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** **
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** How to Get Free Video Tapes **
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** PART I **
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** Brought To You By **
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** The Duke **
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** Co-Sysop of the Army BBS **
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** A Release Of The **
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** Federation **
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** And **
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** The Neon Knights **
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** Call... **
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** The Black Forest **
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** 617-431-7972 **
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** The Labrynth **
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** 401-885-2079 **
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** /\/\aster \/\/orld **
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** 213-478-5478 **
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** Find The Army Logon And **
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** Number From Me Or **
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** From the Nearest Elite **
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** Near You. **
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The topic of free video tapes has brought more interest that i thought it
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would. When I decided to write this file, many people began to ask me "How do
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you get free video tapes?" The answer to that question will be answered many a
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time in this article because there is far more than one way to get free video
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tapes.
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Video tapes can currently can be rented for about one to five dollars a
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night. Some places, even if you are a member of their club, will ask for a
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$50.00 deposit on tapes. An important thing to realize in getting free video
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tapes is that most tapes retail for about $60.00. So if you successfully get
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five tapes, you've made yourself $300.. Not bad for a day's work..
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On to business. It's really quite easy to get free video tapes once you
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understand how the movie rental business works. In the past couple of weeks,
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I've managed to learn most everything there is to know about how movies are
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rented. As they famous quote says "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing."
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This quote will be proven true thoughout this article. I will first explain the
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more primitive ways of getting video-tapes, then explain how the video tape
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rental business works, and then explain ways to use this to your best advantage.
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To start off, I will cover what I consider the more primitive ways of
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getting free video tapes.
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Credit Carding- If you know how to illegally use credit cards (naughty naughty
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you), you can call up places and simply card them. This will work especially
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well with porno tapes, because tapes of this sort are not usually on display
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in the video department of Lechmere. If you need numbers of places to call to
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get free video tapes, go out and buy (steal, card, whatever) a copy of any
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video magazine, where there is usually at least 200 advertisements for places
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to buy video tapes. In these advertisements it is also possible to get free
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video equipment. but that is carding and this is something different. There
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is another use for CC's that I will discuss later.
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Shoplifting - Shoplifting is another basically primitive way, but in some
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circumstances, it can work very very well. In many places, including the place
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where I work, the store will put certain movies on display. If you know what
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you're doing, simply switch the movie to a movie on T.V. so nothing looks too
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suspicious, and then stop the tape, eject it and put it in your bag
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(pocketbook, pants, whatever) and calmly walk out of the store. Remember, the
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smaller the store, the better your chances are of successfully completing such
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a maneuver. Make sure the store is not so small that the store employees
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watch your ass everywhere you go. Try to find a small store where a lazy
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person is busy renting out movies. Another thing to look for is a video tape
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machine behind a T.V. so the recorder is blocked from the view of the person
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who is working register.
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I wouldn't try to do this from places like Lechmere, although I know it can be
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done, there are usually cameras everywhere and they watch the video place like
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hell. I called the security department of Lechmere and they told me they
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watch the computer, the video department, and the watch - jewelry department
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the most. To sum up, if you want to shoplift success- fully, the best thing
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to do is to stick to small stores, when there isn't too many if any male
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managers around (I'm not a chauvanist, but a female can simply just not stop a
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19 year old kid running from a store...), usually on a sunday, and make sure
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you know something about the security of the place (cameras, concern of
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salespeople, etc.)
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Other shoplifting methods - Different movie rental places use different
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methods of storing their video tapes. The place where I work has all the video
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tapes behind a very accessable desk. If you can find a kid who will bother
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the guy at the register enough while the manager is in the back, you can
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usually just go back, take a few tapes, and calmly walk out of the store..
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Another nice method is if you have a brother about 8 years old, who can keep
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his mouth shut.. The younger looking he is, the better.. Just keep saying how
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annoying the kid is and ask the guy to show you the video machines. Then your
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little baby brother can just crawl over and take a few video tapes.. If the
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guy catches him, just hit your brother and say, "Oh my goodness, he just can't
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keep his hands off anything!!". A guy had done this once where I worked, but I
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nailed the sucker since he was stupid. The little kid brought the tape to his
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older brother, and I said, "Ummm, sir...".. The guy started walking out of the
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store, but I nailed his ass.. If you can, tell your brother to hide the
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cassette in his shirt or something, but don't have him give it to you..
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Copying the tapes-Just another way, only problem is that it actually costs
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money to copy tapes. You have to buy blank tapes, etc. etc. and you need two
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video recorders. A good place to do this is school since they usually have at
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least 5 video recorders around.
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One more primitive method - If you have a friend who works there.. Have him
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act like he's signing them up for you but in reality, he won't. Be careful,
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since if the manager notices the movie missing during your friend's shift, he
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will often have to pay for it. A major rule of getting free video tapes is to
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be careful not to get your friend busted.
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Ok, onto the better methods..
