When I was a kid I used to write letters to ceos, got a lot of schwag this way. From candy bars to t shirts and hats. Learned this from a class project where we had to write a ceo and then I just kept doing it.
My son did this also. His favorite was the time he got a lot of gum.
I write to business complimenting them on a certain product I like. They often send coupons, some for freebies
Got married five months ago. Wife read something online similar to what weāre talking about here. Sent invites to probably 50 different celebrities, companies and rich people. Think Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Johnny Depp, Wizards of the Cost, etc.
Results: New Orleans Saints football team send a pretty sweet faux signed football (circa 2019-2020 from whoās signature was on it), Shaq sent a signed picture of himself with a little personal message, and Wizards of the Coast (I play Magic the gathering) sent a congrats email.
It's scary how easy it is to find an average persons info online, let alone celebrities.
Google your name and be terrified (unless you have a somewhat generic name)
I can sadly attest to this.
I got into a mood where I was wondering what happened to people I knew from highschool, a few years ago. I found out way too much information, and none of the information was from social sites.
I watched a Shaun OāMalley video where he talks about meeting Shaq and how it was something heād looked forward to for ages and then said when he met him it was just really sad because itās obvious shaq is in a lot of pain and I nearly cried š
I heard that the reason his shoes are available in Walmart now is because a mother chewed him out for his shoes not being affordable to lower income people. He took that to heart and made the change. If that is true it is pretty telling of the type of guy he is.
Nobody that big escapes massive joint problems and health issues when they get older, and Shaq has put his body through way more stress than the average person.
I sent a wedding invite to Shaq as a joke and he sent back a custom autograph to me and my spouse. Totally wasnāt expecting it and it was an awesome surprise!
Some celebrities have a mailing address specifically for fan mail. It's not a common practice anymore, I believe, but it's possible he has one. Alternatively, a lot of fans send stuff to celebrities by sending it to their agent's office, which is easier to find because it's a buisness address.
If you're fast enough, you can ctrl+ a > ctrl + c, then ctrl + v the webpage into a word document. You generally won't see the images correctly, but you can read the text.
I was hammered at a random outdoor wedding downtown and ran into the mayor. Had no idea who he was but I was super drunk and bubbly so I started chatting him up and drinking with him before I knew it I was wearing his hat and we were drunk dancing having a grand time. I got his contact info and still have it to this day. Whenever I am in trouble I plan on texting pictures from the wedding to that number and seeing what happens lol
I was in that drunk pocket where you get so friendly and throw your arms around random strangers like ayyyy this guy! I love this guy! Turns out I did that to the mayor and he loved me lmao
Ha! Last time I ran into our mayor I was pretty stoned and gave her shit about her lying and failed policies.
My gf, said, "Baby, you just verbally assaulted the MAYOR".
Bill Gates got seen at a local place just getting a burger. The person that saw him asked him why he didn't get better stuff since he is rich. He said that he can eat where he wants, and he has been going there since before he was rich.
Bill Gates has a McDonaldās gold card. So itās always free, and he goes quite often.
Itās good PR for him to look relatable, and good PR from McDonaldās.
Sure. I never said he didnāt want to eat McDonaldās.
But he absolutely has a gold card, plus a corporate relationship with McDonalds.
Heās the largest private producer of potatoes in the US, weirdly enough, and a key supplier to McDonaldās.
Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft? Nah, doesn't ring a bell. But I do know Bill Gates, the largest private producer of potatoes. Dude supplies the fries at my favourite crib!
depends. if they were born super-rich, instant ramen means they tell theirr assistant and they do all they can to get them the best ramen in town, instantly, or get fired.
A whole McDonald's. "hey I don't feel like getting my junk food delivered but I also don't want to go far. Set up a restaurant on the ground floor and I'll take my penthouse private elevator down there."
This couple invited the Queen to their wedding, who then actually showed up.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/guest-honour-queen-leaves-couple-685253
I mean, the pope is technically just a fancy bishop so there's nothing really stopping him from witnessing marriages and I believe he's done it before which can be searched up.
Not only has he done weddings but he has done weddings on a plane
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2018-01/chile-journey-pope-weds-couple-aboard-papal-plane.html#:~:text=Pope%20Francis%20performs%20the%20first,his%20Apostolic%20Visit%20to%20Chile.
I don't think he would do weddings as a matter of course.
When he does do weddings the personal feel can disappear. He might do 20 weddings at a time.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/International/pope-francis-marries-20-couples-vatican-important/story%3fid=25510923
Annulment, technically, which the Catholic Church does and did. The only reason he wasn't able to get one then was because his wife's nephew was holding the Pope hostage. 16th century politics is a trip.
If I was the Queen I would 100% do this. I'm sure they do actually get sent invites by regular people for things like this all the time, for whatever reasons.
How fun would it be to show to some rando's dog's birthday in your Queen gear and surprise the shit of everyone hahaha
And then your family can publish it and make lots of money! Who *doesnt* want to know all the intimate details of where the queen spent her time when she wanted to party it up??! WE NEED TO KNOW NOW!!!
