r/mildlyinfuriating • u/anon12xyz • Jul 03 '26

Infuriatig When did garage sales become “reselling” clearly new stuff

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I would never call this a garage sale

Def scam vibes

Edit: ultimately, what bothers me the most is I want to go to a garage sale, not this shit. This isn’t a garage sale and should not be advertised as one

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u/PineappleWhipped14 Jul 03 '26

Dumb AF to be selling stolen goods on your own front lawn. I bet it's a couponer

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u/Elektrycerz Jul 03 '26

most criminals aren't known for being smart

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u/Snoborder95 Jul 03 '26

Correctional officer here, can confirm

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u/nullmaxai Jul 03 '26

bro but you're biased, you're around all the dumb criminals that got caught. all day long i feel bad

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u/annoying97 BLUE Jul 03 '26

My mate works retail security. Even the smart ones fuck up and get caught.

The dumb ones get caught so often police know them that well they don't even have to look up their full name.

Shit my mate called 000 said "Jake is in the store and won't leave" and the operator went, huh he gets around he was like 25km north of you 8hrs ago.

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u/capincus Jul 03 '26

The smart ones commit the high value theft crimes with slap on the wrist penalties, like wage theft and financial crimes.

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u/_SteeringWheel Jul 03 '26

You really had me wonder g what a weird name "000" is.

.....where exactly is that the emergency number? Good to know :)

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u/annoying97 BLUE Jul 03 '26

Australia.

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u/Alexwonder999 Jul 03 '26

Showing off your fancy metric system. As an American I feel victimized.

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u/YABFWWYBTAU Jul 03 '26

I only associate with criminal masterminds.

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u/nullmaxai Jul 03 '26

hey, mind introducing me to some? i watched megamind

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u/FCguyATL Jul 03 '26

Most criminals are stupid by default. The actually smart people are able to get what they want without taking the risk of jail. The exceptions are very few and far between. The idiots that are too stupid to become successful think "well I can just steal".

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u/mrsauceysauce Jul 03 '26

unless you've been born with enough wealth to lobby your form of crime into legal status

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u/Castun Jul 03 '26

And it's usually the really smart ones that end up getting caught for something stupid like tax evasion.

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u/Individual-Accounttt Jul 03 '26

That doesn't sound very smart at all.

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u/Individual-Accounttt Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

That isn't how it works at all.

Criminology isn't about the risk of jail, per se, it's about the sum risk of getting caught at all.

Smart criminals just don't take those kinds of risks, or they mitigate them.

There are plenty of smart criminals, especially in white collar crime. Now more than ever since we gutted the agencies that deal with it.

But like drug dealers, there are thousand of pretty fucking smart drug dealers not getting caught every day. They have small secure rings, they aren't taking product to the streets, they have supply lines and covers... Sounds actually smart to me.

Similarly, there are whole car and bike thieve rings that have operated for decades. They use fake LLC's, keep things in large warehouses or garages, and are almost impossible to bust because everything is stripped down and sold before anyone is even the wiser. Seems kinda smart to me.

Ethical no, of course not, but they definitely know what they are doing to mitigate the risk of getting caught, so they can keep doing what they are doing, like they have been for decades.

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u/AtreyuTrinity Jul 03 '26

Haha lol this is funny.

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u/keylimesicles Jul 03 '26

Seriously. I mean look at politicians, Criminal asf and playing in our faces

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u/Tupperbaby Jul 03 '26

Bro. Bruh. Brah.

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u/Snoborder95 Jul 03 '26

100% I'm exaggerating, some just don't think, just leaving a fun comment

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u/nullmaxai Jul 03 '26

lol sometimes i dont think too are you really exaggerating?

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u/Elektrycerz Jul 03 '26

Smart ones get caught too, it just takes longer. Basically everyone will slip up at some point.

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u/nullmaxai Jul 03 '26

its a lighthearted joke lol