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Msmith · 12-09-2011, 10:03 AM

Fax has a garage sale. The cost of the sweater is $18. Fax sells it for $21. A person buys the sweater and gives Fax a $100 bill. Fax goes to his neighbor for change. He gives the buyer $79 back. The next day the neighbor tells Fax that the $100 is faked. Fax gives the neighbor back $100. How much money does Fax lose?

**luv** · 12-09-2011, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiefFripp

$3

He spent $18 on the sweater. -18
He gained 0 by receiving a fake $100 bill. +0
He gained $100 worth of change from the neighbor. +100
He gave the customer $79. -79
He had to give neighbor back $100. -100

-18 + 0 + 100 - 79 - 100 = -97

He is out $97.

Dayze · 12-09-2011, 04:04 PM

did Fax get his sweater back?

Skyy God · 12-09-2011, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Dayze

did Fax get his sweater back?

And why would Fax give the neighbor/buyer back a legit $100? The buyer was passing around a counterfeit bill. If anything, Fax should be receiving $79 back and the sweater.

**Saul Good** · 12-09-2011, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Pittsie

And why would Fax give the neighbor/buyer back a legit $100? The buyer was passing around a counterfeit bill. If anything, Fax should be receiving $79 back and the sweater.

Let's not go pulling threads on this one.

**alnorth** · 12-09-2011, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Pittsie

And why would Fax give the neighbor/buyer back a legit $100? The buyer was passing around a counterfeit bill. If anything, Fax should be receiving $79 back and the sweater.

heh, I assume you are just messing with us.... right?

unothadeal · 12-09-2011, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Pittsie

Then why did the neighbor get $100 back??

Why would Fax go to the buyer to change the hundred that the buyer just gave him?

**Saul Good** · 12-09-2011, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by unothadeal

Why would Fax go to the buyer to change the hundred that the buyer just gave him?

Why did Fax sell his neighbor's sweater?

jspchief · 12-09-2011, 07:21 PM

Fax could have used one of those markers to detect counterfeit bills. Of course, if the sweater buyer was some hood rat, she would have come over the counter (two sawhorses with a sheet of plywood covered in an old tablecloth) at which point Fax would have had to go "steel pipe" on her ass.

The ensuing legal proceedings would likely cost Fax considerably, but its hard to put value on being known in your neighborhood as " bad, bad, Fax Brown".

listopencil · 12-09-2011, 07:41 PM

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