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Marlin1894 Special user 559 Posts |
EPSOM, NH (CBS) – Henry Gribbohm says he lost his life savings, $2,600, on a carnival game and all he has to show for it is a stuffed banana with dreadlocks.
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/04/29/nh......al-game/ |
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Harley Newman Inner circle 5117 Posts |
For once in his life, he happened to be a sucker. Hmmm.
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Marlin1894 Special user 559 Posts |
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On 2013-04-30 11:31, Harley Newman wrote: Yes, just that once. lol! |
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Eric the Excellent Loyal user Montana 234 Posts |
I know people have addictive personalities and sometimes they just plumb aint all that smart... but HOW could anyone let themselves go this far with it?
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Marlin1894 Special user 559 Posts |
The Kinect for X-Box that he was trying to win cost $100-$150 dollars.
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BigWheel New user Earth near Washington DC 43 Posts |
It is hard to feel sorry for this guy. Clearly not the smartest guy if he went home to get more money to play a carnival game that had emptied his wallet the first time around. What is so typical in these stories is that he feels like he is the victim and that the carnival operator is somehow at fault.
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mota Inner circle 1658 Posts |
I will discuss this story a bit. Please don't pm me or ask me how these things are done. Just believe the word of a total stranger on the internet.
I don't know the tub game the story speaks of, though he may be discussing some kind of peach basket game. I do know that various form of the razzle (balloon store, football darts, peach basket) hit dings like this on a regular basis. You don't hear about it because usually the person will not admit publically how much they lost. If they are going to beef there are ways to tell and smooth things over easily. The fact that the guy went home for more money makes this probably some game where he was given points and the operator promised to hold the points for him. There was probably some cash payout promised that the fellow just didn't mention to the reporter. You don't get this kind of blind lust with just a video game...the game is just the hook. The promise of cash blinds most people. A friend who ran a balloon store once told me after hitting a guy for 2g the guy's wife came to get him. My friend overheard his wife ask him how much he lost and he told her $200. Ever talk to someone back from Vegas or Atlantic City? "How did you do?" "I lost a couple hundred." And I only had a couple drinks officer...it is always the same story. Besides a balloon store and peach basket toss, my friend once used fast and loose. He had no idea how magicians do it and had never heard the phrase fast and loose. He used a string and just called it the string game. He had catch and no catch. When I showed him some of the wonderful moves in Whit Haydn's work he was quite shocked. Any game that can be rigged with an either/or outcome (the ball goes in the basket or doesn't, the finger catches the loop or doesn't) can be made into a razzle. A game whose g is undetectable, such as righting a bottle with a plastic ring hanging from a string on a stick, is a license to steal. I actually see youtube videos of people showing how they think it can be done, having no idea it is gaffed. What a gift to an operator! I do understand how there can be disbelief that someone could do something that appears to be so stupid. The thing is anyone who has ever made a dumb decision because of emotion or greed can be taken. You just need the right hook to get the process started. Dumb decision because of emotion or greed...that is pretty much all of us. |
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rossmacrae Inner circle Arlington, Virginia 2475 Posts |
Tossing anything into a basket where it must stay is one of the classic rigged games, and the guy should have figured that out the first time he couldn't do it but the agent could. But noooo ... he got "played" but he let himself get "put on the send". [*sigh*] ... the season begins again.
Go to a carnival to have fun and maybe get lucky, and you will enjoy yourself, guaranteed. Go to a carnival to "beat the games" and you will lose it all, guaranteed. His kid should have been given a T-shirt: "Daddy played a game at the fair and all I got was this utter lack of respect." |
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Marlin1894 Special user 559 Posts |
It sounds like the peach basket game but nowadays they use those plastic tubs, which are even bouncier than the wooden baskets.
