...you can't take the (über-thrifty) Germany out of the engineer:
Well this is rich. NBC Bay Area reports that Thomas Langenbach, identified as a VP at SAP's Palo Alto Integration and Certification Center, has been charged with four felony counts of burglary over ill-gotten LEGOs.
Authorities say the German software engineer generated his own fake bar codes, printed stickers with them, then slapped those cheaper bar codes over more expensive kits. And then, it is alleged, he sold that hugely-discounted LEGO loot on eBay for a profit.
I used to have a huge blue denim bag full of legos -- they were once that cheap. If Greece has to exit the Euro, perhaps it should adopt the Lego as its new currency.
Yes, adopt the Lego, a brilliant idea! And I will purchase the entire Aegean peninsula plus surrounding isles with what's left daily, to afflict my sole, on my kids' floor.
Posted by: James G. Rytting | June 04, 2012 at 09:06 PM
He went to such lengths to sell the legos on ebay? He was really into is plan. Such details he had to follow. Clearly, only a German could do that.
Posted by: kim | May 30, 2012 at 10:13 PM