Resolute Wal-Mart shopper attempts to self-checkout
$5 plasma - less-than-reasonable fellow managed to snag a 42-inch Sanyo plasma, replace the $984 pricetag with a slightly less burdensome $4.88 sticker , and carry it to the front where he utilized a self-checkout register to all but steal a brand new PDP.
--- Some comments left by users on this 'digg.com' article (note, most of the quotes I selected here are from thieves who feel justified in their thefts because of who Wal Mart is... There were plenty of other quotes on the referenced site that shot these guys down - but it seems strange to me that all these people are sitting there telling about how they like to steal things....... I guess it's a sign of where our society is these days - whether you're a Wal Mart fan/customer or not, stealing is stealing. Period. Maybe justified if you're starving and your kids have no clothing, but even then, there are ways to get the things you need without having to resort to this.
User comments:
--Pretty weak effort. I once bought a whole season of 24 for five bucks by switching the tags with one of the DVDs from the bargain bin (I think it was Ernest Goes to Jail). Then I just chatted up the cashier while she was working and she didn't even flinch when it rang up as "DVD $4.88." Take that Wal-Mart.
--Stealing from an evil retailer is just pushing resistance to an higher level than refusing to shop there.When Walmart shut down a store in my province for trying to unionize, i went to the nearest Walmart (for the first time in my life) wearing the oldest pair of snow boots i could find - i needed new ones for the coming winter - and switched them with the most expensive pair they were selling, left the old ones in the boots box, and left. Sure, it was theft. It was also legitimate resistance - albeith quite limited, but you do what you can and are willing to risk - to Walmart's economic warfare and refusal to abide by the spirit of the trade laws of my country. If I was a politician, i'd have outlawed them. Considering I had more limited means, i fought them the way I could. Its nothing to be ashamed of. Try it sometimes.
--Wow, some people on here are so hung up with the law that they justify calling people 'thieves' for taking something from an organisation that treats its employee's terribly, that ruins local economies by moving into a town, and that sells goods made by sweatshops in china... Personally, I think someone going in and gutting their stores would be justified. I think people need to stop thinking laws are the be all and end all of civilisation and start thinking for themselves.
--And the fact that you think stealing is a bad thing when it comes from Walmart just makes me think that you have no ability to think for yourself. Look through history, every struggle against an oppressive regime, company, etc... involves 'lawbreaking' - but for a good goal. Would you say that the suffragettes were wrong with their lawbreaking? Or black rights? etc...
Ok, this is on a slightly lesser scale but the concept is the same.
--So don't shop at Wal-Mart. If you're there, steal from them, so the prices rise for everyone, so everyone stops shopping there.Yeah, sounds like a sort of Robin Hood to me. I'm all for it.
------ If you're going to be a thief, at least be honest about it. Quit lying to us, and yourself, about 'sticking it to wal-mart'. Maybe I could break in your home and steal your computer, TV and the like. Since you should have homeowners or renters insurance, I'd really just be sticking it to the insurance company right? I'd be helping you get new electronics, wouldn't I? Your buying new electronics would help people in the manufacturing and distribution fields, correct? I could tell myself that, but you-and everyone else-would call me a scumbag, a burglar and a thief.
--I used to do this to get beer in college. Bring in the UPC from a 12 pack of cokes, tape it to the beer case. no ID needed.
--I did this with a grill my freshman year in college. I bought a $379 grill for $99. I just tore the sticker bar code off of a cheaper grill by the same manufacturer and of course the idiot that rang me up didn't know any better! Steaks on a grill that you ripped off from WalMart just taste so much better!
---- Yes, thank you for making the prices higher for everyone else due to your theft. Way to go.
--Those da-- hillbilly's with mullets that shop at wal-mart need the hi-def view of Nascar.
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