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    The ULTIMATE Potato Computer!

    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ny_computer_dc

    BERLIN (Reuters) - German police are investigating after an angry man returned a computer he had just bought saying it was packed with small potatoes instead of computer parts.

    The store replaced the computer free of charge but became suspicious when he returned a short time later with another potato-filled computer casing, police in the western city of Kaiserslautern said on Monday.

    "The second time he said he didn't need a computer any more and asked for his money back in cash," a police spokesman said.

    Police are now investigating the man for fraud.

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    well when i was working for compusa many years ago, and dvd kits were rare and expensive
    somebody came in and tried to return a dvd and mpeg card kit with a cdrom and cheapo isa tv tuner. I wouldn't allow it, but he claimed that was in it when he bought it. My manager told me to give his 200 bucks back. Idiot

    I have so many stories of managers saying ok the return

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    yeah... same scam with hard drives.
    people buy a huge 200 gig hd...
    put in their old hard drive and try to return it.

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    mmmmmmmm...potatoes....
    Shall we buy a new guitar?
    Shall we drive a more powerful car?

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    wouldn't the potatoes rolling around when it was carried send off a signal the first time?

    unless they were taped in...
    And closer...

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    maybe he took out the components and put in potatoes
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    Originally posted by brainsmile
    maybe he took out the components and put in potatoes

    I think that was the whole point.

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    Originally posted by DarkFury
    /me senses "invisible sarcasm" tags coming from Brainsmile.
    <sarcasm>brainsmile</sarcasm>

    that's why his initials are BS

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    who's being sarcastic?
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    i think a computer filled with potatoes would be a LOT heavier than a computer without potatoes

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    Originally posted by brainsmile
    maybe he took out the components and put in potatoes


    He's really stupid....
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