I love me some video games, but probably not enough to go to prison. Apparently that’s not the case for some people. Take postal worker Reginald Johnson, a former truck unloader for a Philadelphia area post office. Recently, the office became the center of an investigation after many GameFly packages started to be reported as missing.
It seems that Mr. Johnson loved to lift these GameFly packages and then resell them to a local GameStop. So much, in fact, that he stole over 2,200 packages, amounting to about $86,000 of video game merchandise. How’s that for store credit?
Hilariously enough, the guy crashed his SUV when the cops showed up, and took off on foot, ditching a backpack and duffel bag that had about 160 games total between them. The dude has now been apprehended and faces 12-18 months in prison. It seems to me that if you were going to try and pull this scam, that surely someone would notice after game, I don’t know, 500. To steal a total of 2,200 just wreaks of idiocy. But I will allow it since it ends with my amusement.
Source- 1UP
HAHAHA. That’s a great story. Ends with my amusement aswell, considering how EASY it is to get away with digital piracy and still choose to physically steal games and sell them.
I understand the plan may be to profit, but do you have any idea how many small dudes sell ripped DVD’s / Games for $5 a pop ?
It’s horrible I know. I DO NOT agree with resell, I just believe in sharing.
(PS – As much as I was shocked with the in-episode ads for Netflix in the new Web Zeroes, I really liked the “PirateBay is down? Go to netflix.com” quote hehehe… especially since it’s not down ;))
Thieves suck.
The funny thing is, he could have gotten Gamefly for like 100-200 bucks over the last 2 years. Certainly better than going to jail.
[quote comment=”8820″]The funny thing is, he could have gotten Gamefly for like 100-200 bucks over the last 2 years. Certainly better than going to jail.[/quote]
But then he wouldn’t be able to get a second game until he sent the first one back. He wasn’t stealing these games to play, he was stealing them to sell, back-alley style. Or gamestop style. They don’t ask questions there.
[quote comment=”8821″][quote comment=”8820″]The funny thing is, he could have gotten Gamefly for like 100-200 bucks over the last 2 years. Certainly better than going to jail.[/quote]
But then he wouldn’t be able to get a second game until he sent the first one back. He wasn’t stealing these games to play, he was stealing them to sell, back-alley style. Or gamestop style. They don’t ask questions there.[/quote]
They have a two game plan, as well.