TSA Screener Steals $200K of Passenger Goods; Becomes E-Bay Powerseller

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Apologies if this is a dupe, but...

From http://www.bitterwallet.com/tsa-screener-steals-200k-of-passenger-goods-becomes-ebay-powerseller/983

TSA screener steals $200k of passenger goods - becomes eBay Powerseller

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No joke. Pythias Brown, a TSA screener in New Jersey, has been helping himself to the bounty of the x-ray machine and re-selling the items on eBay. The largest item stolen was a $47,900 camera from inside the bag of an HBO employee. Now, this is a bad thing but probably only a behavioral result of being named Pythias.

You have to give him credit though for his faultless 100% positive feedback record on eBay.

fast,friendly,awesome product. just as described. will do business again. A+++++
SONY CYBER-SHOT DSC-H2 6.0 MEGAPIXEL DIGITAL CAMERA (#330266370672) - rmccrobie31

Ahhh rmccrobie31 will be heart-broken.

[lumberjack_jeff]

1. Dang. It's so hard to find honest Ebayers. n/t

[panzerfaust]

2. Leave nothing in a checked bag that you really want to see again.

A recognized problem, which became worse after the war on terra started.

Before all bags were x-rayed, a screener or bag handler had to just take a chance on finding something of value - now they know which ones to go for.

A few months ago my mother-in-law lost her camera to one of these turkeys. She put it in her checked bag, thinking it would be safer.

[KansDem]

6. So how do you take something of value with you?

I'm a saxophonist and I at times need to take my horn with me on a trip. I also have a very high quality reed knife I purchased 40 years ago. It's Italian made and a very fine tool. But, I can't take it with me on the plane because it is a knife. And now I can't put it in my check luggage because a TSA screener might find it and put it with his booty.

I don't think I can find a quality tool like this again, so I don't want to lose it. How do I transport it?

[GirlieQ]

7. UPS?

[KansDem]

3. The "free market" strikes again...

But really, who's going to stop him? I mean the one who takes something from your carry-on claiming its not allowed even when you know it is...

You?

Yeah, right. Challenge a TSA screener and watch yourself be whisked away into a small room for detention and questioning while you miss your flight...

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

4. Well, I guess we gotta start somewhere...

...with a national redistribution of the wealth program -- I didn't know TSA was spearheading it though.

[lpbk2713]

5. The gummint job was just a sideline for him.

What an entrepreneur!

He learned to adapt and succeed in the BushCo economy.

He ought to be a hero to the rethuglicans.


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