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nutbastard
07/13/09

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i have two huge boxes of replica dummy Apple Newtons.

15 years later and still no clue what to do with em.

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lolgreg
07/12/09

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I don't see why the police would need to step in on a classic case of stupidity.
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shorty63136
07/12/09

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Ugh, I'm so tired of people stealing phones. Somebody stole my sister's phone and purse (along with about 10 other peoples' stuff) out of a locker at a skating rink today. She's on my account so it's a pain in the ass for me.
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Toastie
07/12/09

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Oh this is nothing new, I remember when I used to do retail and people would steal the plastic replica phones all the time, the best part is that they said "replica" in bold on the phone.
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GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
07/13/09

@Toastie: Almost like those old cardboard boxes that they printed to look like VCR's and TV's in the old displays at furniture stores.
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Nick
07/12/09

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this is why you don't buy a pig in a poke.
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NurseDave
07/12/09

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They didn't post the second story. Those were all actually active AT&T phones. It's just too tough to tell the difference between AT&T phones and those that aren't supposed to work.
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gemcosta
07/12/09

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Fail
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Scazza
07/12/09

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Pfft, we get one of our dummy phones stolen once a month. Usually by teens and young adults being complete morons. The worst part is the mfd charges like 30 bucks a piece to replace them.
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switchblade saints
07/12/09

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"this also wasnt me, I swear"- iaintpayinyou
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Identity (Metric)
07/13/09

@switchblade saints: Haha, wow, you'll get plenty of use out of that. Don't worry, it's still funny.

And if I could actually make use of the heart-clicky button, I would. Believe me, I've tried!
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strider_mt2k
07/12/09

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My store's "dummy" phones are always getting stolen.
I'm not sure why folks want 'em unless it's to pretend for others or something, and that's just sad.

They're a good source of tiny screws, and once in a while SMD switch or USB connector is soldered to a dummy circuit board.

Some components like that can be removed and used, but seriously, just ask and we can give you a pile of old ones.

Don't go bustin' up the place, please.

Someone just vacuumed.
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se7a7n7
07/12/09

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Shortly after I moved to NYC, maybe 2001, a guy sold me a very nice looking digital video camera for $80. He showed me the box in a shopping bag from Best Buy, of course I was smart enough to make that the box was heavy enough to have an expensive digital camera. It seemed shady and I was pretty broke at the time but I just couldn't pass up that deal.

I was super excited to about the prospect of making digital movies back then...

So I get to a place to check it out.... and it's a box with the Sunday Daily News inside. The box just had a couple of pages of a sale circular ad for the camera taped to the sides...

I considered it an $80 lesson on how to handle myself in New York City.
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jmposvip
07/12/09

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Why do always have to be stupid things in the bag in this kind of story? I wish that someday there would be a story like this: A men bought a bag and there was Jessica Biel in it!!!!
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Pope John Peeps II
07/12/09

@jmposvip: Isn't that murder?
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jmposvip
07/13/09

@Pope John Peeps II: No, in my srory she's alive and when she get out of the bag she says: do you wanna see the moves from my new movie powder blue?
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gemcosta
07/12/09

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There is no better fitting word for this than "pwnd"
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GlenTen
07/12/09

@gemcosta: What about potatwnd? Meh, i tried.
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Sticks Calhoun
07/12/09

Weirdly, the Gawker upload won't actually play the gif, but I can't delete it out of my post. Go figure!
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nutriapeluda
07/12/09

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Can you make beer out of potatoes? then it wouldn't be a total loss
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[Medic]iEro-Sennin
07/12/09

@nutriapeluda: No, but you can make Vodka out of it.
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Identity (Metric)
07/12/09

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I so love potato salad. You haven't had real American potato salad until you've been to the Midwest. Mmmmm, just thinking of it makes me sooo hungry, and I just had fresh-picked blueberry pancakes!

We know our food. ( :
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frigg
07/12/09

@my secret identity: the secret of fresh picked blueberry pancakes is to pick them just as the pancakes become golden on the vine. :)
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Geisrud
07/13/09

@frigg: Where does one pick these pancakes?
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