Best Buy Employees Busted For Switching Items Inside Boxes

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Best Buy Employees Busted For Switching Items Inside Boxes

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For those of you who were wondering why you recently bought an empty box from Best Buy, look no further for your answer. Three Best Buy employees from a Bridgewater, NJ store were busted for removing items from their boxes and placing them inside the boxes of less expensive items, which they would then buy.

Charged with theft, and conspiracy to commit theft, are Michael Lombardozzi, 25, 1178 Fairfield Road, Bridgewater; Jose Caraballo, 18, 452 Front St., Dunellen, and Randy Billie, 21, of Paterson, all sales associates at the store, according to papers filed in Superior Court.

Caraballo told Bridgewater police that he received a call at home Dec. 28 from another employee to come to the store and pick up a box. Court papers state that Caraballo knew it was a box of a relatively low-priced item that was repacked and contained a higher-priced item.

Caraballo took the box to the cashier and paid the price listed for the lower-priced item, authorities said.

When he got home with the box, Caraballo opened it and found an LCD projector valued at $1,499, according to court papers.

Lombardozzi told police that on Dec. 23 he took a Mac Book Pro, valued at $2,700, and put it in a box of a lower-priced item and gave it to another employee to buy, according to court papers. The other employee then gave it back to Lombardozzi, authorities said.

 

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It's the repeat offenders who get caught. Tsk, tsk.....

 

[Slick5150]

Dumb. If you're lucky, you could get away with doing this once, but you're going to get caught eventually if you keep it up.

 

[Connoisseur]

Ha ha seriously? Nice, that's my hometown. Wonder if any local articles will come up. I try to avoid it but sometimes they just have really good deals...

 

[MustISO]

And BB doesn't believe the people who get home to find a brick in their PC box.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Connoisseur
Ha ha seriously? Nice, that's my hometown. Wonder if any local articles will come up. I try to avoid it but sometimes they just have really good deals...

I live in Hillsborough and work in Bridgewater.

Glad these assholes got caught. :thumbsup:

Not sure why you'd drive from Paterson to Bridgewater to work at Best Buy... Google maps says that's 42 miles and 47 minutes. :Q

 

[ric1287]

always gotta be greedy. If you do it once or twice you'll get away with it. Idiots.

We had a guy back at my BB who was skimming CC numbers from people and then ringing out his older brother for thousands in gift cards. Woulnda got caught if he just stopped after 1 or 2.

 

[manlymatt83]

I know one of them.

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: Connoisseur
Ha ha seriously? Nice, that's my hometown. Wonder if any local articles will come up. I try to avoid it but sometimes they just have really good deals...

That's your hometown? How come we never hung out?

 

[altonb1]

Originally posted by: mjuszczak

Originally posted by: Connoisseur
Ha ha seriously? Nice, that's my hometown. Wonder if any local articles will come up. I try to avoid it but sometimes they just have really good deals...

That's your hometown? How come we never hung out?

My guess is one of you is a dork. You know...just sayin'...

:laugh:

 

[daveymark]

just another reason why NJ is the armpit of America

 

[0roo0roo]

eh, their behavior fits in with the general corporate mentality of best buy anyways. only the small fry get in trouble of course

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: daveymark
just another reason why NJ is the armpit of America

:heart:

 

[SilentRunning]

Originally posted by: mjuszczak
I know one of them.

Are you the other one?

 

[nageov3t]

that's nuts.

that's the next town over from me... I go to that BestBuy all the time (well, as often as I go to any retail electronics store, which is to say, only when absolutely necessary).

 

[oogabooga]

Originally posted by: loki8481
that's nuts.

that's the next town over from me... I go to that BestBuy all the time (well, as often as I go to any retail electronics store, which is to say, only when absolutely necessary).

have you purchased any fine bricks from there?

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: oogabooga

Originally posted by: loki8481
that's nuts.

that's the next town over from me... I go to that BestBuy all the time (well, as often as I go to any retail electronics store, which is to say, only when absolutely necessary).

have you purchased any fine bricks from there?

Bridgewater is also my local mall. I have purchased a few small items from that BB, never ay major purchases though... Good thing!!

 

[Connoisseur]

Originally posted by: mjuszczak

Originally posted by: Connoisseur
Ha ha seriously? Nice, that's my hometown. Wonder if any local articles will come up. I try to avoid it but sometimes they just have really good deals...

That's your hometown? How come we never hung out?

I live in Jersey City and I work in NYC. I come home on weekends to visit the family and friends.

 

[RedCOMET]

i will say that NJ is pretty bad, but nothing beats Louisiana.

 

[RedCOMET]

i will say that NJ is pretty bad, but nothing beats Louisiana.

 

[Eeezee]

Interesting idea, but it seems just as risky as outright stealing. I can see how they rationalized it, because they're still "purchasing" something, but it's just as bad an idea as walking out the front door without buying it at all.

 

[umbrella39]

Originally posted by: daveymark
just another reason why NJ is the armpit of America

If NJ is the armpit, Michigan is the crotch.

 

[ObiDon]

Originally posted by: umbrella39

Originally posted by: daveymark
just another reason why NJ is the armpit of America

If NJ is the armpit, Michigan is the crotch.

that sounds about right... wouldn't that make detroit the anus?

 

[AndrewR]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
eh, their behavior fits in with the general corporate mentality of best buy anyways. only the small fry get in trouble of course

When the Customer Service folks rewrap returns and put them back on the shelf, it's called "Corporate Policy"!

 

[Connoisseur]

Originally posted by: daveymark
just another reason why NJ is the armpit of America

Right... because no one's ever stolen electronics anywhere else. Bridgewater is probably one of the safest towns in America. Our biggest story ever was that police shooting (i think last year?) by bank robbers. The whole town went nuts cause that's never happened before.