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swiftyisNOTevil 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?

(, Thu 18 Oct 2007, 13:02)
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The 10%
Is to cover 'labour costs'. it's basically a word of warning to the customer to think before they buy: is this really the one you want? Is it big enough? Etc etc. it's a pain and really embarrassing for me (as I work for Comet, doing returns) to have to tell the customer that they won't be getting their money back. It's another example of profit over service. Still, at least it's better than Currys: they don;t even employ customer service people as they don't see the point in spending money hiring people who won't get them a profit. Tch...
(, Tue 23 Oct 2007, 12:12, Reply)

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