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RockyStallone	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 12:58 AM Well, I was just at the local mall earlier tonight, the mall where I saw "Spy Kids 3D: Game Over" (which was a totally kick ass film, I loved it). Before the movie, me and two of my buddies decided to walk around the mall. I was in an F.Y.E. music store and I was at the DVD section. As I was looking around for movies. I bought the Sylvester Stallone movie "Oscar" on DVD because they had it at a cheap price and it was the only place I could find the movie no place else. So after I payed for the DVD, I decided to walk around the store some more while waiting for my friends to get done with their shopping at the store. I was looking through the wrestling DVDS just for fun. So I came across a preview TV where on the TV they were viewing the Sean Michaels HBK dvd. On the TV, they were showing a HBK vs. Undertaker Hell in a Cell match so I decided to stand there and watch that for a few minutes. Suddenly, this guy came over, stood next to me and was watching the wrestling dvd at the store. He said he was a receipt collector, he was actually a thief. We first got into a conversation about wrestling. The receipt collector thief was just some stranger, I never saw the guy in my life. I got into a conversation with him about wrestling since he said he was a big fan. RECEIPT THEFT: "Is that Shawn Michaels and Undertaker?" ME: "Yep." RECEIPT THEFT: "Shawn Michaels is one of my favorites, I never saw that match before" ME: "He's one of my favorites too, this is one of his best matches of all time" RECEIPT THEFT: "I'm happy that HBK is still wrestling today, I can't wait for Summerslam" ME: "Neither can I" (receipt theft looks back and forth to make sure if no one is eyeing him...) RECEIPT THEFT: "Look, I see that you bought an item here at F.Y.E. I am a receipt collector. I collect receipts from customers at F.Y.E. I am about to buy a DVD here too, so if you give me a receipt, it would save me some money and I would appreciate it. So do you really need a receipt?" ME: "No, I normally throw my receipts out after I buy something, but I guess you can take it..." (I give him the receipt to be a nice guy, watch what the guy does next.....) RECEIPT THEFT: "Thank you, you're a good guy to give me the receipt and it helps a lot." (Receipt theft looks at the receipt, his eyes brightened up and looks at me) RECEIPT THEFT: "I see you bought Oscar Dvd starring Sylvester Stallone, I love that movie. Can I take a look at it?" ME: "What for?" RECEIPT THEFT: "I just want to take a look at it to see what the cover looks like?" ME:"Um.......no thanks. It was nice talking to you." (I left him and walked away, he tried to follow me but I walked away and lost him, so then, the next thing I looked around my two friends, I talked to my two friends about this receipt theft, warning them not to give this guy your receipt when he asks for it, so my best friend gave me advice to report him to supervisor manager, so that's what I did. I asked an employee a supervisor/manager, so they brought me to a manager, this is what I told the manager...) ME: "Excuse me, are you a supervisor/manager?" MANAGER: "Yep, I'm one of them. Is there a problem, sir?" ME: "Yeah, I would like to report a customer who is walking around asking for other people's receipts after they buy something. The guy will ask for a customer's receipt, and then he'll take the item a customer bought, so the receipt guy can return the item and get the money back. It's not his money, it's the customers money that he is stealing from when asking for receipts. That is how he is stealing money from customers in this store." (manager pauses and stares at me with a strange look on his face) MANAGER: "What does he look like?" ME: "He stands this tall (me holding arm up in the air, giving example of how tall he is), has short black hair, wears a white t-shirt, and he has a huge green bag swung over his shoulder. Have you seen him around?" MANAGER: "Yep, I've seen him around, I know who are talking about. We've had heard reports about that guy. We'll try to catch him." ME: "Thanks, just simply wanted to warn you because he'll be doing the same thing to other customers. Asking people receipts just a way to steal money from people of an item they buy." MANAGER: "Thanks for bringing this to our attention, we'll get him." (talks into his walkie talkie) ME: "Thanks, have a good night." So I just walked away to my friends and left the store. I don't know if they caught the receipt theft or not but now that they know about this guy, they'll catch him the next time he shows up at the store. That was the first time I ever reported someone doing something illegal. The receipt theft wasn't no real life receipt collector, he was a sneak theft trying to find ways to steal money from customers. He didn't have no weapons or anything that serious. But since F.Y.E. stores has security sensors people won't be able to steal things with those, but theives can think of plans to steal money by asking for customers receipts posing a sales person when they are not. I knew what this receipt guy was trying to pull and I wasn't going to let him get away with it, so I had no choice to report him. I'm so happy that never gave him my Oscar dvd do he can return it with the receipt I gave him so he can steal my money. My night would have been ruined if I didn't come home with my Oscar dvd, well here I am. I have my Oscar dvd starring Sly Stallone sitting on my dvd shelf safely and unharmed. I do feel like a fool for giving a total stranger a receipt. If something happened to my dvd, I wouldn't be able to return, but thank god, there is nothing wrong with my dvd. So to warn you, if you go to a store, any store, and strangers start asking for receipts after you buy something, don't give it to them. They are trying to be a sneak to steal money from you. This is a true story by the way and it just happened earlier tonight before I went and saw Spy Kids 3D. So my "Tale of a Receipt Collecting Theft" ended with a happy ending. The End.