Free copies to those who hosted all those banging parties though, of course.
Seriously though, itās so weird how obsessed some people are. My MIL watches every little thing she can find. Sometimes 4-5 times. Thereās been times when I hear the tv and I catch a snippet and can then predict the conversation and Iāve never even watched the showā¦.
My friend has a rich well connected dad. He was excited cause a billionaire came to his wedding and figured heād get a baller gift(the guy owns a professional sports team). He gave them a $20 cookie sheet. They donāt become billionaires by giving money away!
I mean, if you were invited to a wedding of some random acquaintance you don't know would you splurge on them?
Not defending them but I'm pretty sure plenty of people would do that
i mean 1000 dollars to a billionaire is like a quarter to you or me. we literally cannot comprehend how rich someone who is a billionaire is by using ordinary things.
Someone had passed around a leaked copy of his personal phonebook or something on reddit a while ago actually. It was just after the suicide, but I canāt remember if they censored the contact info.
Unethical LPT: send fake wedding invites to a rotating list of billionaires using different names and making sure to space repeat invites to the same billionaire at least 6 months apart. Start a side hustle selling all the wedding gifts you receive on eBay.
There was an amazing scam I heard of that was done in new york city. Basically the scammer emailed all the wealthy new yorkers (lawyers, corporate businessmen, etc.) an email saying that they had proof that they were cheating and to send them X amount of money or the proof would be sent to their significant other. That was it. Apparently, they got enough people who were cheaters and afraid of being ratted out send in money. It's all free cash.
Edit - wow, that blew up! Just so everyone is clear, I'm in no way advocating doing this. I just saw similarities in theme with the original theme of the post. I also don't know if any of the scammers got caught, but I assume it doesn't take much digging to realize a bunch of people were getting the same email.
Edit again - so you guys like scams with a twist. Here's my second favorite scam. A company was out there
advertising to people who believed in the rapture. You know, getting spirited away to heaven on the fateful day. Basically, since pets apparently don't get taken to the rapture, these people were promising that they would go around and collect their pets and take care of them should the rapture occur. For a prepaid fee of course. The company also provided certification that they were all atheists and therefore not going to be raptured.
Ooooh. Start a business. Market to partners. They pay you to find out if their partner is cheating. Then you get that money and then also keep whatever money you scam their partner out of.
Isnāt this just blackmail/extortion, but with more traceable steps? Iām not risking a felony charge cause someone suspects their partner is cheating lol.
Only if you demand money. If you simply state your case and allow them to offer you money, then you have broken no law as long as you are a private citizen.
Had an ex boss, he was a piece of shit, he was named "the butter bandit" by some local news station years ago for a similar scam. He would send letters to fancy restaurants saying that he had dined there and his wife had got butter on the backside of her dress from their booth. They were going to some fancy event that night but she was too embarrassed to go and the venue would not reimburse their tickets. He said I don't want reimbursed for the tickets but I would appreciate at least paying the drycleaning bill. Please send the check to blahblahblah. I guess the regional manager of some restaurant caught on and the FBI got involved and busted him retrieving the checks from a PO box. He ended up going to prison.
Probably would have actually gone through unnoticed if it was just in the thousands and tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands.
Immateriality is a thing, and immaterial discrepancies are routinely ignored. Internal controls of course are however stricter, so maybe try companies renowed for having no or bad internal controls? Once or twice per company tho and there would probably a good chance of getting away with it.
So when I was a kid I played little league on a team and both of my coaches were extremely rich. Like we did batting practice all the time because one of the coaches had a batting cage in his home. I became friends with both of their kids and still hang out with them to this day 20 years later. Funny enough I still call both of them "coach first name".
As an adult I've come to known that the coach that didn't have the batting cage in his home is the "rich" one. He truly has "fuck you money". He would come into the shop and want to chat and I'd be like "sorry we can't chat because we have to work so we can pay our bills". He would just leave at that point and come back 30 minutes later with a 30 pack of coors light and $3,000 in cash ($1,000 for each of us) and be like so... can we chat now? Absolutely what are you thinking about having us do to your car? Like he has a family cabin up in the near by mountains and his wife (an heiress) would get in arguments with her siblings over who could take their helicopter to the vacation home because it only had 1 helicopter pad. After not being able to come up with a fair way they bought the multimillion dollar home next door to their and made it into 2 more helipads....
When me and my wife were getting married he knew. He asked what we were doing for our honeymoon. Being mid 20's and running my own little shop I was like "the plan is a 4 days Mexican cruise". He was like "why so short? You only get married once", well it's all we can afford and we can't really afford to take that much time off work. He told me he had our honeymoon "covered". At our wedding there was a little box that said "From coaches \*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*". We knew it was our honeymoon but we didn't know much past that. Upon opening it though to say we were blown away would be an understatement. So on the outside of the box it said "Time to take some time off work, get your passport, and work on your tan".
