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BiggerBoat posted:Thank for this. That worked. The Big Short, for a scam that almost destroyed the US economy. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, both versions.
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# ? Nov 7, 2018 22:19 |
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A lot of city kids are going to the suburbs to scam people with these coupon cards that supposedly give big discounts on local businesses, like unlimited two for ones. Asking $20 for these plastic cards, claiming its a school fundraiser. I overheard one reasonable person asking to see the kids student ID, and of course he gave a BS excuse.
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# ? Nov 20, 2018 19:05 |
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ChocNitty posted:A lot of city kids are going to the suburbs to scam people with these coupon cards that supposedly give big discounts on local businesses, like unlimited two for ones. Asking $20 for these plastic cards, claiming its a school fundraiser. I overheard one reasonable person asking to see the kids student ID, and of course he gave a BS excuse. Those cards are probably legit. They sell the same type of thing in my area and the only real problem is that you are probably not going to use it enough to make it worth it. Ther old ladies on Nextdoor think every person selling something is trying to scam them.
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# ? Nov 20, 2018 20:32 |
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ChocNitty posted:A lot of city kids are going to the suburbs to scam people with these coupon cards that supposedly give big discounts on local businesses, like unlimited two for ones. Asking $20 for these plastic cards, claiming its a school fundraiser. I overheard one reasonable person asking to see the kids student ID, and of course he gave a BS excuse. You've never hear of fundraisers selling coupon books before?
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# ? Nov 20, 2018 21:11 |
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therobit posted:Those cards are probably legit. They sell the same type of thing in my area and the only real problem is that you are probably not going to use it enough to make it worth it. This was the case with those coupon books they were selling when my kids were in school.
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# ? Nov 20, 2018 21:11 |
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ChocNitty posted:A lot of city kids are going to the suburbs to scam people with these coupon cards that supposedly give big discounts on local businesses, like unlimited two for ones. Asking $20 for these plastic cards, claiming its a school fundraiser. I overheard one reasonable person asking to see the kids student ID, and of course he gave a BS excuse. "city kids"
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# ? Nov 20, 2018 21:18 |
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luxury handset posted:"city kids"
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# ? Nov 20, 2018 21:22 |
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https://mobile.twitter.com/willsommer/status/1064875576035561472?s=19
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# ? Nov 20, 2018 21:26 |
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ChocNitty posted:A lot of city kids are going to the suburbs to scam people with these coupon cards that supposedly give big discounts on local businesses, like unlimited two for ones. Asking $20 for these plastic cards, claiming its a school fundraiser. I overheard one reasonable person asking to see the kids student ID, and of course he gave a BS excuse. They had legit ones in my city, they were really quite good deals. So good that no businesses signed up to do it the next year.
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# ? Nov 20, 2018 21:39 |
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Tunicate posted:They had legit ones in my city, they were really quite good deals. My football team sold those one year for fundraising, we managed to sell enough to bankrupt not one but two Dairy Queen franchises. Next year we sold water softener salt, which somehow made us more money then the cards. BigDave fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Nov 20, 2018 |
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I bought a coupon book a few years ago from a pre-med student going door-to-door doing fundraising. I thumbed through it and saw enough places we'd normally visit that it was worth the $20 or so we spent.gaj70 posted:That doesn't make any sense. The word "become" implies a change in state I have become uninterested in your posting.
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# ? Nov 20, 2018 22:35 |
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The real trick for the coupon books is for vacations - if you're gonna be spending a couple weeks somewhere, buy the book, and now you have a handy list of local nonchain places, with abridged menus and coupons. I mean yeah you could try to fight through yelp for recommendations i guess, but the coupon book works better IME, and actually saves money.
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# ? Nov 21, 2018 02:20 |
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luxury handset posted:"city kids" barkbarkbark bark awooo
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# ? Nov 21, 2018 09:20 |
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First time since I worked in a gas station 40 years ago, it happened to me last night. Pull into the Shell station on the way home from work for a couple of tall boys. On my way out the door, there's a 1980s vintage pedo van pulled up to the pump with a sketchy looking dude reaching into the side door. As I walk by: "Yo man, I got some T-bones?" "Excuse me?" "Want some T-bones?" "No thanks, I'm good." Guess the van-meat thing is still going strong.
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# ? Nov 21, 2018 13:04 |
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I still can't help but wonder who ever is buying cheap steaks of questionable origin from a predator van. It must work on somebody as it keeps coming up but really.
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# ? Nov 21, 2018 14:39 |
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It's the same van, possibly even the same steaks...
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# ? Nov 21, 2018 15:43 |
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ToxicSlurpee posted:I still can't help but wonder who ever is buying cheap steaks of questionable origin from a predator van. It must work on somebody as it keeps coming up but really. A friend's father buys them. Also cryptocurrency. Also a hydrolyzer for his car.
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# ? Nov 21, 2018 17:49 |
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ToxicSlurpee posted:I still can't help but wonder who ever is buying cheap steaks of questionable origin from a predator van. It must work on somebody as it keeps coming up but really. I had two guys show up at my place on Saturday, just going door-to-door selling meat. One of them was hiding around the corner until after I opened the door. Nothing sketchy about that at all...
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# ? Nov 21, 2018 19:56 |
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cakesmith handyman posted:It's the same van, possibly even the same steaks... Chinese border police did find people trying to smuggle in millions of dollars worth of 40 year old meat a couple of years ago
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# ? Nov 22, 2018 06:13 |
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Was driving a couple days ago and some guys in a van signal for me to roll down my window. I do, and they immediately ask if I want to buy a TV for a discount. When I say no, they offer to sell me some porn DVD's. I say have a no thanks, have a nice day, roll my window up and drive off. It was surreal. Who gets harassed into buying a tv? Who buys porn DVD's from strangers off the street? It was ridiculous.
