Most of you would think that I made a mistake in the title above. Most would say, “Shouldn’t it be buying something and get free gift instead of obtaining the prize? That’s ridiculous.” The title above says exactly what it says. Some of you know, heard & experience this age old marketing tactics to get rid of their stocks & making money with the infamous "Scratch & Win" scam. Instead of doing it in the public open, they will go door to door making it like a survey to fish out the poor suckers. Usually this tactic often used by small time business especially home appliance store in the neighborhood to clear their dusty goods off the shelves. They will send runners (Usually frail looking students) to do their job as a salesman. When they found their first prey, this is what they always do (never fail)
"Hi, my name is Ham Ka Chan & I'm from Paper White College. I'm here to conduct a survey for my Bull Shit project & would like you to participate in our special What The F**k festival. Currently we are having a special college promotion in which you can win our prize. It's very simple; all you have to do is scratch one of the three choices on the ticket. If you're lucky enough, you will walkout winning a brand new TV set." After scratching the ticket, "Congratulations sir! You are one of our lucky contestants. You've just won a brand new TV! But first, you have to come to our "store" and purchase some of our attractive items in order to obtain the prize"
That's their pattern. The odds of losing in the "Scratch & Win" ticket scratch, none. Even if you scratch all of the tickets, you win all of the TV. After that, they will force you to purchase their useless item before they actually give you the TV.
Back in the glorious day of free f**k of college life, there was this one kid came to my rented house, doing the scam routine as usual, claiming that he's from Taylor’s College. My housemates & I knew about it, so we asked him to leave. Usually when they were asked to leave, they moved on. But not this one. This kid waited outside not far from our house, and then another kid came along. They were talking for 10 minutes and the other kid approach our house. This time, he's claimed he's from Nilai College. None of us are able to tolerate these ridiculous antics of them so we ask him to get lost.
To think that everything is over, but noooooooo....... The next day a girl approached at our house. Just before we could do anything to get rid of her, her words stumped us. "I'm from
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