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[Stealing A Computer, The Easy Way]
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[By Pepsi]
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[Thanks to Gringo Madrileño for all this information]
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[and for typing it]
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Big chain computer stores (like CompUSA, for example) will take returns on computers
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that have been opened and used. (The customer's changed their minds or whatnot.)
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So legally, the store can't sell it as new. What they do is put the open box
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computers out on a sort of clearence table and mark down the price, selling them
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'as is.' (These are desktops, mind you.) Little do most people know, they still
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carry the manufacturer's one-year warranty.
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Anyhow, if someone's creative enough and there aren't a whole lot of people around,
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someone can grab a computer from the clearence table, walk up to the technicians'
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area and say something like this:
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"I think there's a problem with my computer booting up. Can
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you check it out really quick just to see if it boots?"
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Once the tech goes to check it and it boots up ok, he'll hand it back to you saying
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that it's working fine. You can then walk out with a free computer. If someone
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asks you about it, just say "Yeah, I was having a few problems with it, but the tech
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just checked it out for me. It's working fine now." And carry about your business.
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