Ripped OffA friend who worked in a second hand record shop told us about a Japanese guy who regularly bought "rare" records in their shop. One time, he was looking for a signed copy of "Never Mind the Bollocks".
They didn't have one. Four people and one magic marker later, they did. Ker-ching!
How have you been ripped off? Who did you rip off? Are you a British Gas customer?
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chthonic, Thu 15 Feb 2007, 16:28)
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On watchdog 5 timesI used to work for a company that was on watchdog 5 times and later got shut down by the DTI. It sold concert tickets well above face value,
me on the phone 'Yes we have madonna tickets face value is £150, our price is £1779 per ticket.' We were always the company that was featured in papers when they talked about the excessive prices of tickets.
It wasn't just that we sold tickets at such a high price it was that often the people didn't get their tickets in the end and they were cancelled at the last minute/5 minutes before the show.
One of the biggest cons was 'venue representative' someone hasn't got their tickets and had to go and get the tickets from a tout minutes before the gig started. We would give his 'contact details' aka his fake name and his 2nd mobile phone number which he wouldn't turn on until he had enough tickets.On some venue collection nights we used to unplug the phones in the office so people couldn't bother us as eventually they'd get through to the tout and get their tickets(hopefully)
Within a week of the company getting shut down by the DTI, another company was up'n'running supposedly not connected with the boss but owned by someone who worked for the company. Also another company with london in the name was set up in hungary by the boss to sell tickets. Both sites have since been on watchdog. Nothing changes.
(, Thu 22 Feb 2007, 10:52, Reply)
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