Gotta love late night tv. Saw this ad for a reprint of a 50 dollar gold coin. The ad said this coin (In huge letters) was discontinued. Then in small letters (for one year).
Then it said Yessir, this coin has 24 carat gold! Yes, thats 14 milligrams of 24 carat pure gold! The price of gold is going up and up and up.
Strict limit of 5 pressings, so act now, with the price of gold fluctuating so much we can only guarantee this price for 7 days.
You can't make this stuff up.
Just for grins, I looked up the price of gold, about 1620 per ounce.
Since there are about 28 grams per ounce, that worked out to about 57 dollars per gram.
14 milligrams, 0.014 gram is worth about 81 cents.
Then it says, we were going to charge 50 dollars each but WAIT, we reduced the price to just 25 dollars each! So get yours now while they still are at that price!
The funny thing is, at one company I worked at, we had a very cheap machine that did gold plating, and I did that for my wife who had a childhood treasure, a skatekey that meant something to her sentimental value, so I gold coated it, used about the same amount of gold. I should have bought the dam thing🙂
Originally posted by sonhouseBut WAIT.... There's more
Gotta love late night tv. Saw this ad for a reprint of a 50 dollar gold coin. The ad said this coin (In huge letters) was discontinued. Then in small letters (for one year).
Then it said Yessir, this coin has 24 carat gold! Yes, thats 14 milligrams of 24 carat pure gold! The price of gold is going up and up and up.
Strict limit of 5 pressings, so act ...[text shortened]... , so I gold coated it, used about the same amount of gold. I should have bought the dam thing🙂
Act now and we'll send you a full set of Ginsu knives. and a slap chop!!
Now how much would you pay??
Originally posted by KJCavalierI love the part where they say, BUT WAIT, then say NOW you get two sets of knives for the same price!
But WAIT.... There's more
Act now and we'll send you a full set of Ginsu knives. and a slap chop!!
Now how much would you pay??
Just pay for the extra handling and postage.......
There was this gadget that my wife wanted from one of these scam artists, so I called the number listed and there was not even a human on the other end, just a robot and it kept asking over and over if we wanted the 'upgrade' package and other offers. I had to go through 10 other stupid offers that I had to hit 1 or 2 on the phone before they processed the one order that my wife wanted.
The funny part was, when we got the package with the stuff in it, we got two more shipments of the same thing, the robot triple ordered but charged only once.
I don't bother even calling those numbers anymore, even as a joke, since the whole system is using less and less humans and more and more robots.
(Just for kicks, I would call the insurance lines, Yes, if you are from 50 to 85, you can get this insurance with no exam. I would call and say I was 86 and then argue with the clerk on the other end....)