Ha! Justice served! :)
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Ha! Justice served! :)
Good on you, sir.
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Truly an awe-inspiring exercise of righteous justice. Well done Ape. And way to repay the favor Single.
While HOF material, will this thread self-destruct shortly?
Well played all around. I completely agree that a letter needs to be sent to the owner of the house.
It could come from anyone, typed...etc.
Thanks ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by mmmthmtskier
and I'm a dude.... I love my avatar too !Quote:
Originally Posted by Pegleg
So does the detective get a link to this thread?
Wow, I had been wondering what happened with this. Thought something other than a front porch grab must've gone down when you couldn't give us details.
Nice work Ape, who IIRC is a JONG minus the JOG and add a hefty does of FKNA.
So any word on who was actually behind this? Theory time:
Theory A:
House is typically unoccupied around the time UPS comes, somebody sketchy (neighbor possibly) knows this
Perps know UPS route and have package delivered to that house, which they quickly/stealthily retrieve under normal circumstances
Kid was home sick that day
UPS knocked on door, kid grabbed package, perps abort mission
Kid's parents now think kid is on crack because he keeps talking about their package that went missing
Theory B:
Kid has a sketchy babysitter that thinks they can get away with it since it's not their address
Kid gets beat by babysitter, plus parents think he's on crack
Theory C:
Sketchy UPS driver scams people on e-bay
Sketchy UPS driver falsifies delivery records to this (and possibly other) adresses
Sketchy UPS driver gets sick/has emergency, other driver takes that route
Package gets delivered
Kids parents think he is on crack when he mentions missing package
Theory D:
Kid's parents are sketchy and dumb, using their own adress for these scams
Theory E:
Kid has a nasty Lucky Charms habit to support, scams people on e-bay to support it
Insert the word "crack" for lucky charms if this kid is over age 12
This whole thing is unbelievably awesome. Maggot of the year indeed. Maybe next year too.
Theory F: The house is the shipping address for this stuff, parents or someone in the house think they are really helping out legitimate transactions by forwarding the said shipped merchandise to some other address- maybe even a foreign address, Nigeria or where-ever. Dateline or one of the TV type shows like that tracked packages that were sent to US addresses- someone looking for a work from home type of job, and the person gets the stuff and turns it around shipping it to a foreign addressee. If I remember correctly, the TV show tracked one big screen TV all through customs to some little village somewhere in Nigeria, Africa.Quote:
Originally Posted by dumpy
Sneak.Quote:
Originally Posted by stuckathuntermtn
That guy would have to really hate america to ruin this situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by acinpdx
Man, I want to sneak in to someone's place that ripped of a mag and fuck their shit up! Right On!
Too bad he did not snap some pics through the window! Somehow rat this guy out to landlord, cops, neighbors, ebay, pay pal, the whole crew.
Single - that cop who called you and said he missed the drop... it was Ape Natural's big buddy.
There was no kid. There was no cat called Buttermilk.
Ape Natural was the Ebay buyer.
He's Nigerian. And he just traded you a lens that you already owned for a brand new pair of Moment Night Trains.
Elaborate, yes, but hey, he's a Nigerian scam artist.
Anyone else would have seen it coming a mile away :nonono2:
awesome. the only thing better would have been if Ape had swapped it with a similar box with a giant turd and a change for a nickel sticker on it. all done while wearing a POV.
^^^Now THAT is funny!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hohes
Did this bring to mind Kaiser Soze's mugshot finally rolling off the fax machine for anyone else? It all falls into place...Quote:
Originally Posted by Hohes
FTW^ Damn hindsight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ripzalot
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Originally Posted by Crampedon
I do have some snapshots of the backyard and front of the house... I won't post them up publicly but if anyone wants them over email or PM I can get them to you if you feel like some spam/hatemail is in order...
