Xbox 360 scalpers robbed at gunpoint

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They offered to part with two of their Xboxs to folks in line. For $600, said police spokesman Paul Honeman.

No one agreed. So the five, ages 14 to 24, piled into a van and drove to McDonald's on Lake Otis Parkway near Abbott Road for breakfast. They left the 14-year-old in the car with the Xboxs.

Someone who also wanted an Xbox and who apparently saw them trying to sell the consoles outside Best Buy followed them to McDonald's, Honeman said.

A man who was described as bald and wearing bluejeans and a blue hooded sweatshirt walked up to the van, opened its sliding door and pulled a gun out, police said. The man ordered the teen to open the van's rear door. Another man, described as having dark curly hair, opened the door and took four of the Xboxs...."
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/7298929p-7210664c.html
 
I have a picture of the suspect, he should be considered armed and extremely dangerous. He may have fled to a far eastern country.

lynndied.jpg
 
[quote name='dafoomie']I have a picture of the suspect, he should be considered armed and extremely dangerous. He may have fled to a far eastern country.
[/QUOTE] Heh heh...I love that picture.
 
yeah, as if the robbers were true gamers and won't be selling the 360s for drug money :rofl:
 
[quote name='dafoomie']I have a picture of the suspect, he should be considered armed and extremely dangerous. He may have fled to a far eastern country.

lynndied.jpg
[/QUOTE]

yep, and look,this clearly proves the bald guy had a colored accomplice. Damn yellows always making trouble for decent folk.

(No racism intended/implied - just picking fun at ignorant people who say shit like that)
 
[quote name='joevan']yep, and look,this clearly proves the bald guy had a colored accomplice. Damn yellows always making trouble for decent folk. [/QUOTE]
I thought he was robbing AOL Guy, though all he probably got were free trial discs.
 
[quote name='dafoomie']I thought he was robbing AOL Guy, though all he probably got were free trial discs.[/QUOTE]

ah, true - prehaps they stole the 360's together and then had a falling out
 
[quote name='dafoomie']I thought he was robbing AOL Guy, though all he probably got were free trial discs.[/QUOTE]
It was just a friendly lynndie between buddies, I'm sure.
 
If you had over a thousand dollars worth of 360s, why the fuck would you be stupid enough to stop somewhere and leave your van unattended.
 
[quote name='neocisco']Yeah, let's cheer on an adult holding up a kid at gunpoint for a game.:roll: Idiots.[/QUOTE]

Ok. HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nobody got hurt so it's all good. And while it's sad that this time of year seems to bring out the worst in some people (robbers and scalpers); I still find it funny that the little fuckers were out there trying to rip people off and got jacked. This is a classic case of, you reap what you sow, what goes around comes around, chickens coming home to roost, karma. Ha ha ha.
 
Some of you people are really stupid. There is nothing WRONG with people reselling something at a profit if people are fucking stupid enough to pay it. 95% of you - even the ones who knock resellers/scalpers, would damn sure do the same thing in a heartbeat if you knew you could make 300 bucks on it. There was nothing illegal or unethical about what they were doing. You snooze, you lose. They did what was necessary to get them, the can do whatever they want and they shouldn't have to be questioned by any of you little armchair ethical police.

So a 14 year old kid who was robbed at gunpoint after doing nothing wrong is as bad as the thieves? Yeah, real brilliant. What the hell is wrong with some of you? I have a feeling it's just sour grapes in the case of most of you (maybe you're one of the morons who paid 800 bucks for a core system...or just missed out completely because you were too lazy or full of excuses to go get a system when you could), but that's no excuse for being this clueless.
 
[quote name='KaneRobot']Some of you people are really stupid. There is nothing WRONG with people reselling something at a profit if people are fucking stupid enough to pay it. 95% of you - even the ones who knock resellers/scalpers, would damn sure do the same thing in a heartbeat if you knew you could make 300 bucks on it. There was nothing illegal or unethical about what they were doing. You snooze, you lose. They did what was necessary to get them, the can do whatever they want and they shouldn't have to be questioned by any of you little armchair ethical police.

So a 14 year old kid who was robbed at gunpoint after doing nothing wrong is as bad as the thieves? Yeah, real brilliant. What the hell is wrong with some of you? I have a feeling it's just sour grapes in the case of most of you (maybe you're one of the morons who paid 800 bucks for a core system...or just missed out completely because you were too lazy or full of excuses to go get a system when you could), but that's no excuse for being this clueless.[/QUOTE]

Yes, you’re correct; being a greedy, opportunistic, selfish dickhead is not illegal. But I guess it’s the American way, profit from someone else’s problems.

