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Employees Steal $4,000,000 of Parts From BMW Munich
interesting article on autodebut.com about how BMW employees have been stealing millions from BMW factory in Munich, for years.
http://autodebut.com/2010/bmw-employ...worth-of-gear/ Quote:
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11-29-2010, 05:05 PM | #4 |
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Not unexpected. VW had a similar problem a few years ago with navigation systems.
The Turkish mafia has been pretty active in the German metalworkers union so it was just a matter of time before problems at BMW came to light. MB had this problem years ago too. |
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11-29-2010, 05:11 PM | #6 |
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11-29-2010, 05:59 PM | #8 |
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How in the world do they get seats out of the factory!
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11-29-2010, 07:00 PM | #10 |
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razor blades are known to be a good haul in the trucking business. The $4 mil. is nothing, BMW only passes the shrinkage on to the consumer in the form of higher list prices, and denied warranty claims. What is worse is what they did to cars' quality when they falsely halted the assembly line.
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you give people an arm and they try to take your leg. i'm all for buying cheap parts, but not stolen goods.
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11-29-2010, 07:05 PM | #12 |
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On an unrelated story... I have a brand new E90 sport seats set for sale at half price.
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11-30-2010, 09:24 AM | #14 |
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I feel like these guys watched Office Space one too many times and didnt have a computer to steal pennies with.
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11-30-2010, 10:18 AM | #15 |
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Stolen Parts at BMW Factory?
Wow! I hope I didn't inadvertently buy any of this stuff! (I kid...). Crazy story.
Dave http://jalopnik.com/5702193/bmw-work...ll-on-internet
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surprised they didn't just drive cars off the lot
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11-30-2010, 01:01 PM | #20 |
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Those three should just open a "stealership"...
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They could afford it. Their lost is offsetted by the stealership's service charges lol =]
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