'I'm honestly disgusted': Man brags about getting an 'amazing deal' by stealing an $899 TV on Black Friday, but his sister-in-law calls out his brazen thievery

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Dec 9, 2024 6:00 AM EST

If it were easy to steal a priceless work of art, does that mean the art museum deserves to be hit with a heist? No, because stealing is inherently wrong. But this bad dad didn't care about right or wrong as long as he got his 65" plasma screen TV at the 5-finger discount.

Stealing is bad. We learn that basically from the time we can walk and talk. So when someone older than 5 years old is stealing from a store, it's no longer deemed as some petty, ignorant mishap—we're looking at a crime. Although some deals on Black Friday may seem like a 'steal' to some, blatantly becoming a thief just because there's nobody there to stop you doesn't mean that robbery is suddenly okay. This mom was horrified when her brother-in-law came to the family dinner over the weekend bragging about an 'amazing deal' that he got on his brand-new TV (valued at $899)–except he didn't fork up any cash to purchase it, he simply walked out of the store because the line was too long. 

Keep scrolling to read how this furious mother called out her BIL for being a thief, protecting the values she wants to perpetuate to her children and halting his gross gloating with some truth. 

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    AIO: My sister's husband basically stole a TV during Black Friday and everyone's acting like it's fine family/in-laws This just happened during Black Friday and I'm still processing it. My
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    sister and her husband Mike went to Walmart for their Black Friday sale. According to them it was absolute chaos hundreds of people everywhere, barely any workers, total mess. Mike managed to grab one of the
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    doorbuster deals - a huge 65" TV that was marked down from $899 to $399. Apprently the checkout lines were so insane that people just started walking out. Like literally just pushing their carts through without paying because there weren't enough workers at registers and security couldn't handle it.
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    And my sister and Mike joined them. They walked out with a $400 TV because "everyone else was doing it" and "the store should have been better prepared."
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    The part that really bothers me is they were bragging about it at family dinner yesterday. Right in front of their kids (8 & 10) AND my kids (7 & 12). They were laughing about their "amazing deal" like it was some funny story about outsmarting the system.
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    I pulled my sister aside and told her this was basically stealing and sets a terrible example for the kids. She got defensive saying I'm being dramatic and that big stores expect this kind of loss during sales and that it's not
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    really stealing because the store "couldn't handle their own sale properly." Mike jumped in saying I need to chill and I'm probably just jealous I didn't get any "deals." I'm honestly disgusted by the whole
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    thing. Later my kids were asking me if it's okay to not pay for stuff when stores are really busy, which just proves my point about what message this sends. My sister hasn't talked to me
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    since I called her out, and my parents are saying I should apologize for "making drama" and that it's "none of my business" but someone needs to say something, right?
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    Am I seriously overreacting here? Everyone's acting like this is just normal Black Friday behavior and I feel like I'm going crazy.
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    cadencecarlson It's not basically stealing, it's straight up stealing. NOR.
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    Readinglight Top 1% Commenter As OP said, lots of people were walking out without playing, I actually think the store might watch the cctv back and actually track down people because that one TV, being taken by say 30 people would be $12,000 and worth investigating.
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    MaeWest85 Top 1% Commenter It won't be funny when they get busted. Walmart uses facial recognition to track theft. They wait till you steal enough to make it a felony then they go after you.
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    MyLadyBits Top 1% Commenter Tell your sister they were video taped and Walmart knows they stole it. It's only a matter of time before they are banned or arrested.
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    MidgetLovingMaxx Top 1% Commenter The fk you mean "basically stealing". Its the literal definition. Also, wouldnt be surprised if Walmart uses cameras to track them back to their vehicle and pulled plates for local pd, especially with a large ticket item as they can easily identify it and assign value.
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