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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Also low rate of fraud. If you steal a credit card, do you go to the movies or do you buy electronics and cash-like items?*

*A friend had her wallet swipped a couple years ago. First charge was within 10 minutes for $300 of metro fare cards.

Maybe in the big cities. Usually, the first charge on a stolen credit card is for gas.

You can't buy big ticket items without ID, so no go on the electronics items unless you've stolen the wallet of someone who looks like you.

True story (hi Penske!) a guy with a stolen wallet tried to buy a TV with Mrs. Smith's credit card. When they asked for ID, all he had was Mrs. Smith's drivers license. He said it was his wife. They asked for his ID, he didn't have any. I think he got arrested.

LessinSF

09-28-2006 05:13 PM

I've Been Scammed!

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
True story (hi Penske!) a guy with a stolen wallet tried to buy a TV with Mrs. Smith's credit card. When they asked for ID, all he had was Mrs. Smith's drivers license. He said it was his wife. They asked for his ID, he didn't have any. I think he got arrested.

Do you have a link to cnn.com for that?

NotFromHere

09-28-2006 05:16 PM

Fuck off

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Originally posted by LessinSF
Do you have a link to cnn.com for that?

Why yes I do.

LessinSF

09-28-2006 05:18 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Why yes I do.

No, thanks. I already had a boring lunch.

Penske_Account

09-28-2006 05:18 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Maybe in the big cities. Usually, the first charge on a stolen credit card is for gas.

You can't buy big ticket items without ID, so no go on the electronics items unless you've stolen the wallet of someone who looks like you.

True story (hi Penske!) a guy with a stolen wallet tried to buy a TV with Mrs. Smith's credit card. When they asked for ID, all he had was Mrs. Smith's drivers license. He said it was his wife. They asked for his ID, he didn't have any. I think he got arrested.

Hi!

Penske_Account

09-28-2006 05:19 PM

Fuck off

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Why yes I do.

W p, P!

Jack Manfred

09-28-2006 05:19 PM

T O

"[O]n Thursday the president of the Dallas Police Association -- which represents Dallas police officers -- demanded an apology from T.O. and his publicist.

'The officers reacted because they were called to this location to do this job. Now they're being put under a microscope by some fancy little football person,' Senior Cpl. Glenn White said. 'Give me a break. Those officers are 10 times better than this man. ... We police officers don't go out to these calls and make stuff up.'"

From ESPN.

ltl/fb

09-28-2006 05:25 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Yes. There and here. And in Palm Springs.
It's a function of sitting in traffic. And shifting 678 times before you get on the freeway is exhausting.

I understand why many people prefer automatic. The question was about whether the car is worth less. I hope not totally worthless. Any idea of the hit?

greatwhitenorthchick

09-28-2006 05:27 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I turn off my computer between posts.

I nap between posts. Sometimes full-on sleep.

NotFromHere

09-28-2006 05:29 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
I understand why many people prefer automatic. The question was about whether the car is worth less. I hope not totally worthless. Any idea of the hit?

I said yes. It's worth less. In LA, you're going to have a hard time selling anything that isn't an exotic sports car or economy car with a manual transmission. Frankly, if the car is more than 7 years old in that town it's probably time to set it on fire.

etbh: look a kbb.com and see what they say your car is worth and then discount it just a little more. Less if it's in excellent condition.

Pretty Little Flower

09-28-2006 05:30 PM

Fuck off

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Originally posted by Penske_Account
W p, P!

W p? Hardly.

You're high as a motherfucker.
Fly as a motherfucker.

ThurgreedMarshall

09-28-2006 05:41 PM

Gwinky is prettier than I am.

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Um, ok. But my objection wasn't to the supplying of the missing words. I stipulate that my construction was awkward. My objection was to the incorrect use of "me".

Pow! Shuck it Trebek!

TM

Secret_Agent_Man

09-28-2006 05:41 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
I turn off the shower when I am doing the actual body scrubbing and leg (etc.) shaving in the shower. Because I live in a desert.

etc.? :waggle:

S_A_M

notcasesensitive

09-28-2006 05:43 PM

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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
etc.? :waggle:

S_A_M

Those emoticon posts may play over on Politics, but we expect a bit more in the way of content over here.

greatwhitenorthchick

09-28-2006 05:46 PM

Gwinky is prettier than I am.

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Pow! Shuck it Trebek!

TM