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Retail Fraud on the Rise
prostoalex writes "They buy the merchandise, print their own receipts, and return it. They buy two watches - an expensive one and inexpensive one, and then swap them and return the one with the highest price. Business Week talks about retail scams, and how merchants are trying to avoid them without losing the customer service battle. They are fighting against surprisingly sophisticated techniques, too." From the article: "Q: What role do auction Web sites play in all this? A: Retailers have stopped giving cash back in many different cases. Instead, they do refunds in the form of gift cards or store credits or store value cards. If a crook can get enough of those, he might sell $2,500 worth of gift cards for $2,000 online. It's a benefit for the buyer, who gets a discount and will use those gift cards. And the person who has manipulated the return-scam system has a way to [make money]. But the retailers lose out. "
You went to the store and snitched on your 'friend'?
Did you talk to him about it before you ratted him out?
Did you lose any money because of what he did?
I'm not condoning what your friend did, but IMHO, what you did is MUCH worse. I hope that he kicked your ass.
Jesus used to be my co-pilot, but we crashed in the mountains and I had to eat him.
you're a self-righteous piece of shit.