I still think it’s funny that he got his dumb-ass jacked. I’m sure he was all smiling and smug when he was yelling, “hey I got an XBOX 360 for sell. Only $200 more that retail”. He should have been yelling, “Hey, I’m a dumb-ass, come rob me.”.
 
What's the difference between Xbox 360 scalpers, and people who buy property or houses in order to resell it for a profit much larger than a couple hundred dollars? I don't think there is a difference other than that you might be mad that you don't have a 360 becuase of the "selfish" scalpers.

Should got off you lazy butt and got in line if you wanted a 360, there's no need to hate on the scalpers.
 
[quote name='mario23air']Yes, you’re correct; being a greedy, opportunistic, selfish dickhead is not illegal. But I guess it’s the American way, profit from someone else’s problems.

I still think it’s funny that he got his dumb-ass jacked. I’m sure he was all smiling and smug when he was yelling, “hey I got an XBOX 360 for sell. Only $200 more that retail”. He should have been yelling, “Hey, I’m a dumb-ass, come rob me.”.[/QUOTE]


"profit from someone else's problems" -- so if you're willing to pay $700 for a 360, that's considered some kind of disability? nah, it just means you have enough money to get what you want. if the demand wasn't there, no one would be selling.

i'm sure the 14 year old isn't screwed up at all from being held up at gunpoint :roll:
 
After waiting nine hours in line, a group of five boys and young men entered the store as soon as it opened and purchased their limit: one per customer. The young men, whose names were not available Sunday, tried to make a little extra holiday cash after emerging from the store.
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Damn, I figured they had them already, but they bought them, then tried to sell em off right then. That's low. I don't think it's good that they got robbed, but it's funny none the less. Jesus, who the hell would go to a MC after getting 360's, or anything valueble for that matter!? Get your butt home, you never know what may happen.

The robbery may not have even happened if they did not call attention to themselves, but with those 360's you'd think they would have had enough sense to just go home. It's the holidays, people are a little crazy. Never know what may happen.
 
The scalpers were jerks, kind of deserve what they got. The thieves should have never pulled a gun on that boy. Justice will be served.
 
If they were planning on selling the 360's they just should have went home and put them on Ebay. At least they still got to keep one of them but still that kid took a big risk hiding it underneath his chair and hoping they didn't see it. Xbox 360 isn't worth more than your life. Anyway, it's a pretty fucked up story overall from all points.
 
[quote name='neocisco']Yeah, let's cheer on an adult holding up a kid at gunpoint for a game.:roll: Idiots.[/QUOTE]

It's more like: "let's laugh at the criminal-on-criminal crime!"

The kid and his buddies deserved what they got.
 
[quote name='-Never4ever-']It's more like: "let's laugh at the criminal-on-criminal crime!"

The kid and his buddies deserved what they got.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, let's not stop there....maybe the kid derserved to take a bullet. Maybe one right in the forehead. At the very least he should of had his fingers cut off since he is a true thief. Like, really, I'm pissed that he was scalping the 360 that should be in my living room.
 
[quote name='-Never4ever-']It's more like: "let's laugh at the criminal-on-criminal crime!"

The kid and his buddies deserved what they got.[/QUOTE]
And the crime in reselling a 360 is...?
 
[quote name='-Never4ever-']It's more like: "let's laugh at the criminal-on-criminal crime!"

The kid and his buddies deserved what they got.[/QUOTE]

You're a fool and your post proves it.
 
Reselling a 360 in no way compares to robbing someone at gunpoint, but I do think that the scalpers are real jerks. The armed robber deserves to go to jail, but the scalpers will get no sympathy from me.
 
No offense, but everyone who feels no sympathy for the "Scalpers" is a communist...

Reselling something for a profit is perfectly legal, it's perfectly American

It's called SUPPLY AND DEMAND, it's a theory of economics. Stocks rise and fall, gold rise and falls, so does oil, and corn, and wheat, and rice, and mutual funds. According to a guy hit on the head in Family Guy, even waffles do.

So if you're against people selling Xbox 360's at a profit, you should also have an issue with stocks, the market, and the American/Japanese/Mexican economy in general..I'd say Europe too..but Europe is weird..

