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Woman Pleads Guilty to Selling Fake Beer (DUFF BEER!)
AsSocialated Mess Via Yapoo ^ | 2/2/05 | AsSocialated Mess

Posted on 02/02/2005 7:50:23 AM PST by Dallas59

BRISBANE, Australia - A woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to selling on eBay three nonexistent cases of Duff brand beer — the favorite of cartoon character Homer Simpson.

Tara Edith Woodford, 28, pleaded guilty in the Mackay Magistrates Court in northern Queensland state to three charges of dishonestly gaining money by false pretenses.

Prosecutor Gavin Burnett told the court Woodford was paid a total of 1,951 Australian dollars (U.S. $1,511) by three separate buyers after advertising the bogus beer on the eBay Internet auction site.

Duff is the beer brand of choice for Homer Simpson and his barfly friends in the animated U.S. television series The Simpsons.

In the mid-1990s, two breweries released their own "Duff Beer" in Australia until legal action by the creators of The Simpsons and the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. took the beer off the market. Fox has a policy of refusing to license The Simpson's merchandising for products that would be detrimental to children.

Duff beer is now a collector's item and cases can sell for as much as A$1,000 (U.S. $774) on eBay, according to Lorraine Gledhill, the treasurer of the National Beer Can Collectors Club.

Buyers paid money into Woodford's bank account, but contacted police when they never received the beer.

Woodford was caught because she listed her correct name and address on the auction site, the court was told.

Woodford's lawyer Phillip Moore said she committed the scam to buy Christmas presents and clothes for her four children.

Woodford was placed on 18 months' probation, and was ordered to reimburse the money and undergo counseling.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: beer; duff; homer; simpsons
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"Mmmmmmmmm......Beer....Auuuuughhhh....."


1 posted on 02/02/2005 7:50:25 AM PST by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59

In addition to probation, I think she should be made to do, say, 500 hours of community service. This would have to be done at Moe's.


2 posted on 02/02/2005 7:52:52 AM PST by C210N
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To: Dallas59; NormsRevenge; tubebender

D'oh!


3 posted on 02/02/2005 7:54:44 AM PST by glock rocks ( Miss Kitty, the sun hasn't come up on the day that Marshal Dillon can't take care of himself.)
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To: Dallas59

Duff Man, when asked to comment, said only, "Duff Man, Oh, Yeah!"


4 posted on 02/02/2005 7:55:15 AM PST by RogueIsland
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To: Dallas59

WickedCoolStuff sells a Duff can with playing cards in it...
5 posted on 02/02/2005 7:55:16 AM PST by RebelBanker (To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women!)
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To: RebelBanker

Selling FAKE beer! Is there no crime so low, so horrible! My sense of outrage is OUTRAGED!!!


6 posted on 02/02/2005 7:57:01 AM PST by thag (Up armor this......)
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To: Dallas59
The headline brought tears to my eyes and moved me to think about retaliating against this soulless person. Then I read the article. It's only cartoon beer. Whew!!!
7 posted on 02/02/2005 7:57:42 AM PST by crazyhorse691 (We won. We don't need to be forgiving. Let the heads roll!!!!!!!!!)
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To: thag

Selling fake beer, a crime. Well this looks bad for Coors light then doesn't it?


8 posted on 02/02/2005 7:58:30 AM PST by TXBSAFH (Never underestimate the power of human stupidity--Robert Heinlein)
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To: Dallas59
Woodford was caught because she listed her correct name and address on the auction site, the court was told

DUmmie Beer

9 posted on 02/02/2005 7:58:49 AM PST by GeronL (2-7-72 is my birthday, in lieu of gifts, just send me cash)
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To: Xenalyte; humblegunner; Bacon Man; Hap; RikaStrom

I think y'all need to stop in over here...


10 posted on 02/02/2005 8:01:48 AM PST by Allegra ("They Just Love to Walk in the Middle of the Road!")
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To: TXBSAFH
Selling fake beer, a crime. Well this looks bad for Coors light then doesn't it?

Coors Light is a crime against humanity, sir!

11 posted on 02/02/2005 8:01:52 AM PST by GeorgeBerryman
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To: Dallas59

I have some for sale...
12 posted on 02/02/2005 8:02:13 AM PST by evets (God bless president George W. Bush)
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To: Dallas59
Ohhhh Yeah. Image Hosted by ImageShack.us
13 posted on 02/02/2005 8:02:44 AM PST by cripplecreek (they call me tater.)
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To: Dallas59
Hold muh beer


14 posted on 02/02/2005 8:03:37 AM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Spec.4 Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Dallas59

Hold-Muh-beer Bump.


15 posted on 02/02/2005 8:04:58 AM PST by roaddog727 (The marginal propensity to save is 1 minus the marginal propensity to consume.)
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To: Dallas59
Duff beer is now a collector's item and cases can sell for as much as A$1,000 (U.S. $774) on eBay,...

...yeah. I want some of that in my fridge.

16 posted on 02/02/2005 8:05:04 AM PST by Allegra ("They Just Love to Walk in the Middle of the Road!")
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To: Dallas59
I worry that people will not understand my ebay ad.

17 posted on 02/02/2005 8:05:54 AM PST by Lokibob (All typos and spelling errors are mine and copyrighted!!!!)
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To: GeorgeBerryman

AGREED!!!


18 posted on 02/02/2005 8:06:59 AM PST by TXBSAFH (Never underestimate the power of human stupidity--Robert Heinlein)
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To: MotleyGirl70

Ping.


19 posted on 02/02/2005 8:07:22 AM PST by Modernman (What is moral is what you feel good after. - Ernest Hemingway)
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To: glock rocks
My brother called a friend yesterday and during the conversation asked him how his teenage son was doing. He said the kid was in jail doing time for selling stolen merchandise on Ebay. Poor kid didn't have to steal. He could have just sold fake beer to the Ebay addicted...
20 posted on 02/02/2005 8:08:07 AM PST by tubebender (Can someone remind me what my Near Years resolutions were...)
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