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Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 1 month ago

Idaho man accused of using soup barcode hidden in ring for Walmart theft scheme

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Idaho man accused of using soup barcode hidden in ring for Walmart theft scheme

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Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 1 month ago

Police say the suspect used a ring on his finger with a tomato soup barcode to surreptitiously scan expensive items at a fraction of the cost, including a $300 grill.

Soup to nuts

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They do, so I’m not sure how he got away with this.
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  Well nobody is putting a grill onto the scales to measure it
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  The Walmart in my town does not have the scales.

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