FARK.com: (12739600) Today in lazy headline writing: "Devastated Photographer Sent Bags of White Powder Instead of $3K Camera." Who did he send them to, and why would he do that?

		Today in lazy headline writing: "Devastated Photographer Sent Bags of White Powder Instead of $3K Camera." Who did he send them to, and why would he do that? (petapixel.com)		9
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Tom Marvolo Bombadil

2023-02-02 4:59:39 PM

Did he even bother to check what the street value was?

mistahtom

2023-02-02 5:01:33 PM

(2018)https://petapixel.com/2018/02/24/man-says-ordered-6000-dslr-amazon-got-rocks-bricks/

BretMavrik

2023-02-02 5:13:46 PM

Well, I was working in my studio 'bout 2022...

chitownmike

2023-02-02 6:42:11 PM

mistahtom: (2018)https://petapixel.com/2018/02/24/man-says-ordered-6000-dslr-amazon-got-rocks-bricks/

Meh, I'd rather have powder

grimlock1972

2023-02-02 6:44:42 PM

Tom Marvolo Bombadil: Did he even bother to check what the street value was?

Came for this.
/leaving hoping it is not Bolivian marching powder

talkertopc

2023-02-02 7:03:06 PM

Something similar happened to me except that it was something a bit cheaper, a Low Profile GT-1030 video card I ordered on Amazon. The box was shrink wrapped but contained junk. Unlike in the story I had no problem exchanging it for the real thing.

Spectrum

2023-02-02 8:47:05 PM

CSB: About a decade or so ago I worked as a helper for UPS drivers for the holidays. Basically I ran all of the packages to the door all day long. I worked with different drivers every week.

One week I worked with a driver who every day would stop at his own house at the end of the day. He'd take a small stack of packages into his house and come back out with a different stack of packages. Then we'd tool around town delivering those packages before ending the day.

Wasn't that hard to figure out what was going on.

cyberspacedout

2023-02-02 9:33:59 PM

I'd be willing to bet those bags of powder were the exact same weight as the camera, and the retailer never opened the box to verify what was inside. The manufacturer's warehouse may have an employee with an illegal side hustle.

grimlock1972

2023-02-03 12:10:39 PM

cyberspacedout: I'd be willing to bet those bags of powder were the exact same weight as the camera, and the retailer never opened the box to verify what was inside. The manufacturer's warehouse may have an employee with an illegal side hustle.

you would win that bet.

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