[GalaXy @ Jun 22nd 2007 9:38AM]

I love when thieves are smart. I feel like anyone who gets away with a robbery, deserves to keep whatever they stole.

[Mike @ Jun 22nd 2007 9:43AM]

Because robbery is a victimless crime?

[steve @ Jun 22nd 2007 9:52AM]

Well, if this had been an someone's house, I'd feel bad for them. But this is fricken Best Buy. Considering that best buy robs innocent customers every day, this just starts to make up for it. Maby these thieves are like the new robin hood (though I doubt they're giving the proceeds back to the real victims)

[mike k. @ Jun 22nd 2007 10:01AM]

@steve

I'm sure you'll be happy when best buy raises their prices even further because they have to install more advance security systems into all of their stores, because of idiots like this who feel just because they're clever means they can steal property that is not theirs.

[daedalus @ Jun 22nd 2007 10:10AM]

@ mike x


well apparently they are smart... they actually did steal it, not just think they can... and now it is theirs

and who gives a shit if best buy raises their prices... you can get a better deal on pretty much anything at B&H or like... the internet

[GalaXy @ Jun 22nd 2007 10:10AM]

@ Mike
No, because with all of the alarms, cameras, and other surveillance, it's hard to pull off a robbery of this magnitude anymore. It's at a major electronics chain, which has a mark-up on all of it's items, not to mention insurance to cover it all. If it was at someone's house, I wouldn't be happy. As a burglary victim, myself, it sucks, but for someone to be intelligent enough to do more than break a window, I give them credit.

[Kracko @ Jun 22nd 2007 11:31AM]

@mike k and don't forget that they'll raise the cost of earning that measly $5 reward certificate from $250 to $500.

[Mike @ Jun 22nd 2007 11:47AM]

@ GalaXy
Well the clarification on the person vs faceless corporation is good to hear. But I still wouldnt go so far as to say they deserve the loot.
Whether Best Buy shafts it's honest customers or not, I still don't think it's justifiable. I just don't shop there.

[p-diddy @ Jun 22nd 2007 11:51AM]

I had the same conversation with my dad when I was about 20 about hacking:

"But dad, if someone is clever enough to hack around security systems, and they don't delete anything, what's the harm in that. I don't think it should be a crime"

My dad just couldn't grasp my point. "But it's not theirs to poke around in in the first place."

I still viewed the world as the little guy vs. the big corporation and if the little guy can stick it to the corp, the little guy should be rewarded.

Now that I'm older and actually have my own stuff, I realize naive I was. Look, the distinction between burglarizing a person's house and a big electronics store is... wait for it.... NOTHING. I have homeowner's insurance. I will be compensated if you come and take my stuff. But that doesn't make it ok! It's still my stuff in my house and you have no right to it. Just because "my house" in this case is best buy doesn't make it less of a social wrong.

I loved Ocean's 11 - 13 and appreciated the cleverness of their fictionalized heists, but at the end of the day, they are still committing a felony.

Lock 'em up.

-p-

[WL @ Jun 22nd 2007 2:29PM]

I would feel bad if Best Buys's CEO's home was robed (or should i say one of his homes?) because thats his personal space, but Best Buy's prices are already set in order to forecast burglary, vandalism, and still make a profit, and if these things don't happen it just means more profit for Best Buy. I wouldn't go as far as to say the criminals deserve the loot but its hard to have a bleeding heart or feel outraged over what happened.

[tekdroid @ Jun 22nd 2007 5:10PM]

GalaXy @ Jun 22nd 2007 10:10AM:
As a burglary victim, myself, it sucks, but for someone to be intelligent enough to do more than break a window, I give them credit.
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...but obviously not intelligent enough to get a real job.

[Soeren @ Jun 22nd 2007 6:06PM]

And where does it say the thieves doesnt have a real job?

[GalaXy @ Jun 23rd 2007 1:34AM]

@ tekdroid

What? Where does it say anything about not having a real job?

I'm not in favor of theft. All I was saying was that to pull off a crime of that caliber, takes a lot of planning and, yes, some sort of, intelligence. Not to mention they were able to boost plasma TVs and 40 laptops. That is a lot of merchandise to grab in a relatively short amount of time.

[Dustin @ Jun 27th 2007 12:50AM]

They do have a real job:
selling stolen shit on ebay