Some schmuck decided to "help himself" to the contents before he shipped it on to the next person. As per Meghan.
It's not too surprising, to me anyway, considering the high volume "hit and run" freebie grabbers we had when vendors did giveaways. To clarify - what I mean is folks who visit every month, sign up for the giveaways (and never check to see if they won), and that be the only contribution they ever made to the board. No thank yous to the vendors, no review of the products won. That sort of thing. I imagine if I was a vendor that would stop me from doing giveaways too. I know that's a little off topic from the original thought of the thread, but some people are just lousy bums - and I think those same people could possibly scam in the swap meet thread. Too much liability for Troy.
EDIT: I was going to re-verify what i said about the traveling bag, but it appears several posts were edited out of the thread. At least I couldn't find the ones that mentioned the loser that stocked his shelves with the stuff and sent the empty bag on.
I guess that took a little too much effort on their part - you know, to check back on the forum and all.
The idea ("free" sampling of products) sure sounded nice. I guess there were too many variables to allow AG to file theft charges against the alleged perpetrator. Too bad. I didn't pay much attention to what was in the bag, but imagine that it easily added up to several hundred dollars which would up the level of criminal charges.