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    Image of Karlott Karlott
    08/26/09

    In reply to Kid Napped in PSP Deal Gone Bad
    Can you be arrested for kidnapping when you say "let's go for a ride" and your victim says "ok" and gets in?
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    Image of relic1980 relic1980
    08/24/09

    In reply to Kid Napped in PSP Deal Gone Bad
    Sheesh. Somewhat reminds me of a few weeks ago, down the street from me a guy was selling a PSP for 30.00. Curious (since I walk past the place every day on my doctor-ordered walk), I stopped by and asked him about it. He goes and gets it, and, ah, let's see... The screws inside the UMD lid were missing, it was pretty beat up, and best of all, wasn't working (he claimed he just needed to charge it up). I simply told him I'd get back to him when it was charged and working (didn't bother; all that I saw told me it was probably not originally his...).

    Only trouble I ever had SELLING to someone was an idiot from craigslist who bought a Mac off me that I had cleaned and added memory to (the original owner put OS X on it). Worked great. Guy gets it home and apparently couldn't figure out how to work it properly (his background was strictly PC), so instead of getting hold of me to work it out, he IMMEDIATELY fires off an angry e-mail claiming I'd ripped him off and he wanted his money back. Fine, I said. I e-mailed him back and told him that he could bring it back and if I couldn't fix the problem for him right there, I would cheerfully refund his money.

    I hold onto his money for a week, and he never shows, and I never hear from him again. I generally give the customer the benefit of the doubt (per my years working retail in the past), but boy, whatta idiot.

    Almost as big an idiot as this boy getting into a stranger's car. What did the driver do, throw some Smarties on the front seat?
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    bakagaijin promoted this comment relic1980 was starred relic1980 was unstarred
    Image of bakagaijin bakagaijin
    08/24/09

    @relic1980: I always enjoy reading your comments. They are always so interesting. :)
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    Image of relic1980 relic1980
    08/24/09

    @bakagaijin: Thank you for the compliment (and the promotion),
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    Image of mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta
    08/24/09

    In reply to Kid Napped in PSP Deal Gone Bad
    Utah State Statutes Title 76, Chapter 5,

    Section 301 -- Kidnapping

    Section 301.1 -- Child Kidnapping

    Section 302 -- Aggravated Kidnapping

    These are all of Utah's kidnapping statues in their criminal code. As much as I'd like to sift through this for you all; I hafta go to Batman's midnight release.

    In any case, I believe that this case is an example of aggravated kidnapping (Section 302), as evident from the construed threat to inflict bodily harm. Also, he's not 14 or younger, so the child kidnapping statues do not apply to him. Discuss!
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    Edited by mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta at 08/24/09 9:50 PM mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta was starred mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta was unstarred
    Image of mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta
    08/24/09

    test post.
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    Edited by mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta at 08/24/09 9:51 PM mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta was starred mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta was unstarred
    Image of seamonkey420 seamonkey420
    08/24/09

    In reply to Kid Napped in PSP Deal Gone Bad
    wouldn't kid nabbed be a bit more appropriate :P

    editors, so 2000ish
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    Chinpokomon promoted this comment Edited by seamonkey420 at 08/24/09 9:33 PM seamonkey420 was starred seamonkey420 was unstarred
    Image of Chinpokomon Chinpokomon
    08/24/09

    @seamonkey420:
    Actually, more like 1673ish
    [etymonline.com]
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    Chinpokomon was starred Chinpokomon was unstarred
    Image of Here's Some Weapons Here's Some Weapons
    08/25/09

    @seamonkey420: No, it was a long car trip. The kid fell asleep.

    The headline stands.
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    Showmeyomoves! promoted this comment Here's Some Weapons was starred Here's Some Weapons was unstarred
    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    08/24/09

    In reply to Kid Napped in PSP Deal Gone Bad
    Stupidity on behalf of both of them.
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    Image of Chinpokomon Chinpokomon
    08/24/09

    In reply to Kid Napped in PSP Deal Gone Bad
    And how did the kid get away?
    He Ran Some...
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    Image of RagingWolf RagingWolf
    08/24/09

    In reply to Kid Napped in PSP Deal Gone Bad
    Really? The kid walked into the van? The only victim here is Darwinism.
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    bakagaijin promoted this comment RagingWolf was starred RagingWolf was unstarred
    Image of mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta
    08/24/09

    @RagingWolf: Darwinism isn't the victim here. It's clearly the winner.
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    mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta was starred mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta was unstarred
    Image of doubtful doubtful
    08/25/09

    @mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: As both of them are clearly still alive and still theoretically capable of breeding, I have to concur with RagingWolf. Natural selection has failed to cull them from the herd.
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    Image of Firesoul1 Firesoul1
    08/24/09

