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How about "Buy a thank you email"... Shell out credit card, get email.

• estefan 10y ago
  Sell receipt emails :-D I might start doing that...
• pluma 10y ago
  Fun story: the German parody party "Die PARTEI" ("the party", where PARTEI is also a backronym for a bunch of populist buzzwords) is under investigation because they pulled a supposedly legal scam that worked in a similar way. They had a public campaign asking the public to "buy money", selling a hundred Euros (and two post cards) for the small price of exactly a hundred and five Euros -- effectively selling postcards for €2.50 a piece with a transaction overhead of another €100 in expenses and income. Due to the way German public funding of political parties works (the public funding was based on revenue rather than profits) this meant they were granted funding that was hugely disproportional to the actual profits. Why it's supposed to be based on revenue or profit in the first place I don't fully understand but let's just say the authorities were displeased. However they have a good case: they did the entire scam out in the open and had legal counsel that greenlit the campaign. It's definitely violating the spirit of the law but they may be able to make a good case that they were trying to showcase the absurdity of the law rather than simply exploit it for their own benefit -- also nobody interfered at any point and they documented everything from start to finish. If they lose in court, however, not only would they have to pay back the money they were given (€72k) but they would also have to pay a massive fine (€384k) which would bankrupt the party instantly. Considering the party's satirical nature this would be pretty disappointing.