How does a tiny little market stall in a northern town stay open if its charging £15 for Lynx ? What am I missing?

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ResponsibleVirus854@reddit

They are all contraband stashes. All of the labelling on the drink cans are off

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informalgreeting23@reddit

Assuming it's a stash tin for hiding money or drugs, not an actual can of coke for 7.50

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VisualFlatulence@reddit

Either that or it's money laundering like those American sweets shops.

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The money laundering theory doesn't make sense for those sweet shops. If you want to launder money, you need to be squeaky clean and pay taxes. This shops don't do that! The disappear before they have to pay taxes.

If someone asks where the money came from, "a chain of dodgy tax avoiding shops" isn't exactly going to make the money clean.

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726wox@reddit

And you want service industry, not a retail store where inventory has to be bought and fake sold which would kill your profits

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AdministrativeShip2@reddit

Trade based money laundering.

A new shop opens up.

The shop buys its inventory from a wholesaler (owned by an associate) that money is now clean and can be used to buy things.

The shop then trades for a year, funneling all the dodgy cash from other revenue streams through the tills, and occasionally actually selling something.

The shop Will continue buying inventory (but for the most part it won't exist)

When it's tax time, the shop will close down to avoid the taxes, the inventory will be sold to the wholesalers for a pittance.

Finally a new shop will open and it will all start again.

The building, wholesalers, and shops will all be owned by the same family and the profit will have be been shipped home. Either in small amounts in people's luggage, or as larger amounts through the Hawala system.

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St2Crank@reddit

“When it’s tax time, the shop will close down to avoid the taxes”

Are you saying if you close down a company before the end of the year, HMRC just go, “ahh nevermind about paying tax on all that money you made then”?

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cortanakya@reddit

To be fair, if a business shuts down before a single year chances are that their taxes will be virtually zero regardless. A profitable business wouldn't shut down, and an unprofitable business wouldn't make enough money to meet minimum tax boundaries.

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St2Crank@reddit

Probably if the company was legitimate yeah, they still need to file closing accounts though.

The comment I was replying to was suggesting that the company shutting down (business a) was a front for moment laundering. Meaning that they’d be shifting a fair amount of cash from that business to another business (business b), so business b now has the cash it’s legitimate and that business a shut down before having to pay tax

So now you have a business b saying it was paid large amounts of money from business a, HMRC is going to want to know a lot about business an accounts. It’s also going to be looking hard at business b, when business c sets up and does the exact same thing the next year.

As a way to make money look legitimate, doesn’t work.

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nowtbettertodo@reddit

That's why there was a huge number of hand car washes appearing everywhere 10-15 years ago. All no doubt claiming they had 400 cars a day and every customer paying £7 or so cash.

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EuphoricInvestment1@reddit

Has been proven

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FishUK_Harp@reddit

The money laundering theory doesn't make sense for those sweet shops. If you want to launder money, you need to be squeaky clean and pay taxes.

Not everyone who engages in money laundering is as smart as they think they are.

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Any-Plate2018@reddit

But you people who instantly detect money laundering?

Genius.

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FishUK_Harp@reddit

But you people who instantly detect money laundering?

Why am I part of these "you people"?

I haven't claimed to "detect" any money laundering. That said, I can say with some authority due to my professional background that at a lot of these businesses are very suitable for money landing and have some features that make it more likely than being a legitimate business.

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squigs@reddit

Perhaps they're just operating a cheap to run business with high margins and low setup costs, and making money by avoiding business rates.

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LastTrainLongGone@reddit

They weren’t paying business rates but this is enforced by the council not HMRC.

Private Eye has proved links to various criminal operations including money from Afghan warlords to these shops and their use in laundering.

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Jaggysnake84@reddit

Everything is money laundering these days according to this sub lol

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plantmic@reddit

I was gonna say - that's a troping!

Those bloody Turkish Barbers!

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Bungeditin@reddit

This message is sponsored by ‘USA Candy sweet shop’

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Judge_Dreddful@reddit

*Turkish barbers have entered the chat*

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Shikimori_Inosuke@reddit

Hand Car Washes would like a word.

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wannacreamcake@reddit

Barbering requires too much actual work to be a good money laundering front. I think it's just a lot of mediocre barbers taking cash payments as opposed to it being money laundering.

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MrCrazyDave@reddit

“[insert misspelt town] Mini Vape Market” moves next door

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AerodynamicHandshake@reddit

"Well, it must be money laundering, hair doesn't grow back after a few weeks, does it?"

