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Florida Man Brazenly Steals $5,500 In Vacuums From Bed, Bath & Beyond
ESPN Southwest Florida ^ | January 12, 2023 | Joe Winner

Posted on 01/16/2023 9:34:46 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Bed, Bath & Beyond is reportedly facing bankruptcy and this week began another round of layoffs. Apparently ‘security’ was part of those layoffs as a Florida Man apparently walked into the store on Cleveland Avenue in Fort Myers and casually walked off without paying. The take? $5500.00 in Dyson vacuums. He left the plaza in a dark blue SUV.

Dyson vacuums can run upwards of $750. If you see someone selling one on facebook marketplace “still in box”, be on alert. Buying stolen merchandise is illegal and under Florida law, they can try to charge you.

Anyone with information regarding the man in the video above is asked to contact SWFL Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-780-TIPS or by sending an anonymous email to southwestfloridacrimestoppers.com.

The man could have made much more by buying Bed Bath and Beyond stock. The stock under ticker symbol BBBY has gone from $1.31 just last week to a closing price of $5.24 today. The ‘meme stock’ craze made famous back in 2021 seems poised to make a comeback. Bed, Bath, & Beyond could take notes on how Estero, Florida based Hertz handled the meme status as it too faced almost certain doom until it was saved by the Reddit crowd.

(Excerpt) Read more at espnswfl.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Local News; Miscellaneous; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bbby; bedbathandbeyond; crimestoppers; florida; floridaman; fortmyers; reddit; stock; theft
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1 posted on 01/16/2023 9:34:46 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Well, that sucks.


2 posted on 01/16/2023 9:36:09 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Truth is not hate speech.)
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To: Nervous Tick

Yep. He cleaned ‘em right out.


3 posted on 01/16/2023 9:38:23 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Makes sense. From reading the history of Florida Man’s exploits over the last few years, it’s obvious that he’s got a lot of sh!t to clean up.


4 posted on 01/16/2023 9:40:01 PM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

What he stole sucks.


5 posted on 01/16/2023 9:51:44 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Crappy plastic overpriced vacs

Steel Kirbys are pretty heavy to spring with

Not sure they are sold in stores except used ones in vac repair joints


6 posted on 01/16/2023 9:53:47 PM PST by wardaddy (Truth is treason in the Empire of liars)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

There’s a BB&B around with that much inventory?


7 posted on 01/16/2023 9:54:10 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

well, if you take something from a store and nobody stops you, is it still a crime today???


8 posted on 01/16/2023 9:56:30 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: wardaddy

Just an FYI but it still looks like you can only get new ones through salesmen like Rainbow vacs;

https://www.kirby.com/


9 posted on 01/16/2023 9:59:42 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (I stayed drug - free going on 63 years for this?)
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To: wardaddy

I love my swivel head Shark upright. Its lightweight and I can easily clean the ceiling from my wheelchair.


10 posted on 01/16/2023 10:03:54 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (I stayed drug - free going on 63 years for this?)
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To: Chode

If he was black this would be a non issue


11 posted on 01/16/2023 10:14:27 PM PST by albie
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
The perp will be caught in the sweep.

12 posted on 01/16/2023 10:27:29 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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“The man could have made much more by buying Bed Bath and Beyond stock. The stock under ticker symbol BBBY has gone from $1.31 just last week to a closing price of $5.24 today.”

That would not be a good move, btw.

https://search.brave.com/search?q=bbby+stock


13 posted on 01/16/2023 10:32:28 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: wardaddy

I stand by my Kirby. My wife bought a Shark Rocket and after using it on a carpet, I had to go over the carpet again with the Kirby. The Kirby has forward and reverse drive.


14 posted on 01/16/2023 11:04:57 PM PST by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: jonrick46
Thanks to woke feminism, appliance design will start to change as stay-at-home men can no longer afford to compete with overpriced monster trucks.


15 posted on 01/17/2023 12:23:52 AM PST by Reeses
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I’m surprised he found one of their stores still open.


16 posted on 01/17/2023 12:29:25 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
"There’s a BB&B around with that much inventory?"

No kidding!! I tried to find a couple of bathroom rugs on their website, and ended up having to order from Amazon. What they had was crap. The store here closed not too long ago.

17 posted on 01/17/2023 12:31:20 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Reeses

18 posted on 01/17/2023 1:25:57 AM PST by Waverunner
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

That’s a Florida scientist preparing to build a Dyson sphere.


19 posted on 01/17/2023 1:39:58 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: wardaddy
Crappy plastic overpriced vacs

Nah, gotta disagree.

My Dyson is still going strong after 12 years of daily use. Not a single plastic part on it has worn or cracked. Super easy to clean too.

If it ever breaks, I'll buy another one.

20 posted on 01/17/2023 1:55:33 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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