RE: 3 Arrested on Terrorism Charges in Mich. for buyingprepaid cellphones

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Sat, 12 Aug 2006, Richard M. Smith wrote:

> Does anyone know why someone would pay $38 on the street for a disposable
> cellphone?  To buy drugs perhaps?  If folks are buying hundreds of phones at
> Walmart there must be some sort of market for them.  

The main reason I can think of, is that it would cost somewhat more if I 
bought it in a shop. Isn't that a good enough reason?

If Jim Capitalist can buy something for $38, and sell it for $45, then
when he's done that 1,000 times, he has $7,000, which would, of course, be
used to fund pornography, terrorism and over-eating.

If the entire case here is that they flouted Walmart's three-per-customer
rule (which is a Walmart rule, not a law), and there's no more evidence,
then someone should be making a grovelling apology to these guys.

 
> Richard
>
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> Subject: RE: [funsec] 3 Arrested on Terrorism Charges in Mich. for
> buyingprepaid cellphones
>
> > > http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=104&sid=879155 
>
> Another story I read said when they were taken they had opened all the
> packages and had collected the phones. It didn't sound like a good
> resale strategy. 
>
> I can't imagine the substance of what they could be charged with, but
> they certainly sound dirty.
>
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