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Free Money
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Free money. The ultimate scam. Ok. First, you need to find
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a store that does price matching. Certain computer warehouses do it
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like Computer City, Comp USA (i think), and a few others. Find a
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high price item at one store, and find another place that price matches
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but has it for a higher price. That is pretty easy to do. Good items
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to do this on are printers, scanners, monitors, etc. Remember that
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they usually won't match on full systems or anything like that.
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Purchase the item at the expensive place. Leave, come back the
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next day. Walk in to the customer service desk and tell them how you
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purchased something there and found it cheaper somewhere else.
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When they ask, tell them where you found it so they can call and
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verify. Once they do, they can offer the price match, and if
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under a certain amount, give you CASH back for the difference. Try
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to shoot for about a 70 or 80 dollar difference because most places
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have a limit of 100 dollars and the rest is done by checks mailed
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to you. When you are doing all this, it is important that you keep
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your receipt away from them as much as possible. Hold on to it, fidget
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with it, drop it, whatever, just don't let them write on it. Most
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places will just write the price on something else and then do some
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shit on the register and give you the difference. If they give you
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the money, and do NOT write on your receipt, then thank them, walk
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out, and wait. Come back a few days later, during a different shift,
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and scope out who is working. Make sure there aren't too many
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familiar faces, and go up and do the same thing. As long as they
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don't mark up your receipt, then you are fine, and they have no proof
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that they have given YOU the money back. If for some reason you are in
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their computer system, or they suspect it, tell them that you buy things
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from them all the time, and that you end up getting prices matched on
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a lot of things.
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After you do this a few times, return the item (within 30 days
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usually) and get your money back. They key is no marks on your receipt.
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Free Goods
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Once again, this works great at busy computer warehouses etc.
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Go in and buy a pretty high price item. Once again, printers, scanners,
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memory if it isn't locked up, or anything else. Purchase one item while
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the store is real busy, and people aren't paying attention to a lot.
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Go through the line, buy the item, and stall afterwards. Say something
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like "I need to look for my friend" or "Can I go look at something else?".
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Either way, say this while your receipt is in your hand, and the cashier
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can see it. Odds are, s/he will tell you no prob, as long as you have
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your receipt. Walk back in for about 5 to 10 minutes, WHILE IT IS BUSY!
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That is the most important part of this whole thing. If they let you
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take the item back in the store, that is fine, if they keep it there,
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that is still cool.
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After you have walked around a bit, go back up and talk to a
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different person, and show them the receipt and the merchandise. Walk
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out with it, since you payed for it, drop it in a friends car and let
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him drive off. Walk back in while it is still busy, go through the store
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and pick up a second item. If they original cashier made you leave it
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at the register or something, you might have some problems, just depends
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on if you see the oportunity. Anyway, if you were allowed to carry
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it back in the store, wait until you see the person you talked to leave
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the area. Go back to your original cashier, show the item, and the
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receipt, and walk out with a second one. Wait a couple of days and
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come back with one of them, and tell them you want to return it for
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your money. They shouldn't have a problem with that if it is unopened.
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Now you have a high dollar item, and your money back. Use the
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item, sell it, or whatever. It was free.
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The other way: Many places make you check in your bag from
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another store when you enter. If they do, and don't give you a ticket,
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yes, some places do that, then go in, walk around, and as you exit,
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walk up to the counter and ask for your bag. You can usually see what
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kind of bags are there, and half the time see what is in it in case they
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ask you. You don't get to select your stuff that way, but it is free
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and hell, if the receipt is in the bag you can return it for someone else's
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money. :)
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Free Hardware
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Free hardware. Run to your local computer warehouse and purchase
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a complete system. Hell, get a 486/66 with a 450 meg hard drive, 8 meg
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of ram, and some other shit. Pay with cash or check and take your item
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home. Don't worry, you will get the money back. As soon as you are home
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rip open the machine and take out the motherboard, hard drive, memory,
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and anything else you need. Put all your old shit in it and box it back
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up identically. Take the whole thing right back to the store and
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return it for your money. Just tell them that you aren't ready to
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make such a large purchase, can't afford it after all, or anything
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else. If the place doesn't give cash back, then don't pay by cash.
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Ideally, use a check, and just ask the place to get the check back out
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and let you rip it up. That way, there is little or no record of who
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did it. You don't want your name, or address, or anything else left
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with them if at all possible.
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If you hesitate doing that, then do everything, but call back
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in and tell them that when you got home, it wasn't what you bought,
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and that apparently, the box had been opened. Despite what you may
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think, when stuff is returned to warehouses, they often re-shrink wrap
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a box or retape it for resale.
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Free Software
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Free software without being a warez kiddie. You ever need
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some free software. Don't want to pay? Don't wanna get on a warez
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board? Want the docs and everything else? Go to Egghead! If you
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live in a town with Egghead Software, then you are set. As this
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file is being written, Egghead will allow you to purchase software,
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install it, use it, copy it, whatever, and then let you return it
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without a hassle!
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I work at a competitor of Egghead and am constantly beaten
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over the head with that fact since we don't allow software to be
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returned after it has been opened. Anyway, take your time with
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the software, copy the docs, manuals, or whatever else, and then
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return it for another piece. If they ask why you are returning it,
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just say one of the following:
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- I didn't have the system requirements. (HD, RAM, etc)
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- I have Macintosh/IBM and this won't work on my computer.
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- The box said it did this and this, and it doesn't quite
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do what I need.
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- I wanted it in CD Rom
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- Or any other excuse like that.
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Now you have access to high dollar software, access to copy
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the documentation, and you didn't have to become a warez kiddie to
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do so!
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Other Things
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If you have access to a shrink wrapping machine, you have
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almost unlimited access to free stuff. Easy as this:
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1) Purchase something kinda small.
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2) Take it home, immediately open and take out the
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goodies.
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3) Put something in the box that weighs the same, and
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close the box up.
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4) Re-shrink wrap the box.
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5) Take it back almost right away and ask for your money back.
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Since they will no doubt look at the time and date it was
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purchased, and the fact that it is 'unopened' they will no doubt
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give you your money back. Only thing to watch out for is that when
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you replace the goods, make sure it doesn't 'shake' differently.
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Notice how things were packed, and make sure the weight is about
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the same.
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By the same token you can do this: Buy an item, take out the
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goods, replace it with a few decks of cards or something, and then
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return it to the store claiming that was all that was in it. Just
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be pushy and no doubt a manager will let you get a new one by "customer
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satisfaction". Wait a few days, and then take it back for your money.
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Afterword
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With those ideas, I think you can start to see the possibilites
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of retail scams. Working for retail will open you up to most of the
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ways, and keeping an eye out for customers that do it to you is the
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other good way. Always remember to not get greedy. That will put a
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quick end to scamming most of the time. If you are not the best
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at social engineering (which a lot of this is in one way or another)
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then go for the old fashioned way of shoplifting. For a good guide to
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shoplifting, check out FUCK0016.TXT by Max Headroom. If you wonder
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what that file is, it is the 16th file released by F.U.C.K. (Fucked
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Up College Kids) and is a good guide on how not to get caught. Yes,
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a shameless plug never hurts.
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