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    Cash for cell phone ATM's

    Cash-for-phone ATMs may fuel violent crime, top cop says - TODAY.com


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    I wonder if these are owned by CoinStar?

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    Taking this from another thread.. Thread Jumping.. Weeeeeee:
    Maybe we can start bringing in Catalytic Converters to the Mall and get cash instead.. I don't get anywhere near $300 bucks for one.

    How Ironic these two topics got posted on the same day. One adds a mile of red-tape to honest folks trying to make a few bucks selling scrap metal... The other story shows how easy thieves can get their hands on something and turn it in for cash.. right at the mall!
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    The "hobo's" love them too apparently:
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    i could see suing the mall for the theft if i was a victim, the mall leased the space to the company that owns the machine

    the mall gave means, motive, and opportunity to the thieves
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    Quote Originally Posted by jghilino View Post
    i could see suing the mall for the theft if i was a victim, the mall leased the space to the company that owns the machine

    the mall gave means, motive, and opportunity to the thieves
    Why would you sue the mall? The PERSON stole it from you, not the mall. That would be like me having my iPhone stolen and suing Verizon because they are the cell phone provider and they gave a motive for someone to steal it (the phone being a valuable item). It doesn't make any sense.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gravitar View Post
    Why would you sue the mall? The PERSON stole it from you, not the mall. That would be like me having my iPhone stolen and suing Verizon because they are the cell phone provider and they gave a motive for someone to steal it (the phone being a valuable item). It doesn't make any sense.
    verizon didnt provide the thief a direct way to sell your phone like the mall did

    the mall has no legitimate defense if they are encouraging theft?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jghilino View Post
    verizon didnt provide the thief a direct way to sell your phone like the mall did

    the mall has no legitimate defense if they are encouraging theft?
    Ok then, someone steals your scrap and sells it to the scrapyard. Who are you going to sue, the person or the scrapyard?

    Or, the theif that steals your cell phone sells it on Ebay! Who are you going to sue then?
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    Wonder if anybody would say anything if i walked into the mall with a 100 or so lbs of cellphones?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gravitar View Post
    Ok then, someone steals your scrap and sells it to the scrapyard. Who are you going to sue, the person or the scrapyard?

    Or, the theif that steals your cell phone sells it on Ebay! Who are you going to sue then?
    Well, Gravitar; you're making that very common mistake of trying to use common sense & logic to figure out the legal system. The way it oughta be and the way it is are two different things. When a lawyer is looking at an incident trying to figure out who to go after, culpability takes a backseat to pocket depth. The thieves obviously already don't have a pot to piss in, and you'd never get a thin dime out of them even if you won a judgement. The mall, on the other hand, would likely cave & throw some money at you just to avoid a long drawn out court battle with high priced lawyers of their own. To be clear, I'm not saying I agree with this, or that it makes any kind of logical horse-sense... but it IS the way things are done.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NHscrapman View Post
    Wonder if anybody would say anything if i walked into the mall with a 100 or so lbs of cellphones?
    If you ever do do this...please youtube it. I'll have popcorn waiting.

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    How long will it be till the first machine is stolen, stripped and the phones inside sold to another machine from the same company.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BarrenRealms007 View Post
    How long will it be till the first machine is stolen, stripped and the phones inside sold to another machine from the same company.
    Close as I can tell, most of these machines are in shopping malls so there should be quite a few witnesses.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mechanic688 View Post
    Close as I can tell, most of these machines are in shopping malls so there should be quite a few witnesses.
    witnesses, several years ago,town near here, 6 guys in a shootout on a public street broad daylight, one dies,another wounded with 5 gunshots,60 people in the street,nobody saw anything.


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