Decoy boom box scares would-be thief

Maybe he supports local spook shops. You don’t know.

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Ooooooooooooo, spooooook shooooops.

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no, you’ve totally misinterpreted what I wrote. You should follow the comment thread to the top.

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The difference is that this one doesn’t actually harm anyone, so it is much more reasonably interpreted as a harmless prank than as a booby trap.

Also… Was I the only person who thought by “decoy boom box” we were going to see a fake ghetto blaster?

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But, if it doesn’t have wi-fi how does the music get in there?

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#It has hi-fi!

Also, i could be wrong, but i think you load music onto those huge canisters you put in the back. They must not hold much though because you need a whole lot of them.

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If you look closely, I think it also has a wireless built into it. Just not sure about the colour of the guy’s teeth.

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“Give me 20 D Energizers.”

"20 motherfucker 20"
Radio Raheem

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I get all my packages delivered to my workplace. Someone’s always there to sign during delivery hours, nobody’s going to steal anything, it’s indoors out of the weather. I guess it’d be a hassle if the package were something too big to easily get home, but in that case it would probably be too big for anyone to run off with. I haven’t had furniture or the like delivered via parcel post in a long time, if ever.

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No…no you were not.

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I’ve done this for high value smaller items. I work in a (at least theoretically) secure building that we have to card in/card out of. The folks at the front desk know me, and know I do metalworking. It’s very easy to bring them a small treat like cupcakes and warn them that a small box with say, silver sheet to make a ring for my wife, will be arriving, and would they please keep an eye out for me. That’s always resulted in someone actually walking the package upstairs to my desk and hand delivering it after shipping leaves it with them.

I would not though try this with say a steel shipment (which weirdly gets shipped via UPS). Those come in a big reinforced cardboard tube and can weigh 50 or so pounds. If I had one of those shipped to work, I think my “shipping to work” privileges would disappear awfully quickly.

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this does not solve the enviable secret hiding place alpha centurior

How does that work?

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Heath robinson contraptions to move the controls, or RHD Imports. Jeep made RHD vehicles specifically for the postal service for a while.

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There’s a similar video where the intended recipient leaves an exploding shitbox out for victims. 40 seconds after the package gets moved (assuming the owner has a way of deactivating the timer) the box explodes and if the thief is lucky it’s only on them and their clothes. If they’re unlucky it goes all over their getaway vehicle as well.

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That’s what I was thinking, especially as the sound of a gun shot ought to be enough to deter the arsehole. In fact, pretty much any loud noise should work.

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Needs weaponized anthrax. F thieves, particularly middle class ones.

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With some hidden speakers, you could get a nice 3D surround effect on the porch for whatever sound you wanted.

Yo. Word.

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