7. The Ring Reward
An oldie, but a goldie. It’s in the last place since it requires having a partner. This one works so well because it plays on two very important feelings: sympathy or greed. It is almost impossible to fail. You may have seen this in a movie Zombieland. The story goes like this: you are walking down the street when a pretty, kind girl approaches you and asks worryingly if you have noticed a ring somewhere. An engagement ring, precious and valuable, is missing. She lost it somewhere and is offering a big reward to the person who finds it and returns it to her. Nodding sympathetically, you leave her and go around your business. But, who should you encounter next but (usually) a guy who accidentally found the ring and you end up with a dilemma: buy the ring for a smaller sum and give it to the girl, or buy it and pretend you found it to get the large reward. Either way, it’s your loss. But you still got the ring, right? Wrong. The ring is nothing but a cheap imitation with a shiny rhinestone.
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