The Tide Trade
Apparently theft of Tide laundry detergent is suddenly an epidemic all over the US, drug dealers are even dealing Tide on the side. Police better get busy, it sounds like they have a Tide-al wave of crime to clean up!
Comments
Specifically Tide, very strange crime wave.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/13/12 at 01:15 AM
I'm calling this a hoax. A run up to April 1?
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/13/12 at 02:34 AM
Sounds like a lot of thieves are getting away clean.
Posted by KDP on 03/13/12 at 09:27 AM
If it's true, it's clear that P&G has been very successful in convincing people that Tide is worth its high price. People are willing to pay more for a bottle of black market Tide than they would for a legitimate bottle of a less expensive brand that works just as well.
Posted by ges on 03/13/12 at 09:30 AM
Ouch KDP : P
It sounds like it is becoming a black market currency... Someone took the phrase "launder the money" and ran with it
At least it should that should tide them over til next laundry day... unless they get tied up by the police
It sounds like it is becoming a black market currency... Someone took the phrase "launder the money" and ran with it
At least it should that should tide them over til next laundry day... unless they get tied up by the police
Posted by Fluffy Bunny Slippers on 03/13/12 at 09:52 AM
Sounds like a shaggy dog story to me too. I wonder if the original source was the Weekly World News.
Posted by Baughbe on 03/13/12 at 10:21 AM
I'm pretty sure this is bogus. It makes no sense and all the articles appear to be identical.
Posted by Miles on 03/13/12 at 10:52 AM
Snopes just posted a debunking of the story. Apparently it was all a Fox News hoax and/or mistake.
Posted by Mark on 03/13/12 at 04:21 PM
Just like all their political news. I shoulda known better.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/13/12 at 08:10 PM
Actually, Snopes says the veracity is undetermined. It's interesting that Fox News (owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.) was suspicious of the article that originated in The Daily (owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.)
Posted by ges on 03/13/12 at 11:14 PM
It just got posted on the BBC news feed. I'm starting to wonder if this may have some kernel of truth to it.
Posted by Miles on 03/15/12 at 02:51 AM
AP also picked it up. You'd think the big media would check Snopes before they ran stories like this.
Posted by ges on 03/15/12 at 09:10 AM
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