Man buys TV, gets illegal rifle instead
In January, a student ordered a textbook through the site and got a $400 (€325) bag of cocaine. Now, a Washington man who ordered a TV from one of Amazon’s sellers was sent a semi-automatic rifle.
Seth Horvitz bought a flatscreen HDTV from one of Amazon’s affiliated sellers.
What arrived was a non-TV shaped box containing a Sig Sauer SIG716, a $2,000 rifle made by Swiss Arms AG.
Semi-automatics like the SIG716 are illegal in Washington, and even transporting them through the state is a crime.
Horvitz called the police upon discovering the box’s content, which was smart since keeping it in his home — or moving it in his car — could have got him in serious trouble.
Evidently, the weapon was intended for a gun shop in Pennsylvania.
According to the baffled shopper, his name and address appeared on the shipping label along with at least one other.
There’s no word on the fate of his television or what Amazon intends to do to rectify the situation.
