Tempest #151 Posted March 29, 2006 Asshole. Please refrain from digging up 3 month old posts. As was previously mentioned he went back and apologized and made everything right. Case closed. Lesson learned. Tempest Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vdub_bobby #152 Posted March 29, 2006 Oh man...this thread is brilliant. From the three-page pile-on for a guy who steals $3, the half-baked moralizing, the tearful apology, to the Christmas Miracle, and the late, clueless, self-righteous outraged responses, this was an AA classic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trip_Cannon #153 Posted March 29, 2006 Shouldn't this be in the Official "Thrift Finds" thread? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Tomlin #154 Posted March 29, 2006 For the love of Bira Bira, will someone please lock this thread already? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JB #155 Posted March 30, 2006 I burned a Goodwill to the ground once. People were running out screaming with their clothes on fire. It was hilarious. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NovaXpress #156 Posted March 30, 2006 I enjoyed the "asshole" bump. Simple, classic and indefensible. I suspect we'll soon see more of it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
figgler #157 Posted March 30, 2006 Hey I sort of ripped off Goodwill today. More like created a discount though. They had Rad Gravity for NES in a black sleeve for $3.49. The pricetag was only on the sleeve though, so I left the sleeve behind and at the cash they charged me only .79 cents for the cart. Of course I played along and saved $2.70 or so. Obviously I'm the Devil. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
okto #158 Posted March 30, 2006 Three months old or not, it entertained people for...12 more posts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paranoid #159 Posted March 30, 2006 A2600, I have to thank you. Really, people, I have to thank him. I consider myself a collector of sorts. Not concerning games; no, I'm more of a comics aficionado. One time a collector of old men's magazines was willing to part with three boxes of his collection for $170. He thought he was cheating me, since these were men's magazines before the days of open pornogrpahy; the raciest things in there were the cartoons. However, I knew that they were collector items since they contained examples of post-Code work of famed wrtiers and artists of preCode comics. But I didn't tell him that until after I got the boxes of magazines. The look of despair on his face when he realized what he sold...sometimes I felt guilty about it. But, looking at what this little hoodlum did makes me realize I really didn't do anything wrong. If a seller doesn't know what he's selling and I do simply because I know more about his product than he does, that's his problem. But to rig an item so as to trick the seller into not charging for something the buyer wants...that's downright despicable. And the fact that he did this to Goodwill...really, stealing from a charity of all things? Damn, my local Goodwill (where I got replacement 1EdAD&D hardcover manuals to replace ones that I lost real cheap once) still hasn't reopened--and when it does, it probably won't have anything of quality, as locals were dumping their moldy flooded clothes and nonworking electronics in front of the place as if it was a city dump. And this jerkwad has the nerve to brag about ripping off his local Goodwill? Some people just aren't grateful for anything... ...selfish turd... Heh... nice of you to justify your bad business behavior by the WORSE behavior of another... Pull the plank out of your own eye before... yada yada yada... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atari70s #160 Posted March 30, 2006 Not to sound too much like everyone else, but that has got to be one of the most horrid things I have ever heard posted here. I seriously hope you didn't intend for anyone to actually applaude this "smooth move"? I guess all I can say is that I do feel sorry for you and your misguided sense of values. Z28 can back me up , i know ive done some bad things growing up on the board, but i have never done anythign like steal from cherity and thats exactly what u did. If he went back and fixed it then good for him. but it leaves a bad taste in my mouth that the person did that to start with. and seemed to want to brag about it. Like before i know i did some not to hot things here but still that was low Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NovaXpress #161 Posted March 30, 2006 But is it okay for a man to steal video games in order to entertain his starving children? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atari-Jess #162 Posted March 30, 2006 I use double sided tape on a pair of gloves and pretend to put money in the Salvation Army Santa's pot. Oh man I forgot about that one Home-Alone-genius. ...you owe me a coke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Artlover #163 Posted March 30, 2006 But is it okay for a man to steal video games in order to entertain his starving children? Only if they eat them. Nice roasted 2600, chopped up boiled joystick and paddles on the side. Shreaded CD for pizzaz. Don't forget the Colecovision in fridge for dessert. I got dibs on a controller cord. