Dibbler

I was amazed when I read this story about EB Games. What a bunch of tightwads or should I say assholes...

http://www.abcactionnews.com/stories...lofshame.shtml

VF19

So they have to give her the money because they bought her (stolen) merchandise unknowingly? The thief has the money, he should pay. Wtf is up with that?

BTW this Michelle is probably that player who keeps on spawnkilling you in BF1942

H12

Agreed, 110%.

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bparker805

As I read this article the only thought that went through my head is that this has been going on for years. If anybody thinks that this is a new phenomena, then Ive got some ocean front property to sell them. I've known quite a few druggies in my day and they would be ballsy enough to go sell stolen stuff to places that required them to show thier ID. This is gonna continue no matter how much the press tries to turn up the heat on these businesses. As far as EB is concerned, they should step up the plate, and just replace the girls property with new equipment. Its a simple jesture that wont really cost them all that much.

Dibbler

I just think that if I had a bunch of stolen games and the cops found out, I'd be going to jail for possession of stolen goods. These guys can just say "Screw you" to the lady. If I tried to sell back the stolen stuff to the lady I'd be in BIG trouble and they can get away with it. Pisses me off.

ToiletDuck

Sure EB should pay, From the article it seems that the State has a law to inforce such situations as this. They are at fault as much as the lowlife that sold them the goods.

VF19

Why are they at fault? They didnt know it was stolen merchandise. And who ended up with all the money?
The thief.

jhericurl21

someone got hit with the ugly stick

Tholo

They are at fault because they broke the law. She should get her stuff, and EB should be the one that has to worry about taking care of the money they squandered because of a theif.

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ToiletDuck

"Despite the basic unfairness of all this, there may be a bigger issue here. Under state law, all merchants who deal in secondhand goods are required to hold those goods for 15 calendar days before selling them. The law is designed specifically to prevent the sale of stolen goods, and prevent situations like this."

This paragraph answers your qustion. They became just as guilty as the punk himself. Besides, do you think she would even get anything from the thief?

Xiangsu

This reminds me of a time about four years ago a friend of mine(not much of one) stole a bunch of my games and sold them to a local vido store. I went there and found the games and he had signed his name on the receipt thing so I knew it was my stuff. She told me I had to get the money from him and buy them back from the store. I should have called the cops, but I got back some money, not enough to buy back all my games mind you.

Mantus

Read the article. EB made a proffit off the victim.

pocon1

As a good service gesture, EB should return the stuff to her. I am surprised that they would not do this, regardless of whether they are right or wrong. If I were a manager, I would never let a story like this come out.

legolas

that's sad. eb didn't have to make a profit off of that girl, and apparently they sold her objects illegally.

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NeverBorn

How fucking retarded..seriously..

Chingal0

Count your losses and move the fuck on. Hell, it might get her ass outside a little more often. Would that be such a bad thing? God I'm a dick.

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kutulu

That's bullshit. They should be giving the shit back to her and they should be trying to get the money back from the theif. They make a shitload of money AND they broke the law. They should give the stuff back to her and replace the stuff she sold with similar used equipment.

I've never bought anything from them. Now I won't buy anything from them in the future. I'll also make sure that every person I know who buys gaming stuff knows about this story.

If they would have given her the stuff (even if it was just the stuff they had left) they could have made a customer for life and got good pub off of it. Now they look very bad.

kutulu

The law says that used merch. must be held for 15 days because they can't tell if it's stolen or not. In the rare case that it does turn out to be stolen, they probably are supposed to turn it over to the police and after a trial it would be returned to the original owner.

The person or entity that purchased the stolen goods can then sue the theif for damages. This girl should be suing their asses.

Sorry about the double post, I meant to edit, but it made the addition into a new post.

maximus

wow, how can a company as big as EB let such a minute amount of money put such a big blemish on their record. way to go management!

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fhqwhgads

Here's how we handle it in my jurisdiction:

When we discover stolen goods, we have the store return the items to the original owner. Then we charge the suspect with two thefts: The original theft of the items and the theft of currency through deception from the store. Then the store usually sues the suspect for the money that they gave him/her for the stolen goods.

Drider_it

man if that shit happened here in louisiana.. someone would get an ass beatin after the store closed..

but lets see.. by law.. any store responcable for selling stolen goods runs the risk of trouble..

trafficing in stolen goods can mean a yank of your store lease and such.. happened before.. pawn shops run that risk all the time.


the thing that sucks is this.. if she had any puter games she had with a cd key are runined.. lol
but the one thing about it.. if she has the serial number off that playstation.. they are fucksoar no matter what they try. .. cuz those places are supposed to get a address of the people selling and buying the pricy stuff.. or they should if they dont

man that is annoying

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rsl12

i could be wrong, but..i think the way liability works, the woman can sue the thief for the stolen property for the amount it is worth (in this case, the amount that EB sells it for). EB is not liable to anyone (though they did break the 15-day law) since they purchased the goods in good faith, not knowing it was stolen (or we presume so). The idea is that everyone gets exactly what they should get, but you skip the middle man. However, you still need to get a lawyer and go to court for all this to happen. it's a sucky system, but it keeps you from situations where the thief sells to person A who sells to person B who sells to person C, etc. etc and you have to get everyone involved in giving the person before the money due.

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jujueye

Hilarious!

Nice. Let's play "How to Make Your Employees Hate Your Company".

teseniarkc

That is a big mistake on EB's part. They bought the games for maybe $5-$20 a piece then they usually mark the resell price triple that. They should just give back her stuff and be done with it.