I don't know if it was a raz or if the operator was just plain betting cash with the guy. Obviously he was not playing for he X-Box Kinect. First of all, as I said that thing costs less than 200 bucks. "There was probably some cash payout promised that the fellow just didn't mention to the reporter." I don't know if it's because they didn't want to lay it down so plainly in the article, or didn't pick up on what they guy was saying. And I don't know if they guy even wanted to admit this... But the article says "The 30-year-old from Epsom says he kept trying to win back his money by going double or nothing." and he is quoted as saying "You just get caught up in the whole ‘I’ve got to win my money back.’”. So however it started, at some point he went from trying to win a prize to trying winning his money back. Cash payout. Which obviously happens. And like mota said most times goes totally unreported. The operator gave him 600 bucks back. You only do something like that when you've dinged the hell out of someone and they start to beef. The guy is actually pretty lucky that he got a quarter of his "life savings" back. But in the end, even though he got caught up, and it's embarassing to him, he's going to be better off for blowing the whistle. And might even learn a lesson in the process. Although there is no guarantee that will happen. Some people never learn. So yeah, he got taken by his own greed. Which is only the foundation of every con in the world. My guess is that when they get everyone in one room both parties will have to admit that they were engaging in illegal gambling. They guy will get his money back. The owner of the company will say that the operator was acting outside of company policy and promise to fire him (they probably wont), and they will all go their seperate ways. |
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Jim Sparx Inner circle Far Out, Texas 1144 Posts |
Where have I heard, 'One born every minute'? Hope his wife makes him sleep with his banana.
Et tu, Spartacus?
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The Curator of the Unusual Inner circle Tampa FL 1399 Posts |
Probably was a Cash Deal...Of course he isn't going to mention that...Cause it takes 2 to Gamble...If the Agent is gambling so is the mark...
You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you, you just care what you think about yourself.
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petekoloz Elite user 479 Posts |
I'll leave the details of the bucket store operation to The Experts but I will say this:
I predict he will lose his suit on appeel, 'cause he took the banana and split. |
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Marlin1894 Special user 559 Posts |
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dave_matkin Inner circle 4522 Posts |
I .pve the banana witH dress kits really cool. I would spend his life savings on it! How can he say in one breath "all I have is this banana with dreads and a little late "he gave me $600 bucks back"? So actually he got $600 AND a cool banana.
He'll if he had the luck he could like conver it in to a big red paperclip or something! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/5167388.stm But lets leave it as Pete got the best line in! Nice one Pete! Now make like a tree an leave (name the film for £600?) |
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petekoloz Elite user 479 Posts |
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Eric the Excellent Loyal user Montana 234 Posts |
Oh jeez. I like College Humor as a website, and all, but I'm not sure how to feel about them rewarding idiocy. (Good publicity for them though, I guess!)
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petekoloz Elite user 479 Posts |
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Eric the Excellent Loyal user Montana 234 Posts |
Hah!
"Questions and answers about this item" Q: Did you play tubs O fun because it reminded you of home A: I played it so much because I wanted to set a good example for my son. Never give up. Q: Not sure if you are the same guy but I thought you might want to know that College Humor has a story on you ... they are willing to buy this item from you. Check their video out A: This warms my heart. If College Humor gives me a life savings bailout, I will not spend it on something like gambling again....probably. Obama 2016 May 02, 2013 Q: Tempted. Will it fit on top of a stroller? A: Yes it will, this fit snug right above my child and right alongside my unbridled shame. Q: Does it smell like cabbage? A: No, just failure and a self loathing. Q: Is there a baby stroller, a wife beater t-shirt or a live human baby included in this auction? A: Only the item pictured... which is a tangible testament to my dignity. |
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Tom Jorgenson Inner circle LOOSE ANGLES, CALIFORNIA 4451 Posts |
Seems to me this guy got the big banana about twice.
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ringmaster Inner circle Memphis, Down in Dixie 1974 Posts |
Loz I'm gain
One of the last living 10-in-one performers. I wanted to be in show business the worst way, and that was it.
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