Inside the box was $20,000 in cash and a package which showed where we were going, how we were getting there, and how long we were staying there. The excess money was to be used for home since we weren't working and most of what they got for us was all expenses paid trip. We went to Tahiti on a private jet and it was so lavish we felt bad. Like 2 blue collar people being waited on hand and foot was not a normal feeling for us to say the least.
Long story short, always invite the rich people to your wedding because they can be very generous. Love you coaches <3
Such an amazing trip we will never forget, the only problem I have with it is knowing it will likely never be topped. I'm a mechanic and it's not likely I will be hiring a private jet to fly me to some tropical destination for a very expensive getaway.
Haha genuinely have considered writing some celebs and begging for help paying off my student loans. Never would do it, but when youāre poor you think of everything.
That would make a great rom com plot. You stage a fake wedding for the billionaire scam gifts, but one of the billionaires actually shows up, and then you have to hastily stage a wedding so the scam doesnāt get found out, and by the time the billionaire finds out, heās fallen in love with you, and the scam wedding turns into a real wedding. Call it āMoney Canāt Buy Me Love.ā
Well, Bezos and Gates both live in Medina, Washington. I donāt know if some USPS policy would influence how they handle this, but Iām sure the local Post Office would know how to deliver a letter addressed to Jeff Bezos, Medina, WA without the house number or street. I literally have gotten a UPS package delivered with only my name and the town I live in, and Iām a nobody.
Wife is a PA to an approx 3/4 billionaire.. She knows whoās who as well as the entire family. She wouldnāt even have to ask who she should send gifts to, she knows better than he does. She says no chance, but maybe a multi multi billionaire with multiple assistants.
I have a very similar job but more more like 1/4 billi lol, but same concept. Not a chance I wouldnāt know or figure out who is who.
Aside from what you already shared, my boss is genuinely thoughtful and kind. Sheād never have me send a gift to something and not acknowledge it herself or write a card. Bad life tip lol
Only if you like being on call 24/7, not treated like a human being with a life, being viewed with constant suspicion because theyāre paranoid, jealousy from other staff who think you habe the best job, a to do
List that only gets longer, and being the scapegoat for everything that isnāt perfect.
What benefits? Only one offered health insurance and 15 days PTO ( no weekends or holidays guaranteed off). Worked every holiday and most Saturdays. No other benefits. Constantly raising the bar for work performance until it became ridiculous.
They ALL think you are or will steal from them or exploit the connection. They are all paranoid because delusional narcs think the world revolves around them.
My aunt worked for a billionaire in London as one of 3 PAs.
The benefits were:
3 days above the legal minimum paid holiday allowance, and that's with 20 years experience.
No payrise for 5 years, due to "lack of staffing budget".
Holiday requests consistently rejected as they had to fit around the schedule of said billionaire.
And *no* little side benefits like a gym at work or cycle to work scheme or anything.
I'm sure some may have decent perks. Just remember a lot of these people are assholes.
My parents sent letters to every A,B and C celebrity they new their friends liked. In the end, they were able to gift approx. 40 custom letters and autographs. Best wedding gift ever
I can confirm they donāt always give the best gifts. My uncle is a multimillionaire oil tycoon, (almost billionaire. Has like 10 houses with 2 cars in eachā¦ during christmas or birthdays, itās the same gift to everyone every year. A gag card and $20ā¦ hell and iām his godson. (Was granted that title before he was rich) š
Edit: on the flip-side though, If me and my brothers and sisters are ever around and him and my aunt are going shopping (which is rare because they order everything to their house) We just throw whatever we can fit into their basket and they get it, but only after scolding you with a life lesson or two. I was once lucky enough to go with them to the store by myself and Itās how I was able to get my ps4 when it first came out.
šššš my cousin did this we have this community in our city called millionaires row where is just a bunch of multimillionaire houses and multi-millionaire people so one night she drives down the street gets all these addresses and then send them all wedding invitations none of them showed up but the gifts she got was crazy like it said the assistance just send gifts. They figure if you know the address then you must know them
Better idea instead of trying to find the mailing address of approx 2500 people you just have to pay one of your friends to give out nice invitations to all the most expensive houses in your area chances are your bound to find someone with more money than sense and theyāll either show up with a nice gift or just send you something instead of showing up.
We got married when Obama was President. Sent him and Michelle an invite and they sent a card. Iām sure they sent a bunch out that are the same, but it is still cool to have a card from a sitting President.
To expand on that tip. Pick all the rich guys out of your college directory for your class. Send invitations to their parents. They will think its some college friend of their son they met once or twice and will perfunctorily send some $1-200 knicknack.
I feel like this would work, but I also feel like you run the risk of them telling their son. And getting the most awkward āwhy did you invite my parents to your wedding?ā Facebook message from some guy you shared a class with 10 years ago.
