Comments on: A Puzzle

By: Joellyo

Joellyo — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:16:24 +0000

man, nice take on the shortchange scam, tho the way u showed makes it more obvious to the shopkeeper that they’ve been scammed than the origional. then again it has a larger reward.

By: Sammy W

Sammy W — Fri, 28 May 2010 03:03:52 +0000

You’ve made a cool $49.50 from that swift transaction. Not bad for 3 minutes work.

By: Tim Ellis

Tim Ellis — Thu, 27 May 2010 05:25:42 +0000

Her: And here is your exact change.

HER: +.50
YOU: - .50 (owed a gum)

Me: Ok, well if you give me my fifty bucks back I’ll give you the 50 cents.
Her: Here is the fifty…

HER: -$49.50 ($50 - the 50c you already paid)
YOU: + $49.50 (Her $50 - the 50c you already paid)

Now you give her $100.50 in change and she gives you a $100 bill (essentially, you give her 50c)

HER: - $49
YOU: + $49 (The $49.50 you already scammed, - a second 50c for the gum)

So, she is out $49 even though you paid for the gum twice.

But did you even GET the gum???

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 27 May 2010 04:02:26 +0000

That’s not how currency exchange works!

And you just made $49. Sweet.