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10-21-08, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SingleSpeeDemon

I know for a fact I wouldn't. One time last winter I stopped at an LBS in a nearby town to get a new headset. I walked into the store and all the lights were out. I walked around saying "hello? hello?" and no one answered. If I had wanted to I could have taken the headset as well as any bike I wanted and probably got away with it. Sure, in the moment I thought "what if?" but I didn't do it. I guess mom and dad would have been really proud of me.

But did you take the headset and leave the cash on the counter? That would have been honest and still freaked the manager out.

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