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Judge_Dreddful@reddit

There are now so many Turkish barbers in the UK that it must be impossible to find one in Turkey...

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Emotional_Ad8259@reddit

The black economy in the UK is apparently three times larger than the GDP of the world.

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GeneralLandscape72@reddit

The money laundering theory doesn't make sense for those sweet shops. If you want to launder money, you need to be squeaky clean and pay taxes. This shops don't do that! The disappear before they have to pay taxes.

If someone asks where the money came from, "a chain of dodgy tax avoiding shops" isn't exactly going to make the money clean...........

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lesterbottomley@reddit

Isn't that the point though?

They do not actually sell anything in reality but they submit a few grand a week in sales.

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fickle_north@reddit

And those comments? Also money laundering.

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UsernameDemanded@reddit

I'll money launder you in a minute.

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fickle_north@reddit

You’ll have to buy me a drink first (at market value, plus a markup for my troubles)

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rezonansmagnetyczny@reddit

That money? Comment laundering

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St2Crank@reddit

My favourite is when people say it’s money laundering and tax avoidance, as if those two things aren’t opposed to each other.

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VisualFlatulence@reddit

Literally the first post I've seen money laundering commented on for this sub

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saladinzero@reddit

Take your pick of threads!

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VisualFlatulence@reddit

Cool, still the first thread I've seen money laundering commented on this sub

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Kingsworth@reddit

You must be new around here.

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Jaggysnake84@reddit

You're either lying or not been here long enough.

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Philluminati@reddit

I thought American sweet shops were to dodge local council business rate charges. The landlord pays them for empty properties so run a sweet shop for 6 months then file for bankruptcy?

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AffectionateJump7896@reddit

According to the average Reddit user, they will be evading business rates, laundering drug money and profiteering off selling vapes to kids all at once.

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pajamakitten@reddit

Private Eye covered the business rate evasion for months a few years back. It was a genuine issue that councils were then able to tackle, so criminals moved onto the next scheme.

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SnooStrawberries2342@reddit

They definitely are evading business rates. In July 2022 Westminster Council alone was investigating unpaid business rates of £7.9m from 30 shops.

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SnooStrawberries2342@reddit

If you were money laundering why would you put such ridiculous prices on stuff? You'd just be drawing attention by doing that. The more 'normal' the better when it comes to laundering.

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Boring-Somewhere-957@reddit

Buy 2x £7.49 can of coke with dirty money

Next day sell a can of Lynx to the shop for £14.99

£15 laundered

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PositivelyAcademical@reddit

The way money launderers get caught is their declared sales not matching their stock balance. To counter this they have to actually purchase in and then get rid of (off the books) sufficient stock to cover their money laundering.

Which makes higher profit margin goods a better return on investment, given they lose less of the laundered money purchasing in the goods.

The advantage of using goods (as opposed to services) is you actually have receipts to prove the transactions are "legit".

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Raunien@reddit

I remember reading a story once about a fried chicken place that got caught money laundering. What got them was the napkins. They weren't going through enough napkins for the amount of chicken they were apparently selling.

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FR1984007@reddit

Reminds me of that bit in Casino when robert de niros character goes in the kitchen tells them to put the same amount of blueberry's in every muffin

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JibberJim@reddit

But, but, I've been told not to use a napkin with fried chicken, but to lick my fingers - it's literally in all the adverts all my life!

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Raunien@reddit

Colonel Sanders has a lot to answer for.

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InternationalRide5@reddit

If he were a British gentleman the slogan would be "using your knife, fork and napkin, not bad chicken. "

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Projected2009@reddit

Lol, that wouldn't have been HMRC then... they're really not that bright. I have first-hand experience with a tax inspection. They could only ask me if I had invoices for the money that was leaving my company. I could easily provide them, because everything was legit. But, they're an easy thing to fake, especially as the tax officer doesn't have permission to check the invoices are from a legitimate company that's billing for their services. They can only do that during a forensic audit, which is a few notches up the bedpost.

Dealing with them is a doddle and it would be very, very easy to be corrupt in the UK.

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libdemparamilitarywi@reddit

You still have to be somewhat reasonable though. Selling 75p cans of drink for £7.99 is going to bring a lot of unwanted attention because of how ridiculous it is.

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Decimus-Drake@reddit

I thought the American sweet shops were tax evasion?

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Nexustar@reddit

those American sweets shops.