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First let me explain how the movie rental business works nowadays. Some
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places will only allow you to rent movies if you rent or lease equipment from
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them. Other places will allow you join the club for about fifty dollars, and
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then have the ability to take cassettes out for about five dollars a night.
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Either way way, you usually end up with a membership of some sort.. You then
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have the ability to rent out video tapes for very cheap prices, and usually
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without any deposit. Where I work, this membership will give you an account
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number. In other places, all you really need is a name, and occasionally a
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card. Where I work, the place used to give plastic fancy cards, but the place
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got lazy so it doesn't do that any more.
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What does this mean? This means that if you have a guy's name (the account
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number is not really needed, but if you have the card, you'll have a much better
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chance of success), then you can just about get as many free video tapes as you
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want.
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There are a few problems with the methods I will cover in a second.. Most
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of the managers who work at video places have extremely good memory.. In other
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words, if you go "Hi", if you rented equipment, they'll be able to say "Oh, Hi
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Mr. Fuckhead, how are you." This is especially true in small stores, where most
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of the contracts are done by the manager who is usually somewhere in the store..
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You then have to prove to the manager one of three things. One, you are the
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son, daughter, dog, or whatever of one of the people that has a membership
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there. Do not say you're a cousin unless you have the person's plastic card. My
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store nailed someone who tried that method. Two, you are a member of one. the
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other stores. This will only work if the place allows you to sign up in one
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town's store and then have the ability to take tapes out in a store under the
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same name in a different town. This is the most successful and best way I think.
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Read the part later on about account numbers and the way they are set up (at
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least for the store which i work at). Three, you are a new member there, and he
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doesn't recognize you. (I personally don't like this one, use either of the
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others since they usually remember new people). Remember this when you read the
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next section..
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Part II....
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I will now explain a few of the methods you can use to get and to use the
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account numbers..
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Getting and using false cards or names
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I will give a quick description of how account numbers are set up and then
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describe ways to use them.
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How the account numbers are set up - This really depends on the store.
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However, the place where I work has a very easy system to figure out. all
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the cards from my store start with XXYYYY. XX is a two digit store number,
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which is followed by 4 more numbers. It is best to make sure you know the
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set up of the store where you plan on doing this before you do it. A nice
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thing about this store number deal is when you have a video rental place
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such as the place I work at, if you get the card of a person in one town, if
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you bring it to another town, you can still use the card, but the chances of
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being caught are so slim, I don't even consider it. Other places will only
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need a name. Remember, you will often run into people with photographic
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memory who memorize faces.. Whatever you do, don't panic.
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How to get the Cards - There are basically two types of cards to look for,
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plastic and paper. However, as I said before, the place where I work is very
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lazy, so they usually don't issue the plastic ones anymore. Now, if you
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know someone that works there, you can have them steal a few of the paper
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things upon which people account number and name is written on. Most people
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carry their cards in the wallets (obviously) so if you come accross a
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membership card, don't through it away. Use it quickly. You can also make
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your own cards. Get some of those paper things. Write "John Wilson",
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account number 209583 on it, and whatever other info it needs, and you're
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all set.
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The best way to get free video tapes is by finding the store's list of names
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and account numbers. At our store the list is called the alpha list and is
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usually lying around somewhere on the front desk. If you get that, you'll
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have enough accounts and account #'s to last you the rest of your life.
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Remember that list is updated every month or so, and many people quit. It's
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much better to try to "borrow" tapes from a teen-age salesperson since 1) he
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won't care, and 2) he won't know your fake name, and 3) he doesn't really
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know too much about who quits and who are new members. He is programmed to
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take an account number, enter it and give out video tapes.
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How to use the fake card - Simply bring the card into the shop, act
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intelligent, pick out a few videotapes, and give the guy your card..
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Remember what I mentioned earlier. If you happen to steal a black guy's
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card and you're white, you claim to be his son, and the manager happens to
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know the guys name off-hand, you may run into trouble. If you can, find a
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place where the person running register is in high-school working there part
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time.. You can usually pull such manuevers off pretty easily. Some places
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will only allow you to take out 3 video tapes at a time. If you are
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intelligent though, you will try to get more than 3. Most places, after
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signing out video tapes, simply file the order away until the person brings
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the tapes back. Go back the next day (preferably when a new salesperson is
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working there) and just take three more out. Don't do this too much since
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the orders will start to pile up and one day the guy may notice it and say
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"Gee Whiz!! This guy has 12 video tapes out! I thought you could only take
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3 out!" Whereupon the guy will probably call the card owner's house to
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discover him to say "Huh?? I haven't visited your shop in two months!"
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Unless you are in the mood to live in a place with bars and solitary
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confinement, I suggest you be extremely careful about this.
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Advanced use of Credit Cards - If you have an actual plastic, and you can
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forge the person's sig pretty well, you can use yet another method of getting
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video tapes. I called yet another place (I called many other places about this
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to get a good idea of how other systems work) and found that they rent video
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tapes out to anyone for 5$ a night, but you have to leave a 50$ deposit. The
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nice thing about this deposit thing is if you give them the fake card, then
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you don't have to worry about memberships or any of that other bullshit. Just
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be careful, since illegal credit card use carries a worse punishment that does
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video tape theft.
