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Hey, remember how we talked a while a back about being kids who didn’t realize that McDonald’s Monopoly was a scam?

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munineye said on October 27th, 2009 at 10:07 am

Did we? When? Care to share?

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Wrath said on October 27th, 2009 at 10:14 am

He was talking about how McDonalds killed his childhood a few posts down.

I dunno, this seems like an almost great idea to me. Of course, considering Boardwalk is the rare one, anyone who has it probably doesn’t need to share. I think I get a Park Place with every meal.

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Cookie McCool said on October 27th, 2009 at 4:56 pm

That’s not scammy, this is just, you know, commodities trading, or something. Totally on the up and the up.

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Lawnmower Boy said on October 27th, 2009 at 6:50 pm

Tell you what, Cookie. I’ll take $5 from some investors, and agree to pay you five dollars if he gets a Boardwalk, and you’ll pay me the same if he doesn’t.
And then, because the real ratio is more like 25 cents to $5, I will sell my option to some guy for a quarter and I’ll….
Wait. Will I make money for my investors or not? I can’t figure that part out. I think I’ll just cash out and keep the quarter.
Maybe it’ll be an RCMP centennial quarter… Musical Ride….

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Cookie McCool said on October 27th, 2009 at 10:24 pm

Look, buddy, I just like the McDonald’s Monopoly for the little sticker pieces that are fun to play with, ok? Quit trying to invest in my stickers!

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Dave Langdon said on October 28th, 2009 at 2:46 am

heh… I remember a couple of decades ago someone spammed all the Usenet groups with that very deal… Good times, good times. Now get off my lawn!

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Mary Warner said on October 28th, 2009 at 4:19 am

I clicked on this to read the comments and a couple of McDonald’s pop-up ads suddenly appeared, blocking everything. They don’t want me to know it’s a scam.

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piranhtachew said on October 29th, 2009 at 9:36 am

Yeah, but now they make you keep them in little slits on the side instead of letting you stick them on the board. Boo-urns!

@Lawnmower Boy: Is that how Madoff started?

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Lawnmower Boy said on October 29th, 2009 at 11:20 pm

@Piranhtachew:

Darned straight! And if the Feds had just left him alone until he finally got that rare, collectable quarter, he could have sold it and paid everyone off from the proceeds! Stupid regulators…..

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