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Originally Posted by vreihen16
If anyone in the northeast is looking for bargains on a portable generator, every big-box store in the region will have a glut of "open box" generators. Each will already have the oil poured into the crankcase, and gasoline fumes in the tank. Seriously, there are plenty of slimeballs in our society who do this for every storm.
A less shady trick is to go out to the store and credit card a generator just as a potential storm is forming, and then return it un-opened after the storm passes and they don't need it (or can't find a buyer to scalp during the emergency).....
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This is the mentality that killed the generous return policy of Costco.