I get some of you are sour you didn't get a 360 to play, and some of us are sour we didn't get a 360 to sell, but that's life. Even stores sell at a higher price, because they know they can do it.

Why don't we just close eBay, close half.com, close video game stores, close online stores, close outpost.com, close pawnshops? Selling things for a profit is wrong, it doesn't matter if you're an individual or a business. We should buy all our video games from a central government, at a set price, and we shouldn't be able to get rid of them unless we give them away for free...

I'm starting to get really sick of this attitude here, it's a website about finding deals, being able to buy more games, and saving money, and guess what? Making money is part of it, or else you wouldn't work, you wouldn't eBay, you wouldn't invest in anything

But some of you think you're holy or ethereal or something, and look down on anyone who wants to make a buck or two..to quote the Apprentice..it's nothing personal, just business.
 
[quote name='sarausagi']No offense, but everyone who feels no sympathy for the "Scalpers" is a communist...

Reselling something for a profit is perfectly legal, it's perfectly American

It's called SUPPLY AND DEMAND, it's a theory of economics. Stocks rise and fall, gold rise and falls, so does oil, and corn, and wheat, and rice, and mutual funds. According to a guy hit on the head in Family Guy, even waffles do.

So if you're against people selling Xbox 360's at a profit, you should also have an issue with stocks, the market, and the American/Japanese/Mexican economy in general..I'd say Europe too..but Europe is weird..

I get some of you are sour you didn't get a 360 to play, and some of us are sour we didn't get a 360 to sell, but that's life. Even stores sell at a higher price, because they know they can do it.

Why don't we just close eBay, close half.com, close video game stores, close online stores, close outpost.com, close pawnshops? Selling things for a profit is wrong, it doesn't matter if you're an individual or a business. We should buy all our video games from a central government, at a set price, and we shouldn't be able to get rid of them unless we give them away for free...

I'm starting to get really sick of this attitude here, it's a website about finding deals, being able to buy more games, and saving money, and guess what? Making money is part of it, or else you wouldn't work, you wouldn't eBay, you wouldn't invest in anything

But some of you think you're holy or ethereal or something, and look down on anyone who wants to make a buck or two..to quote the Apprentice..it's nothing personal, just business.[/QUOTE]
Thats a strawman argument if I've ever seen one...

If you want to resell one and make a quick buck, fine. But five? And hocking them to the people in line? Thats beyond the pale. They also crossed the line when they tried to sell things on someone elses private property (Bestbuy's), not to mention that they were things just purchased there. Its called trespassing, and it IS illegal. I'm sorry, as much as you might feel that its the "American Way", you can not simply walk onto someone elses property, and especially not into someone elses store, and sell things. Its as much "American" as the guy that robbed them at gunpoint. Both actions were out of pure greed, and both were illegal.

As for the "attitude" around here, the attitude has always been that we're a bunch of gamers here, and we're not out to make a buck, unlike the people at places like Fatwallet. Some people might buy an extra item or two to sell, which nobody really has a problem with, but a lot of people here are infruated with people that will buy 10 of an item, or buy the store out completely, to make a couple bucks.
 
I loled. pretty harsh after 9 hours of camping then getting robbed in front of mc D's I hope those jerk offs tat stole shit gets caught and go to prison for a fuckin 360 for 20 years rofl.
 
[quote name='sarausagi']No offense, but everyone who feels no sympathy for the "Scalpers" is a communist...

Reselling something for a profit is perfectly legal, it's perfectly American

It's called SUPPLY AND DEMAND, it's a theory of economics. Stocks rise and fall, gold rise and falls, so does oil, and corn, and wheat, and rice, and mutual funds. According to a guy hit on the head in Family Guy, even waffles do.

So if you're against people selling Xbox 360's at a profit, you should also have an issue with stocks, the market, and the American/Japanese/Mexican economy in general..I'd say Europe too..but Europe is weird..

I get some of you are sour you didn't get a 360 to play, and some of us are sour we didn't get a 360 to sell, but that's life. Even stores sell at a higher price, because they know they can do it.

Why don't we just close eBay, close half.com, close video game stores, close online stores, close outpost.com, close pawnshops? Selling things for a profit is wrong, it doesn't matter if you're an individual or a business. We should buy all our video games from a central government, at a set price, and we shouldn't be able to get rid of them unless we give them away for free...

