Insurance for being scammed

[Le_Petit_Lapin]

It must have been arranged. Do you walk around with £300 just in case someone decides to sell you a laptop?

No, but I've had people drive up beside me several times offering to sell me various electrical goods.

 

[Wolf11]

*grabs popcorn*

 

[mrk]

They accidentally all the money!

 

[orderoftheflame]

No, but I've had people drive up beside me several times offering to sell me various electrical goods.

Me too, but from the sound of the OP, he was counting out his notes ready to hand them over.

I think it must have either been arranged, or he'd be offered a laptop then went off to get money and came back.

Either way = Moron.

 

[titchard]

No, but I've had people drive up beside me several times offering to sell me various electrical goods.

Aye - not had it myself but my Dad has had it a couple of times while he has either been out working, or just out in his free times.

Rich

 

[a1ex2001]

Sounds like the classic white van man with speakers or geezer with some spare rolexes.

 

[Fenris]

I'm starting to wonder if this isn't just a subtle (ok not that subtle) troll.

Surely no one is actualy this thick?

 

[fini]

I bet you're feeling like a complete idiot now.....there's a reason for that....

 

[mrk]

Ok here's what happened,

You agreed to meet some person(s) to buy a laptop or two.

You meet them in a public place and they probably ask about the money so you begin counting it to make sure it's all there.

THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S GONE WITH A WHOOSH, LIKE WOTSITS.

 

[Solari]

Did they offer to throw a dog into the bargain as well?

 

[Belmit]

Regardless of the retardedness of the situation, they basically just took money off you by force. Doesn't matter if you arranged to meet them, or that you were possibly going to just hand the money over anyway. The bottom line is a car drove up, you got money out your pocket and they snatched it. I imagine the police would just treat it as a mugging after they've picked themselves up off the floor.

If it ever really happened, that is.

 

[Spikey]

 

[fini]

I imagine the police would just treat it as a mugging after they've picked themselves up off the floor.

If they ever managed to, that is.

fixed

 

[Lethal`]

There was a similar thing on The Real Hustle. But they actually sold them to bag and said to them right before giving them the bag with a bottle of water in and receiving the money that they were selling them it.

Yeah, I've seen this on TV a number of times, I think it was on Traffic Cops or Road Wars too.

 

[matt_fsr]

Troll IMO - but at least it was good for a giggle!

 

[Janesy B]

Regardless of the retardedness of the situation, they basically just took money off you by force. Doesn't matter if you arranged to meet them, or that you were possibly going to just hand the money over anyway. The bottom line is a car drove up, you got money out your pocket and they snatched it. I imagine the police would just treat it as a mugging after they've picked themselves up off the floor.

If it ever really happened, that is.

The crux of the matter is that the OP's stupidity exposed himslef/herself to this situation. Someone who was a bit more savvy wouldn't even of been in this situation and wouldn't be poorer for it. I always get dodgy people trying to sell me stuff on the street, no matter how good the deal seems it's going to be a scam.

 

[LeJosh]

Tee hee hee

Fail.

 

[Skull]

Even more than the stupidity of the laptop buying, I love how the OP thinks there might be some kind of insurance for being scammed!

 

[Dugganator]

Live and learn I guess.

But holy fail batman

 

[Rroff]

I'm so tempted now to make an if you "found" £300 thread lol