#4226820 - 02/08/16 05:45 PM
Some people are just stupid I guess.
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http://abc13.com/news/thousands-in-tuition-money-stolen-after-purse-left-behind/1191927/Who the heck runs around with that kind of cash on them? Who the heck pays college tuition in cash? She had a bank account where she withdrew the money from, she didn't have a checkbook linked to that account? Who the heck take their purse off their body when they know they have that much cash in it?
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#4226827 - 02/08/16 05:57 PM
Re: Some people are just stupid I guess.
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Who the heck withdraws $10,000 in cash and does not go straight from Point A to Point B in order to pay for whatever it is they are paying for?
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#4226869 - 02/08/16 06:59 PM
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My university charged fees for every payment method except cash. I paid cash each semester to save anywhere between $25 and $100 depending on the payment method.
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#4226934 - 02/08/16 09:59 PM
Re: Some people are just stupid I guess.
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around here lots of farmers pay for new pickups with cash. A good tobacco crop might buy two, and they carry it in their bib overalls. Trying to separate that hog choker from them would be a bad idea.
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#4226938 - 02/08/16 10:05 PM
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I paid cash ($500) for a new laptop at a Best Buy six years ago. The girl at the checkout looked stunned. She even called the manager over. It was like I was an alien.
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#4226953 - 02/08/16 11:24 PM
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Having the cash stolen is bad luck....
But putting yourself in the position to have 10k stolen lioe that is stupidity
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#4226958 - 02/08/16 11:48 PM
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There was this orientation talk at a university. Students were told to be careful of their belongings and the speaker shared a case that I can never forget.
One student kept his/her money in the dorm room. It was around 20,000 gbp (that's around 30,000 usd). Stupid move number one.
And just left it there, not even regularly checking it from time to time. Stupid move number two.
After a few months the student found out it was gone... poof... magic!
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#4226980 - 02/09/16 12:46 AM
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Yes, she should have been more careful, but you call the person who had their cash stolen the stupid person?..
The real stupid person in this whole story is the thief that stole the money. No thief, no problem. She simply returns to the restaurant and gets her purse. End of story. The thief just saw the opportunity. Who is the stupid person: the one who grabs an opportunity as it passes by or the one who unwittingly GIVES the opportunity to the other person? "No thief, no problem"?? No stupid amounts of cash lying about, no problem. She wouldn't even go to the restaurant to get her purse because she didn't leave it lying about. End of story. I had to pay in cash for a couple of transactions during my "adventures" to get to and to stay in the UK. It's straight from the bank to the cashier's office. Maybe a stop at both ends to hide the money about my person. Heck, I don't even count the money at the bank in front of the other "patrons," it's been a modus operandi of some gangs to have a person in the bank "marking" victims for their accomplices to rob at an opportune time and place. When I was in university and travelling from home to school, my parents would give me pocket money "just in case." Just a few hundred pesos in case trouble arises and I need some cash. I would only have maybe a Php100 on me for food and fare, the rest I would make sure to hide carefully.
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#4226983 - 02/09/16 12:48 AM
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Wasn't there a big to do a few years ago about some farmers getting stopped by the police and all their money was confiscated and then they had to go to court to try and prove it wasn't drug money?
I know I saw at least one TV news show about it. It's called Civil Asset Forfeiture. Numerous documented and suspected abuses by law enforcement over the years.
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#4227240 - 02/09/16 09:04 PM
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Yup. I remember John Oliver did a bit about it last year or the year before, too. The article doesn't mention the ladies age but I know several people over the age of 50 who are still very "old school" when it comes to finances. They pay most things in cash and dont have a credit or debit card. Yes, the "they're out to get you!" idea behind using them. Like it's some grand conspiracy or something. It's simple - don't spend more money than you have, whether you're using a check or a credit card, because both will bite you in your end. It's just simple self-discipline. When people start railing against them, I always think "do you have that much trouble not spending money?" The Jedi Master
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