There was one in Charlotte, I always just thought they sold drugs. It was large and never had many folk inside.

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UnknownTerrorUK@reddit

The Fanta has 75p on the can and the sticker is £7.99 so I think you must be on the right lines.

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Constant-Estate3065@reddit

Special Fanta.

taps nose

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sarahlizzy@reddit

They seek the precious things of the shop! Cans of can’t!

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GrumpyGingerGit@reddit

Come, come what's all this shouting? We'll have no trouble here. We're a local shop, for local people

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Not-All-That-Odd@reddit

WE DIDNT BURN THEM

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SiIversmith@reddit

My insides are all wrong.

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SirRareChardonnay@reddit

Edward, Edward. He's trying to grap my petrol!

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Basic_Lime337@reddit

You heard the man Tubbs ..get undressed

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Taken_Abroad_Book@reddit

Chris Chan's special recipe

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Nuker-79@reddit

Sounds about the right price for a 24 can slab of cans.

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bbravery@reddit

Unfortunately those are 10-11 quid where I am nowadays. Eye watering

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shoe_scuff@reddit

£6.50 at Morrisons this week or next.

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Gingerishidiot@reddit

You are not wrong Lynx is eye watering

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LaraLovesLatex@reddit

You're not supposed to spray it in your eyes.

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Hara-Kiri@reddit

I consider it a good deal found if I get 24 for 10. You're looking at 6 for £4 at the coop.

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Nuker-79@reddit

That’s where you are going wrong, the coop are pretty expensive compared to most other supermarkets

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Hara-Kiri@reddit

Oh yeah I don't buy them there, it just sort of puts into context £10 being a good deal. There's usually somewhere selling them for £10 but only when on offer.

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Nuker-79@reddit

Ah I get you now. Yeah I just grab the farm food deal when I can as the kids go through it quite quickly.

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Nuker-79@reddit

Ouch, regularly around that price near me up north. Usually at the likes of Iceland or farm foods.

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spankybianky@reddit

They’re 5 for £35 at Farmfoods in Kent, if that helps. I buy all my canned drinks there :)

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FiveTideHumidYear@reddit

Does Farmfoods also offer dental care?

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spankybianky@reddit

Sugar (and filling) free all the way, baby

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Tom22174@reddit

5 years ago maybe

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Nuker-79@reddit

I got some for that price literally a month or two ago. 5 cases for £30.

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Tom22174@reddit

You're comparing a deal for 120 with a deal for 24. Just like how you will never see one can for 30p you won't see 24 for 7. The deal will be somewhere between buying 24 singles and buying 120 of them because you get discounts for buying in bulk

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KeremyJyles@reddit

Just like how you will never see one can for 30p you won't see 24 for 7.

Seen them for 7.50 (remember the ticket you're quibbling about says 7.99) just yesterday, and every other day too. Fairly standard price tbh.

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Nuker-79@reddit

There are many deals all the time where they sell different brands for around the same price £7-8 mark.

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WeightDimensions@reddit

Yep. Almost every supermarket has had them at £7 for 24 at some point in the last few weeks. Morrisons were doing 30 cans for £8

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WeightDimensions@reddit

I can count well over a dozen offers on HotUK over the past month for 24 cans at around £6.50-£7.50

Morrisons were doing 30 cans for £8

Costco £6.58 for 24

Tesco £7.50 for 24

Sainsbury’s £7 for 24, same with Ocado, same with Amazon.

All posted in Sep and Oct

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slideforfun21@reddit

There's a tiny little hole on the coke can. Yes those are tash tins

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Lopsided_Rush3935@reddit

But it's not repeated on the identical can below it...

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TotoCocoAndBeaks@reddit

Yes it is, after closer inspection, I can see tiny holes like that in pretty much all of the cans. They are hand made so not identical.

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slideforfun21@reddit

The hole isn't supposed to be there. I assume it was damaged while being moved.

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UnknownTerrorUK@reddit

Tash tins?

"Son, I'm disappointed. I found your supply of illegal moustaches".

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BillPlantzz@reddit

😂

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Mintyxxx@reddit

Ye, county lines...

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_RandyRandleman_@reddit

i’ve never seen the price on the can actually be the price the shop is selling it at anyway though

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WillisWallace@reddit

It's either this or money laundering, easier to do if you reportedly charge £7.99 for a can of coke.

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Charming_Rub_5275@reddit

Technically it still could be a “can of coke” just not in the usual way.

