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Best Buy Employees Find $10,000 Hidden In Computer Tower

A man in St. Louis dropped off his computer for repair at the area Best Buy, but apparently forgot that he was also using it as a bank. "Employees at a Best Buy store in South County discovered about $10,000 cash inside," writes the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

According to the article, the employees called the police, "who ran a background check on the owner and checked the serial numbers on the bills stashed inside the tower." Nothing suspicious turned up, so they returned the money.

What kind of person stashes his savings in his computer tower and then forgets about it? The same kind who takes his computer to Best Buy for repair. Hooray! We were wondering how to spin this into something snarky and we managed to do it!

Pete, who sent us the tip, notes that there's an important lesson here: "Before you take your computer in for repairs, please remove your money."

"Best Buy employees find cash inside computer" [St. Louis Post Dispatch]
(Photos: karindalziel, AMagill)



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hahaha wow thats crazy



What gives them the right to contact the police, or for the police to run a check on it? Having money isn't illegal.



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I don't think there's anything not illegal anymore in the US of A?



Tyrannical said:
What gives them the right to contact the police, or for the police to run a check on it? Having money isn't illegal.

The same reason that there are background checks the moment you withdraw or deposit large amounts of cash. It is more common for bankrobbers and dealers to have large amounts of cash on hand then heavy old-fashioned savers.



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Is it true your computer runs faster with more cash in it?



Last year (maybe even two years ago), we raided a drug dealer's house and arrested him. Later, we got a call that he kept his money in a huge SD television. We went inside the TV and there it was! Nobody ever even suspected!

I used to hide my money in the PS2 hard drive port, but now I keep my money in a stripper's G-string. It's never there when I come back for it, though.



Lol...

Well I put my money in my sox... yeah, Im that oldschool :P or stupid...



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I put mine in a plastic Easter carrot that originally had candy in it.
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There are these things called banks....