I'm starting to get really sick of this attitude here, it's a website about finding deals, being able to buy more games, and saving money, and guess what? Making money is part of it, or else you wouldn't work, you wouldn't eBay, you wouldn't invest in anything

But some of you think you're holy or ethereal or something, and look down on anyone who wants to make a buck or two..to quote the Apprentice..it's nothing personal, just business.[/QUOTE]

So I guess you think drug dealers are ok. After all it is all about "SUPPLY AND DEMAND". And hey what about women that sell their babies? I guess that would be “SUPPLY AND DEMAND" too. And prostitution, you got it, "SUPPLY AND DEMAND". You’re right; people should be able to sell anything they want. It’s not like selling some things are illegal or immoral. Sell, sell, sell, “it's perfectly American”.
 
reselling stuff(including 360's) is what america is built on. according to some of you, its ok for someone to hold up a gamestop at gun point, because they dont want to pay the price of a bundle. i guess, then, it would be fine if i put a gun to your head because youre selling a game that you got for free for 50 bucks. WERE TALKING ABOUT ARMED ROBBERY OF A 14 YEAR OLD, folks. Those kids might have been stupid, but they did nothing wrong. and if you think reselling stuff for a profit is wrong, then boycott every retail, grocery, and online store in america, because thats what they do. ITS CALLED CAPITALISM, EVER HEARD OF IT?
 
[quote name='mario23air']So I guess you think drug dealers are ok. After all it is all about "SUPPLY AND DEMAND". And hey what about women that sell their babies? I guess that would be “SUPPLY AND DEMAND" too. And prostitution, you got it, "SUPPLY AND DEMAND". You’re right; people should be able to sell anything they want. It’s not like selling some things are illegal or immoral. Sell, sell, sell, “it's perfectly American”.[/QUOTE] p.s. DRUGS ARE ILLEGAL. 360'S ARE NOT!
 
Moral: don't be so fucking lazy

They shouldn't have tried to scalp for $600, wtf is wrong with them? If they weren't so lazy they'd have taken them straight to eBay and made a lot more money, not to mention they wouldn't have played show-and-tell with a line of cold, pissed off people.
 
[quote name='mario23air']So I guess you think drug dealers are ok. After all it is all about "SUPPLY AND DEMAND". And hey what about women that sell their babies? I guess that would be “SUPPLY AND DEMAND" too. And prostitution, you got it, "SUPPLY AND DEMAND". You’re right; people should be able to sell anything they want. It’s not like selling some things are illegal or immoral. Sell, sell, sell, “it's perfectly American”.[/QUOTE]

Wow. Wow...oh, did I mention "wow"? I THINK there's a little difference between a bag of cocaine and an Xbox 360. Just a little. I think.

I'm assuming that Kanerobot doesn't think that drug dealer are "ok". only because they deal illegal, mind-altering, life killing product. I guess you can argue(and by "you" I mean mario23air, since you're about the only one who would do so)that the Xbox 360 is also a llegal, mind-altering and life killing, but I assume most of us see the difference.
 
Wow, you people getting on these kid's cases for trying to make a profit on something they bought is pretty hypocritical, no? Considering we have a whole forum here dedicated to selling and trading, and I'm sure lots of brand new copies of games and stuff get sold, and I doubt you would sell it and take a loss on it... so it's ok for you to sell new games for a profit on here but it's not ok for them to try and sell their new stuff for a profit? Come on now.

And who are we to say, "oh they're dumb for trying to sell it on the street, they should've sold it on Ebay"? Let them sell it wherever they want, I'm sure its easier and more convenient for them to sell it on the spot outside a Best Buy to someone who's waiting on line and I'm sure would rather be somewhere else than out in the cold and they get their instant profit than deal with the possiility of a scammer on ebay, etc etc. Some of you just sound like bitter souls because there havent been enough 360's to go around and your local EB or wherever you pre-ordered from gave you the short end of the stick.
 
[quote name='brainstorm']And who are we to say, "oh they're dumb for trying to sell it on the street, they should've sold it on Ebay"? Let them sell it wherever they want, I'm sure its easier and more convenient for them to sell it on the spot outside a Best Buy to someone who's waiting on line and I'm sure would rather be somewhere else than out in the cold and they get their instant profit than deal with the possiility of a scammer on ebay, etc etc. Some of you just sound like bitter souls because there havent been enough 360's to go around and your local EB or wherever you pre-ordered from gave you the short end of the stick.[/QUOTE]
Thats Bestbuy's property, not their's. They have absolutely no right to sell things on Bestbuy's property.