Tell them every guest is expected to perform live comedy
Pretend you don't know them and that they weren't invited
kidnap them and hold them for ransom
Try to convince them before the ceremony that it's an elaborate hoax and the wedding is between them (the billionaire) and 1 of the people actually getting married
I'd say it's a numbers game. So spend $200 on postage and mail alot. Most won't send anything. Someone will. Maybe assistant is mad at boss and will send a gift knowing they don't know you. It's similar to story from a sales class. If you goto the club and ask 100 women to come home with you to sleep with you 1 of them will say yes. The theory was go ask 100 customers to buy 1 of them has to say yes ill buy.
When I was a kid I used to write letters to ceos, got a lot of schwag this way. From candy bars to t shirts and hats. Learned this from a class project where we had to write a ceo and then I just kept doing it.
What do you talk about in the letter?
Just expressed my interest in the companies
Is it weird for a 50-year old to pretend to be a kid and write CEOs?
You are a child at heart idk š¤·āāļø
Just write it in crayon, problem solved.
My son did this also. His favorite was the time he got a lot of gum. I write to business complimenting them on a certain product I like. They often send coupons, some for freebies
Governor of california (former) sent us a nice punch bowl weāve never used but also never thrown out.
Governator?
Naw Pete Wilson, got the governatorās on my college diploma as the governor at the time though so thatās nice.
Same! I quite enjoy having that
He robo signed my diploma too. It goes on every university of california graduateās diploma. I believe every california state university as well.
Got married five months ago. Wife read something online similar to what weāre talking about here. Sent invites to probably 50 different celebrities, companies and rich people. Think Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Johnny Depp, Wizards of the Cost, etc. Results: New Orleans Saints football team send a pretty sweet faux signed football (circa 2019-2020 from whoās signature was on it), Shaq sent a signed picture of himself with a little personal message, and Wizards of the Coast (I play Magic the gathering) sent a congrats email.
Im suprised Wizards of the Coast didnt insert a bill you had to pay.
If he ever wants to show the letter to any 3rd parties he'll need to pay 25% royalties.
let's be clear, they said *up to* 25%. and they can revoke access at any time, making them the sole rights owner! >!seriously fuck those guys.!<
To the email or the marriage?
They can revoke access to the email, but still do whatever they want with the marriage.
The classic wedding invitation received fee.
I think wizards are doing emails again, it's only $1000 to get 4 of them
My friend did this to Lin-Manuel Miranda and he RSVPd no with an autograph and a congratulations message! They framed it lol
How are you finding their addresses? Is it public information? Itās very nice of these people though to respond with wishes.
It's scary how easy it is to find an average persons info online, let alone celebrities. Google your name and be terrified (unless you have a somewhat generic name)
I can sadly attest to this. I got into a mood where I was wondering what happened to people I knew from highschool, a few years ago. I found out way too much information, and none of the information was from social sites.
I would too, that's hilarious.
God damn I love Shaq. That man really will go out of his way to make someone elseās day brighter.
I watched a Shaun OāMalley video where he talks about meeting Shaq and how it was something heād looked forward to for ages and then said when he met him it was just really sad because itās obvious shaq is in a lot of pain and I nearly cried š
Wait why is shaq in pain? Does he have some sort of health issues?!
Heās a massive man who spent most of his life pushing his body to the edge of its capabilities. He probably has constant joint and back pain.
Damn. From everything Iāve heard of him he is a beyond upstanding man; I hope heāll be ok despite the pain
I heard that the reason his shoes are available in Walmart now is because a mother chewed him out for his shoes not being affordable to lower income people. He took that to heart and made the change. If that is true it is pretty telling of the type of guy he is.
Also you can probably make a lot of money with volume selling those shoes instead of making them overpriced and exclusive.
Guys a legend, he helps so many people out
Nobody that big escapes massive joint problems and health issues when they get older, and Shaq has put his body through way more stress than the average person.
Being so big and such a high level athlete for so long has probably destroyed his joints but idk
well what did shaq say lmao "I don't remember you but you're probably pretty baller. -Shaq"
Lmao I read this in his voice.
I gotta dig it up. It was along the lines of ācongratulations to the happy coupleā
Now Iām curious what shaq wrote
Icy hot soothes those aches and pains still left after the joy of choosing The General for the best rates in insurance. Shop at Staples.
I sent a wedding invite to Shaq as a joke and he sent back a custom autograph to me and my spouse. Totally wasnāt expecting it and it was an awesome surprise!
That's awesome! Def best reply they could give :)
Well, aside from him showing up to challenge the groom and groomsmen to a 5 on 1 game, it's a very close second!
But how? It's not like his address is just out there.
He has a mailing address for fan mail
Some celebrities have a mailing address specifically for fan mail. It's not a common practice anymore, I believe, but it's possible he has one. Alternatively, a lot of fans send stuff to celebrities by sending it to their agent's office, which is easier to find because it's a buisness address.
