Faux Phones

More brilliant criminals here in Ohio in the state capital, Columbus, no less. Apparently some high tech geniuses used rocks to smash in the back door of a Verizon store and took all the display phones. The display phones are dummies, you know like the thieves. Real cell phones are locked in a vault at night due to a previous successful robbery. When they get caught they won't be able to hold their heads up in jail amongst the real criminals.

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Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 18, 2015
Category: Imitations, Forgeries, Rip-offs and Faux | Stupid Criminals | Your Daily Loser

Comments

They'll put them on eBay, just a pic and very little description, and sell them to suckers who think they're buying working models.

When the local Radio Shack went out of business, they sold their display phones -- 2 for $5.00. I bought two because of a project I have in mind but would have gotten many more if there had been multiples of each model.

Posted by Phideaux on 09/18/15 at 06:48 PM

You mean worse suckers than they are! :lol: They would make great toys for the kids at 2 for $5 though.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 09/18/15 at 08:00 PM

As bad as the guys who worked for my electronic recycler, that took a display iPhone and brought it back, who promptly got fired

Posted by The man with no face on 09/18/15 at 11:09 PM

I used to work in a big box home improvement store. I once watched a 15-16 year old kid break open a display and steal the empty display version of a Motorola 2 way radio. IF it had been a working model it would still have done him no good as that particular model required two or more that matched in order to work. Some people.

Posted by Puptentacle on 09/19/15 at 01:15 PM

Puptentacle: on a similar theme:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/11/nyregion/the-complex-art-of-selling-and-stealing-sneakers.html?_r=0

Posted by Paul on 09/19/15 at 02:19 PM

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