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The_tea_g@reddit

So a can of actual coke?

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crucible@reddit

I’ll save my money in the Red Bull can then - at least the Mexicans will be too slow to steal it :P

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ArcticLemon@reddit

They are indeed stash cans, I had a coke one.

The best ones have a middle wall with water so it sounds full.

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Jedi_Emperor@reddit

I've got a fake can of diet coke that has money in it. The replica is almost perfect, it looks absolutely real and has the right weight to it if you pick it up. But the weight doesn't move, a tiny shake and you can tell if it has liquid or a metal weight inside.

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ang-p@reddit

it's definitely going to fool most people.

I like the double bluff approach.

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BlueTrin2020@reddit

I do the same to hide my coke

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cheese_bruh@reddit

So why would you put money in a can? Surely if someone sees a brand new unopened can of diet coke in the fridge they are going to want to open it and drink it?

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Robinhoyo@reddit

Doubt a burglar is going to stop to for a beverage while rummaging your house for vsluables

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brikkerz87@reddit

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-comes-home-find-burglar-33821665

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BlueTrin2020@reddit

I could use a burglary

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NinetysRoyalty@reddit

My house was broken in to when I was 12, it was the night before my youngest sisters christening and my grandads birthday, so we had a cake and a bottle of champagne in the fridge. The guys that broke in helped themselves to the cake and champagne all whilst my parents and siblings were sleeping and I was in my room horrified thinking there was a ghost rummaging around downstairs, the reality was much worse.

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RastaBlasta1994@reddit

I mean that's quite subjective. I'd rather a burglar than poltergeist I think.

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HardlyAnyGravitas@reddit

"The dead have never bothered me. It’s the living that I fear.” — Patricia Cornwell

"Fear not the dead, fear the living..." — Silvia Liam

"The dead can't hurt you, they're dead. Living things can hurt you, living people can hurt you but the dead can't." — Neil Gaiman

"I'm not scared of the dead. It's the living that scares me." — Hamidah Gul

Etc...

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NinetysRoyalty@reddit

A live humans substantially more dangerous than a dead one.

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RastaBlasta1994@reddit

In the film the spirits swallow the house into the floor

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NinetysRoyalty@reddit

Exactly, in a film a ghost is scary, humans are scary on and off the screen!

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becky_1872@reddit

We got robbed around christmas time, and they took our tin of heroes 🤣

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cheese_bruh@reddit

That makes sense for a burglar- I was more wondering if you just had another person over who got a bit thirsty

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Bacon4Lyf@reddit

It’s good for smuggling various things into festivals

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firekeeper23@reddit

This seems a potentially correct surmisation...

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geckograham@reddit

You’d be surprised.

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BearsBeetsBG@reddit

Don't know about that one, first sign my house was burgled was when I couldn't find the milk first thing in the morning. Admittedly, the neighbour was burgled a little while before and noted they nicked a loaf of bread, so my mind was already there I guess.

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Musashi1596@reddit

"I put it in a Coke can so no-one would drink it by accident"

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warfaceuk@reddit

It's basically a cure, for NOT being an axe weilding homicidal maniac"

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quite_acceptable_man@reddit

The potential market's enormous

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PomegranateV2@reddit

I used to make my own out of cans of V8 vegetable juice for that reason.

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JLB_cleanshirt@reddit

Clever. Prune juice would also work I think.

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8Ace8Ace@reddit

Warriors drink

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adamjeff@reddit

It's for smuggling and hiding drugs lol

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Distinct-Space@reddit

I take mine to the beach or swimming pools etc… somewhere where I need cash but don’t want to keep my purse with periods that my bags aren’t given my full attention.

My friend had her purse lifted from her bag once while she put suncream on her toddler.

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Particular-Row5678@reddit

You wouldn't keep it in the fridge, you would have a multipack in the garage and keep it amongst real cans or something along those lines.

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DarkStanley@reddit

Is that a serious question….That can’t be a serious question? 😂

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GodPackedUpAndLeftUs@reddit

Yes of course! You clever sausage, well done!

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youreatwat174@reddit

I paid 2.79 for a can of Pepsi the other day,I was expecting some drugs with it but sadly none

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GayAttire@reddit

Fools, the lot of you. It's for storing your dino DNA.