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Going to work
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This does sound a little harsh, I know, but sooner or later, you will have to
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go to work. If you can get a job at one of these places, most of them will
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allow you to take out video tapes as you please. If you find a video tape you
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like.. Keep it!!
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** A WARNING **- A kid who worked at either the store I work at or another
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one, just got fired from his job. He did many stupid things, but one of the
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things he did is to steal video tapes and then just leave them around the
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house. My manager called his house and his father said "Oh, he told me he
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bought the tapes". You can probably finish the rest of the story. The morale
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of this story is If you steal tapes (really if you work there or not, but
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definately if you work there) keep them hidden from your parents.
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I noticed something very interesting when I went to work. If a person decides
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to lease equipment from our store, they use TRW to check the person out, and
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do all this other shit (co-signer's, etc.). By the way, when I say leasing, I
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mean of video players, not just tapes. Anyway, when I went to work there, I
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just filled out an application, and in a week I got a call and now I'm working
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there. In other words, they did less of a check on me, and i'm responsible
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for the cash flow, the tapes, and just about everything, than they do for a
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person who rents a fucking T.V.!! If you have a lot of guts, try to get a job
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under a false name. There are problems with this such as the guy calling to
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say you got the job, but if you have any creativity, you may be able to work
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it out.. Try not to let the guy see you too much when you work there that
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first, and make sure to work in a place far away from your home. Then simply
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take 15 tapes home on your first night, and never show up again. (15*60....
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figure it out..) (I don't advise this method of jobs under a false name, but
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if you have a false id and you can pull it off, I'm sure you could be very
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successful with it. It would be a good method for a person who travels a
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lot..)
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There are other advantages of working at these places. It's very easy to
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steal the late charges by simply not ringing the charge in, but you can do
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this in any store, so just figure it out. I don't waste my time with this.
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It's just another way to make money in case you're curious.
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"Dropping the Tapes off in the morning"
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Many places have a little mail slot where you can drop off your tapes if you
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work, and you can't drop off the tapes due to your work hours, but don't want
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to pay late charges. I did a little research on this and found that many
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places have a key you can get to drop the tapes off when the store is closed.
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If you have a membership there, you can usually buy a key like this for about
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50 cents. I decided to check into this furthur and found this when you dropped
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the video tapes in, they were dropped in a large box. However, by the end of
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the night, especially on Monday nights, the box was overflowing and it was
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possible to reach in and grab video tapes. If you brought along one of the
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things you use to put logs on the fire, it would be very easy to snag at least
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10 tapes, and probably 20 on monday nights. (20*60$=1200$). Remember also, if
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the place loses 1200$, they will probably find out it and will probably stop
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the policy of allowing people to use the keys. I was informed by someone that
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some of the more expensive video places have video cameras watching the slot
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so if I were you, I would I would park my car or bike in a place behind the
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store, and probably wear a mask of some sort.
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Now for a quick summary...
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The Video Tape Frauder's Commandments
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Thou shalt not steal from places that are large and that may contain cameras
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and other such equipment.. Stick to smaller places.
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Thou shalt not use the card of a black man when thou are not of the black
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race, and visa versa.
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Thou shalt seek out stupid looking salesmen, not people who look like they
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know all the people who hold accounts there, such as the phenomenon known as
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managers. If the place starts to look for new people (ie. a help wanted
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sign), wait until you see the new person, and then use the methods on him or
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her. You've probably noticed that I've mentioned this about 4 times in the
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article. This is because this is one of the most important things you should
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do, for a foolproof day of video tape theft.
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Thou shalt not panic, under any circumstances. If thou runs into a problem,
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thou shalt say, "Shit, I can't believe you guys are so screwed up. I'm going
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to go home and fix this whole thing up." and walk angrily out of the store.
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Thou shalt use the account of a person in another town if possible. Thou
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shalt be sure that the person does not use that store often, or thou shalt
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have his royal ass burnt.
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Thou shalt know the way the store is run before thou tries anything of the
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illegal type.
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Thou shalt not get a friend who works at a video place busted if he helps you
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steal tapes when he is working there, by saying "He gave them to me!!" or
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anything of the like.
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If thou decides to try to get tapes from the video boxes late at night, thou
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shalt wear a mask, and do it when it is as dark as possible. Thou shalt also
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be on the look-out for cameras and cops who are patrolling the area.
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Thou shalt not come running to me if thou gets busted for being very very
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stupid.
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** You may put this up on your BBS **
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** as long as the phile remains **
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** completely unchanged. No **
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** changes to the credits or the **
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** phile itself will be allowed **
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** unless permission is given by me **
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** to you. **
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** This has been a **
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** Neon Knights **
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** and **
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** The Federation **
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** Happy Movie Watching, **
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** The Duke **
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