simoleon
[suh-moh-lee-uh n]
1.
a dollar.
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“So, how much did you pay for this again?”
“One
dollar.”
“You’re
kidding, right?”
“Nope.”
“Seriously?”
“Yeah,
seriously. The guy only wanted a dollar
for it.”
“Wow. That’s, um...”
“Great,
isn’t it?”
“I was
going to say suspicious, but yeah, that too.”
“Suspicious
how?”
“Well,
come on, you can’t tell me you didn’t have a problem paying a single dollar for
that. I mean, come on, it’s worth
hundreds, at least.”
“I
think he was just being nice.”
“No
way. There’s got to be something wrong
with it. Maybe it’s broken.”
“No, it
works just fine. I tried it out before I
bought it.”
“Huh. Weird.
Does it smell bad like cat pee or something?”
“Smell
for yourself. It doesn’t have any weird
smells. It’s not falling apart either.”
“Maybe
it’s stolen?”
“Nah. If it was stolen, they guy would probably
have wanted more than a buck for it. I
mean, it takes a lot of work to steal something like this, you know? He’d probably have asked for at least a
hundred if it was stolen goods.”
“I…guess
that’s kind of true. But that still
doesn’t change the fact that it’s suspicious.”
“You’re
just jealous, aren’t you?”
“Wh-what? Why would I be jealous?”
“Because
I got this for pretty much nothing, and you wish you’d have had that chance.”
“No
way. I wouldn’t have taken it, for one.”
“Yeah,
right. Like you wouldn’t have jumped on
this the first chance you had.”
“No, I
wouldn’t. It’s just not right. I mean, why would anyone sell this for a
dollar? I reeks of a scam.”
“There’s
no scam. It was just a nice guy selling
something for way less than it’s worth.”
“Yeah,
see, it’s that whole nice guy thing. I
don’t buy it. Nobody’s that nice.”
“Well,
this guy was.”
“I bet
it’s bugged. Like, there’s cameras and
listening devices all around it, and it’ll pick up on everything you do so he
can steal your identity or something.”
“You
know, I hadn’t actually thought of that.
I guess that’s a possibility.”
“Yeah,
and he only charged you a dollar so that he had more to steal one he got into
your bank account.”
“But
then how would he do that? I mean, it’s
not like I’ll be saying my pin number out loud when I use it or anything. And there’s no way I’ll be saying any
passwords or my social or anything like that.”
“Ever
fill out a check around it?”
“Uh,
once or twice.”
“There
you go. The checks have your account
number on them. Once he knows that, he
has you. Once he gets into your bank
account, it’s all over.”
“Oh
come on, it can’t be that easy. I mean,
I just have to cover up the bottom numbers, right?”
“You
can’t have them covered up all the time you know. Eventually, it’ll see those numbers, and if a
camera happens to be pointed at it, you’re done.”
“Wow. That’s kind of scary.”
“Kind
of scary? It’s downright
terrifying. You should get rid of this
thing ASAP.”
“But it’s
so nice.”
“Yeah,
but your financial security could be at risk.
And besides, it’s not like you paid a lot for it.”
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