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Majestic_Matt_459@reddit

Customer "These will never fool anyone"

Shopkeeper *opens Reddit and shows Customer - "Would you like a bag?" :)

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Aargh_a_ghost@reddit

Nah, the fake cans aren’t price marked, I’m going with a TikTok famous food stall that charges extortionate prices

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minisrugbycoach@reddit

Wouldn't a Pepsi can be better for that? Ain't no burglar stopping mid raid for a swig of that if so.

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Status_Common_9583@reddit

Even better, a Diet Pepsi. I genuinely think it’s the worst out of every variant of Pepsi and Coke.

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whalemoth@reddit

I think I can see a small hole drilled into the sides of each of the cans.

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Imaginary_You_919@reddit

Fs where do you live 2087?…

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Fit_Conversation_369@reddit

On the books he sells hundreds of them, easy way to launder money.

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DangerousHorror2084@reddit

Front for money laundering

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IRideaHairdryer@reddit

Yeah I’d like to think if I was paying 8 quid for a can of coke it would be in the fridge not in a cabinet about cheap looking jewellery

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bodidflamey@reddit

Money laundering.

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Gilbert38@reddit

Maybe the shop is a front for dodgy goings on….. they put prices up to deter real customers

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Practical_Marzipan65@reddit

Code for something else and that's the price you pay

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Aurora_boring@reddit

Money laundering

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Rawdaily1@reddit

Oh yeah 100% they’re stash tins

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ADDandCrazy@reddit

Londis or Spar ?

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KissMyGoat@reddit

I am assuming the shop also sells pipes, rolling papers, roach books, probably some bongs and a few other "head shop" supplies.

Not seen the Airwick version before but one of these in the middle of a 6 pack of fizzy drinks is the traditional way of getting your drugs into a festival.

Unscrew the lid and you will probably find a double seal jar of some form (anti smelly jar) and probably some lightwieght filling.

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Puzza90@reddit

That's the traditional way? Back in my day we just rolled it up in some socks and put them in the sleeping bag or something similar

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EmperorsGalaxy@reddit

Thing is if a drugs dog scents on you, they'll get you to empty all that out and they'll obviously see socks in a sleeping bag an well you're caught then aren't you.

I guess the thinking is if you've got a crate of drinks they arent gonna make you empty all the drinks onto the floor an they will take them at face value that they are actual drinks. Guess it depends which one they pick up first.

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Slkkk92@reddit

I took pills to Global Gathering one year.

Thing is if a drugs dog scents on you, they'll get you to empty all that out and they'll obviously see socks in a sleeping bag an well you're caught then aren't you.

Which is why I bought a Ginsters Peppered Steak Slice beforehand. I opened the pack with a craft knife, filleted the pasty and shoved my pills inside, before sealing everything back up with super glue.

If the dog indicates, just be really charming and make sarcastic jokes about the irresistibility of Ginsters pasties.

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KissMyGoat@reddit

If you got a Cornish security guard you would be fucked though. We all know that Ginsters are far too rank to appeal to a dog ;P

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Slkkk92@reddit

That's part of it!

One would assume that these dogs are trained not to respond to food, and that's precisely why I picked Ginsters.

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KissMyGoat@reddit

Genius!

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AgileSloth9@reddit

Nah, was all about that PS2 expansion bay.

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mittenkrusty@reddit

I never understand how that was a common thing, my pal stashed his solid in there and he acted like it was a secret no one knew of yet these days everyone talks about hiding their stash there.

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breaded_skateboard@reddit

My parents didn't know about it though

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TheScottishGiraffe@reddit

Ol' reliable

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KissMyGoat@reddit

I would say these became very prevelent in the late 90s / early 2000s when festivals started to give a bit more of a shit about sho and what they let in.

Before then, some festivals you could walk into, spliff in mouth, glass whiskey bottle in hand. How times change.

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Puzza90@reddit

I mean I'm only 34 I was going to festivals in the 2010s, probably shouldn't have used back in my day.

Worked a few festivals and realised how little the majority of people working there don't give a shit, my favourite was Womad where we were told as long as they're not selling or being a twat leave em be

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xdq@reddit

I once applied to a cleaning job at a festival - low wage but free entry

The initial "interview" was a group session about what the job entailed and the leader mentioned that "any drink or drugs found were to be handed to a supervisor", which I thought was quite sensible, "so we can divvy them up and enjoy together in the evenings".
I declined the role.

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Classic_Process8213@reddit

Probably for the best, you wouldn't have been a culture fit at any bin crew I ever worked

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KissMyGoat@reddit

Depends on the festival.

