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News Room Contributor  Posts: 8044 Joined: 12 Nov 2002     | |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 763 Joined: 21 Apr 2009     | Wow. They really wanted Xboxes didn't they. Thats a nice cut of money too... |
On the Record  Posts: 5168 Joined: 2 Feb 2009     | The most interesting thing in this news is the name of the town: Mississauga. What the hell? Mississauga where the hell is that? xP |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1492 Joined: 4 Oct 2008    | ..You'd think they'd have better security. Seriously? One security guard, and they just drive off in the truck, nobody noticing. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1374 Joined: 17 May 2008     | In other news: X-Box piracy increasing, CliffyB considering taking the pills of eternal sleep. @Oliveira8 -- Canada |
Paperboy  Posts: 40 Joined: 14 Apr 2009     | I think the contents of trucks are generally unknown to outsiders which means... it's an inside job! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1723 Joined: 20 Mar 2008  |
Just West of Toronto. ------------- Oh, Mississauga...you and your shenanigans... It's always Peel Region. Have you noticed that? |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 789 Joined: 15 Jan 2009     | Wow that sucks, dont buy any xboxs from canada for awhile |
Creator of Unforgotten Realms  Posts: 581 Joined: 15 Apr 2008   |
In Halton district outside of Toronto. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4976 Joined: 29 Jun 2008  | And from the looks of the picture.. Niko Bellic seems to be in on it. Well, I certainly won't be buying Xboxes for a while. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1129 Joined: 11 Dec 2007 | I have recently gotten my hands on 1300 Xbox 360's.......LAN PARTY!!!! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1853 Joined: 27 Dec 2008 | That's a pretty harsh fail right there. Maybe next time they should invest in some security? Or maybe they wanted them to be stolen... Insurance? Deep. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2342 Joined: 28 May 2008    | I bet those guys dream of stealing a van full of PS3s one day.......... |
Beat Writer  Posts: 207 Joined: 8 Jan 2009  | Pretty ingenious thieves. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1079 Joined: 25 Feb 2008   |
And who are they gonna sell them to? |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2342 Joined: 28 May 2008 |
This guy: |
Muckraker  Posts: 331 Joined: 24 Apr 2009   | These might be the same guy who stole 5000 lightbulb-less lamps. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 137 Joined: 25 Mar 2009 |
I just bought an Xbox 360 from a canadian seller on eBay for $50. The item listing said there were 1243 left in inventory, possibly just a coincidence? |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 383 Joined: 28 Nov 2007    | The irony of this? They learned how to steal the truck from playing GTA IV on the xBox 360. |
Muckraker Posts: 227 Joined: 25 Feb 2009 |
Not really, no visible advertising of what is in the trailer, stinks of an inside job by someone that knew exactly where the trailer was, what it looked like and what it contained, and they stole the most unreliable console on the market, maybe they stole in bulk for replacement parts?
Erm...yeah, that's more than just a coincidink, you could report them and earn more than $50 as a reward for turning them in, heck you could get a big enough chunk you could buy one quarter the volume of what they stole with street pricing. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1700 Joined: 11 Jan 2009   |
What location and what's the name of the person selling them? You should probably notify the tip line. If you don't, I will. |
On the Record  Posts: 5160 Joined: 21 Aug 2008 |
I don't like him. I think he deserves a blanket party.
