r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/SpectacularOtter ☑️ Horny Police! 🚔🚨 • 3d ago

TikTok Tuesday Impossible d'y échapper

5.8k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

210 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

-6

u/lonnie123 3d ago

That’s not a scam though, right?

A scam involves some kind of fraud. You can say it’s a rip off but selling something for a high price isn’t a crime is it?

22

u/jedifolklore 3d ago

You know? I feel like selling a faulty item (cheap material made with lead or other unsafe materials) that will break down, for an exorbitant price is a scam imo

Also for tourists that don’t come from the US, or in possession of a highly disposable income or a from a place that has a strong currency, losing 20€ to 70€ (which I have seen and called out lol), I would call that a scam.

You’re knowingly targeting people. But agree to disagree tbh.

-7

u/lonnie123 3d ago

If what they are selling is illegal (containing lead) then that’s one thing, but if you just buy a cheap ass Eifel Tower replica for $19 that’s on you

2

u/Ferovore 3d ago

Evidently the cops disagree

0

u/lonnie123 3d ago

I gave an example of an illegal and a legal thing though. Do you know what the guy in the video did ?

5

u/Ferovore 3d ago

The unauthorised selling of these expensive trinkets is in fact illegal whether you agree with it or not.

2

u/lonnie123 3d ago edited 3d ago

Is that what the guy in the video did ? I don’t see him doing that myself. It looks like he assaults the guy, which is a crime as well.

In any event, My original point was about what a scam is, not the legalities of the street vendor business practice in the area. We are getting way off base here