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- the money so they could buy a plane ticket.
I explained for probably ten minutes that this wasn’t possible. Steam gift cards are for games, and there isn’t a world where you can transfer the funds to go towards a plane ticket.
They still bought their $2000 limit of gift cards.
I’ve worked retail a long time. Had a customer come in to buy thousands of dollars worth of Steam gift cards. Rule is, you can only buy up to $2,000 of gift cards in a day.
I asked what it was for, to which they said, their girlfriend of years wanted to come visit, and needed-
One time an old man wanted a cashier's check for $5000. The teller brought him to my desk, and I asked him what the money as for. I noticed he only had around $6k in his savings account, and not much in his checking.
"I won Publishers Clearinghouse, and I need to send them this money to claim the prize."
He pulled the letter he received out of his pocket and showed it to me. The print was crooked, had misspellings, and looked like it was photocopied.
"Sir," I said, "this is not a legitimate letter. This is a scam. I highly suggest that you do not send these people your money."
"Its not a scam," he replied. "I want that check now."
I pulled up the Publishers Clearinghouse website and showed him where it said "we will never ask you to send us money to claim a prize."
I showed him how the letter was asking him to send money to an apartment in New York, not some PO Box. He refused to believe it.
I went got the branch manager to speak with him. He got aggravated, looked me in the eye and said "Young man, you give me my money right now."
Not much else I could do at that point. We cut the check and he went on his way.
I contacted our security department and let them know what happened, just in case things went sideways.
The kicker is months later that same old bastard came into the branch and yelled at me for not stopping him from sending those people his money. I guess he never got that prize.
@LadyNimby This goes for all loved ones, honestly. My best friend ended his life, and when he comes up, people have that knee-jerk “shouldn’t have brought that up” reaction, but I love talking about the guy. Of course it’s sad at times to reminisce, but not in a bad or painful way.
@icemyeyes@Charlygotyou ESA’s ARE protected in housing, but not in public establishments. Service animals, as they provide a service, are protected in virtually all places. But yes, ESAs are legally protected, and you cannot be charged pet rent for them.
@R3st4rtY0urL1f3 Same guy that pays cash, no phone number, and doesn’t know the day he bought it, but wants to do a return six months later
Phone numbers at electronics and home goods stores are a good thing. You’re socially conditioned to have trust issues lol.
@Mark_Moonfang@Herbert45288233@CrazyyHub Felony in many states - can’t shoot through an obstacle, you have to have direct line of sight and they can’t be fleeing. Not saying anything on the morality of it, just the legality