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inky #164 Posted March 30, 2006 I think I will officially end this thread. Y'know what? I think I really like cheese. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Artlover #165 Posted March 30, 2006 Y'know what? I think I really like cheese. I have a mouse wheel, thats kinda the same, right. Mice like cheese, and cheese comes in wheels. Wait till you try the mouse wheel spread. Great on crisp cart boards. The pasty rubber really brings out the lead taste. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Helmet #166 Posted March 30, 2006 I think I will officially end this thread. Y'know what? I think I really like cheese. Oh yeah? I think I stole cheese once Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atari-Jess #167 Posted March 30, 2006 Yeah well, one time I cut the cheese. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jetset #168 Posted March 30, 2006 I think I will officially end this thread. Y'know what? I think I really like cheese. Green olives are much better. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paranoid #169 Posted March 30, 2006 Especially when they've soaked in ice-cold vodka with a splash of vermouth. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n8littlefield #170 Posted March 30, 2006 Wait a minute...I think I missed something...Goodwill is a charity? Man, someone should tell the workers at the ones around here, they don't price stuff like a charity would... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paranoid #171 Posted March 30, 2006 (edited) Well... there is a little confusion here. Goodwill is a NFP organization that uses money to train handicapped people, often for minimum wage positions *within* Goodwill... Meanwhile, the executive management staff of Goodwill corporation is allowed, by law, to take a draw from profits equivillent to the salary a similar position in private industry would pay. Actually, *this* aspect trickles down all the way, in theory. So a manager of a Goodwill store should be entitled to the same pay that the manager of a small department store like Ross or Payless would make. My guess is that individual managers get to base their salary on how profitable their particular store is. I doubt the clerks or guys in the back make what clerks and warehouse guys make at say, Target, for example, though. And this can (and does) take place before a single CENT goes to the intended recipients of the charity. If, after paying everyone, there isn't anything left for the needy, guess what... the needy don't get anything. That doesn't happen very often though, and if it does, it is a charitable organization that isn't going to be around very long. Which still doesn't justify robbing Goodwill. It explains why some Goodwills and Thrift stores have such relatively high prices, though. Many not-for-profit corporations are among the most profitable companies in the world. The Children's Workshop, Goodwill, The Red Cross... and their executive officers make VERY nice salaries. They're usually less than a similar position in private industry or a publicly traded for profit company... but a nice six figure salary is a nice six figure salary. They might have to buy the loaded 5 series instead of the loaded 7 series... boo-hoo... Edited March 30, 2006 by Paranoid Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paranoid #172 Posted March 30, 2006 Oh... and the other benefit... where wildly successful companies like Microsoft and Intel can almost expect that a certain segment of the population will eventually start to regard them as a corrupt and exploitative, souless corporation... NFP organizations tend to be immune from this kind of criticism, no matter how large they grow, or in what third-world sweatshop they have children manufacturer their Tickle-Me-Elmo dolls. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n8littlefield #173 Posted March 30, 2006 Yeah - I know that Goodwill is a charity - I'm just a bit prickish towards them. We have 2 Goodwills and a Salvation Army and the Army is just much more reasonably priced and feels more like a thrift shop should feel. Goodwill has started focuses on new items alot - pretty much the same quality for clothes and toys as you might get from no-name items at a Big Lots type of store. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+remowilliams #174 Posted March 30, 2006 (edited) I think AA needs its own "Ripping off charities is OK because they're just not a fairly priced bargain for me (and hey games are a life necessity) or I don't like how they are run, but don't overcharge me by $.10 for shipping anything, because hey man that's thievery!!" forum. Edited March 30, 2006 by remowilliams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NovaXpress #175 Posted March 30, 2006 Kids, I think that this dead horse has been more than thoroughly beaten. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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