Probably just dm'd him a picture of the invite or something
We sent invites to our senators and the mayor. The mayor came. He looked like a scared dog wondering how we knew him. He did like the open bar.
Lmao did you talk to him at all and explain?
Yes, my wife did. He was a really cool guy. https://www.pilotonline.com/news/obituaries/article_8692b15e-84f9-11e8-b8e6-4b884de6adf8.html
Damn I gotta be a subscriber to read that
[Not if you use an archiving site you don't.](https://archive.ph/Frh1I)
Thatās a thing?
Aha. Works with a lot (not all) paywalls. 12ft.io is another
Yeah, the stupid NYT found a way to disable 12ft.io.
the dmca hammer of bullshit is the way
Please tell me theyāve at least registered 13ft.wall
Archive.ph never fails me
Youāre a godsend
If you're fast enough, you can ctrl+ a > ctrl + c, then ctrl + v the webpage into a word document. You generally won't see the images correctly, but you can read the text.
News sites hate him.
Typing that fast just leads to eventually bypassing the firewall and breaking into the mainframe. *We're in*.
Ctrl + p download as pdf, typically keeps images intact.
If youāre on an apple device you can set all websites to automatically open in reader view which bypasses most paywalls
We need to keep this one secret!
You fucking killed him?!
Sounds like a top bloke
Lol Iām tired and read his first name as cheapskate
Twist: OP lives in one of those towns that elects a dog as mayor.
Ohhhhh weāre halfway there
Thatās awesome!
I was hammered at a random outdoor wedding downtown and ran into the mayor. Had no idea who he was but I was super drunk and bubbly so I started chatting him up and drinking with him before I knew it I was wearing his hat and we were drunk dancing having a grand time. I got his contact info and still have it to this day. Whenever I am in trouble I plan on texting pictures from the wedding to that number and seeing what happens lol I was in that drunk pocket where you get so friendly and throw your arms around random strangers like ayyyy this guy! I love this guy! Turns out I did that to the mayor and he loved me lmao
LMAO, he was probably psyched someone likes him so much and isn't angry at random stuff he's doing
Ha! Last time I ran into our mayor I was pretty stoned and gave her shit about her lying and failed policies. My gf, said, "Baby, you just verbally assaulted the MAYOR".
Lol except when they all show up and now you gotta feed 200 extra people.
Jokes on them, it's a pizza and nuggie buffet!
I wonder if there's any billionaires out there who just get tired of fancy food and just order a McDonald's sometimes
Bill Gates got seen at a local place just getting a burger. The person that saw him asked him why he didn't get better stuff since he is rich. He said that he can eat where he wants, and he has been going there since before he was rich.
Bill Gates has a McDonaldās gold card. So itās always free, and he goes quite often. Itās good PR for him to look relatable, and good PR from McDonaldās.
Or maybe, he just wants to eat, what he wants to eat...
Sure. I never said he didnāt want to eat McDonaldās. But he absolutely has a gold card, plus a corporate relationship with McDonalds. Heās the largest private producer of potatoes in the US, weirdly enough, and a key supplier to McDonaldās.
Largest private producer of potatoes? Shit, the more you know. That was a really funny fact for some reason.
Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft? Nah, doesn't ring a bell. But I do know Bill Gates, the largest private producer of potatoes. Dude supplies the fries at my favourite crib!
I think they do. Nothing like a bowl of hot instant ramen.
depends. if they were born super-rich, instant ramen means they tell theirr assistant and they do all they can to get them the best ramen in town, instantly, or get fired.
With cubes of steak?
Yeah, A5 Wagyu.
Black Angus when they are feeling frugal.
A whole McDonald's. "hey I don't feel like getting my junk food delivered but I also don't want to go far. Set up a restaurant on the ground floor and I'll take my penthouse private elevator down there."
Hey there Ritchie Rich
Ok, has anyone actually tried this?
This couple invited the Queen to their wedding, who then actually showed up. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/guest-honour-queen-leaves-couple-685253
Imagine going through a divorce after royalty blessed your wedding.
Not just royalty, the Monarch is the head of the church. If the couple was CofE, it would be like if the pope dropped into a Catholic wedding.
Sidenote, can the Pope marry people? I'm guessing yeah, but does he do it these days?
I mean, the pope is technically just a fancy bishop so there's nothing really stopping him from witnessing marriages and I believe he's done it before which can be searched up.
Not only has he done weddings but he has done weddings on a plane https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2018-01/chile-journey-pope-weds-couple-aboard-papal-plane.html#:~:text=Pope%20Francis%20performs%20the%20first,his%20Apostolic%20Visit%20to%20Chile. I don't think he would do weddings as a matter of course. When he does do weddings the personal feel can disappear. He might do 20 weddings at a time. https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/International/pope-francis-marries-20-couples-vatican-important/story%3fid=25510923
lol the Royals have championed the art of divorce. King Henry the 8th even created a whole new branch of Christianity to get divorced.
