, between 30 and 60 days after they are cashed.
As far as the spamming goes, my whole intent there is to shut down their e-mail box by swamping it with junk e-mail. Just a little internet vendetta justice . . .
And with the whole gay porn spam thing . . . well, someone did ...
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You buy a whole truckload of money orders for $1 each. Then you ship them back to Nigeria where you use your computerized templates and high-end laser printers to change the values from $1 to something a little more worthwhile, like say $1,000. Now you have a whole stack of counterfeit money orders with a valid tracking numbers on them. Any bank will accept them as genuine, but they will be returned once they reach Western Union, between 30 and 60 days after they are cashed.
As far as the spamming goes, my whole intent there is to shut down their e-mail box by swamping it with junk e-mail. Just a little internet vendetta justice . . .
And with the whole gay porn spam thing . . . well, someone did ...
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Matt,
I have a coworker who is Nigerian, I wonder if he can help us. Remeber the sceen in the second Friday movie, where the mad african comes in to the record shop to mess with Dada?
It is funny as **** when it his in his african tone..."i'm no punk bitch!"
Will
I have a coworker who is Nigerian, I wonder if he can help us. Remeber the sceen in the second Friday movie, where the mad african comes in to the record shop to mess with Dada?
It is funny as **** when it his in his african tone..."i'm no punk bitch!"
Will
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(comment directed to Iselltheshitoutofphones)
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i'm sorry, man, you don't know me, i don't know you.. but i have to say.. your username is HILLARIOUS. love it! you rock. 😁
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I remember once, while working as a security guard a guy walked right past me. Grabbed a porcelain snowman that was 10 feet from where I was standing, and walked out the door.
And it's not like I was well hidden. I was right there, in a black jacket with SECURITY written all over it.
He saw me coming and tried making the grand escape on his bike, until I reached out and grabbed his backpack. Then I got to wait for the cops to show up while hearing him blather on and on about Jesus.
I just wanted to tell him that Christ probably would have preferred it if he had paid for the snowman.
And it's not like I was well hidden. I was right there, in a black jacket with SECURITY written all over it.
He saw me coming and tried making the grand escape on his bike, until I reached out and grabbed his backpack. Then I got to wait for the cops to show up while hearing him blather on and on about Jesus.
I just wanted to tell him that Christ probably would have preferred it if he had paid for the snowman.
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at my first job we had a lady stealing from the poor box (i worked at my old school which had a church connected on to it). one day she came in and my friend wasn't paying attention driving in the morning as usual ,when someone minutes before we got there saw her steal, we missed a turn in turn so we were backing up and the extended hitch on the back of his SUV hit her engine. she was now caught and serving time at Daulphin County Womens Correctional Facility
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I used to work at a quiktrip in the worst part of the city, and we had a huge problem with stolen merchandise. Particularly single cans of beer, so we were under strict orders that when we stocked beer, always watch single cans.
One day while I was in the cooler, stocking single cans, I saw a guy grab a beer, and head for the door. I ran out and yelled my managers name. He said "I know. Come up and take over the register." He then proceeded to jump over the counter and run outside. As I got on the register, I realized that my manager was chasing the wrong guy. He quickly returned with a case of beer that a DIFFERENT guy had stolen.
One day while I was in the cooler, stocking single cans, I saw a guy grab a beer, and head for the door. I ran out and yelled my managers name. He said "I know. Come up and take over the register." He then proceeded to jump over the counter and run outside. As I got on the register, I realized that my manager was chasing the wrong guy. He quickly returned with a case of beer that a DIFFERENT guy had stolen.
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Another quiktrip story.
I was working the register one day when I started to wait on a customer. All of the sudden my manager(same one) walks up behind the guy Im waiting on and reaches his hands into this guys coat pockets and pulls out 2 24oz beers, one in each hand and sets them on the counter with his arms still on either side of the customer.
"Did you forget about these?"
Classic.
He paid for the beers.
I was working the register one day when I started to wait on a customer. All of the sudden my manager(same one) walks up behind the guy Im waiting on and reaches his hands into this guys coat pockets and pulls out 2 24oz beers, one in each hand and sets them on the counter with his arms still on either side of the customer.
"Did you forget about these?"
Classic.
He paid for the beers.
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While working at a tuxedo shop a man took a pair of $170 cuff links and pocketed them. Now, I did not see the gentleman in question stuff the cuff links into his pocket, but having done a full store inventory 20 minutes earlier, And had stacked the cuff links in a certain way to notice any potential theft. Well, needless to say one was missing and he had been one of two people in the store and the other was a good friend of mine. We had the doors that needed to be locked and unlocked from both inside and outside with a key. So before he left I locked the front door and called the police. He tried to leave and then asked me why the door was locked. I told him that I knew that he had taken the cuff links and I was waiting for the police to arr...
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I used to work at a mall. This was talked about for quite awhile.
One of the department stores had a shoplifter (an $18 shirt). He ran out the 2nd floor entrance into the mall. Their loss prevention caught up to him and tried to cuff him near the bannister. He jumped. He landed on the first floor and took off running. He ended up getting away, but he lost his jacket when he jumped. Inside were his wallet and car keys. His friends he came with told the cops where his car was. They searched his car. He had his Marine uniform in the car.
He came back to the store later that week with his superior officer. They worked out a deal of some sort so he would not be charged with the crime.
One of the department stores had a shoplifter (an $18 shirt). He ran out the 2nd floor entrance into the mall. Their loss prevention caught up to him and tried to cuff him near the bannister. He jumped. He landed on the first floor and took off running. He ended up getting away, but he lost his jacket when he jumped. Inside were his wallet and car keys. His friends he came with told the cops where his car was. They searched his car. He had his Marine uniform in the car.
He came back to the store later that week with his superior officer. They worked out a deal of some sort so he would not be charged with the crime.
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I had a guy come in and try to pull a clasic once. He and a partner were working together. The partner had come in and purchased something and paid with a hundred dollar bill. Just after the first guy left the second came in and grabbed some menial item and brought it to the register. I started ringing him up when all of a sudden he had a question. I spent about a half hour with him answering some bizarre questions. when we were finished he said that's great can I get my change. I told him he hadn't paid and he said Yeah I did, I paid with a hundred. He made a big scene and then magically produced the corner of the hundred from his wallet. He demanded to speak to a manager. I laughed and said, "Hey, I've seen that movie. Let me ge...
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