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Originally Posted by varmint

My favorite

Late 90s. Homeless guy would dumpster dive behind electronics stores. Get dvd player boxes. Put a rock in it. Tape it back up nice. Then stand on the 405 freeway off-ramp holding the box up and yelling “$20”.

Idiot co worker got taken.

My dad worked at Dillard’s in the ‘80s, on multiple occasions people either put an old electronic component into a new box or just some dead weight and returned it as new. This was back when they sold high end electronics like receivers and minidisc players. They changed some policies after that…

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

This scam seems like a really hard way to make money.

Why not get a job in a hifi shop selling the real gear? I'd bet they'd do well.

Lots of people work really hard to not work. I don’t get it either.