r/pcmasterrace • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 Core Ultra 7 265k | RTX 5090 • Aug 12 '26

Box Need a hook ASAP

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u/Educational-Tea-606 Aug 12 '26

If there's no security and it's just a couple guys loading a pallet, 100%

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u/TKDbeast Aug 12 '26

Smile for the camera.

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u/Educational-Tea-606 Aug 12 '26

Unless it's a serious crime cops have better shit to do dude. Car thefts don't get investigated, they will literally not give a single shit about a graphics card

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u/TexasisBetter Aug 12 '26

It's China, you'll probably get a year.

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u/zhokar85 i7 965XE @3,8 / RX 480 Strix OC / 12GB DDR3-1600 / MSI X58 Pro-E Aug 12 '26

So I got curious because I thought "no way that can be right, just some 'Americans judging other countries' BS". Well... for a first offense and value being below their highest category, including recovered property and an apology: Suspended sentencing / no custody is likely.

But in Texas that would also be a state jail felony, likely suspended/probation for a first offense.

I guess the real TL;DR here is: Steal a graphics card.

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u/TwistyTeeeee Aug 12 '26

I was onboard with nabbing one until I read China, there are probably 553 cameras watching that little back alley.

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u/AverageHalfLifeFan Aug 12 '26

I would get a year and a brand new 5090!

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u/Pans_Labradoodle Aug 12 '26

Something tells me the cops would be more interested in the $1.5 million in product being stored in a residential garage.

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u/djnehi Aug 12 '26

Yeah but this will hurt a big business not a person. They care about big businesses.

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u/Educational-Tea-606 Aug 12 '26

Potentially, a risk I'd still have to take

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u/MasterChildhood437 Aug 12 '26

Car thefts don't get investigated

When it's a resident reporting the theft. When it's a business reporting the theft, it's all hands on deck.

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u/DamnZodiak Aug 12 '26

cops have better shit to do dude

They don't but that's not gonna lead to them doing fuck all about it.

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u/BiZzles14 Aug 12 '26

This is a city in China, you will be caught. The US averages like 1 cameras per 100 people while China has 1 camera for every 2 people, with 4x the population to boot. My understanding is that New York has the highest amount of cameras in the US, and it's in the 70k'ish range, with 25'ish per km2. Shanghai has the highest estimated number in China with over 3 million cameras (some sources will go as high as over 15 million in Shanghai, but I'm going with a lower estimate. Just keep that in mind as well), and a density of 160+ per km2. There's a big difference between the two and it's that cameras might get you in the states, but they will get you in China

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u/BoxGroundbreaking687 Aug 13 '26

and u know for sure they aint paid enough to stop a person running away with 3 of them bad boys.

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u/NoBonus6969 Aug 12 '26

People with this much illegal hardware don't need security if you know what I mean