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Incidentally.....


Michigan explicitly outlaws the "can refund scam" (commonly known as the Seinfeld bottle scam) where people buy out-of-state containers without a deposit and return them in Michigan for a 10-cent profit per can.




The scam is heavily targeted by Michigan law:The Law: Under Michigan’s Beverage Containers Act, it is illegal to return, or attempt to return, any beverage container that you know (or should know) was purchased in another state or did not have a Michigan deposit paid on it.

*the Seinfeld can scam was a real multi-million-dollar racket.
Without knowing, I will say with 1000% certainty it is/was Arab-party-store-owner related. In their culture, they are not respected among their peers unless they are cheating somehow.