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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that's a bit pathetic, mateseriously, you needed a ps2 so much so much you had to nick money from a stranger?
a second hand dreamcast would have given you plenty of good gaming for little money or did you just want to feel clever about yourself?
it's fairly well known that ripping people off on ebay is reasonably doable. the reason most people don't do it isn't because they're not as clever as you, it's because most people don't feel the need to steal. especially not from someone who is most likely just an ordinary person without masses of money to spare and who probably doesn't deserve being ripped off.
in general, even if there is no danger of being caught, people keep themselves honest. the reason for this is related to how they see themselves, and how they want other people to see them. I imagine you like to see yourself as pretty smart and maybe you want other people to see that you have money, maybe you want status. a lot of the people on b3ta that read your answer will probably think you're a nob.
my best guess is that you're probably a bit of an idiot who doesn't really think about the effects of his actions.
being able to rip people off isn't actually the same as being able to deal with people well, and not caring about the effects of what you do is actually a bit sociopathic.
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