    In reply to Kid Napped in PSP Deal Gone Bad
    1. Mr. Espinosa should have checked the device before buying. (Dur dur duurrr)

    2. I am willing to dispute that there are no kidnapping charges. The kid willfully went along. Its in the text, crystal clear, black and white.
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    Owen Good promoted this comment Firesoul1 was starred Firesoul1 was unstarred
    Image of thecrocodilator thecrocodilator
    08/24/09

    @Firesoul1: you STOLE fizzy lifting drinks, you bumped into the cieling which now has to be washed and sterilized! You get NOTHING! Good day SIR! I said GOOD DAY!
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    Reil: Reil is eternally wise. promoted this comment thecrocodilator was starred thecrocodilator was unstarred
    Image of Firesoul1 Firesoul1
    08/24/09

    @thecrocodilator: geez, i didn't think anyone would actually catch on to that. thanks!
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    Image of thecrocodilator thecrocodilator
    08/24/09

    @Firesoul1: no problem, you did misquote it slightly, although i probably misquoted my line too, but i've seen that movie so many times that it's practically burned into my brain at this point.
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    thecrocodilator was starred thecrocodilator was unstarred
    Image of Firesoul1 Firesoul1
    08/24/09

    @thecrocodilator: lol you forgot some legal jibber-jabber and "ect ect ect ect!!!" the original one for the win.
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    Image of Ghetto Cornetto Ghetto Cornetto
    08/25/09

    @thecrocodilator: This made me smile. :)
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    Ghetto Cornetto was starred Ghetto Cornetto was unstarred
    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    08/24/09

    In reply to Kid Napped in PSP Deal Gone Bad
    Isn't Kidnap one word?
    Kid Napping is Kid Sleeping isn't it?

    Oh n this kinda weird stuff is why I don't do eBay or craiglists n stuff like that.
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    Chinpokomon promoted this comment deanbmmv was starred deanbmmv was unstarred
    Image of Chinpokomon Chinpokomon
    08/24/09

    @deanbmmv:
    [etymonline.com]
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    Chinpokomon was starred Chinpokomon was unstarred
    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    08/24/09

    @Chinpokomon: [en.wikipedia.org]
    I don't really care for it's etymology. Otherwise I wouldn't bat an eye lid if this site became 'K Otaku' one day.
    The title, with 'kidnapped' split in two words, suggest that a young person slept through a dodgy PSP deal.
    t should be something like "Teen kidnapped in PSP deal gone bad"
    Edit: oh I didn't realise you were just positing that link to advertise your site or whatever.
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    Edited by deanbmmv at 08/24/09 9:33 PM deanbmmv was starred deanbmmv was unstarred
    Image of MrJoelR MrJoelR
    08/24/09

    In reply to Kid Napped in PSP Deal Gone Bad
    Really? The kid goes in the car with his own will, and the other kid is facing kidnapping charges?

    Thats like a chic having consensual sex with you, then screams rape the next day!

    These things never end well for the REAL victim.
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    Owen Good promoted this comment MrJoelR was starred MrJoelR was unstarred
    Image of Crowbot Crowbot
    08/24/09

    In reply to Kid Napped in PSP Deal Gone Bad
    See ladies, I'm not that bad a date.
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    sander_dutch promoted this comment Crowbot was starred Crowbot was unstarred
    Image of sander_dutch sander_dutch
    08/24/09

    In reply to Kid Napped in PSP Deal Gone Bad
    Jose Eduardo Espinosa-Arellano: I wanna take you for a ride.
    Kid: No way Jose!
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    Image of WhiteMåge WhiteMåge
    08/24/09

    In reply to Kid Napped in PSP Deal Gone Bad
    About the title...is that really a word? 0_o To "nap" someone? Is that the origin of "kidnapped", a child who was "napped"? I'm extremely curious @_@ I've never seen it used like that.
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    WhiteMåge was starred WhiteMåge was unstarred
    Image of Chinpokomon Chinpokomon
    08/24/09

    @WhiteMage: [etymonline.com]
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    Chinpokomon promoted this comment Edited by Chinpokomon at 08/24/09 9:23 PM Chinpokomon was starred Chinpokomon was unstarred
    Image of zombeekdragmire zombeekdragmire
    08/24/09

    In reply to Kid Napped in PSP Deal Gone Bad
    i just had a drug deal that went good

    i bought a ounce and had 5 extra grams so ha

    :now cue the assholes who hate drugs to comment:
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    sander_dutch promoted this comment zombeekdragmire was starred zombeekdragmire was unstarred
    Image of iRaybot iRaybot
    08/24/09

    In reply to Kid Napped in PSP Deal Gone Bad
    The title of this article would be more fitting if the kid had actually taken a nap whilst he was being abducted.
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