Has this happened to you?
I pulled in to get gas, once in New Mexico and once in Utah. As I was filling up two guys come up and tell me that I have a flat spot on my tire and should have it looked at. First guy says that tir...
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wa8yxm wrote:
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Another magazine (Popular Electronics) did the same thing with TV repair shops by the way.
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TV repair shop! Haven't seen one of those for a long, long time.
Anytime someone walks up to your vehicle and says somethings wrong... and just so happens to have a shop next door to fix it, I would just assume scam.
I had one of those "panhandlers" (growing up, my Dad called them BUMS... I don't think that is politically correct these days!) come up to me at the highway rest stop that happens to be in my town, saying he needed $15 to get his keys back from the local police. I started asking him questions about what happened, and he ended up walking away. I am a volunteer firefighter so I know the local police and everything about this guy was scammy.
Funny thing, about 10 miles and multiple towns down the road I saw him at the next rest stop doing the same thing! He saw me and walked in the opposite direction.
This "fake" begging is so common, I find it hard to agree with people who say "Yea, but what about the people who really need help?"... I guess they are out there on the street corners somewhere, but I haven't seen them. The people I've heard of who really needed help were at shelters or churches actually getting help, NOT begging on the streets!
