Am I the only one who thinks this looks a little hokey?

[charliepapa]

I mean, how is he going to get anything you want from Best Buy or Macy's if he's desperate for cash?

 

[Cheesy Lasagna]

Gift cards?

 

[JBP55]

Different for sure.

 

[charliepapa]

Gift cards?

maybe, I thought of that too, but the offer just seemed more open ended. I've never seen gift cards for enough to cover jewelry or a nice watch.

 

[Dave328]

Store credit cards possibly. Or he's a really good shoplifter who wouldn't pass the background check.

 

[LACamper]

Maybe he or a family member is an employee and he gets a discount?

 

[Jack]

Maybe he or a family member is an employee and he gets a discount?

This, or gift cards/credit cards. If he was a shop lifter I don't think he would be limiting himself to two stores.

 

[JNieman]

Some retail employees get store-credit bonuses or gift cards. Maybe he got a pretty good bonus, but doesn't want to spend it at the stores he's got credit at.

That's the best guess.

My main guess is that he can make things 'fall off a truck' at either place.

 

[SpeedRacer]

My main guess is that he can make things 'fall off a truck' at either place.

That is my theory. That or he gets employee discounts so he'd get more for his dollar by trading.

 

[AustinBR]

That is my theory. That or he gets employee discounts so he'd get more for his dollar by trading.

Or he just has a crap ton of stuff :P

 

[VeedUp]

I think he obviously has credit cards that he is about to default on and he wants to max out and barter the merchandise. His character is shady and I would avoid this.

 

[general mills]

If you read that, and imagine him saying it and really "lol"'ing at the end, it's really creepy.

Actually, it's just creepy that he typed "lol" after that

 

[rockmup]

My main guess is that he can make things 'fall off a truck' at either place.

this. they do it all the time

 

[VeedUp]

this. they do it all the time

I would agree if it was one place, but there's only one truck going to best buy and macy's and it carries cash. I think he's broke and his credit is going to **** and he's just going to max out those two cards before they are cut off anyway. Seen a guy in college do this exact thing, he would always pay for extravagant meals for a lil cash for gas money. And the old truck gig isn't anything new, so I believe most of these places like Best Buy, Sears, ect... use a scanning system and the trucks all have GPS's they know every stop every time the door opens, what's scanned out on the truck. It would take a lot of people involved to get stuff out the back door on the truck that will not be noticed. But stores gearing up for the holidays I'm sure puts a strain on these systems and stuff can slip out.

 

[JNieman]

I used to unload trucks for Best Buy when I first moved down here. The inventory system isn't all that advanced and there are still occasional discrepancies.

 

[Vermiform]

My guess is that he has Best Buy & Macy's credit cards. He either doesn't have enough credit to get a visa / Mastercard or his other cards are maxed out. I'm not sure if this is still the case, but it used to be easier to get department store credit cards than a Visa, etc. Back in the day when I worked at Campo, our store card required less credit to get one. Sears was the easiest by far.

 

[Suburbazine]

Having worked in this industry, I'd say he's probably an employee "liberating" items when he's phrasing it like he is.

 

[hunter5567]

Maybe he can shoplift those two stores easily and needs a gun to move up to armed robbery, ha.

 

[VeedUp]

Maybe he can shoplift those two stores easily and needs a gun to move up to armed robbery, ha.

how do you shop lift jewelry and watches from Macy's or anything of significant value from Best buy?

 

[Bayoupiper]

It looks a little hokey but you can turn the stuff around.




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