Poll of the Day > Do you think Wayfair is trafficking humans? [reddit conspiracy theory]

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https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/ho2pqv/is_it_possible_wayfair_involved_in_human/?

https://nypost.com/2020/07/10/wayfair-product-listings-spark-child-trafficking-theory/

https://www.businessinsider.com/wayfair-denies-sex-trafficking-claims-involving-expensive-cabinets-2020-7

a Reddit user speculated that Wayfair May be trafficking missing girls, drawing attention to furniture pieces that share names with missing people. These sell for 10k+ more dollars than other pieces that are the same.

wayfair denied this, but took down the listings.


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I dont think they are. But I love a good conspiracy theory

edit: good is generous. This is good in the same way pizzagate is good. Its crazy and makes no sense but a decent chunk of social media feed is the usual people hyping this up as a huge trafficking ring.

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I will say this, there is a noticeable uptick in missing people in my state, mostly women and kids. My amber alert on my phone goes off once or twice a week.

So human trafficking is going up pretty dramatically it seems.

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They aren't, but somebody is

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Someone on Twitter is claiming a lot of the weird item names on the unexplained overpriced cabinets match up with kids that have gone missing recently

either something horrible is going on or someone is using missing kids as some sick joke

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hypnox posted...

I will say this, there is a noticeable uptick in missing people in my state, mostly women and kids. My amber alert on my phone goes off once or twice a week.

So human trafficking is going up pretty dramatically it seems.

Conversely, everyone being locked away at home is dramatically raising domestic violence murders, and the people involved are just hiding the bodies effectively.
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Mead posted...

Someone on Twitter is claiming a lot of the weird item names on the unexplained overpriced cabinets match up with kids that have gone missing recently

either something horrible is going on or someone is using missing kids as some sick joke

It's true

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here. yandex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6nvW5-F2fA

just be careful; the hashtags lead down dark holes. Fucking sick. I stopped at like the second one I clicked.

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Conversely, everyone being locked away at home is dramatically raising domestic violence murders, and the people involved are just hiding the bodies effectively.

This has been going on pre virus. Texas is a hot spot for missing people for the past year or so.

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This makes no sense on so many levels. Its not like there aren't already places on the internet dedicated to selling illegal shit, what is the point of 'hiding' it on a normal website? If you were going to hide it on a normal site, why would you post listings using the actual names of missing girls? Since the only people that would be 'shopping' for them would have to be in the know already, you could call the things whatever you wanted. Also, these things are just posted in the open, so what is to stop other people from buying them? How do they know who wants to buy a person and who is just looking for overpriced furniture?

A lot of conspiracy theories seem to rely on the people involved being dumb enough to put evidence of their conspiracies in the open.

rjsilverthorn posted...

This makes no sense on so many levels. Its not like there aren't already places on the internet dedicated to selling illegal shit, what is the point of 'hiding' it on a normal website? If you were going to hide it on a normal site, why would you post listings using the actual names of missing girls? Since the only people that would be 'shopping' for them would have to be in the know already, you could call the things whatever you wanted. Also, these things are just posted in the open, so what is to stop other people from buying them? How do they know who wants to buy a person and who is just looking for overpriced furniture?

A lot of conspiracy theories seem to rely on the people involved being dumb enough to put evidence of their conspiracies in the open.

My momey is if it WERE illegal stuff happening it would be more ey laundering. Someone buy a 14k cabinet because they are stupid? More money for the bad guys, but it is a good way to transfer money illegally.

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"I called the trafficking hotline and theyre opening a case."

Lol. That was posted in the Reddit thread. Nobody is opening a case over a conspiracy theory.
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MrMelodramatic posted...

Reddit user speculated that Wayfair May be trafficking missing girls, drawing attention to furniture pieces that share names with missing people. These sell for 10k+ more dollars than other pieces that are the same.

wayfair denied this, but took down the listings.

I was going to say, JFC, this is a stupid conspiracy, but that kinda skirts the line between batshit crazy and crazy enough to work.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Conversely, everyone being locked away at home is dramatically raising domestic violence murders, and the people involved are just hiding the bodies effectively.

Not even that, there's also the matter of it taking longer for somebody to notice a person missing when everybody is locked down and the person most in the position to report the crime is the murderer.

Revelation34 posted...

"I called the trafficking hotline and theyre opening a case."

Lol. That was posted in the Reddit thread. Nobody is opening a case over a conspiracy theory.

But one day a guy with a gun may show up at Wayfair's HQ and demand that the children are set free.

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Mead posted...

Someone on Twitter is claiming a lot of the weird item names on the unexplained overpriced cabinets match up with kids that have gone missing recently

either something horrible is going on or someone is using missing kids as some sick joke

fact, kelly clarkson is buying, and eating missing human beings, ok?

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Update: None of it is true. Wayfair released a statement. The prices are accurate.

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The cabinets are made of people!!!

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Soylent Wayfair is people...!

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JOExHIGASHI posted...

The cabinets are made of people!!!

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/283agt/both_my_parents_were_surgeons_and_i_used_to_talk/

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SpeeDLeemon posted...

