ConnedswiftyisNOTevil writes, "I have recently become obsessed with the BBC Three show 'The Real Hustle' - personally, I think of it as a 'How To' show for aspiring con artists."
Have you carried out a successful con? Perhaps you hustled a few quid off a stranger, or defrauded a multi-national company. Or have you been taken for the wide-eyed, naive rube that you are?
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chthonic, Thu 18 Oct 2007, 13:02)
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Used MotorsFor a short while back in the 1990s during a slight drought in my career, I took a job as a used car salesman for one of those lots with bunting hanging up around the place, and which are usually located in the less salubrious parts of town.
Some of the less than honest activities I was forced to pull on unsuspecting punters were:
1. Clocked a 1989 BMW 3 series from 145000 to 38000. FFS, the drivers seat sagged so low you had to be 8'6" to see above the wheel. And the handbrake and gearknob were so well polished with use they were practically frictionless.
2. Filled the gearbox of an Austin Montego Turbo with sand to disguise the fact that it crashed noisily whenever changing gear. A week after the sale, an annoyed motorist arrived the lot complaining that half the sahara desert had been deposited on his garage floor.
3. An Astra GTE which suffered from a very loud, and rough engine was proving a problem to shift.. My boss decided we should only demonstrate this vehicle to punters with the stereo turned up to top volume.
It made it very tough as you drove along the local roads, bellowing at the pitch of your lungs to be heard over the pedestrian sounds of Steve Wright in the Afternoon, telling the customer how the car ACCELLERATES VERY SMOOTHLY!!! S-M-O-O-T-H-L-Y!!!!
(, Thu 18 Oct 2007, 15:55, Reply)
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