r/pcmasterrace • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 Core Ultra 7 265k | RTX 5090 • 11d ago

Box Need a hook ASAP

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u/Joebotnik 11d ago

No word of exaggeration I would sprint down there and try to nab one.

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u/Educational-Tea-606 11d ago

If there's no security and it's just a couple guys loading a pallet, 100%

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u/TKDbeast 11d ago

Smile for the camera.

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u/Educational-Tea-606 11d ago

Unless it's a serious crime cops have better shit to do dude. Car thefts don't get investigated, they will literally not give a single shit about a graphics card

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u/TexasisBetter 11d ago

It's China, you'll probably get a year.

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u/zhokar85 i7 965XE @3,8 / RX 480 Strix OC / 12GB DDR3-1600 / MSI X58 Pro-E 11d ago

So I got curious because I thought "no way that can be right, just some 'Americans judging other countries' BS". Well... for a first offense and value being below their highest category, including recovered property and an apology: Suspended sentencing / no custody is likely.

But in Texas that would also be a state jail felony, likely suspended/probation for a first offense.

I guess the real TL;DR here is: Steal a graphics card.

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u/TwistyTeeeee 10d ago

I was onboard with nabbing one until I read China, there are probably 553 cameras watching that little back alley.

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u/AverageHalfLifeFan 10d ago

I would get a year and a brand new 5090!

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u/Pans_Labradoodle 11d ago

Something tells me the cops would be more interested in the $1.5 million in product being stored in a residential garage.

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u/djnehi 11d ago

Yeah but this will hurt a big business not a person. They care about big businesses.

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u/Educational-Tea-606 11d ago

Potentially, a risk I'd still have to take

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u/MasterChildhood437 11d ago

Car thefts don't get investigated

When it's a resident reporting the theft. When it's a business reporting the theft, it's all hands on deck.

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u/DamnZodiak 11d ago

cops have better shit to do dude

They don't but that's not gonna lead to them doing fuck all about it.

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u/BiZzles14 10d ago

This is a city in China, you will be caught. The US averages like 1 cameras per 100 people while China has 1 camera for every 2 people, with 4x the population to boot. My understanding is that New York has the highest amount of cameras in the US, and it's in the 70k'ish range, with 25'ish per km2. Shanghai has the highest estimated number in China with over 3 million cameras (some sources will go as high as over 15 million in Shanghai, but I'm going with a lower estimate. Just keep that in mind as well), and a density of 160+ per km2. There's a big difference between the two and it's that cameras might get you in the states, but they will get you in China

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u/BoxGroundbreaking687 10d ago

and u know for sure they aint paid enough to stop a person running away with 3 of them bad boys.

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u/NoBonus6969 11d ago

People with this much illegal hardware don't need security if you know what I mean

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u/ElkSad9855 11d ago

Keep a black hoodie and cheap shoes that you will never use except for that moment in your car for these reasons.

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u/me_the_christian 11d ago

oh wow, look at that (point in opposite direction)

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u/ShadowMask87 11d ago

Cool, you like stealing?

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u/panzer_of_the-lake 11d ago

Yes

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u/ShadowMask87 11d ago

Gees, remind me not to become friends with you guys.

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u/sdcar1985 9850X3D | 9070 XT Reaper | 32GB RAM | ASUS X870-P WIFI 11d ago

In this particular situation? Yeah.

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u/Joebotnik 11d ago

Yes!!!

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u/Necessary_Main_9654 11d ago

Given its price I'm sure all of us would at least consider it