Comment Described attack isn't done for money (Score 1) 1
Future Shop spokesman Elliott Chun told CTV that individuals bought the iPads with cash, replaced them with the model clay, then returned the packages to the stores. The returned fakes were restocked on the shelve and sold to new, unwitting customers.
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"It really saddens Future Shop that people stoop to be this opportunistic and make money in this kind of organized way."
Kinda tough to make money by buying the product first, then substituting the clay. If it's done that way, it must be a prank. This doesn't add up. Who spends $7k (ten bricks) for a prank.
The only way this makes money is if the substitution is made before the box hits the checkout. Methinks me smells a rat.