My thoughts exactly. Seriously thought that's a hell of a lot of money. drive those across the country and sell them piece by piece, you'll make a heinous amount. |
Beat Writer Posts: 137 Joined: 25 Mar 2009 |
It was a joke. I would get a kick out of being interviewed by the police for someone taking a post on a forum too seriously. I didn't get an Xbox 360 on eBay. I'm sure the people who stole them are not going to unload them on eBay for $50 a pop, listing their entire 1300 inventory. Don't be such a dumb jerk. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1806 Joined: 26 Mar 2009     | Sounds to me it was just some concerned citizens trying to do thier community a favor by keeping them off the street (out of the stores.) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1154 Joined: 29 Oct 2008  |
Ha. Zing! I'm going to be slightly more suspicious of cheap 360's. May buy one though, their future line up is healthier than I expected. Disclaimer: I'm not condoning illegal activity and would report if I suspected I had one. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 79 Joined: 21 Apr 2009  |
Hmm, because those people didn't want to have people wasting money on something that doesn't live up to expectations? Interesting.... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1598 Joined: 26 Apr 2009  | .... later sources would reveal a few of the XBOX'es red ringing, prompting the thieves to turn it in to Microsoft for a repair. They were captured minutes later. Come on, you'd laugh if that happened. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2499 Joined: 6 Apr 2009   |
The tone of this made me laugh a lot. Anyway, I'll be on the look out for them....on eBay... |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1700 Joined: 11 Jan 2009 |
Don't be an asshole yourself. I'm just a concerned citizen. And it's hard to tell if a person is being serious over the internet. And how was I being a jerk? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3178 Joined: 24 Dec 2008    |
well your meant to stick up for the man, not stick it to him.
Chortle Chortle.
while your busted hand may one day heal, and I'll never have 3 PS3's, at least I'll be popular in well lit public places, what with not having fungus attached to my face. Funny vid... somehow. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1209 Joined: 25 Nov 2007  |
Actually, I think they caught him, but he got off with a light sentence. *ba dum tsh* Anyway, back on topic. Assuming they ditched the truck shortly after the heist, how did the perpetrators move thirteen hundred XBox360s? At approximately 16 pounds per unit (not counting packaging, peripherals, etc.) we're looking at TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS. That's ten tons! It's not like you can just shove those all in the closet and hope Mom doesn't notice. This speaks of premeditation, or access to a really secluded garage. I'd look at the inside-job angle. ...and dammit, now I'm imagining a bus hanging halfway off a cliff with more than a thousand 360s inside, right before a... cliffhanger ending. ARGH. Self-inflicted pun injury! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1183 Joined: 7 May 2009 |
Not very smart on the part of the police. If I were the person who stole the truckload, I'd charge full price. WAY more money to be made by doing that. Or if they put them on a craigslist for $50 cheaper saying they are used, it would be even easier to liquidate the stock. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3035 Joined: 24 Apr 2009   | Not a bad heist, I'd be more impressed if it was a jewelery store truck. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 168 Joined: 21 Jun 2009  | Maybe it was just some guys frustrated with getting their 360s replaced from RRODing. Now they never have to wait to get a new one! On the otherhand how the hell would you get rid of 1300 xbox360s... By the time they're done selling them a new console might be out. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2453 Joined: 1 Sep 2008   | Great picture, by the way. I want to believe that's what it actually looked like. |
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1300 Xboxes Stolen in Mississauga
Thieves in Mississauga have stolen a truck containing more than 1300 Xbox consoles, leading police to issue a warning to the public that this is a really great time to be on the lookout for a cheap 360.
Police say four or five thieves attacked a security guard at a trailer yard near Britannia Road East and Dixie, subduing and restraining him before dragging him under a parked trailer. They then made off with over 1300 Xbox 360 consoles in a black Trans-Send Freight Systems trailer, described as a 16-meter 2007 Air-Ride bearing the Ontario license plate C11-47X. The security guard received only minor injuries and is expected to fully recover.
The report didn't reveal which models of 360 were stolen so determining the actual value of the crime is tricky. Future Shop sells the Xbox 360 Arcade for $199.99 (Canadian, of course) while the 120GB Elite goes for double that amount; if the truck was packed with Elite systems the haul would be worth roughly $520,000, but as stolen property they'd sell for maybe half their retail value. 50 grand apiece, minus expenses, doesn't sound like a bad haul for one night of Toronto shenanigans. Not sure if it's worth going to jail for, though.
Peel Regional Police have issued a notice urging people to exercise caution if they're given the opportunity to buy a new Xbox 360 under "suspicious circumstances." Because, you know, it probably won't have any warranty. Anyone with information about the theft is urged to contact Peel Crime Stoppers at 1-888-222-TIPS.
Source: The Star
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