We recently were involved in an interesting and funny story involving impetuous youth, citizen aided law enforcement, sweet (and tough) victims and perpetrators who “fessed up”.
We had a call from a nice young man who said he is treasurer for a college fraternity in the Midwest. He wanted to purchase one of our lighted outdoor decorations and have it shipped to a lady in the same town as the college. He referred to the need to replace a lighted decoration that had been damaged by some of the members of his fraternity. He arranged payment and asked for shipping confirmation, which we always provide.
The next day, I had a call from the lady with the damaged Christmas decoration, who gave me the rest of the story. It seems that her decoration was one of several that were stolen in this town before last Christmas. She was upset and prayed for the return of her piece. In the meantime a neighbor, walking their dog late at night, noted the license number of a suspicious car, which was traced back to the college fraternity.
Two boys at the fraternity admitted to stealing a number for Christmas decorations and the fraternity offered to replace any damaged pieces. The boys were charged with a class C felony and will be disciplined by the fraternity ethics council. The nice lady says she feels sorry for them.
The lady’s husband was unable to repair the returned decoration so the fraternity is purchasing a more expensive piece from us to replace it. Finally, the nice lady said that her church needs a new Nativity Set. Since she is on the committee and now knows about us, our website and our selection of Lighted Nativity Sets, she will likely buy one from us.
Our thanks to the fraternity!