Womad crowd are old hippies that you know are fine to let be (yes I am an old hippie).

Early 200s though is when you saw the rise of the corperate festival that tended to have better security (Reading and Leeds, V festival, Glastonbury getting all serious and less live and let live etc.).

Also, as the checks are fairly arbitary you are probably fine with it tucked in your sock / sleeping bag / whatever. However, my stash (and by extension my weekend) have been saved by these tins on enough occasions for them to have become standard kit.

They were very very prevelent for many a year. I think they got a bit too well known about, died back for a bit and appear to be largely back again now.

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Flatcapspaintandglue@reddit

Stash can easily to hand and a bag of wine gaffa taped to the stomach, living the dream.

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The-Vision@reddit

£15 for childhood nostalgia, perhaps ? 😆

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moosemobile17@reddit

Drugs?

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IllCommunication3242@reddit

Are they selling drugs? Like you 'buy' the Lynx & they give you drugs instead? That's all I can think of haha

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Djinjja-Ninja@reddit

Stash safes

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Full_Maybe6668@reddit (OP)

Cool. fooled me at least.

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GillyGoose1@reddit

My friend had one that looked like a tin of Heinz baked beans. It was super convincing, but he'd had it for donkey's years and the print on the can was becoming faded. When I saw it in his cupboard I made a comment along the lines of "god, how long has that tin of beans been in there? I'm not sure that'll still be edible mate" and thats when he pulled it out and showed me.

He actually stored money in it instead of weed/other drugs - because he was a dealer lmao. He kept his weed behind the kick board/plate in the kitchen 😂

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Fit_Location_8036@reddit

My friend stores his stuff behind the kickboard too maybe the spots not as good as he thought

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GillyGoose1@reddit

The police are probably well aware that it's a potential hiding spot, I bet our friends aren't the first or last to use it 😂

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Fit_Manufacturer4568@reddit

https://www.alibongo.co.uk/en/stash/stash-cans.html

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MicrowaveBurns@reddit

"God, how long has that tin of weed been in there? I'm not sure that'll still be edibles mate"

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anotherMrLizard@reddit

Now you know for next time you're robbing a dealer.

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Phendrana-Drifter@reddit

Imagine robbing a dealer and all you come out with is 2 tins of mushy peas

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Malagate3@reddit

Free mushy peas and no-one is calling the cops, nor is it likely that anyone is putting a hit out over a tasty addition to any meal.

The perfect crime.

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serpimolot@reddit

It's weird that a can containing nothing is 5x more expensive than a can containing a useful product

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ChickenPijja@reddit

Many years ago, my dad got one of these disguising a money tin as a tin of beans.

Needless to say his trick worked as the next time I went to make beans I promptly opened his money tin instead of a real can of beans. Maybe he should've got one without a working ring pull on it.

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Lidl_Security_Guard@reddit

but I wanted beans, not money

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Deviceing@reddit

Money can be used to buy many beans

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TakeMeHurricane91@reddit

Explain how!

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Lidl_Security_Guard@reddit

Money can be exchanged for goods and services.

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Lidl_Security_Guard@reddit

:D

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MacyTmcterry@reddit

A lot of people don't realise this, but you can put your weed in there

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Full_Maybe6668@reddit (OP)

!answered

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Farscape_rocked@reddit

If I was robbing a joint I'd definitely take the africa.

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Fugoi@reddit

As this post shows, if you want to steal a joint taking the Africa is definitely the way to go.

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bex9865@reddit

They’re a front for selling dodgy tobacco, drugs, money laundering etc etc. Shop by me before it got raided had dodgy cigarettes and you asked for the way over priced item in the cabinet behind the counter (was similar priced things so no one actually wanting those items would actually pay those prices) and they got them out from under the counter!

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darth-_-homer@reddit

It's a front for money laundering!

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Jean_velvet@reddit

I don't think what the price is on is what they're selling.

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Gill217@reddit

Some form of laundering

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kairu99877@reddit

Money laundering.

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Defiant-Ad5807@reddit

Its a front for something sinister!

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f1nch3yz0r@reddit

Because it’s the greatest of all time?

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higgsy1@reddit

This is the kinda shop that has an incredible turnover without actually selling an item

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JudgmentOne6328@reddit

Money laundering

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mr-seamus@reddit

Or They don't understand how a decimal point works.

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ZurrgabDaVinci758@reddit

The very boring answer would be that, or just they accidentally put a label on the wrong thing

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Evening-Tomatillo-47@reddit

So it's £149.90 for the lynx?