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# ? Nov 23, 2018 10:35 |
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Captain Monkey posted:Who buys DVD's Captain Monkey posted:Who buys porn These are also valid questions
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# ? Nov 23, 2018 11:27 |
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As the article mentions, this has been around for forever and predates trump by quite a bit, at the very least since the Iraq war days where people thought that once we’d win the war then the money would go up in value and idiots would pit their savings into useless Iraqi currency. I’m not sure whey they even bother with the trump angle since it’s just clearly some idiot with issues buying currency for no reason. Original_Z fucked around with this message at 14:48 on Nov 23, 2018 |
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Original_Z posted:I’m not sure whey they even bother with the trump angle since it’s just clearly some idiot with issues buying currency for no reason. Yes, why deliberately target a segment that is both terminally gullible and incapable of feeling cognitive dissonance? gently caress scammers, but trash taking out trash this time around.
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# ? Nov 25, 2018 15:54 |
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Saw a post on r/bestoflegaladvice today and thought of this thread. Here's the original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/a027o7/i_cashed_a_fraudulent_check_and_now_the_bank_is/ quote:I was selling an item($800) on Craigslist and a buyer wanted to pay via check. He sent me a check in the mail but it was for much more than what the item was worth($3,000). He said it was a mistake that his assistant made and to wire me back $2000 and keep an extra $200 for my trouble and he would send a shipping company to come pick up my item.
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# ? Nov 25, 2018 17:43 |
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DizzyBum posted:Saw a post on r/bestoflegaladvice today and thought of this thread. Here's the original post: I think you should be required to get some kind of license before you deposit a check, people clearly do not understand who is obliged to do what in that scenario.
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ToxicSlurpee posted:I still can't help but wonder who ever is buying cheap steaks of questionable origin from a predator van. It must work on somebody as it keeps coming up but really. I had this conversation with someone, he said because he was poor, and sometimes he just wanted a steak.
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# ? Nov 25, 2018 18:20 |
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DizzyBum posted:Saw a post on r/bestoflegaladvice today and thought of this thread. Here's the original post: This one's really old, isn't it?
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# ? Nov 25, 2018 18:26 |
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BiggerBoat posted:This one's really old, isn't it? Just a little bit younger than a day.
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# ? Nov 25, 2018 18:48 |
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Namarrgon posted:Just a little bit younger than a day. I meant the scam itself not when it happened.
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# ? Nov 25, 2018 19:08 |
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Namarrgon posted:Just a little bit younger than a day. I think he means it’s an old scam. edit: dammit
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# ? Nov 25, 2018 19:09 |
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Yep, the wire check fraud is an old one at this point. It's one of the most common Craigslist scams, so much so that it's on their page reviewing how to avoid common scams.
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# ? Nov 25, 2018 19:14 |
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ToxicSlurpee posted:I still can't help but wonder who ever is buying cheap steaks of questionable origin from a predator van. It must work on somebody as it keeps coming up but really. Yesterday, I saw someone set up in the parking lot of a business selling steaks. They had banners and a tent. I wonder how this was any more legit than predator van guy.
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# ? Nov 25, 2018 19:19 |
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Absurd Alhazred posted:I think you should be required to get some kind of license before you deposit a check, people clearly do not understand who is obliged to do what in that scenario. In the tiny bank my father used, they had signs about this up at the teller counter.
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# ? Nov 26, 2018 00:30 |
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The problem isn't the end users, the problem is that checks are a fundamentally broken system.
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# ? Nov 26, 2018 00:38 |
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Tunicate posted:The problem isn't the end users, the problem is that checks are a fundamentally broken system. That's fair, further reading of the responses to that thread made me realize that Federal law is why they are obligated to presume that the check will clear before they actually confirm that it's there. Instead of pushing them to use a system that would actually clear/deny it within that timeframe, because that's evil Big Government or whatever.
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# ? Nov 26, 2018 01:10 |
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Tunicate posted:The problem isn't the end users, the problem is that checks are a fundamentally broken system. There's a reason that in first world countries we stopped using them over a decade ago (bank cheques excepted).
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# ? Nov 26, 2018 01:19 |
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iajanus posted:There's a reason that in first world countries we stopped using them over a decade ago (bank cheques excepted). Even in America I can count on one hand the amount of checks I've written. I wrote my first check at 27 and it was only because my debit card was stolen and my new one hadn't arrived yet.
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# ? Nov 26, 2018 10:21 |
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Don Gato posted:Even in America I can count on one hand the amount of checks I've written. I wrote my first check at 27 and it was only because my debit card was stolen and my new one hadn't arrived yet. So up to five times more than you should ever have to.
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# ? Nov 26, 2018 10:27 |
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iajanus posted:So up to five times more than you should ever have to. Sometimes a check can just legitimately be a better option because is going to I pay my rent with a check as it only became possible to pay online rather recently. It costs something like $50 extra to pay online because gently caress you. I of course still pay with a check. I pay my electric bill with a check as well as their website is horrible and tends to not work.
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# ? Nov 26, 2018 10:29 |
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ToxicSlurpee posted:Sometimes a check can just legitimately be a better option because is going to I suck up the fact that I'm paying, like, $5 a month extra for utilities to not have to deal with mailing a check. Until a few months ago, I was having to write checks to pay rent, too. Thankfully, they started taking ACH without a fee recently; @ToxicSlurpee, are you sure that fee applies if you're using direct debit from your bank account, and not just if you pay with a credit card?
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