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Old man selling them beneath that sign. Fellow buys three, one at a time, and gives the old man $9. He then points out to the old man that he lost out on a dollar. The old man replies: "Everyone does the same thing, then tells me how to run my business. I think that I do just fine selling people 3 melons when they only intended to buy 1".

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Love me some smart people...

Maybe he charges extra for loading 3 at the same time.

I like melons.

Haha!

That’s what I’m talking about!

A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer: “This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you.”

The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other, then calls the boy over and asks: “Which do you want, son?” The boy takes the 2 quarters and leaves. “What did I tell you? That kid never learns!” said the barber.

Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy coming out of the ice cream store. “Hey, son! May I ask you a question? Why did you take the 2 quarters instead of the dollar bill ?”

The boy licked his cone and replied: “Because the day I take the dollar, the game is over!”

My uncle was at the tackle shop and a young guy came in with an empty cricket cage, asking about the price of crickets. The owner told him he could have all he wanted for four dollars. The young man said, "Dang..... how many can I get for five dollars?"

When the goat man would make his trip up 411 hwy in the spring each year, he would sell post cards(of him and his goats)…. Quarter each or three for a dollar. Folks always bought three and give him a dollar.

It's a bargain, eh?

I heard that Bill Engval of “Here’s Your Sign” fame sold them at concerts for a buck apiece or Two for $3!
And the story of the guy getting paving stones, which got cheaper as the number he bought went up.
“Hell, if that’s how it works, load the truck up until they’re free”!
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In my military days lots of troops never bothered to learn the currency as they frequented an array of countries and coinage.

As we were stationed in Bangkok, it was obvious one should familiarize themselves with the local scams.

Thailand used baht (about 5¢ at the time) as currency. They had 20-baht bills and 20-baht coins (each worth about $1) and 100-baht bills (about $5). The R&R boys being mostly drunk and carefree fell for their local change scam most of the time.

They would purchase a beer, costing a buck, and plop down a 100-baht bill as payment. The waiter/waitress would return with a 20-baht bill with three 20-baht coins stacked on top. Nearly every sucker would extract the bill leaving the 3 coins as a tip. I.e. tipping the waiter $3 for a one-dollar beer. On a good night, in a large dance hall, I bet those waiters made hundreds.

At today's exchange rate, a baht is about 3¢ so transactions aren't quite as even now.

Back when I was a kid, there was an old country store owned by an old German named Obie. We called the country store Obie's twice the price, two for the price of one!

There was a burger stand near the highschool that sold pickles, 10¢ each or 2 for 25¢. Surprising how many would buy 2 🤦🏻‍♂️

My Grandfather loved to coon hunt with his dogs. Stayed out late and was returning home thru town. He had a burlap (croaker sack) over his shoulder with the night’s haul in it and his single shot .22. It getting good light and he didn’t want to fool with the 2 coons as he needed to go to work. A little black boy ran up to him and asked whatcha got in da bag Mr Paige? I got some coons in it and if you guess how many, I’ll give you both of em. The boy patted and felt the bag and said FO! True story according to family legend.