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Postal Service Mail Handler Steals 2,200 GameFly Rentals

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tamoko
10/18/09

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Ah Germantown..... gotta love Philly. #gameflytheft
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se7a7n7
10/17/09

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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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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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brobot - Beboptimus Prime
10/17/09

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I guess Netflix DVDs are more jailtime-worthy than Gamefly....
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ilovexspin
10/17/09

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I bet when they asked him where the games went he answered, "they flew".

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(i had to)
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ilovexspin
10/17/09

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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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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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ilovexspin
10/17/09

@Mmm...Burritos: +1 Exactly. hahaha #gameflytheft
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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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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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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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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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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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