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swapping stuff on returns

T

The Saint

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hey i was wondering, you know how some people buy stuff and swap something else in and then return it? do these people ever get prosecuted? what happens to them? like there was this story here (it's an older thread). the long and short of it was that this guy bought a video card from BB, got home, opened the box, and found a book instead of a video card in the box. pretty funny story all in all, though it really wouldn't be if it happened to me i suppose. but i digress. do these people who do these swaps get prosecuted? i mean they have their credit card info right? or at least their checking account info if they paid in cash and deposited the refund check. so isn't it so easy for corporate to release their hounds and hunt them down? all their info is right there for the reading.....so how come it seems like i never hear of anyone getting prosecuted for this? does it happen and i just don't hear about it or what?

the only thing i can come up with is maybe it's not worth the company's time to do this over a couple hundred bucks. but i'm sure that this happens as well on bigger ticket items like digital cameras, where that's almost a grand. and i still never hear of anyone getting caught for this, so what's up? anybody have any idea why? seems like somebody must've worked in retail and have an explanation for this, or somebody must've heard of someone getting caught for this and being prosecuted...........
 
I want to know, why doesn't BB hunt down the guys who swapped the vid card with the book??
 
but i'm sure not every single time that a swap happens it's manager or security doing it.......i mean you go to fry's and it's like a crap shoot haha. you never know what you're gonna get until you open the box
 


<< but i'm sure not every single time that a swap happens it's manager or security doing it.......i mean you go to fry's and it's like a crap shoot haha. you never know what you're gonna get until you open the box >>



Dear god, whenever I'm buying stuff at fry's I make damn sure that the box I'm holding has never been violated.
 
hmmm, seems like everybody is as clueless on this as me as to how those guys get prosecuted. which suggests to me that i've been asking the wrong question. maybe nobody ever gets prosecuted for this for some reason. has anyone ever even HEARD of anyone getting caught for this sort of thing?
 
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