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Originally Posted by Wormius
What is the point of this? It must be a scam, but nobody is paying $50k for BP mints so what are they trying to do? Boredom?
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For a while now, I've wondered if inexplicably stupid stuff like this is actually intended for money laundering. Leave some dummy listings out there to act like there's a market for it, then do some "hobby shop/collectibles fronts" sort of thing to launder dirty money. Like someone intentionally cycles collectible consumables and then keeps cycling them over and over to launder money. This is slightly different than a non-consumable collectible that you would have more difficultly having a front constantly re-acquire (ie: Like a collectible card). People aren't accidentally buying these. But laundering money is the only logical reason I can think of for people intentionally buying some of these types of things.
$50K for mints like this is kinda dumb though. I can't imagine there being a huge market for those over something like discontinued soft drinks and snacks.
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Originally Posted by Ashartus
Why do people say "good luck" before someone is writing an exam, giving a big presentation, etc.? Success at most things isn't a matter of luck.
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It's hard to have luck without preparation?