The police tell everyone how to scam Del Taco
March 18, 2008 – 8:57 pm
Some guys figured out a way to get free food from Del Taco. Essentially, they pretend they had a problem with a previous order, then talk to the manager who then agrees to replace the food from the non-existent “problem” order. In this case, they got about $15 worth of food (seven tacos, large fries, two sodas and two quesadillas) for free. The guys thought it would be funny to take the scam and post it to YouTube.
The police, understandably, didn’t care for it — it’s theft, pure and simple. In addition, these guys allegedly belonged to a local gang, so this video gave police a good reason to arrest them.
The problem is that the arrest has drawn a lot of attention to the video. In an article yesterday in the Press-Enterprise, they report that the video had been viewed 430 times. As of now, just one day later, the video has over 5,000 views and climbing rapidly.
I’ll admit I’m at a bit of a loss as to how the police should have handled it. The guys obviously deserve to be busted for this. However, this has drawn a lot more attention to the video, which has certainly led to copycats at other fast food restaurants around the country.
Update: 3/19/08, 11:12am — The video now has over 16,000 views.
Update: 3/20/08, 9:55am — The video now has over 33,000 views.
Update: 3/21/08 — The video was somewhere over 60,000 views, but has now been removed from YouTube.
2 Responses to “The police tell everyone how to scam Del Taco”
At a local burger king the return policy is clearly posted: if you are unhappy then you have until the end of the day to complain. You must have a receipt. You may speak with the manager and only the manager. This would solve the property.
By bk on Apr 6, 2008
The key is the receipt, I think. Requiring that would make it much more difficult to pull off this scam.
By mickey on Apr 6, 2008