Have you ever been Set up ?

[Menelaus]

Ah the old "Just sign here Sir and you'll get a lovely holiday and lots of presents. There's even going to be a presentation dinner tonight with cake and champagne. How does that sound?" routine.

No, the "Wow I'm amazingly in love" schtick.

[sal626]

In Istanbul, a few years ago…this kid came up selling a Guide book for $10…..we were actually planning to get one, but I had been advised that “street merchants” should be haggled with, so I brought him down to $8. He accepted grudgingly giving us the usual sob story , etc. Couple of hours..later I peeled off the $10 price label to show the actual price of $3 printed on the book. Still makes me smile….

[milanbenes]

I know someone who was hired into a bank as a big manager

their first task on joining was to be part of a restructuring programme and fire some people

seems that the people he fired had friends in high places and quite soon afterwards he got fired

the bank got what they wanted

guess he was setup

Milan.

[Sysman]

Got done for a fiver within 30 seconds of stepping off the coach at York Races. Here's some hot tips in exchange for a bit of folding the gent said.

I knew I'd been done, but the speed and cheek of the execution had me greatly amused. It was a pub outing and I wasn't the only victim, so it gave us a tale to tell right from the start.

[thunderlizard]

In Istanbul, a few years ago…this kid came up selling a Guide book for $10…..we were actually planning to get one, but I had been advised that “street merchants” should be haggled with, so I brought him down to $8. He accepted grudgingly giving us the usual sob story , etc. Couple of hours..later I peeled off the $10 price label to show the actual price of $3 printed on the book. Still makes me smile….

That kid's a recruitment agent now.

[cojak]

I know someone who was hired into a bank as a big manager

their first task on joining was to be part of a restructuring programme and fire some people

seems that the people he fired had friends in high places and quite soon afterwards he got fired

the bank got what they wanted

guess he was setup

Milan.

He was stupid then - Machiavelli recommends doing that. Some people specialise in that, they get paid a wodge knowing that they will be publicly fired themselves once they get the job done.

Your mate should be thankful that he didn't get cut in two and have both halves dumped at either end of the piazza...

[PinkPoshRat]

I took a car into Kwik(s)hit and they said I needed;

2 x Front tyres
2 x Front brake pads
2 x Front brake discs
2 x Front brake calipers (one of which had seized...........?)

total £630 plus VAT

so I then took same car to a 'Green Flag' approved garage and was told

only need the 2 front brake pads. They also fixed a caliper bolt which had been left loose (by Kwik(s)hit))

Real cost £90 all in

[MrMark]

I bought what I thought was a cheap printer. Turns out it needs 4 separate ink cartridges that run out at different times, and the printer won't function unless every cartridge still contains some ink.

[Bagpuss]

I watched the film 'The Sting' again recently, it's still pretty good, but it's not usually the baddies who get set up.
I was just wondering if anyone here knows of any cons , or even been set up themselves

I was set up for a crime I didn't commit, I escaped a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, I survive as soldier of fortune.

[EternalOptimist]

I was set up for a crime I didn't commit, I escaped a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, I survive as soldier of fortune.

heh heh

good one