And to clarify a couple of things:
1) The cats name was biscuit (not a big deal but whatever)
2) The "kid in question was around 3 years old, sitting at the same kitchen table that the lens was on. He was watching the whole thing go down, but for some crazy ass reason he kept his mouth shut. My friend just walked in and was like, "hey man, what's up" and the kid just sat there and watched the whole thing go down while eating his cereal. The parents were in the house, but I think they were in the shower or something. Needless to say we just hauled ass out of there... And when I say haul ass I'm pretty sure I set some kind of world record for crutch galloping top speed.
Other than that the details are pretty much right on... I just wish I could've been there to see the confusion when they tried to figure out what the fuck happened to there lens... "I could've sworn I left it right on the kitchen table..." Bitches. :FIREdevil
No way. Holy crap dude, I hadn't heard this before. AWESOME.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ape_Natural
The kid probably sees this happen all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ape_Natural
So glad I keep clicking on this thread.
A reenactment needs to make it into someone's movie this year.
Maggots r00l! For a photo JONG, what is a lens like that worth?
About a grand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pow4Brains
Before someone puts two and two together, I didnt pay 675 for the night trains. I just used someone elses paypal and scammed some stupid kid on ebay. Told him I was on business, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pow4Brains
Unfortunately I did have to pay shipping though. :p
Assuming the parents were the scammers and beat the 3 year old into confessing what happened, they now know some big motherfucker walked right into their home, talked to their child, knew exactly what to take, and left completely undetected.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ape_Natural
Opportunities for terrorizing these assholes are endless.
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Originally Posted by single
I'm going to intercept them. PM me the shippping address and tracking number ;)
There has been some police interaction with the occupants of the residency since the event. I would advise against any further action against the home. Whats done is done, everything has been resolved.
Plus the occupants were not the scammers. It was just a drop point. But they were not necessarily good people either. But they have nothing to hide from the cops anymore, and that might mean they could take said hatemail directly to the police.
too bad, because I'm sure there are enough people with dogs and old camera lens boxes around here that it could get hilarious.
fckn gold, love it. Is sneaking into a place to retrieve your own shit...well what's the legalities of that, just for future reference?
One of the best reads ever.
I had the details on this from maggot DL PM. Hooked ape with some shit I make at cost for his upcoming project, Stuff is in the mail am tomorrow ape. FKNA!!
Nice TR G!
TGR delivers the win, again. Solid job guys.
Ape-
You get the maggot deal on anything I sell. PM me if you're interested. Well played!
That took some balls.
You're lucky you didn't get shot. A lot of people in the pnw would have shot you on sight. Pretty bad ass. I'm amazed at the risk you took to help a stranger out.
Wow.
Was thinking the same thing. Something like that would probably lead to death in Colorado with our favorable castle laws protecting the home.Quote:
Originally Posted by doughboyshredder
Outstanding effort to help out a maggot.
In regards to how this works, I still don't get how the homeowners are not the bad guys. Someone who they obviously knew, had stolen stuff shipped to their house. I'm thinking big boxes of dogshit are still on the go list.
The visual of Ape gimping away on crutches is just too funny.
The efforts made to recover the item were not exactly... legal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spyplane
I would urge anyone to not send feces infused packaging to the house, but that is apes call, as he would be the only one giving out the address. He is also the one who "trespassed" into the house, and would likely be held liable if anything were to happen.
Sure, the people in the house ARE bad people, but everything turned out well in the end. I say leave well enough alone, but I guess it's not my call.
So -- single -- have you sent the buyer a message through ebay, asking him how he's enjoying the lens so far?
The most amazing part of this story is that it was the non-mag friend who did the most. Knowing nothing more about the guy I am pretty sure I'd enjoy hanging out with him.
"You want to stop at this random house and steal back something that was originally stolen from some random person you don't even know on the internet? And since you are on crutches I am going to have to walk right in to the house and take the shit while the people are still home? I'm Down."
he was using someone elses ebay account.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
I have thought about mailing him a picture of his house, with a note written on it in sharpie that says "Cute kid, hope you enjoy the lens", but whatever. I got the lens back, ape got skis, all is well in the universe.
And Rob (lobstah), you da meng! Thanks for hookin him up!
And thanks to everyone else who is willing to help out Ape because of this situation, in this thread and the old one. He is a standup dude.