monsquaz	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 3:47 AM Wow... quite a story. I also was quite fortunate to have learnt a lesson from someone else's close call.
TameasDust	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 9:35 AM Cool
KevBrock	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 10:02 AM LOL, that was actually my store that I posted in the IGN.com boards, but some loser posted under my old IGN.com user name and posted this here. This actually happened to me, I almost got robbed.
RockyStallone	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 10:59 AM These reciept collecting theives are a dastardly bunch. DON'T TRUST THEM!!! I hear that they EAT CHILDREN!
JOEDADAY	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 2:45 PM They are everywhere you know! Hey Kev you fucking loser only a guy like you would fall into a trap like this. You probably liked the guy too.
IHateF00ley	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 3:40 PM Receipt thefts have been bothering me too when I go into stores too to by Stallone films on DVD. They are nothing but thefts who cant make money themselfs so they have to steal it from other people they return things with your receipt this is how they steal. I wish they would all go cry to their mommy.
RockyStallone	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 3:41 PM They can all go chew on a doggy bone.
TameasDust	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 3:44 PM see kev your POPULAR ... your fans follow you anywhere ... it must be nice to be so loved
cobra271	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 4:41 PM AM CHEWING ON A DOGGY BONE THOW
SlamminJazz	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 4:43 PM "Receipt thefts have been bothering me too when I go into stores too to by Stallone films on DVD. They are nothing but thefts who cant make money themselfs so they have to steal it from other people they return things with your receipt this is how they steal. I wish they would all go cry to their mommy." lmao
MickeyBreezy	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 4:57 PM i stole a recipt 1ce, but it was 2 write a chicks number on.
Flimp	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 4:58 PM He's proud that this happened to him, too!
MickeyBreezy	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 5:01 PM uhh...i got nothin
IGNdotComSucks	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 5:07 PM Kev is a glory hog.
Magneto22	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 5:14 PM Stop making fun of me. You guys from IGN.com are just losers. Leave me alone.
invocati	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 5:32 PM Too long to take time to read. Sorry.
redrasta	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 8:43 PM Um....RECEIPT COLLECTOR!? Just HOW stupid ARE you?? No...please...just dont answer that.... "Hi, I am a ...um....carkey collector, and I was just wondering....."
invocati	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 8:58 PM Read the story...It sucked!!! Sorry but a receipt collector ...Are you trying to waste time by writing stuff like this...Or are you actually some kind of victom?
SlamminJazz	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 9:04 PM That's a funny story, but I believe it though. I've read similar articles in the paper that customers were robbed from receipt collectors. Since there are security censors in stores these days, it's hard to steal things from stores now. So the only way to get away with stealing is asking for the customer's receipt and the item they bought.
MickeyBreezy	Date: January 11, 2004 @ 9:09 PM they can rob u 2ice cuz after they get the money from the return they can claim the reciept on their taxes. fuckin dumbass...reciept collecter
rhyme416	Date: January 13, 2004 @ 10:29 AM So you naive enough to have to go through all those motions to realize a "Receipt Collector" in a retail store was a fraud? If the guy tried to identify himself as Security askin' for proof of purchase maybe... but you gotta be a fool to fall for that shit!!!
Pagan	Date: January 13, 2004 @ 3:16 PM there are alot of things i cant believe about this story. 1. that someone would be stupid enough to think of something like receipt collector line. 2. that a 27 year old guy has a conversation that sounds like an 11 year old should be having about wrestling.you know its fake right. 3. that a 27 yr old guy would be fawning like a schoolgirl over one of the stupidest movies ever and acting like its fuckin "citizen kane" 4. the fact that he paid enough to even warrant a receipt for that shit film. hey. im a um..... wallet collector..and i was just wondering...
Pagan	Date: January 13, 2004 @ 3:18 PM oh and 4. why a 27 year old guy would be at "spy kids 3" without a younger brother or cousin or child. didnt you notice that everyone in there was like 9?