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Man buys Plasma TV from Wal-Mart for 5 bucks

That floating smiley face must have been drinking right before it knocked recent prices down at a Monroe, LA Wal-Mart.  Wait…nope…it was 23-year-old Chandon L. Simms who thought he could simply (and allegedly) put a price tag from a $4.88 item on a $984 plasma TV and run it through self-checkout without anyone noticing. Loss Prevention did, and when questioned, showed officers a receipt from a different purchase for the same model TV and told them 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. Missed it by thaaaaaat much.

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3 comment(s) for this post.

  1. On Jun 29, 2007 @ 3:39 pm, victor Said:

    This is just as funny as the guy that tried to steal the mic/iphone from some one on live TV. To see this look on gizmodo.com sorry for the competitor link.

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  2. On Jun 29, 2007 @ 3:42 pm, Ricky Cadden Said:

    I mean, at least let’s give him some points for trying.

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  3. On Jun 29, 2007 @ 5:10 pm, ProfessionalGun Said:

    Yes, three cheers for fraud. . . . This guy is a moron. I was hoping someone benefited from an actual pricing error on the part of Wal-Mart - at which point, I would be in full support of the lucky individual. But this guy is just a common scam artist (and I hesitate to use the word “artist” at all.)

    Glad he was caught.

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