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Benleeds89@reddit

no thats a T its 19.99 trillion

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Direct-Ad2209@reddit

Money laundering!

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Extension_Sir_7975@reddit

This

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wtclim@reddit

No, not this. They're stash containers. Not everything is money laundering.

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GoodboyJohnnyBoy@reddit

Drug money won’t launder itself

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Anonymous91xox@reddit

That's absolutely shocking!

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Both-Mud-4362@reddit

With prices like that it is either the only shop in an area with very poor transport links

Or

The most likely thing. It is a money laundering and drug distribution centre.

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YorkieLon@reddit

Some innocent redditors on here. Bless 'em.

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ImSaneHonest@reddit

I can't tell if the Red Bull ones are legit though, isn't that the price for a normal can.

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YorkieLon@reddit

The price of a can at my newsagents is about £2. The £7.99 ones give you wings.

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ImSaneHonest@reddit

And a rocket for the price too I hope.

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dj_scantsquad@reddit

Total robbery 🤯

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Ok_Line4934@reddit

That's just window dressing

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plsparrow1@reddit

Could be center parks shop?

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ultrafunkmiester@reddit

It's not even Africa!

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ImaginedNumber@reddit

Money laundering?

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XenoCraigMorph@reddit

The value of these things is just sky rocketing

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Strange-Title-6337@reddit

you have not been to zagreb airport, those prices are real.

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darybrain@reddit

If it was a real Lynx can then there would be a sign nearby that says "Come on virgins, wash your cocks!"

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LopsidedEquipment177@reddit

They're stash cans.

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GodPackedUpAndLeftUs@reddit

Does your Coke have actual Cocaine in it, WTF?

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Fuzzy974@reddit

Inflation is getting out of hands, that's it.

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PerceptionGreat2439@reddit

They seem like a good idea but, sometimes your average teal leaf will take food and drink whilst they're robbing the wife's jewellery box.

The one I remember that I thought was quite good was the fake twin electric socket that you fix into the wall or skirting board.

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mittenkrusty@reddit

When I was in a dingy bedsit 20 years ago the junkies squatting in flat below stole my bread which was mouldy as I forgot to chuck it out as well as about 10 tins of like 5p baked beans and some other out of date food, at the time I was unemployed and messed about by the DWP so I was living off £12 a week.

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slyfox1976@reddit

Money Laundering

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JustAnotherUser_1@reddit

I agree with the others it's likely a cash tin.

However - I can't remember where I saw it, a shop was deliberately pricing things over the felony(? think it was a USA shop I can't remember) / criminal value.

But then "discounting" them to the regular price at the till.

So instead of stealing £1 drink, you're stealing (whatever the criminal value is) £1000.

In the UK, I believe they won't process thefts under £200.

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wullie07@reddit

The irn bru cans are from a multi pack.... Robbing cunt

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Only1Fab@reddit

Ask the shop, not us

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identiifiication@reddit

When businesses have insanely high prices and such- it means they don't want your business and are using the business as a front to launder ill-gotten gains.

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just_jason89@reddit

I work in Central London... Where do I find such bargains?

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FenTigger@reddit

Money Laundering.

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RisqueIV@reddit

they're stash cans for valuables - like the lovely £33.99 necklaces below lol

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sailorman444@reddit

Who’s gonna tell them

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Heathenry2@reddit

It’s a vape display.

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MunkeeseeMonkeydoo@reddit

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186076379132?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=3hVX4v9zSom&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=6QL6hIxrREu&var=694115871615&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

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Nearby_Cauliflowers@reddit

Or it's a money laundering outfit

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KaiCypret@reddit

I went to some coastal beauty spot in Devon, multiple miles away from the nearest town and some guy had set up a mobile shop selling little cans of coke etc for £5 and more. Guy looked like he had a little queue going all day. Crazy stuff.

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RockTheBloat@reddit

OP knows very well that they aren’t what they look like.

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Overplay4167@reddit

That's insane. Bossman not messing around.

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SlimLiquid@reddit

Money.....laundering.

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fiverbitahash@reddit

money laundering

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GandalfsNozzle@reddit

Just because it's for sale for £15 doesn't mean it sold for that much

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AdNo3558@reddit

There fronts for money laundering the same with all the Turkish barbers

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Guruchill@reddit

Because it’s Money Laundering.

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Final-Condition-3215@reddit

The money washing scheme.

