An opportunity or a disgraceful act ?
 

Situation:

You can get counterfeit money (20$ bills to be exact) at a quarter of the
price. They are almost exactly the same as the real deal...

Question:

Would you take it ? Please explain your position.

I don't think I would. ALMOST looking exactly like real money just doesn't really cut it for me. I'm all for easy wealth but I'm a paranoid fuck.

Almost exactly the same. I would try to knock down the price to $1,-, and buy it, just for the fun of it.

I would not use it. In the end, using forged money is stealing, thus a crime. Cheating.

People who do this are more likely to use neon-skins in MoHA as well.

Eating a Snickers should give you more satisfaction...

YOU'RE THE MAN NOW DOG

Didn't you post some sort of ethical dilemna similar to this some time ago?

Indeed I have...

When I say "ALMOST exactly the same", I mean that unless you sit down
and really look for the flaws, you won't see them.

Does it have the little magnetic strip?

If i had it i would go to stores with only 16 year olds checkin my money

It's not worth the prison ass-rape. I'll be poor, thanx.

...likewise I guess, I tell myself I would only use it in heartless corporations, like the
Homer Simpson / free cable argument....but mainly, I wouldn't want to feel like a thief.
I like the idea of karma, this would be bad karma.

if you only use say one at at a time when buying tehn you should be fine. dont go to big stores though just use it in smaller ones that probly wont bother to check. also if you do get busted trying to sell one just say you got it as change from some place. best way to pass it off is to not have it in good shape (cringkle it up a bit) & mix it with other bills like 5's & 10's. good luck freak:

I would use fake money, but i would swap it with real money from my freinds, so they would end up in the shit if caught.

im a great friend to have biggrin:

well for me, money doesnt make me the happiest. right now i'm in debt and I feel happy. fuck money you greedy bastards

I worked at this one place where the bank rejected a $20 in our deposit because it was fake. I couldnt tell the difference, the cop that brought it back had to show me what was wrong and it was only the paper, not the markings. Good fakes will work in many places, but I wouldnt recommend using them all at the same place or at once.

Would I accept the deal you are proposing? Dunno, probably not. Someone, somewhere is going to get screwed by it when its determined that the bill is fake, and it will be caught eventually.

I would never use the money in stores/restraunts etc... Too big of a chance to get caught.
I would use it in a strip club or maybe try picking up some hot Vegas hookers.

interesting to observe the responses. I wonder what I said to the last post like this... hmmm

Anyhow, no matter what spin you put on it, this would be illegal, unethical and wrong. Even if you never got caught, its still WRONG.

meh, human nature, doing something bad, feels good.

I would use it though. and just say "I found it" or something,

Ill stick with being poor i dont feel like being murdered in prison.

Personally, I would NEVER hesitate to grab the money, as there are simply
too many ways to convert it to real funds:

- bars,
- small convenience stores (all around your location - be creative)
- want to laugh? MONEY MARTS and WESTERN UNIONS!

Bars are the easiest. Well, places with dimmed or non-existent lighting are
the best places to make the conversion for a simple reason: all they rely on
is the texture and black light test of the bill. It passes those ? Bingo! Your
1.25$ drink (plus .75 cent tip) just made that money legal. You can easily
convert up to 350$ alone in one night - more if working with an other.

Money Marts and W.U.'s are very easy places to convert your funds so long
as you can play with the clerk's mind. Houdini said it best: re-direct attention
elsewhere while performing the operation. For best results, you could add in
one or two real bills to completely throw them off. It, errr, helps when you look
like a nice person!

Convenience stores are "convenient" because most of the time, so long as
you present the bill a certain way (to "present" their authenticity), folded in
a certain manner, you will never have any issues. Buy gum, ravioli, whatever.

There are too many possibilities to simply dismiss an opportunity like this.
If it comes along, I'm grabbin' my share! biggrin:

[quote="Old Reliable":a47ef]well for me, money doesnt make me the happiest. right now i'm in debt and I feel happy. fuck money you greedy bastards[/quote:a47ef]

Im in debt too. isnt it fun?

im still a greedy bastard and dont give a shit.

what a beautiful world this is cool:

i would do it, but only use the money for drugs.

Hrmm... I wonder which is worse! biggrin:

well it is obviously a crime, and when you commit a crime, for the most part, you are taking away someone else's privileges. i'm not into being at the bottom of society

Well, just remember no matter how nice you are to everyone, Life will end
up fucking you ten times over: enjoy yourself and take what little chances
you are given.

yeah, and act like the greedy animals we are. that would be first instinct.

LOL. It's not about acting like a primate: it's taking the necessary measures
to ensure that you enjoy yourself. Ayn Rand held that man should place his
own happiness first. Self-centered, yes... but really, who's Life is it ? Yours...

To hell with everyone else; if you can have a break here and there, all the better. cool:

Maybe the secret service should crack down on MOHAA cheaters.

I'd definitely take it, and use it for drugs, and good pr0n. That way I wouldn't feel bad cheating the people I am giving the money too.

hell yea id take it, but i dont think half the price would be worth getting cought, maybe like a quater of the price. i always thought money conterfitting would be an interesting profession. and about converting it to real money just do all the shit soli said. also id give the money to people i didnt like that way theres a chance they get cought.

Ja! I need some money, im 13, i need lots of stuff! And i never get checked for money, i just give it to them and they put it away. The only place that would check i guess would be when you buy a ferrari in cash or mail in your taxes with cash in them oOo: If anyone does that, they must not pay a lot of taxes

id buy drugs with it, drug dealers dont report conterfeiters, then i would sell the drugs for more.

Nope. I don't deal with anything illeagal, even if I knew I wouldn't get caught. It's just not me man.

[quote="Bazooka_Joe":9d308]Nope. I don't deal with anything illeagal, even if I knew I wouldn't get caught. It's just not me man.[/quote:9d308]

best answer to this thread ive seen so far. WELL SAID JOE.

Bingo baby.

As for it being illegal, I break the law all the time...speeding, downloading music, etc.

Counterfeiting = Going to federal pound me in the ass prison, so i say NEIN