Was she a scammer or a fool?
04-16-2012, 10:27 PM
While doing some shopping for my partner I stopped in a liquor store to get her a bottle of B&B brandy, but instead of being rung up for 30-something dollars I was charged $93. When I pointed out the price the lady ringing me up said it was also for the vodka my boyfriend took as he said he was stepping out for a smoke and that I'd pay for it with mine. I told her I didn't have a boyfriend and she said she saw us talking to each other (I stood beside a couple of men while looking but I don't think for more than 15 seconds each and I didn't talk to anyone). She then got pleading saying she needed her job and I said I needed to stay within a budget and she then threatened to call the cops on me and I said, "Let's start with talking to your manager." To that she said he was out to lunch (being about 12:30 that was possible) and then refused to sell me the brandy unless I paid for the vodka so I left and plan to get it elsewhere.
On the way home I marveled at her stupidity to be scammed so easily and wondered if she'd get busted for a stolen bottle of vodka. And then I got to wondering, what if she was the scammer instead of the mark: first, $60 seems excessive for a bottle of vodka (though I just did a netsearch and the price is plausible--barely), she said she saw me talking to someone when she most definitely did not (though that may have been a mistake or a lie of desperation, but I'd think if she was told I'd pay for it she'd make REAL sure first, like with calling out to me to verify), she expertly shifted gears in trying to guilt me into paying for to trying to intimidate me into paying, and she didn't say anything until she saw me pull out a roll of $20 in preparation to pay (rather than a credit card). Of course I'd demand a receipt but maybe she hoped to trash it before I could demand it and say "oops" or she was just interested in covering the said bottle of vodka (though if she was going to take it she wouldn't have a receipt for herself). And, of course, just how stupid can you be?
If she just had a moment of epic stupidity then as annoyed as I am over the inconvenience I still don't want her to lose her job, and hope she learns better sense from the experience.
OTOH, if she was trying to scam me then she's trying to scam others and that I think I should report her...what do you think?
ETA: I meant for the poll to close on May 1, I'm not sure why it's saying Apr 17...
On the way home I marveled at her stupidity to be scammed so easily and wondered if she'd get busted for a stolen bottle of vodka. And then I got to wondering, what if she was the scammer instead of the mark: first, $60 seems excessive for a bottle of vodka (though I just did a netsearch and the price is plausible--barely), she said she saw me talking to someone when she most definitely did not (though that may have been a mistake or a lie of desperation, but I'd think if she was told I'd pay for it she'd make REAL sure first, like with calling out to me to verify), she expertly shifted gears in trying to guilt me into paying for to trying to intimidate me into paying, and she didn't say anything until she saw me pull out a roll of $20 in preparation to pay (rather than a credit card). Of course I'd demand a receipt but maybe she hoped to trash it before I could demand it and say "oops" or she was just interested in covering the said bottle of vodka (though if she was going to take it she wouldn't have a receipt for herself). And, of course, just how stupid can you be?
If she just had a moment of epic stupidity then as annoyed as I am over the inconvenience I still don't want her to lose her job, and hope she learns better sense from the experience.
OTOH, if she was trying to scam me then she's trying to scam others and that I think I should report her...what do you think?
ETA: I meant for the poll to close on May 1, I'm not sure why it's saying Apr 17...
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