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PSA when buying items you can open and easily close..

Posted on 9/15/16 at 10:17 am
Posted by LSUAlum2001
Stavro Mueller Beta
Member since Aug 2003
47119 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 10:17 am
Like light bulbs, for instance.

I've slowly been transitioning over to LED bulbs in the house. The last boxed of 4 I purchased contained:

2 LED bulbs
1 regular bulb
0 4th bulb

So you have people opening boxes of LED bulbs and switching them out with regular incandescent bulbs.

Nice.

What other products can easily be switched like this? Need to check before I purchase.
This post was edited on 9/15/16 at 11:25 am
Posted by Kcrad
Diamondhead
Member since Nov 2010
54769 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 10:19 am to
Need to learn more theft methods.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
34964 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 10:19 am to
I take small condoms and switch them out with a large condom box so it's not embarrassing.
Posted by RJL2
Bruno's Tavern
Member since Apr 2015
1933 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 10:19 am to
I'm not giving you advice on stealing stuff
Posted by LSUAlum2001
Stavro Mueller Beta
Member since Aug 2003
47119 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 10:21 am to
I'm not stealing shite. Just pissed that I paid $14 and received half of what I expected.
Posted by DeoreDX
Member since Oct 2010
4053 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 10:33 am to
Golf Balls. Always open and check.
Posted by Wimp Lo
My nipples look like Milk Duds
Member since Aug 2016
4548 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 10:35 am to
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 10:35 am to
Ammunition.

I've bought boxes that were missing bullets a few times.
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
62850 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 10:38 am to
quote:

Golf Balls. Always open and check.


Damn, it never occurred to me because I'm not a loser, but it would be easy as shite to put some ProV balls in a Wilson box.
Posted by nes2010
Member since Jun 2014
6752 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 10:38 am to
I once bought a 6 pack and someone had opened three of them and taken a few swigs then put the cap back on.
Posted by sleepytime
Member since Feb 2014
3568 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 10:40 am to
Chicken at Popeyes. They always screw things up, leave out a biscuit or side and give you the "white boy" sized pieces.
The lighting in their restaurants always seems really nice though.
Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
4305 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 10:40 am to
Eggs. Make sure they aren't busted.
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
38723 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 10:42 am to
I bought the magnalite cooking set at SAMS a few years ago. Got it home, opened it up, and the box was full of old dirty cheap pots and pans.

I took it back thinking there is no way they'll believe me, but they exchanged it and said, "It happens all the time.".

For reference:



What I got...

Posted by johnnydrama
Possibly Trashy
Member since Feb 2010
8710 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 11:02 am to
Oil filters at Wal Mart. I don't know why I checked the box but I am glad I did. Someone had swapped the cheapest Fram filter with the most expensive Fram filter. They saved themselves a whopping three dollars.
Posted by The Nino
Member since Jan 2010
21520 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 11:09 am to
quote:

Like light bulbs, for instance.

I've slowly been transitioning over to LED bulbs in the house. The last boxed 4 I purchased contained:

2 LED bulbs
1 regular bulb
0 4th bulb

So you have people opening boxes of LED bulbs and switching them out with regular incandescent bulbs.

Same thing happened to me two weeks ago. I took the box back to Home Depot and they didn't even bat an eye. They told me to find the same box and they'd swap it out. Apparently it happens fairly often.
Posted by Xenocide
In a van down by the river
Member since Nov 2007
309 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 11:17 am to
Walmart no longer puts those convenient stickers on the big dog food bags because people were swapping them.
Posted by yoga girl
Member since Dec 2015
3673 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 11:17 am to
Make sure what you buy is sealed. I have a friend who manages a retail store and she tells me the horror stories: people swigging mouthwash as they shop, applying lipstick.

There are some real pigs out there.
Posted by Scooba
Member since Jun 2013
19999 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 11:18 am to
If you weren't shopping at Walmart you probably wouldn't run into this problem.
Posted by yoga girl
Member since Dec 2015
3673 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 11:21 am to
quote:

If you weren't shopping at Walmart you probably wouldn't run into this problem.


It is not just the trashy stores.

Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
Member since Jun 2009
84053 posts
Posted on 9/15/16 at 11:23 am to
quote:

I've slowly been transitioning over to LED bulbs in the house. The last boxed 4 I purchased contained:


Buy them cheaper on Amazon where there is no possibility of this happening. Save money and headaches. Winning
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