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Computers & Entertainment

Those darn Identity thieves

Posted on May 27, 2008 - Filed Under Finances, Internet, thieves | Leave a Comment

Identity theft is becoming an increased problem these days, you have to be really careful of how you use your personal information whether it’s online, at home or in a regular place of business. It could be as simple as an unscrupulous employee at a restaurant or store copying down your credit card info [...]

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Josh is a Thief

Posted on May 6, 2008 - Filed Under Ranting, thieves | Leave a Comment

I’ve been arguing with myself for a long time now as to whether I should post this or not. On one hand it didn’t affect me directly and he does have his right to privacy and all that, but on the other hand he’s a damn thief.
This story started about a little over a [...]

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What can they possibly take next?

Posted on October 3, 2007 - Filed Under Amused, News, thieves | Leave a Comment

I don’t know if this type of thing is happening anywhere else in the world, but around here the thieves have been getting more greedy by the day.  The current hot item?  Copper.  Yep, copper.  It seems that the price of salvaged copper is higher than ever these days.  So not only do you have [...]

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New shoplifter! The Videos

Posted on September 21, 2007 - Filed Under Amused, Business, thieves | 1 Comment

In this first video you can see him pick up a Power Supply from the shelf and start to stuff it into his jacket. He suddenly takes it back out again though when he realizes that someone is in fact paying attention to him.The second video shows him down toward the back of the [...]

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New Shoplifter! Conclusion

Posted on September 21, 2007 - Filed Under Amused, Ranting, thieves | Leave a Comment

After finding we had a new shoplifter I decided that even though it was only around $20 worth of stuff, I was pissed off enough to call the cops to report it, even though I have no intention of pressing charges.  I just wanted to make sure he knows he was caught and to be [...]

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New shoplifter!

Posted on September 21, 2007 - Filed Under Amused, thieves | Leave a Comment

We caught a new shoplifter today and boy he must be stupid.  As most of you are probably aware, we have pictures of shoplifters caught on camera, posted near the computer accessories shelves.  First he tried to steal a 450watt power supply in a rather large box.  Taken from a shelf less than 10 feet [...]

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Thief update

Posted on July 13, 2007 - Filed Under Business, thieves | Leave a Comment

Some news on the guy who rented the 2 Wii games and never returned them. He called on Tuesday, very apologetic, saying he had rented the games for a friend of his and he didn’t even know they weren’t returned yet. I told him I had tried to call but he had given [...]

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Damn thieves

Posted on July 11, 2007 - Filed Under thieves | Leave a Comment

2 weeks ago a guy came in, at first saying he had a PlayStation 3 to sell. Says it was a gift and he just doesn’t want it. Before leaving he set up a new account and rented 2 Nintendo Wii games from me, and said he would bring in the PS3 later. [...]

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New pictures for the Wall

Posted on July 6, 2007 - Filed Under This Town, thieves | Leave a Comment

We haven’t caught any shoplifters in quite some time now.  Even still, most people who come into the store feel the need to check the wall to see if any new pictures have been added.  In order to give them something new to look at, I’ve decided that anytime someone rips me off by renting [...]

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Shoplifter videos coming soon

Posted on June 23, 2007 - Filed Under Amused, Business, thieves | 2 Comments

I’ve finally figured out how to embed our own videos without having to use outside sources such as youtube.  I’ll be digging out our old security cam videos of various breakins and shoplifters and will be converting them over to flash whenever I have some spare time.  So far I’ve only done one of them [...]

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