Man Orders TV Through Amazon, Gets Assault Rifle

[DrJohnZoidberg]

When D.C. resident Seth Horvitz ordered a flat-panel TV on Amazon, he didn’t expect to get a military-grade assault rifle in return.

Horvitz ordered the TV, a Westinghouse 39-inch LCD, for about $320 from a third-party electronics seller on Amazon.

On Tuesday evening, a large, oblong box arrived at his doorstep via UPS Ground.

“When I saw some metal parts inside the box, I thought, ‘Maybe this is a TV stand or mount or something,’” Horvitz said in a phone interview with Wired.

“When I realized it was an assault rifle, it was pure shock and disbelief.”

Not being one to want a personal “shock and awe” arsenal of his own, Horvitz contacted the D.C. police. They immediately confiscated the box, which contained a semi-automatic Sig Sauer 716 patrol rifle. The police informed Horvitz that the gun was illegal in the District of Columbia.

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Haha, this would freak me out big time!

[DJ...]

You'll probably find that this is how they're selling their weapons - through fake, coded adverts. Morons if they put it on Amazon though...

[Zewp]

Actually sounds like a bargain to me.

[Dom1n8tr1x]

I need a new TV...

[Bluray]

Imagine how the orders for TV went up by now.

[D.B.Cooper]

I'd have kept the rifle.

[DJ...]

I'd have kept the rifle.

That could have got her a free tv...

[S1lv3r H4wK]

That could have got her a free tv...

Haha so true! I also see this as a bargain buy!

[TheGuy]

That could have got her a free tv...

Strange how when you walk around with one of those people just want to give you free things.

[chrisc4290]

Hope he gets his money back from Amazon. I ordered an video adaptor from Amazon, they said it would ship from China. After 6 weeks nothing. Had to wait over 9 months for a refund. Amazon never once replied to emails

[nightjar]

I need a new TV...

What for?
I don't have DSTV and what the SABC puts out is real manure.
Each year when I pay my TV license I come away feeling as though I have been mugged.

I hate to think of the consequences if that had happened to someone living in SA.
At the very least he would have been arrested for trying to overthrow the state - much worse than trying to overthrow Cape Town.

[mercurial]

Man, those bullets are gonna look so real. Better than HD.

[ponder]

Bargain, $320 for a $2000+ rifle

[FNfal]

Jaa i would have been as happy as a sandboy

[Zewp]

What for?
I don't have DSTV and what the SABC puts out is real manure.
Each year when I pay my TV license I come away feeling as though I have been mugged.

Uhm, he was saying he needs a new TV, not asking if you want one.