08-09-2011, 04:02 AM
There was a guy on Sniper's Hide who took a lot of folks' money for his promised copy of the Cheytac bipod for extreme long-range shooters, many of whom are SOTIC-trained SF and other SOCOM dudes with a lot of trigger time under their belts, in addition to all the dedicated precision long-range competitors and hobbyists.
The thing that gets me is the sheer stupidity in these crooks' target market, no pun intended. Picture this:
[COLOR="purple"]"Gee Joker, who should we screw out of their money this week? How about some dumb chicks that order fake Gucci handbags...?"
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"Or maybe some dipstick who collects baseball cards in his mommy's basement...?"
[COLOR="magenta"]"How about some kids buying pirated video games for their XBox...?"
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[COLOR="red"]"No wait! I've got it! This is the best scam ever! (Chuckle...chuckle) We'll target highly-trained snipers and uber-commandos who like to pass their rest & relaxation time in between deployments after years of military service practicing their long-range marksmanship skills! Yeah! They'll never track us down or anything. They wouldn't even begin to know where to start looking, we're so slick!"
"So where do we register the credit card machine to?"[/COLOR]
Am I the only one who thinks this is a doomed business model? The only worse target market I can think of would be Mafia hitmen...
The thing that gets me is the sheer stupidity in these crooks' target market, no pun intended. Picture this:
[COLOR="purple"]"Gee Joker, who should we screw out of their money this week? How about some dumb chicks that order fake Gucci handbags...?"
[/COLOR]
"Or maybe some dipstick who collects baseball cards in his mommy's basement...?"
[COLOR="magenta"]"How about some kids buying pirated video games for their XBox...?"
[/COLOR]
[COLOR="red"]"No wait! I've got it! This is the best scam ever! (Chuckle...chuckle) We'll target highly-trained snipers and uber-commandos who like to pass their rest & relaxation time in between deployments after years of military service practicing their long-range marksmanship skills! Yeah! They'll never track us down or anything. They wouldn't even begin to know where to start looking, we're so slick!"
"So where do we register the credit card machine to?"[/COLOR]
Am I the only one who thinks this is a doomed business model? The only worse target market I can think of would be Mafia hitmen...
