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Discussion => Off topic => Topic started by: High Friend on April 03, 2012, 07:42 pm

Title: Tide to Become the New Bitcoin?
Post by: High Friend on April 03, 2012, 07:42 pm
Read and discuss:

http://moneyland.time.com/2012/03/14/people-are-stealing-tide-detergent-and-using-it-to-buy-drugs/
Title: Re: Tide to Become the New Bitcoin?
Post by: davebowman on April 03, 2012, 07:45 pm
Its funny because drug addicts never do laundry.
Title: Re: Tide to Become the New Bitcoin?
Post by: lolzer on April 03, 2012, 07:50 pm
i'll set up a money laundering service, selling tide for bitcoins.
Title: Re: Tide to Become the New Bitcoin?
Post by: cerealbox on April 03, 2012, 07:54 pm
i'll set up a money laundering service, selling tide for bitcoins.
pun intended?
Title: Re: Tide to Become the New Bitcoin?
Post by: Gigles on April 04, 2012, 03:26 pm
I saw this before on some legitimate news site and thought it was an April Fools joke or something.. It's so weird. Why is laundry detergent universally valued?.. Also wouldn't it be one of the harder (bulkier) things to shoplift?..
Title: Re: Tide to Become the New Bitcoin?
Post by: CaptainSensible on April 04, 2012, 05:36 pm
Really insane how ballsy some people are to load up a shopping cart with jugs of Tide and just walk out the front door. 

But I think these guys have probably moved on to stealing metal.  I read a news report where commercial truck batteries were being stolen because they could be sold to a scrap yard for up $40 each.  :o   Of course you have to worry about getting battery acid burns, but hey, this could be big money.
Title: Re: Tide to Become the New Bitcoin?
Post by: boringflooring on April 04, 2012, 08:00 pm
i saw the topic title and said to myself "oh it can't be about laundry detergent!" so i came in to make a lame joke..... joke's on me this time i guess
Title: Re: Tide to Become the New Bitcoin?
Post by: radium1911 on April 05, 2012, 03:07 pm
Why steal detergent? It's bulky and the $/lb doesn't make it worth it.

If you're going to steal something to return for money, steal vitamins (particularly Co-Q10) and razor blades.
Title: Re: Tide to Become the New Bitcoin?
Post by: kmfkewm on April 05, 2012, 05:12 pm
its because its easy to launder
Title: Re: Tide to Become the New Bitcoin?
Post by: lookatthis on April 05, 2012, 05:59 pm
its because its easy to launder

HAHAHAH
Title: Re: Tide to Become the New Bitcoin?
Post by: BuddyRoyale on April 06, 2012, 05:13 pm
its because its easy to launder

Witty, but painfully corny.