Oregon boy parks bike inside Goodwill store, which then sells it for $6.99

[The Straight Story]

Weird News: Oregon boy parks bike inside Goodwill store, which then sells it for $6.99

Cody Young parked his bike in the wrong place at the Goodwill store, where the rule is that anything on the floor goes.

He didn’t have a lock, but friends said they had parked inside the store before. On Sunday, though, the black BMX bike was sold.

But the 13-year-old is going to get his bike back, Goodwill officials said, after the buyer saw a newspaper story about the mix-up and called to make things right.
The buyer got the bike for just $6.99 but will get a $100 gift certificate from Goodwill for coming forth.

It’s not the first such mix-up in Goodwill’s busy stores, Goodwill spokesman Dale Emanuel said. A janitor once left a bucket and mop on a store’s sales floor, and they were sold the next day.

http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20080131/NEWS01/858568141

[Nostradammit]

1. That is so Oregon

That kind of thing could happen in this town every month, I swear.

[InkAddict]

2. I was in a VOA store Saturday

All of a sudden on the other side of the store, there was a commotion and loud yelling, "Help me" over and over and running up and down the aisles. Someone had taken off his jacket to try something on, and apparently someone else had hung up his jacket on the rack, relocating it, as if it was part of the merchandise. The poor man was frantic as it contained money and important IDs, etc...not taken. Good news: he did locate it again on the rack.

This must happen quite often, then.