Wyoming VAPECRIME

[rudy4653]

A heads-up to the REO community, the Wyoming Vapor Company in Casper was burglarized last night, and everything they didn't steal, they destroyed. Among the stolen inventory was about a dozen REOs, so if you see any undervalued gear for sale privately coming out of Wyoming, it could be the people who destroyed this guy's business. Call the cops. There's a $5k reward on the table too.

Hope they get caught!! if so we should punish them REOnaut style! Now that we are all experts in rba building we should strap them down wrap a 10 wrap coil made of barbed wire around there private parts and hook up to a car battery!!

 

[hausmouse]

As much as it doesn't matter (as long as they're caught) I'm with the theory that they weren't vapers. Basically for the juice. However mainly it is just very unfortunate to see this happen to someone and I feel for the guy. It says A LOT about him as a person when this happens and his main concern is keeping his customers off smokes. And 2nd on the relief fund idea

 

[davelog]

Yes, while it's quite likely that they stole the stuff to sell it and make money, I just have this small nagging in the back of my head that it's possible they simply stole it to hurt the guy, and have no intentions of even trying, though it's hard to tell. Reo's are very distinct, with all the different colors and combos, so hopefully he has some interesting kinds and if they are tried to be sold, they will be caught. A Reo isn't something you can exactly take to a pawn shop and get some fast cash, there are only a very few places they could be sold, and that's going to be hard enough to do without getting busted. Either this/these scumbag/s are clueless to how very few places there are to sell expensive mods, or they ARE vapers with connections to other shady vapers that will help them sell the stuff. OR, like I said, they were just trying to put him out of business, and they just wanted him to lose as much money as possible.

Think about it, he said hundreds of eGo kits were stolen, which would have been impossible to break in the store, and the Segelei's too likely would have been hard to visibly smash to pieces (especially if they were telescopes) and the Reo's would have been impossible for them to actually smash to bits, so in order to really hurt the guy they would have to have taken them. I know it sounds like a bit of a stretch of a conspiracy, but it makes sense if you think about it and is quite possible if their main focus was trying to "send a message" that he needs to get out of business. I really think it's more likely than it seems. Even if they DID steal the stuff to sell it, stealing it to hurt the guy could have still been the objective number 1, and being able to get money out of it could have just been a bonus.

I agree that theft wasn't their sole (or even primary) intent, they systematically did everything they could to destroy the business itself. It all reads very hate-crimey to me.