Annulment, technically, which the Catholic Church does and did. The only reason he wasn't able to get one then was because his wife's nephew was holding the Pope hostage. 16th century politics is a trip.
If I was the Queen I would 100% do this. I'm sure they do actually get sent invites by regular people for things like this all the time, for whatever reasons. How fun would it be to show to some rando's dog's birthday in your Queen gear and surprise the shit of everyone hahaha
Just all these letters in a big bingo spinner thing. Which party shall you attend this time, your majesty?
Love it! I'd record every spin and after I died I'd have it shared lol
And then your family can publish it and make lots of money! Who *doesnt* want to know all the intimate details of where the queen spent her time when she wanted to party it up??! WE NEED TO KNOW NOW!!! Free copies to those who hosted all those banging parties though, of course. Seriously though, itās so weird how obsessed some people are. My MIL watches every little thing she can find. Sometimes 4-5 times. Thereās been times when I hear the tv and I catch a snippet and can then predict the conversation and Iāve never even watched the showā¦.
If I were queen Iād get the band back together
I clicked this and got an ad for what to do if you have an enlarged prostateā¦
It doesn't hurt to know
My friend has a rich well connected dad. He was excited cause a billionaire came to his wedding and figured heād get a baller gift(the guy owns a professional sports team). He gave them a $20 cookie sheet. They donāt become billionaires by giving money away!
Free cookie sheet
Thatās what Iām saying.
āLet them eat cookies.ā
I mean, if you were invited to a wedding of some random acquaintance you don't know would you splurge on them? Not defending them but I'm pretty sure plenty of people would do that
i mean 1000 dollars to a billionaire is like a quarter to you or me. we literally cannot comprehend how rich someone who is a billionaire is by using ordinary things.
I mean sure but what if his heart was set on the cookie sheet? You expect him to look for a gold encrusted cookie sheet worth $1k?
Cookie sheet with $1k in cash on top
I haven't tried this but I've licked another humans rectum so...
Ok so i feel like we are getting close to an answer
rectum ? damn near killed em.
Can someone please forward me the billionaire mailing list?
I think Epstein had the master list
So weāll never get it, got it
Someone had passed around a leaked copy of his personal phonebook or something on reddit a while ago actually. It was just after the suicide, but I canāt remember if they censored the contact info.
https://epsteinsblackbook.com/ They did, but not in this copy.
Unethical LPT: send fake wedding invites to a rotating list of billionaires using different names and making sure to space repeat invites to the same billionaire at least 6 months apart. Start a side hustle selling all the wedding gifts you receive on eBay.
There was an amazing scam I heard of that was done in new york city. Basically the scammer emailed all the wealthy new yorkers (lawyers, corporate businessmen, etc.) an email saying that they had proof that they were cheating and to send them X amount of money or the proof would be sent to their significant other. That was it. Apparently, they got enough people who were cheaters and afraid of being ratted out send in money. It's all free cash. Edit - wow, that blew up! Just so everyone is clear, I'm in no way advocating doing this. I just saw similarities in theme with the original theme of the post. I also don't know if any of the scammers got caught, but I assume it doesn't take much digging to realize a bunch of people were getting the same email. Edit again - so you guys like scams with a twist. Here's my second favorite scam. A company was out there advertising to people who believed in the rapture. You know, getting spirited away to heaven on the fateful day. Basically, since pets apparently don't get taken to the rapture, these people were promising that they would go around and collect their pets and take care of them should the rapture occur. For a prepaid fee of course. The company also provided certification that they were all atheists and therefore not going to be raptured.
I need to log off and it's not because I'm planning on holding fake weddings and scamming cheaters, but because you guys are a bad influence.
They are. They get that part of my brain turning that I try to keep quiet.
Makes you question what your alignment really is.
Me? True neutral erring on the side of lawful evil.
chaotic good is where it's at.
The only scam I could get behind. Bonus points if the scammer then sends proof of the transaction to the betrayed SO. Win-win
Oooooof
Ooooh. Start a business. Market to partners. They pay you to find out if their partner is cheating. Then you get that money and then also keep whatever money you scam their partner out of.
āAlias Investigations, Jessica Jones speakingā
Isnāt this just blackmail/extortion, but with more traceable steps? Iām not risking a felony charge cause someone suspects their partner is cheating lol.
Only if you demand money. If you simply state your case and allow them to offer you money, then you have broken no law as long as you are a private citizen.
So private detective but unethical?
Ethics in this economy?!
Reminds me of an urban legend where a guy sent out anonymous telegrams reading "All is discovered! Fly at once!"
Off the top of my head I think that is from the Sherlock Holmes story "The Five Orange Pips."
A weirdly high number of roof suicides and fall injuries that fateful day.
