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Barcode Scam Redux - Target's $4.99 iPod
abscondment writes "Nearly a year ago, two couples were charged with scamming WalMart for nearly $1.5 Million by creating custom barcodes with reduced prices. You'd think that in the intervening months, other companies would guard against such shenanigans - but today we see that Target just caught a scammer buying iPods for $4.99! The 19 year old used BarCode Magic to create fake barcodes, buying expensive electronics suspiciously low prices. Personally, I would have gone for a less blatant discount, or refrained from visiting the same store so soon afterwards."
"Personally, I would have gone for a less blatant discount, or refrained from visiting the same store so soon afterwards."
hey, thanks for that lovely insight into the mechanics of your criminal mind -- scumbag
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That's horseshit. Wal-Mart most likely inflated that figure a vast amount to get more press. Fuck Wal-Mart. www.walmartmovie.com
slashdot has turned into the master of OFN. any asshole sysadmin who websurfs could do a better job than you pricks
You know it's not that big of a leap from "If the stores don't notice they programmed the wrong prices it's not my problem" to "If the stores don't notice I switched the tag, it's not my problem" to "If the rubes don't figure out not really a nigerian prince, it's not my problem"
Can you be Even More Awesome?!
Why is it that naive, idealistic comments get modded up, but harsh realistic comments get modded down?
/. than conservatives?
Because there are many more liberals on
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
We have a similar word in the English language: "losing". "Loosing" is an incorrect form of "Loosening": the act of making something less tight.
How many escape pods are there? "NONE,SIR!" You counted them? "TWICE, SIR!"
Man that cracks me up. You're arrogant enough to [sic] someone's poor spelling, then immediately commit the ultimate spelling mistake: "definitely" does not now, has never, and will NEVER contain the letter "a".
You moron.
How many escape pods are there? "NONE,SIR!" You counted them? "TWICE, SIR!"
Wish I had mod points. you'd be on your way to "-5 Holier-than-thou"
You're presuming to know the editor's intent, and furtermore using it as a platform to go wildly off topic.
Seriously, your first attempt to introduce moral judgement to this discussion was off-topic. Continuing to run your mouth and argue your point simply marks you as a self-important fuckwit.
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who can blame the guy? ipods are lots of money for a crappy device with a ugly GUI that can only play what apple wants you to hear?
the real crime is apple and retail stores ripping off us american youth with $800 ipods, then brain washing us into thinking its great and worth the money.
You know, I agree with you, that stealing is wrong, but not in every case.
The way I personally feel is that it is not immoral to steal from companys like walmart, because I don't feel they make thier money fairly. I havent taken anything in years, but when I was younger I did for the pure sport of it. I would never take anything from friends or family, but I would pilfer big business for everything it was worth, and 9 times out of 10 I had the cash in my pocket to pay for it to boot.
The kids today arent lack of morals, they acctaully may have more then they know what to do with
So, basically a lame excuse for essentially stealing. See, the kids who are paid peanuts are still being paid peanuts. The only one who benefits from this is... your friend. And well, probably the kid who sold you this.
But obviously after that CompUSA knows what you think about them and respect your opinion.
Remember that the cashier is always responsible for the cash in the register matching up to todays sales. If if differs too much (say a couple of computers sold at loss), he or she will be responsible. That's why I always check my change (most of the time I get to little, but at times they'll give me too much and I'll return it).
Everyone can make mistakes, but silently accepting and benefitting from them? That's just immoral.