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Tuesday, August 09, 2005

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POST FALLS, Idaho (AP) - University of Idaho student, and Post Falls summer time resident, Kevin Lewis, was applauded by himself Monday, August 8th, as he single handedly "duped" the near buy Walmart retail store. We at Naked Brain News were fortunate enough to be granted an exclusive interview.

NBN - Could you please re-explain Monday nights events in your own words?

LEWIS - Sure. No problem. It all started last Thursday actually. Some friends and I were going to this White Stripes concert on Saturday, and we were going to be camping at the Gorge, but I didn't have a tent. I probably could of bought one... but I'm too cheap. I have friends that say I'm a scam artist, or a "wheeler and dealer," but really I just don't feel bad screwing over soulless corporations like Walmart. Anyway, so I went to Walmart and bought a tent, the biggest one they had. It fit 6-10 people, I mean, the thing was huge. It cost 70 bucks or something. Oh! I was curious if there general return policy applied to tents, since they'd get dirty if you used them, so I asked one of the guys that worked there and he said "Yeah, if you keep the receipt you have 90 days. So if you don't like it... or are done using it, just bring it back." Anyway, put it on my debit card and made sure to hold on to the receipt. Went camping two nights, packed it back up and came home. Then last night, Monday, I took the tent back in, handed it to the lady at the customer service counter. She said "Can I help you?"and I say "I want to return this." She asked me if there was anything wrong with it, and I told her there wasn't, and that I just didn't like it." She printed out a receipt and had me sign it, gave me my money back in cash, and I was in and out of there in 5 minutes flat.

NBN - Don't you feel even the slightest bit that you are stealing, or doing something immoral?

LEWIS - Not at all. What's immoral is how Walmart destroys local businesses, and treats their employees. Makes all of their products over seas using child labor. That's immoral. Plus, every time you take something back they have to send it somewhere to get repackaged or resold or whatever it is they do with it. That creates more jobs, helps the economy really. Trust me when I say I'm not the only one doing this.

NBN - Are there other ways you've "bested" Walmart, aside from just using products and taking them back?

LEWIS - Yeah, actually, Walmart has a policy where they will "Price Match Guarantee" any of their products. So if you find it cheaper somewhere else they will go ahead and sell it to you for however much the other guys are selling it for. But, you only need to bring in the ad if the product is more than $10 cheaper. So like my little brother wanted to buy the Star Wars original trilogy DVD's, they cost $47 or something. So I told the lady at the check out stand that I want a price match on these, it's $39.99 at Best Buy. What the fuck does she care if I'm lying or not, she isn't going to see another dime. In fact I think most of the employees there like dicking over Walmart whenever an opportunity is presented. So she punched it in for $39.99, saved like 8 bucks. You'd have to be stupid not to do it really. Your paying less, your helping the economy, and your hurting an evil corporation. Comparatively Robin Hood looks like a weenie.

NBN - You really do live in your own world of self righteousness and sick delusions of grandeur don't you?

LEWIS - Somebody's got to do it.

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