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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Crime / Retail Buyer Beware

Posted by David Schmader on Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:09 AM

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  • Oakland Tribune

Take it away, Oakland Tribune:

A brand-new 37-inch Sony flat screen television for $100? Great deal—until you take it out of the box and realize you just bought an oven door.

On Wednesday San Leandro police pulled over a man who had in his car a box containing what appeared to be an expensive 37-inch flat-screen television, but in actuality was a glass oven door cleverly disguised as a TV. The man is suspected of trying to sell the item for $100 in the parking lot of the San Lorenzo Wal-Mart.....[the oven door] had installation instructions on the back, a Best Buy price sticker for $1,949 and accompanying electric cables.

Points for trying. Full story here.

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NumberOne 1
Crack makes people think that you can zone out watching almost anything, so long as it resembles a screen.
Posted by NumberOne on August 20, 2009 at 9:29 AM
2
that's brilliant
Posted by genevieve on August 20, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Fnarf 3
Twenty years ago they were selling "VCRs" on Canal Street in NYC that had a brick inside the box instead of electronics. Same as it ever was. You can't get conned unless you think you're getting away with something.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on August 20, 2009 at 9:46 AM
The Amazing Jim 4
Caveat Emptor, mother fuckers!
Posted by The Amazing Jim http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=100000076496291&ref=profile on August 20, 2009 at 9:49 AM
TVDinner 5
Now that's some good ole American gumption!
Posted by TVDinner http:// on August 20, 2009 at 9:52 AM
DOUG. 6
That's a lot of work for $100 (minus costs).
Posted by DOUG. http://www.dougunderground.com on August 20, 2009 at 9:52 AM
7
This is what happens when you buy a television for $100 out of the back of some fucker's beat up Oldsmobile in a Wal-Mart parking lot.
Posted by Reg on August 20, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Urgutha Forka 8
This is an example of why I don't want to have kids. Human beings are too unevolved for me to want to bring someone else here who will then be forced to interact with them.
Posted by Urgutha Forka on August 20, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Mahtli69 9
When did they start making oven doors with a 16:9 aspect ratio?
Posted by Mahtli69 on August 20, 2009 at 10:53 AM
10
so, were these oven doors HD compliant? or do you need a digital converter box to use one?
Posted by in-frequent on August 20, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Geni 11
...if something seems too good to be true...
Posted by Geni on August 20, 2009 at 11:03 AM
Gomez 12
Because lord knows when someone intelligent wants to buy a TV, they buy it from some skeezy bastard in a parking lot for $100.
Posted by Gomez http://gomezticator.livejournal.com on August 20, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Rob in Baltimore 13
I paid a hundred dollars for this stinking TV, and all it gets is The Food Network!

Still, it's better than watching Fox News.
Posted by Rob in Baltimore http://domaflipflop.com/ on August 20, 2009 at 11:26 AM

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