Is it wrong to buy CDs at a garage sale, then say you got them as gifts & return for store credit at Tower?

Question

My friend buys used CDs at garage sales for pennies, and if they're still in the plastic wrap he takes them to record stores, says they were gifts, returns them, and gets store credit for the full retail value of merchandise that was never purchased at that store. He gets hundreds of dollars in credit that way, which he uses to get the CDs he really wants. Is this morally wrong? Is it illegal?

Answer 1

Morality dictates integrity in all things. Your friend misrepresents the source of the CDs he buys, and in so doing he costs you, an honest consumer, higher prices as stores end up taking back inventory they may never have had and try to sell it, often at a loss.

Do your friend a favor. Tell him to stop. If he refuses, turn him in to the authorities.

If he doesn't learn now to respect the law, what kind of a man will he be years from now? We do not need more laws, we need people who respect the laws we already have.

Answer 2

It IS wrong. It's still stealing. And it's fraud. And yes it's illegal too!!
Be careful that you're not an accomplice (just KNOWING about it and doing nothing about it makes you an accomplice!!).

Answer 3

There is a guy here where I live that bought something at one store and swapped it at walmart. Then he went to jail for shop lifting. What you do is called FALSE PRETENSE.

Answer 4

Of course that's wrong and illegal. It's the same as stealing.

Answer 5

Yes. Misrepresenting the facts is wrong, and in this case is theft by deception.

Answer 6

i would sort of compare that to downloading songs for free. and everyone does that, so whoever is saying it's wrong when you do it yourself basically, then think twice. there's little difference between the two actions. both are wrong.

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

yes! and yes!