Update: None of it is true. Wayfair released a statement. The prices are accurate.

Anybody could have told them that.
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I'll wager any company that uses oceanic shipping to move goods is involved in human trafficking, with or without their knowledge.

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SunWuKung420 posted...

I'll wager any company that uses oceanic shipping to move goods is involved in human trafficking, with or without their knowledge.

Lol.
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Revelation must think there is zero corruption in the world. There's no way rich people would ever did anything illegal.

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Mead posted...

Someone on Twitter is claiming a lot of the weird item names on the unexplained overpriced cabinets match up with kids that have gone missing recently

either something horrible is going on or someone is using missing kids as some sick joke

that's because they're searching yandex with SRC first.

it's just searching an image hosting website with SRC in the url.

granted, it's a real fuckin sketchy image host, but it's still an image host.

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SunWuKung420 posted...

Revelation must think there is zero corruption in the world. There's no way rich people would ever did anything illegal.

Anybody can do something illegal. What you stated is a stupid conspiracy theory.
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Revelation34 posted...

Anybody can do something illegal. What you stated is a stupid conspiracy theory.

idk, there are criminals who infiltrate legitimate companies to use them as a cover for illegal operations. After all, he's not suggesting that the companies having their product shipped are on-board with these activities. Nor is it suggesting anybody specifically impacted.

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okay guys what the fuck I just bought an industrial cabinet from Wayfair for $12,000 and a child arrived. What the fuck am I supposed to do with this thing? I can't feed this little shit.

Revelation is like the polar opposite of a conspiracy theorist. He believes there's no way anything terrible has ever been done covertly by a government or corporation throughout the entire history of society. Oh, to be so terribly naive

OhhhJa posted...

Revelation is like the polar opposite of a conspiracy theorist. He believes there's no way anything terrible has ever been done covertly by a government or corporation throughout the entire history of society. Oh, to be so terribly naive

There are plenty of conspiracies that could potentially be true. I can't believe you actually believe this is one of them.
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Revelation34 posted...

There are plenty of conspiracies that could potentially be true. I can't believe you actually believe this is one of them.

Didn't say I did. I just only ever see you post to laugh at conspiracies even if it doesn't sound far fetched at all. Like you just think any suggestion that the government or a corporation could be hiding something is utterly ridiculous and inconceivable

OhhhJa posted...

Didn't say I did. I just only ever see you post to laugh at conspiracies even if it doesn't sound far fetched at all. Like you just think any suggestion that the government or a corporation could be hiding something is utterly ridiculous and inconceivable

I just prefer mocking people like the ones that posted this on Reddit.
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Revelation34 posted...

There are plenty of conspiracies that could potentially be true. I can't believe you actually believe this is one of them.

Illegal goods don't get shipped globally without pretending to be some companies legal goods.

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SunWuKung420 posted...

Illegal goods don't get shipped globally without pretending to be some companies legal goods.

Citation needed.
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Really puts wayfair's jingle into perspective huh?

Wayfair, you got just what I need! Everything from my home, You got it for me...

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Revelation34 posted...

Citation needed.

It's pretty much common sense. It's simply not practical to rely entirely on smuggling-only transports to get illegal goods around, given the risk of having such vessels get caught by authorities. Hiding illegal goods amidst an otherwise-legal shipment is considerably more reliable, since then you pretty much just need to be lucky enough for your container to not be one they decide to look closely at. That's not to presume that the companies shipping legitimate stuff are complicit in the smuggling, since there's (generally) no reason to suspect that, but it does happen.

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adjl posted...

It's pretty much common sense. It's simply not practical to rely entirely on smuggling-only transports to get illegal goods around, given the risk of having such vessels get caught by authorities. Hiding illegal goods amidst an otherwise-legal shipment is considerably more reliable, since then you pretty much just need to be lucky enough for your container to not be one they decide to look closely at. That's not to presume that the companies shipping legitimate stuff are complicit in the smuggling, since there's (generally) no reason to suspect that, but it does happen.

Yes but he said that they only get shipped like that instead of smuggling too.
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Revelation34 posted...

Yes but he said that they only get shipped like that instead of smuggling too.

He exaggerated, but direct smuggling like that on a global scale is limited enough that neglecting it isn't unreasonable. If you're operating globally, you need to scale up to make it worthwhile, and scaling up smuggling ships makes it a lot harder to stay under the radar (literally, in some cases). Piggybacking on legal shipping is generally going to be the better option there, especially where there's enough international shipping happening these days that you can probably get away with your goods only having to cross one or two borders.

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SunWuKung420 posted...

Revelation must think there is zero corruption in the world. There's no way rich people would ever did anything illegal.

Yo he just goes from topic to topic with the same stuff

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Anyone who drives a car is human trafficking :V /rimshotwithjusttherim

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The money laundering theory seems reasonable for this.
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GanonsSpirit posted...

The money laundering theory seems reasonable for this.

Far more likely than that Reddit shit.
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Lokarin posted...

Anyone who drives a car is human trafficking

https://i.imgur.com/QX56eKC.gif

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