Man Pays $4.88 for Plasma TV at Wal-Mart - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Zoneboy · 06-28-2007, 11:21 PM

MONROE, La. - While Wal-Mart is known for dropping its prices, one West Monroe man took the ad campaign seriously when he dropped the price of a plasma television from $984 to $4.88. Police arrested Chandon L. Simms, 23, on Tuesday at the retail store on a charge of felony theft.

According to police reports, Simms carried a 42-inch Sanyo Plasma TV to a self-checkout aisle after switching the original price tag of $984 with one for only $4.88. Wal-Mart Loss Prevention officers witnessed the alleged transaction and called police.

When the store officers stopped Simms on his way out the door, he produced a receipt for a television purchased at the West Monroe Wal-Mart, authorities said.

Simms told officers that he purchased a TV from the West Monroe store and planned to return that one and keep the one he purchased for only $4.88 from the Monroe store. He was then arrested and booked into the Ouachita Correctional Center

Ireneparalegal · 06-28-2007, 11:31 PM

Big brother is watching you idiots.

catlover79 · 06-29-2007, 12:09 AM

Even the stupidest cashier would pause at a $4.88 price tag on a 42-inch plasma TV. Let's hope the only TV he sees in jail is a 13-inch b&w with rabbit ears and gigantic knobs that never quite get the picture in focus.

What a MORON this guy is!

Hollow · 06-29-2007, 01:31 AM

oh come on....he could have switched it with a more believable price than that.

PrettyinPink55 · 06-29-2007, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by safety pin

oh come on....he could have switched it with a more believable price than that.

Seriously!!!

dawsongirl · 06-29-2007, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

Even the stupidest cashier would pause at a $4.88 price tag on a 42-inch plasma TV.

That's why he went to a self-checkout.

I'd like to know how he got that TV anywhere without an associate. Not like they keep the TVs out on the floor. And last time I checked, Wal-Mart didn't have flatbeds.

Brent88 · 06-29-2007, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by dawsongirl

That's why he went to a self-checkout.

I'd like to know how he got that TV anywhere without an associate. Not like they keep the TVs out on the floor. And last time I checked, Wal-Mart didn't have flatbeds.

They don't just magically get into the carts.

TJL · 06-29-2007, 06:54 AM

When I worked in a sporting goods store in High School, people used to try that crap all the time.

I'm sorry sir, but I'm not going to sell you a pair of $119.99 Air Jordans for $9.99.

I may be a teenager, but I'm not stupid.

AB · 06-29-2007, 05:35 PM

Wow, this guy had some nerve didn't he?

Janice · 06-29-2007, 11:21 PM

Now that's some brass ones.

catlover79 · 06-30-2007, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Janice

Now that's some brass ones.

coffield3 · 06-30-2007, 04:18 AM

thats hilarious!!

80sTrivia · 06-30-2007, 10:09 AM

Another candidate for World's Stupidest Criminals...

Corolla · 06-30-2007, 11:06 AM

There's a such thing as self-checkout?

catlover79 · 06-30-2007, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MusicAddict911

There's a such thing as self-checkout?

Oh yes. It's especially popular in the supermarkets...you run your own things through the self checkout line and pay by debit or credit card. You don't have that in Canada?

06-28-2007, 11:21 PM	#1
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Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	oh come on....he could have switched it with a more believable price than that.

06-29-2007, 05:35 PM	#9
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