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Poll Results: Will I get my $25 back?

 
  • 26% (8)
    Yes.
  • 33% (10)
    No.
  • 40% (12)
    YOU GON' GET RAPED!
30 Total Votes  
post #31 of 37
8/7/11 at 12:02pm
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Originally Posted by PITAronin View Post

I had something vaguely similar happen to me a few years ago in downtown Chicago. Browsing in a Borders bookstore on a rainy lunchtime, I found myself standing next to an agitated guy talking on his cell -apparently trying to get his wife to come down to the city. He caught my eye and explained that he was a financial planner from one of the burbs and had left home to meet a client in the city and had forgotten his his wallet and now was stuck needing to get his car out of a parking garage. I wound up giving him $20, along with my address so he could get the money back to me. Still waiting.

Con men are clever because they know most people will take a risk on a small amount...

The very clever ones are able to push people to take risks with a massive amount of money...
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post #32 of 37
8/7/11 at 7:34pm
Same thing happened me and my brother at a Carls Jr. in a roadstop. We told him to bring us to his broken down car, and we'd give him money. He called us gooks and hit my car door. frown.gif
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post #33 of 37
8/9/11 at 2:23pm
Thread Starter 
UPDATE:

2 days of mail have passed (if he had mailed it Friday I probably would have received it Monday, or today at latest) and I still do not have the money. So, bad news... it seems you cannot trust random gas station people who want money, even if they are decently dressed and have a somewhat compelling story. I'm not sore about the $25 - I am a rich motherfucker - but it is aggravating to have your sense of compassion abused.

Good news: I am, thus far, rape-free.
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post #34 of 37
8/9/11 at 2:40pm
Should have gotten a copy of his Driver's License teacha.gif
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post #35 of 37
8/9/11 at 2:50pm
You can't worry about stuff like that. It's only $25. If a person has to scam for that small amount of money, it says more about them than it does about you. You were being helpful, which shows good character on your part. If it's a loss, then accept it and move on.
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post #36 of 37
8/9/11 at 6:11pm
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Originally Posted by Gordon Gekko View Post

You can't worry about stuff like that. It's only $25. If a person has to scam for that small amount of money, it says more about them than it does about you. You were being helpful, which shows good character on your part. If it's a loss, then accept it and move on.

FFS, you bitch about tipping and then say it's no big deal to get taken by a well known scam..

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/distress/stranded.asp
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post #37 of 37
8/9/11 at 6:18pm
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Originally Posted by zippyh View Post


FFS, you bitch about tipping and then say it's no big deal to get taken by a well known scam..

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/distress/stranded.asp

Right. He complains about leaving a few measly dollars for a server who indeed provided a service but doesn't mind being scammed for $25 on the street? lol8[1].gif
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