FARK.com: (7582250) Instagram scam swindles Furby fans out of $200,000

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		Instagram scam swindles Furby fans out of $200,000 (dailydot.com)		20
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CygnusDarius		2013-02-08 02:16:43 PM

Isn't that positive thing? I mean, they are rounding up, in one place, all these creepy little farkers where they can do no harm...

... Oh shiat...

the opposite of charity is justice		2013-02-08 02:16:54 PM

Made a bit of spending cash on these toys back in '98. Think they were $35 list price, was selling them for $100 a pop on ebay. Had several people pay double that for overnight delivery on Christmas week. Good times.

MBooda		2013-02-08 02:17:30 PM

Hobgoblins, first and foremost.
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dypchit		2013-02-08 02:19:58 PM

Headline and article content are about equal.

valar_morghulis		2013-02-08 02:21:48 PM

HA HA.

Glancing Blow		2013-02-08 02:22:31 PM

Likes Furbys

robbiex0r		2013-02-08 02:28:56 PM

Who responds to, and sends money to, an ad places on Instagram?

KrispyKritter		2013-02-08 02:29:48 PM

saw the 'new' Furbys in WalMort around Christmas for $54.00. that's crazy.

robbiex0r		2013-02-08 02:29:49 PM

placed*
/gdsm

Yuri Futanari		2013-02-08 02:30:24 PM

Francis gets the new Furby
(nsfw language...obviously)

durbnpoisn		2013-02-08 02:32:28 PM

I'd hate to admit it, but I actually owned one of those. My daughter had one two. It was actually really amusing watching the two of them interact. Pretty damn impressive technology for the time.

For the record, I didn't by mine. It was given to me as a present by a coworker. She had it in her cubicle. When she left the company, she passed it down to me.

Mog32Kupo		2013-02-08 02:37:09 PM

Wow, thanks for the information. So she posted an ad, had people send her money, and that's it?

Seriously, where is the glam, glitz, and glitter to the story, make it interesting!!

Mad_Radhu		2013-02-08 02:38:29 PM

robbiex0r: Who responds to, and sends money to, an ad places on Instagram?

Probably the same people to respond to Nigerian princes in exile. You know how stupid the average person is? Exactly half of them are dumber than THAT.

sweater_pups		2013-02-08 02:39:46 PM

Who wants to see my furby??

/EIP

uncleacid		2013-02-08 02:42:24 PM

They would have never gotten my Bahts.

Barricaded Gunman		2013-02-08 02:42:46 PM

KrispyKritter: saw the 'new' Furbys in WalMort around Christmas for $54.00. that's crazy.

As one of the a-holes who threw down $52 for one for my daughter for Xmas, I have to agree. "Limited entertainment value" doesn't begin to describe these stupid things.