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Fancy-Dot-4443@reddit

Money laundry, and other shady businesses going on there as always

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jlef84@reddit

I’m.

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Professor_Jamie@reddit

£7.99 for a can of coke? 😵‍💫

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HumanEthics@reddit

okay but 8 for a coke??

are you located on mount everest or smth?

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eazigezza@reddit

Front

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NaethanC@reddit

Money laundering or they're containers for secret stashes.

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Positive-Sound-4972@reddit

Dynamic pricing

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ben_uk@reddit

That's only for bottles of Oasis

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Otherwise_Mud_4594@reddit

Perhaps they sell by the case, in bulk?

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CaptMelonfish@reddit

£7.99 for a can of coke?
exactly *HOW* far north is this shop?

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British-Bot@reddit

Money laundering haha

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wolfmanorxxx@reddit

Inflation occurs in increments.

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woke_karen@reddit

money laundering.

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DAchem96@reddit

Wow inflation really has taken effect

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APWhite2023@reddit

They are fake tins for storing valuables to deter burglars. Worked on you!

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ElusiveDoodle@reddit

Is that the collectors edition deodorant ?

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EarlofBizzlington86@reddit

Desperate folk so desperate things late on a Saturday night and I’m sure £15 lynx for a bit of poon is the least of it

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Equivalent_Two_2163@reddit

I feel my inner Michael Douglas coming out..

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Madwolf94@reddit

Trading standards would have a field day at this place

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Dodger6996@reddit

Money laundering. The shopkeeper launders money by pretending they sell cans of coke for such a high price

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Through__Glass@reddit

It's a front that's how

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SnooStrawberries2342@reddit

Why would a front have such ridiculous prices, drawing attention to themselves? Doesn't make sense.

If you're operating a front you need to blend in, you need to look like a normal legit business.

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Kara_Zor_El19@reddit

They’re probably making all their cash from vapes, booze and smokes

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2xw@reddit

You're missing money laundering. Or a very captive audience.

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Al-Calavicci@reddit

Not every independent shop is a money laundering front 😂

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jib_reddit@reddit

Just most of them nowadays.

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2xw@reddit

No, most of them aren't, but selling stock worth less than a quid for £15 is being pretty blatant in terms of inflating your books.

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TempUser9097@reddit

drugs and money laundering.

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hippodribble@reddit

Because they are charging 15 nicker for Lynx

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ThatGothGuyUK@reddit

Based on the prices and the "Sweet Stops" that I have seen they are likely a front for Money Laundering and don't actually want customers.

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cranbrook_aspie@reddit

Because they’re not actually selling Lynx, and being a market stall in a northern town with likely not much competition probably helps them.

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palpatineforever@reddit

Money laundering and/or drugs.
yeah I sold 100 cans of coke.. and by cans I mean baggies.

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Dry_Sandwich_860@reddit

It'll be fleecing the people who don't have cars to get to cheaper sellers.

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SnooStrawberries2342@reddit

These are stash boxes. The tops screw off and you can hide stuff inside.

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Dry_Sandwich_860@reddit

Interesting. I clearly have a lot to learn!

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OkPea5819@reddit

Also illegal to charge more for a price marked pack - £7.99 for a 75p marked can.

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owningxylophone@reddit

Oh you sweet summer child. I wish I had your innocence.

There is no Fanta in that can, they’re “stash tins” for hiding smelly things you don’t want found when you try to smuggle them into festivals…

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OkPea5819@reddit

Haha I'm way too old for that.

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bumblebeesanddaisies@reddit

Time I learned that was a thing!

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cougieuk@reddit

Well I'll be blown!

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AdThat328@reddit

Yeah...it isn't a deodorant :')

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Joseph_HTMP@reddit

I can't help noticing that you've missed that its the "Greatest" Lynx "of all time"?

You can't put a price on that pal.

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ManTurnip@reddit

£14.99 though innit.

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RichieQ_UK@reddit

🤣

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purrcthrowa@reddit

I've never used this stuff, but I'm led to believe it's 100% guaranteed to get you laid, so it seems like a bit of a bargain.

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ForeverAddickted@reddit

Because its clearly... The greatest of all time

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Bantabury97@reddit

Drugs, money laundering, illegal cheap vapes..

I know a few small foreign run shops in town that sell bongs (that aren't illegal to sell) and foreign foods and drinks, usually American, and totally, definitely, don't sell weed as well if you ask them a certain way. Nope. Not at all.

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