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If somebody tries to sell you a flat-screen tv, make sure it's not an oven door!

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Kajikit   65

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http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.d...=73240586146451

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A rash of oven-door thefts might be linked to a

recent case in which a woman bought what she thought was a flat-screen

television, only to discover that the package held an old oven door,

police said.

South Bend detective Sgt. Jim Walsh said police arrested a suspect

Thursday they believe sold the appliance door to the woman. According

to police reports, officers found an oven door and packaging materials

inside the trunk of the man's car.

Oven doors are an increasingly hot item in burglaries of vacant

properties. Walsh said police have investigated five recent burglaries

where oven doors were among the items stolen.

Police have had two reports of the doors being sold as flat-screen

televisions, and it's likely that others went unreported by the

embarrassed dupes, Walsh said. Officers continue to investigate at

least two other suspects who might be selling disguised doors.

Walsh said it's risky to buy products off the street, particularly

without opening a package first to make sure the items are what they

appear to be.

The bilked woman said she was approached by the suspect Feb. 20 at her

workplace. The suspect offered the victim a flat-screen television at a

bargain price of $500. When the victim couldn't come up with the money,

the suspect settled for $300.

But when she unwrapped the packaging, peeling away the bubble wrapping

and the Wal-Mart store labels, she found a cord, a controller -- and an

oven door.

"It's an elaborate job of packaging," Walsh said.

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Jasman0717   9

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I know a guy that tried to buy one from off eBay and got ripped off

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someone I knew bought what he thought was a video camera from a guy off the street..... He took it home and found out it was just a tape cassette player that looked like a video camera :lol: ... He paid a lot of money for it too :lol:

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Why the hell would somebody steal an oven door in order to rip somebody off by selling it as a flat screen TV? #######... Couldnt you wrap up something a little easier to obtain than that?

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Why the hell would somebody steal an oven door in order to rip somebody off by selling it as a flat screen TV? #######... Couldnt you wrap up something a little easier to obtain than that?

I would imagine most crackheads don't sit down and think these things through. Then again what could you pass off as a flat screen TV if the person decides looks in the box? I didn't know Maytag made flat screen TVs. LOL

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:lol::lol: Hilarious!!

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Apparantly it was a masterpiece of deceptive packaging - a thick layer of bubblewrap around an appropriately thick object, complete with a power cord coming out of it! Only it wasn't actually attached to anything...

I have to say, if you're going to buy something that fell off the back of a truck you're asking for trouble...

Karen - Melbourne, Australia/John - Florida, USA

- Proposal (20 August 2000) to marriage (19 December 2004) - 4 years, 3 months, 25 days (1,578 days)

STAGE 1 - Applying for K1 (15 September 2003) to K1 Approval (13 July 2004) - 9 months, 29 days (303 days)

STAGE 2A - Arriving in US (4 Nov 2004) to AOS Application (16 April 2005) - 5 months, 13 days (164 days)

STAGE 2B - Applying for AOS to GC Approval - 9 months, 4 days (279 days)

STAGE 3 - Lifting Conditions. Filing (19 Dec 2007) to Approval (December 11 2008)

STAGE 4 - CITIZENSHIP (filing under 5-year rule - residency start date on green card Jan 11th, 2006)

*N400 filed December 15, 2011

*Interview March 12, 2012

*Oath Ceremony March 23, 2012.

ALL DONE!!!!!!!!

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Why the hell would somebody steal an oven door in order to rip somebody off by selling it as a flat screen TV? #######... Couldnt you wrap up something a little easier to obtain than that?

I would imagine most crackheads don't sit down and think these things through. Then again what could you pass off as a flat screen TV if the person decides looks in the box? I didn't know Maytag made flat screen TVs. LOL

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Yeah. Stupidity may not be illegal, but it can be expensive :)

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