I do feel bad for the kid, who I'm sure went through a traumatic experience by being robbed at gunpoint. But I don't feel bad for the money they lost.
 
[quote name='neocisco']Yeah, let's cheer on an adult holding up a kid at gunpoint for a game.:roll: Idiots.[/QUOTE]

If it wasn't for the fact that it was a kid that got held up I could almost condone this. Almost.

Then again maybe the kid was a prick and deserved it.
 
[quote name='andayaman']Wow. Wow...oh, did I mention "wow"? I THINK there's a little difference between a bag of cocaine and an Xbox 360. Just a little. I think.

I'm assuming that Kanerobot doesn't think that drug dealer are "ok". only because they deal illegal, mind-altering, life killing product. I guess you can argue(and by "you" I mean mario23air, since you're about the only one who would do so)that the Xbox 360 is also a llegal, mind-altering and life killing, but I assume most of us see the difference.[/QUOTE]

Get off the whole “drugs are illegal, XBOX 360 is not” kick. I was making a sarcastic comparison between the two (drugs and XBOX 360) to illustrate the obsession some people have with selling things and making money. Sorry it was above your level of understanding.
 
[quote name='andayaman']Wow. Wow...oh, did I mention "wow"? I THINK there's a little difference between a bag of cocaine and an Xbox 360. Just a little. I think.

.[/QUOTE]


Sir, you are correct- you can actually buy cocaine in every major city. Where as 360's are more rare.
 
[quote name='mario23air']Get off the whole “drugs are illegal, XBOX 360 is not” kick. I was making a sarcastic comparison between the two (drugs and XBOX 360) to illustrate the obsession some people have with selling things and making money. Sorry it was above your level of understanding.[/QUOTE]

Gee, I wonder why people would have that "obsession"? I thought making money was a good idea, but apparently I'm wrong. Please give me some tips on how I may lose money and become successful, you seem to be very wise.
 
[quote name='andayaman']Gee, I wonder why people would have that "obsession"? I thought making money was a good idea, but apparently I'm wrong. Please give me some tips on how I may lose money and become successful, you seem to be very wise.[/QUOTE]

"I thought making money was a good idea" Exactly. That is why we should all sell drugs and XBOX 360s, because making money is a "good idea". Make money any way you can. Exploit situations and people to get ahead. Yep, that’s the way. fuck the next person, as long as I got mine I’m happy; sounds good to me.

BTW…
Success is not always measured by how much money you have. Having money doesn’t always mean a person is successful, but I guess to you it does.
 
[quote name='mario23air']Get off the whole “drugs are illegal, XBOX 360 is not” kick. I was making a sarcastic comparison between the two (drugs and XBOX 360) to illustrate the obsession some people have with selling things and making money. Sorry it was above your level of understanding.[/QUOTE]MY BAD, i quoted the wrong source. any ways, if anyone doesnt like the idea of buying and selling then youre in the wrong country. there are many places where this isn't possible. you're free to leave at any time.
 
[quote name='thagoat']MY BAD, i quoted the wrong source. any ways, if anyone doesnt like the idea of buying and selling then youre in the wrong country. there are many places where this isn't possible. you're free to leave at any time.[/QUOTE]

Yes, I am free to leave, and apparently I’m also free to rip people off.
 
[quote name='KaneRobot']There was nothing illegal or unethical about what they were doing.[/QUOTE]

2 questions.

Did the kids have a license to sell goods, specifically high-end retail electronics, directly outside of Bestbuy?

Were the kids intending to pay the appropriate sales tax to the government?

If either of the answers to these questions is "no", then bingo we have some illegal activity.

The guys who jacked the kids probably figured the merch was hot and therefore it would never get reported to the police. Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't pretend that the kids were innocent or that their actions were altruistic.
 
[quote name='thagoat']MY BAD, i quoted the wrong source. any ways, if anyone doesnt like the idea of buying and selling then youre in the wrong country. there are many places where this isn't possible. you're free to leave at any time.[/QUOTE]

:lol:

Where is buying and selling not possible? This should be entertaining...
 
[quote name='mario23air']Yes, I am free to leave, and apparently I’m also free to rip people off.[/QUOTE]no ones forcing them to buy xbox's. i started my auction at 1 penny. they did the rest. if they cared about price then they would wait for it to be on shelves in stores or online.
 
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