u/Stew-182

Thought I’d share a wholesome moment.

Went to the machine last week. Got there right as a guy had snagged a few singles. We sat and talked as he collected his stuff. I waited for the machine to reset and checked. Swing and a miss.

We both walked out of the store at the same time. He asked what I’ve been chasing recently. I told him I really enjoy Mega Evolution. He pulls a pack out of his pocket and goes “here you go, man” and hands me a ME pack. I thanked him like three times and told him he was the man.

Today, same thing. Walk in as someone had just grabbed six singles. We sat and chatted while he grabbed them. Check the machine, there’s a PO pack. I go to pay for it, the machine glitches out in a way I’ve never seen before. Takes me back to the main screen. No packs.

He was like “oh, dude. That sucks. Here I snagged a PO pack. You can have it”. Once again, mind blown from his kindness.

The machine still took my money after it glitched which is lame. It’s five bucks, though. Who cares. But it goes to show that there are still causal collectors out there that aren’t in it for the cash. Just trying to rip some packs and have some nostalgia.

Now I’ve gotta pay the karma gods back and hook someone up the next time I grab the last few packs and someone is waiting in line behind me.

Happy ripping, everyone.

Dude in an Xcel truck pulled up to our facility and said we owed a bunch of money and was shutting off our power unless we made a payment to him immediately. He said calling customer support wouldn’t do anything because we were so past due.

I run a marijuana grow so obviously losing power for more than a few hours would be extremely detrimental to our business. I panicked and called the owner of the company. The said “employee” claimed he needed a check in an hour or they’d be cutting the power. Our owner said he’d be on the way and asked for the guys phone number which he provided.

Our owner then called customer support who told him he absolutely could pay online. Oddly enough, all the totals provided were the correct amounts.

He then asked customer support if we could patch in the employee so they could provide an explanation of the situation and ensure that our power would not be shut off.

The employee immediately became irate. Claiming we did not follow his instructions. He asked the customer support representative for a reference number, which she provided.

He then claimed because we did not follow his direction, that the next time this happened he would just slap a notice on our door and just turn the power off. Then hung up the phone.

I hopped on Xcel’s website and apparently this has been happening somewhat frequently. It says on their site that they never send employees out to collect payment.

It honestly freaked me out because the amount being asked for was a substantial chunk of change and if we had made the mistake of following his directions, it could have set us back quite a bit.

Just wanted to spread awareness about this type of scam. Stay safe out there everyone!