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Old 11-08-2007, 11:14 AM
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I've seen that happen as well, not just canned drinks either, pretty much anything dogs came up to - to "mark." I saw this in Memphis growing up.
Did you check your trousers for strange spots lately?
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Old 11-08-2007, 10:46 PM
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LOL! This was a distance away from me and it was 20-25 years ago.

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Old 11-08-2007, 10:54 PM
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Did you check your trousers for strange spots lately?
Must resist urge to tell story involving my right leg and my friends Tom Cat
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Old 11-09-2007, 04:28 AM
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Don't let us hold you back Brad.
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Old 11-09-2007, 02:47 PM
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Indeed, you've got us all intruiged

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Old 11-09-2007, 08:00 PM
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I'm holding lunch to hear it Brad.
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Old 11-11-2007, 04:34 PM
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Best Buy - They have the worst service locally and nothing is priced on the store shelves.
My brother's Calculus II teacher last year bought a new computer, and noticed that hardware was acting up. When she checked what Hardware she had it wasn't actually what she bought / paid for and was a refurbished computer sold to her under the impression that it was a new one. So I would avoid them as much as possible for computers / electronics, but for DVDs and stuff I will go to them.

And my big one, Microsoft. Except I hate the fact that we need Microsoft Office on our computer to be able to share work with school and my mom's co-officers in the organization she leads.
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Old 11-11-2007, 05:00 PM
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LOL - Wal-Mart does that too, except they skip the refurbished part - they just put it back on the shelf.

When I was working for an ISP locally, we had a customer that had trouble getting on dial-up. Her Vista machine would not load the drivers that came with the system, so she returned it to Wal-Mart.

A week later, an old man came in for similar reasons. He mentioned the system already had a username and password but someone at Wal-Mart who worked in electronics helped him reset the password. When I looked at the machine, I noticed right off the bat it was the exact same machine that the other person had that would not load the drivers. He took it back as well.
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Old 11-11-2007, 10:36 PM
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LOL - Wal-Mart does that too, except they skip the refurbished part - they just put it back on the shelf.

When I was working for an ISP locally, we had a customer that had trouble getting on dial-up. Her Vista machine would not load the drivers that came with the system, so she returned it to Wal-Mart.

A week later, an old man came in for similar reasons. He mentioned the system already had a username and password but someone at Wal-Mart who worked in electronics helped him reset the password. When I looked at the machine, I noticed right off the bat it was the exact same machine that the other person had that would not load the drivers. He took it back as well.
That anecdote made my day Thanks!
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Old 11-12-2007, 12:29 AM
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LOL - Wal-Mart does that too, except they skip the refurbished part - they just put it back on the shelf.

When I was working for an ISP locally, we had a customer that had trouble getting on dial-up. Her Vista machine would not load the drivers that came with the system, so she returned it to Wal-Mart.

A week later, an old man came in for similar reasons. He mentioned the system already had a username and password but someone at Wal-Mart who worked in electronics helped him reset the password. When I looked at the machine, I noticed right off the bat it was the exact same machine that the other person had that would not load the drivers. He took it back as well.
All stores do that unless there is something visually damaged on the device. Most discount them and sell them as "Open Box" items which are non-returnable. That is the path that Wal-mart locally follows. One reason why I never purchase open box items. In California if you purchase a refurbished item and it wasn't marked as such, you can actually sue the company that sold it. They are required to mark refurbished items as such and not sell them as new.
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