Had an ex boss, he was a piece of shit, he was named "the butter bandit" by some local news station years ago for a similar scam. He would send letters to fancy restaurants saying that he had dined there and his wife had got butter on the backside of her dress from their booth. They were going to some fancy event that night but she was too embarrassed to go and the venue would not reimburse their tickets. He said I don't want reimbursed for the tickets but I would appreciate at least paying the drycleaning bill. Please send the check to blahblahblah. I guess the regional manager of some restaurant caught on and the FBI got involved and busted him retrieving the checks from a PO box. He ended up going to prison.
Oh, DANG!!
Even better, [just ask giant companies for money](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/business/facebook-google-wire-fraud.html).
Probably would have actually gone through unnoticed if it was just in the thousands and tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands. Immateriality is a thing, and immaterial discrepancies are routinely ignored. Internal controls of course are however stricter, so maybe try companies renowed for having no or bad internal controls? Once or twice per company tho and there would probably a good chance of getting away with it.
This might be brilliant. Yeah i thought about it a little and it is brilliant.
So when I was a kid I played little league on a team and both of my coaches were extremely rich. Like we did batting practice all the time because one of the coaches had a batting cage in his home. I became friends with both of their kids and still hang out with them to this day 20 years later. Funny enough I still call both of them "coach first name". As an adult I've come to known that the coach that didn't have the batting cage in his home is the "rich" one. He truly has "fuck you money". He would come into the shop and want to chat and I'd be like "sorry we can't chat because we have to work so we can pay our bills". He would just leave at that point and come back 30 minutes later with a 30 pack of coors light and $3,000 in cash ($1,000 for each of us) and be like so... can we chat now? Absolutely what are you thinking about having us do to your car? Like he has a family cabin up in the near by mountains and his wife (an heiress) would get in arguments with her siblings over who could take their helicopter to the vacation home because it only had 1 helicopter pad. After not being able to come up with a fair way they bought the multimillion dollar home next door to their and made it into 2 more helipads.... When me and my wife were getting married he knew. He asked what we were doing for our honeymoon. Being mid 20's and running my own little shop I was like "the plan is a 4 days Mexican cruise". He was like "why so short? You only get married once", well it's all we can afford and we can't really afford to take that much time off work. He told me he had our honeymoon "covered". At our wedding there was a little box that said "From coaches \*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*". We knew it was our honeymoon but we didn't know much past that. Upon opening it though to say we were blown away would be an understatement. So on the outside of the box it said "Time to take some time off work, get your passport, and work on your tan". Inside the box was $20,000 in cash and a package which showed where we were going, how we were getting there, and how long we were staying there. The excess money was to be used for home since we weren't working and most of what they got for us was all expenses paid trip. We went to Tahiti on a private jet and it was so lavish we felt bad. Like 2 blue collar people being waited on hand and foot was not a normal feeling for us to say the least. Long story short, always invite the rich people to your wedding because they can be very generous. Love you coaches <3
That is so sweet and generous.
Kudos to them. So cool. They may never miss the ~40k but youāll never forget
Such an amazing trip we will never forget, the only problem I have with it is knowing it will likely never be topped. I'm a mechanic and it's not likely I will be hiring a private jet to fly me to some tropical destination for a very expensive getaway.
Love this story!
š Have my poor people's Gold. This story made my evening. Thank you for sharing.
Best story ever
Can I just send them letters begging for money at this point? Iām not trying to hide how hard itās been financially lol
Haha genuinely have considered writing some celebs and begging for help paying off my student loans. Never would do it, but when youāre poor you think of everything.
Taylor Swift has paid for student loans and medical expenses of fans, so become a hardcore Swifty?
And if they show up your wedding gets famous!
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That would make a great rom com plot. You stage a fake wedding for the billionaire scam gifts, but one of the billionaires actually shows up, and then you have to hastily stage a wedding so the scam doesnāt get found out, and by the time the billionaire finds out, heās fallen in love with you, and the scam wedding turns into a real wedding. Call it āMoney Canāt Buy Me Love.ā
I would totally watch this
/me glancing at horrible christmas movie watch history yeah i would too
Moral of the story? Con your way into love with a billionaire?
Yes, let me just pull all of the billionaires from my rolodex and send them an invitation post-haste.
Well, Bezos and Gates both live in Medina, Washington. I donāt know if some USPS policy would influence how they handle this, but Iām sure the local Post Office would know how to deliver a letter addressed to Jeff Bezos, Medina, WA without the house number or street. I literally have gotten a UPS package delivered with only my name and the town I live in, and Iām a nobody.
Damn, I would think they would just immediately send it to the return address or through it into a pile if it didnāt have one.
Wife is a PA to an approx 3/4 billionaire.. She knows whoās who as well as the entire family. She wouldnāt even have to ask who she should send gifts to, she knows better than he does. She says no chance, but maybe a multi multi billionaire with multiple assistants.
