Man Sends Spray-Painted Junk in "Gold Kit", Gets Paid

[techboy]

I hate those "Gold Kit" commercials. This is pretty funny. I don't think he's taking a vacation with his check, though.

Unfortunately, real gold is very rare, and hella expensive. Even after checking the whole recycling bin and both garbage cans, I found that I had absolutely no gold scraps in the house.

I grabbed some doo-dads out of the junk drawer and some gold spray-paint out of the garage.

Soon I had a gold bottle cap, a gold stem from a bunch of grapes, a gold pop-top, a gold zip-tie, a gold 'S' hook, a gold nut and the elusive gold nickel.

In all, a nice sack of treasure!

[RedlightG20]

I sure wish I had the last forty seconds of my life back.

[DaveMason]

That is funny.

...I'm impressed that they gave him any money at all. But gold watches have zero value? Diamonds have very little value? Nice way to screw the people who DO send in valuables.

[techboy]

...I'm impressed that they gave him any money at all.

The agreement is that if you like the check, you cash it, but if you don't like the check, they have to ship your stuff back to you. I suspect it's cheaper for them to pay him off than it is to ship his junk back.

[Metalhead]

I like their explanations of value though. So they take all your stuff and say there was no value, contrary to reality. Then the fool that shipped them the gold says "I can't get anything for it? Keep it." Brilliant.

[Teller]

When I read the thread title, I thought the dude cut his wanker off, spray painted it and sent it to them.

[techboy]

When I read the thread title, I thought the dude cut his wanker off, spray painted it and sent it to them.

Sorry to disappoint you.

I didn't think about that until later... it's not slang I use.

[Teller]

Sorry to disappoint you.

I didn't think about that until later... it's not slang I use.

Oh I know. I just thought I was gonna get to rehash the over-done "junk in a box" joke.

Oh well.

I'm sure there's another thread I can use someone else's joke in.

[Beer is Food]

When I read the thread title, I thought the dude cut his wanker off, spray painted it and sent it to them.

I thought the same thing... and was thinking who the hell is gonna click the link...