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    Image of tamoko tamoko
    10/18/09

    In reply to Postal Service Mail Handler Steals 2,200 GameFly Rentals
    Ah Germantown..... gotta love Philly. #gameflytheft
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    10/17/09

    In reply to Postal Service Mail Handler Steals 2,200 GameFly Rentals
    This begs the question... Why didn't GameStop do something about it? If the same guy kept coming in with a shit load of video games (disc only), how do you not know what's going on? #gameflytheft
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    Image of tamoko tamoko
    10/18/09

    @se7a7n7: I thought that too. But perhaps it just comes down to greed. Gamestop just repackages the discs into the genero clamshells and resells those babies... they're making some kind of profit off of it. If he was selling the discs at the Gamestop in Germantown, it doesn't surprise me, the place is uber-shady... #gameflytheft
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    Image of brobot - Beboptimus Prime brobot - Beboptimus Prime
    10/17/09

    In reply to Postal Service Mail Handler Steals 2,200 GameFly Rentals
    I guess Netflix DVDs are more jailtime-worthy than Gamefly....
    [gizmodo.com] #gameflytheft
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    Image of ilovexspin ilovexspin
    10/17/09

    In reply to Postal Service Mail Handler Steals 2,200 GameFly Rentals
    I bet when they asked him where the games went he answered, "they flew".

    badumdumching
    (i had to)
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    Edited by ilovexspin at 10/17/09 2:27 PM ilovexspin was starred ilovexspin was unstarred
    Image of ilovexspin ilovexspin
    10/17/09

    In reply to Postal Service Mail Handler Steals 2,200 GameFly Rentals
    OH I see...so he's having a month in jail for every ~150 discs he stole?!

    no. that doesn't make any sense. he should have significantly more than that. #gameflytheft
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    Image of Mmm...Burritos Mmm...Burritos
    10/17/09

    @ilovexspin: If he had stolen them via torrent, he'd be facing the death penalty now. #gameflytheft
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    Image of ilovexspin ilovexspin
    10/17/09

    @Mmm...Burritos: +1 Exactly. hahaha #gameflytheft
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    Image of puhsitch puhsitch
    10/17/09

    @ilovexspin: Eh, fining him up the ass would be enough in my eyes.

    I mean...video games. We need to keep space in the prisons for criminals who are actual risks to society. #gameflytheft
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    Image of Balance_In_Life Balance_In_Life
    10/17/09

    @puhsitch: What you fail to realize here is that theft is punishable by jail time. Doesn't matter if it's a video game or a car.

    Lets do the math here...

    2200 video games times... ohhh I'd say 50 bucks (some are PS2 or older games and cant' say that everyone is 60 bucks plus I'm sure Gamefly gets some sort of discount but i digress...) is freaking 110 thousand dollars.

    Borrowed from some law site I found: "Theft of property of a value over $25,000.00 is a Class 2 Felony for which a person can be sent to prison for a maximum of 12.5 years or put on probation and sent to the county jail for a maximum of one year. The maximum fine is $150,000.00. "

    $110,000... That's actually a pretty hefty tab considering it's just video games.

    I say lock him up. The fact that he was a postal worker makes it just that much worse. Who knows what other stuff this guy could of had his hands on. What if he got your social security number and made off with $110,000 of your money. I'm sure you'd want him to face a firing squad. #gameflytheft
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    Image of puhsitch puhsitch
    10/17/09

    @Balance_In_Life: No, I didn't fail to realize that theft is punishable by jail time. I do see degrees of severity, which (conceptually, at least) are defined by more than monetary value. So like, for instance, mugging elderly people for their insulin and oxygen tanks would be a bit higher on the scale than swiping video game rental discs.

    And if some bastard got my SSN and stole $110,000, I'd much rather he be forced to pay me back with hefty interest. He is of no use to me dead! #gameflytheft
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    Image of Balance_In_Life Balance_In_Life
    10/17/09

    @puhsitch: Touche...

    Sorry but the response. Shouldn't have come off so short. I do agree that there are worse people out there.

    Clowns... those are worse people...

    But just something about this guy being a postal worker bothers me. I understand that this is not the first theft at a post office but still, he should have the book thrown at him for just being as stupid as he was. The guy had to have known he would get caught. Lock this guy up... at least it's one less stupid person on the road. #gameflytheft
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    Image of puhsitch puhsitch
    10/17/09

    @Balance_In_Life: Ohhh yeah, if it turns out that this guy moonlighted as a clown, this would be an open-and-shut case, I tell you what. #gameflytheft
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    Image of QuillanCylla QuillanCylla
    08/16/09

    In reply to Reno Redbox Kiosk Begins Spitting Out $2 Video Game Rentals
    We've had them in NC for a while now.
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    Image of bill cant fart bill cant fart
    08/16/09

    In reply to Reno Redbox Kiosk Begins Spitting Out $2 Video Game Rentals
    Can we copy the rental games to the Xbox hard drive? Or are they encrypted or something?
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    Image of gunluva is prepared to drop. gunluva is prepared to drop.
    08/16/09

    @bill cant fart: And neither can I.:

    Sure you can. But you'll still need the disk in the tray to play.
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    Edited by gunluva is prepared to drop. at 08/16/09 9:39 AM gunluva is prepared to drop. was starred gunluva is prepared to drop. was unstarred
    Image of bill cant fart bill cant fart
    08/16/09

    @gunluva EDGE: Oh right, I forgot about that. I just remembered that the feature is there, I've never used it.

    By the way, you can't fart either? We should join a club!
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    03/06/09

    In reply to GameFly Introduces Rental Kiosks, Causes Devastating Yellow Paint Shortage
    AHH MY EYES MY EYES
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    Image of frigg frigg
    03/06/09

    In reply to GameFly Introduces Rental Kiosks, Causes Devastating Yellow Paint Shortage
    But will they let you rent the whole G-Box, so you can have it on hand any time you need to rent a game?
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    03/06/09

    @frigg: I'm sure they would, but at that point, it'd probably just be cheaper to...


    ...buy the game.

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    Image of frigg frigg
    03/06/09

    @DeusExMach: good point. :P
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    03/06/09

    In reply to GameFly Introduces Rental Kiosks, Causes Devastating Yellow Paint Shortage
    Sure


    Between this and the Watchmen movie Yellow is in short supply.

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