Teen Kidnapped at Gunpoint, Forced to Buy PS3

[roofus]

as embarrassed as i would be to buy a PS3, i don't know if such an elaborate hoax would be necessary. just buy it out of town..

 

[jenesuispasbavard]

[citation][nom]rubix_1011[/nom]Jewelry?WTF happened to simple editing?[/citation]
Actually, that's how it's spelt everywhere else in the world, except of course, in the USA.

 

[Regulas]

[citation][nom]Zoonie[/nom]'PS3 - eight out of ten robbers say they prefer it..' hehe[/citation]
Great one LOL

 

[Herbert_HA]

Poor boy. At least he's ok.

 

[Judguh]

If they can afford to get an assault rifle, why force someone to get a PS3?? A PS3 is a drop in the bucket compared to a decent rifle!

 

[blackened144]

[citation][nom]cekasone[/nom]dude so, they took the kid to his house to get his dad's credit card. why didn't he try to defend himself while inside, or did they follow him inside his house. either way, fucked up way to get a ps3.[/citation]
What do you expect? We have an entire generation of kids who are taught that they shouldnt do anything for themselves. Just call the police and they will give you all the help you need. Or they will clean up the blood after your murdered, whichever.

 

[hypocrisyforever]

[citation][nom]El_Capitan[/nom]What idiot robbers tell their hostage to guy a shotgun? WTF? Hey, did you get the shot-BOOM! Yeah... he got it...[/citation]

lol, said what I was thinking....

 

[ssalim]

So? Start a claim/dispute on cc charge then tell Walmart the problem. Security camera and police can probably identify them (they must be unmasked if they walk into walmart without causing a fuss).

 

[thackstonns]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]You got that right, that's why it's called the English Language, not the Dumb Yank Language.Oh sorry, I forgot, there is only one country in the world.Submit flames.... NOW!!![/citation]

Its funny cause you said Yank. Especially since only someone not from the U.S. would call us that. Yes I know its short for Yankee. Its just funny because you are all up in arms about jewelry, and then call us Yanks, which is from your countries english language. I assume you are from England. I visited there once everyone was ugly and smelled of body oder.

 

[soul555top]

Back in my day, we had people using knives to steal Atari's from Woolworths. Times have changed.

 

[ethanolson]

"...whom were supposedly both armed with assault rifles..."

You used 'whom' wrong.

 

[osxsier]

This reminds me of a story when the PS3 first came out. Apparently, some guy was in line waiting for a PS3 and finally got one...but someone drove by and shot the guy, but he retained his PS3. When they asked the person if he would get shot again for a PS3, his reply, "I would definitely get shot again for my PS3"

I was blown away, but I did think it was pretty funny.

 

[fulle]

@back_by_demand

Marcus is an American writer, and this is an article for the US section of Tom's hardware, under an American URL (there isn't a fucking .uk here). Therefore, he misspelled "jewelry". If this was a Canadian or British article, "jewellery" would have been correct, but in this case its not. I don't appreciate someone being called a "stupid Yank" for giving the writer the correct local spelling.

If I was reading a British article, and the writer used the spelling "harbor" instead of "harbour", and a British commenter corrected the writer, I would keep my fucking mouth shut. Which is what you should have done.

 

[mikepaul]

So when the console eventually goes online, will it be long before the police are there? I'm guessing that Wal-Mart scanned the serial number before it left...

 

[bfstev]

sony should pick up their legal deffence

 

[Bruceification73]

[citation][nom]Euphoria_MK[/nom]Well teh actually preferred the shotgun, but since the counter was closed the went for the PS3, lol....[/citation]

It was on their Christmas wish list.

[citation][nom]jenesuispasbavard[/nom]You can buy a shotgun at Walmart??!!!?![/citation]

Duh. Just not a powerful one (10 gauge)

[citation][nom]cashews[/nom]Well when we hear about someone getting held hostage at ps3point, we know who to point the finger at.[/citation]

Lol yeah.

 

[skadeet]

I thought Walmart stopped selling firearms about 10 years ago. if so this story is fake, unless this wasn't in the US.

 

[skadeet]

[citation][nom]Bruceification73[/nom]It was on their Christmas wish list. Duh. Just not a powerful one (10 gauge)Lol yeah.[/citation]

weird, none of the Walmarts in CT sell firearms or even pieces of firearms, perhaps a scope or something but that's about it. I guess it's different in other states. CT stopped about 10 years ago.

 

[yang]

probably happened in the southern states

 

[taiso]

sounds like a load of crap sorry. 2 men with assault rifles forcing you to buy a shotgun? oh wait the gun counter is closed lets take a ps3 instead? at wal mart of all places? why not rob your local gun shop? and how was the kid going to buy the gun even if they did sell it at wal-mart? they don't just hand you a gun at at the counter because you're 18 and you've been 'kidnapped'. and i'm sure the 'assailants' did not bring an assault rifle into wal-mart. what stopped him from getting help while inside? and you're telling me two guys rob you at gunpoint but give you enough time to go inside your house and get a credit card and jewelry...why not go in yourself and clean out the whole place? if your bright idea was to steal a ps3 maybe the kid might already own one why not start there...this smells like bs and the plot is worse than a b-rated movie. what else is he gonna tell the cops that they let him keep the receipt and the credit card? nice try kid, you're the next balloon boy.