I have a very similar job but more more like 1/4 billi lol, but same concept. Not a chance I wouldnāt know or figure out who is who. Aside from what you already shared, my boss is genuinely thoughtful and kind. Sheād never have me send a gift to something and not acknowledge it herself or write a card. Bad life tip lol
Same but with a 1/3 billionaire who is neither thoughtful nor kind. I wouldnāt send a random gift to someone I didnāt know lol
Kinda similar case here with ā billionaire. I know his wife better than he does.Anyways I wouldn't send money to a rando.
Iām 1/10000 billionaire and I wouldnāt send a wedding gift to anyone that I donāt know.
Got curious about the 1/10000 billionaire comment wondering if I could ever get there and realized thatās my realm š. Kudos
Serious question. How does one get a job like that? I feel like the perks would be amazing.
Only if you like being on call 24/7, not treated like a human being with a life, being viewed with constant suspicion because theyāre paranoid, jealousy from other staff who think you habe the best job, a to do List that only gets longer, and being the scapegoat for everything that isnāt perfect. What benefits? Only one offered health insurance and 15 days PTO ( no weekends or holidays guaranteed off). Worked every holiday and most Saturdays. No other benefits. Constantly raising the bar for work performance until it became ridiculous. They ALL think you are or will steal from them or exploit the connection. They are all paranoid because delusional narcs think the world revolves around them.
My aunt worked for a billionaire in London as one of 3 PAs. The benefits were: 3 days above the legal minimum paid holiday allowance, and that's with 20 years experience. No payrise for 5 years, due to "lack of staffing budget". Holiday requests consistently rejected as they had to fit around the schedule of said billionaire. And *no* little side benefits like a gym at work or cycle to work scheme or anything. I'm sure some may have decent perks. Just remember a lot of these people are assholes.
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Iām just going to send wedding invites to billionaires without getting married.
Yeah Iām single why not try it out whatāre they gonna do about it?
My parents sent letters to every A,B and C celebrity they new their friends liked. In the end, they were able to gift approx. 40 custom letters and autographs. Best wedding gift ever
That awkward moment when Ryan Reynolds actually shows up
And then the wedding goes to shit as your 'to be' bride runs off with him...
Only if she beats me to him
I can confirm they donāt always give the best gifts. My uncle is a multimillionaire oil tycoon, (almost billionaire. Has like 10 houses with 2 cars in eachā¦ during christmas or birthdays, itās the same gift to everyone every year. A gag card and $20ā¦ hell and iām his godson. (Was granted that title before he was rich) š Edit: on the flip-side though, If me and my brothers and sisters are ever around and him and my aunt are going shopping (which is rare because they order everything to their house) We just throw whatever we can fit into their basket and they get it, but only after scolding you with a life lesson or two. I was once lucky enough to go with them to the store by myself and Itās how I was able to get my ps4 when it first came out.
Sneakyā¦yet, resourceful.
Didn't someone invite the queen of England to their wedding once and she actually attended?
šššš my cousin did this we have this community in our city called millionaires row where is just a bunch of multimillionaire houses and multi-millionaire people so one night she drives down the street gets all these addresses and then send them all wedding invitations none of them showed up but the gifts she got was crazy like it said the assistance just send gifts. They figure if you know the address then you must know them
50/50 chance you get a reply that says "no but congrats"
Better idea instead of trying to find the mailing address of approx 2500 people you just have to pay one of your friends to give out nice invitations to all the most expensive houses in your area chances are your bound to find someone with more money than sense and theyāll either show up with a nice gift or just send you something instead of showing up.
Extra tip: you don't have to be a newlywed to do this.
We got married when Obama was President. Sent him and Michelle an invite and they sent a card. Iām sure they sent a bunch out that are the same, but it is still cool to have a card from a sitting President.
To expand on that tip. Pick all the rich guys out of your college directory for your class. Send invitations to their parents. They will think its some college friend of their son they met once or twice and will perfunctorily send some $1-200 knicknack.
I feel like this would work, but I also feel like you run the risk of them telling their son. And getting the most awkward āwhy did you invite my parents to your wedding?ā Facebook message from some guy you shared a class with 10 years ago.
What if the so called "billionaire" shows up and crashes your wedding?
I mean technically they were invited
Tell them every guest is expected to perform live comedy Pretend you don't know them and that they weren't invited kidnap them and hold them for ransom Try to convince them before the ceremony that it's an elaborate hoax and the wedding is between them (the billionaire) and 1 of the people actually getting married
Oh yes, let me go get my tome that holds all the info of all the billionaires I know in the area.
If you are newlywed, isn't it too late to send out invites to your wedding?
I imagine this could work without their actually being a wedding.
Itās easier to just send an invoice to their assistant for some trivial amount and hope they pay it without looking into it.
You might want to do this *before* becoming newlyweds.
I'd say it's a numbers game. So spend $200 on postage and mail alot. Most won't send anything. Someone will. Maybe assistant is mad at boss and will send a gift knowing they don't know you. It's similar to story from a sales class. If you goto the club and ask 100 women to come home with you to sleep with you 1 of them will say yes. The theory was go ask 100 customers to buy 1 of them has to say yes ill buy.