| Look, if it's stolen property, it doesn't matter if it's you that stole it or not, my parents taught me to give it back to the owner. That's how it works - "finders keepers" never applies, ever. I don't know, maybe this kid's parents forgot to teach him. But either way, just from a use your brain perspective, if you do have stolen property, the last thing you want to do is go bragging on the internet in a video about it. And the fact that the kid seems to be a prolific liar (and a bad one) doesn't exactly help me sympathise with him. Sure, ok, he somehow "got in possession" of stolen property. He decided to brag about it in an internet video (which he later denies). Why does he continue to lie again, and again, and again? First it's - oh, the phone is a fake. Dude, the frigging IMEI number is right there. Second, I didn't share the video. Sure, that's why it reads like every other internet review - gee, you filmed this with the express purpose of showing nobody? Thirdly, my parents work for HTC - don't you think HTC would be able to find out in about 5 seconds if your parents worked for them? Also - we don't even know the consequences. As it stands, he's probably going to just get hauled in for having stolen property, told to give it back, and then given a stern talking to by a judge. Unless of course he's stupid enough to try lying to the judge as well. Then he'll quickly see that in the real world, your actions do have consequences. |
Regardless of how unwise or immature his actions were, the company should not have treated him the way they did.