£30 Matchbox

Preparation:

See Blog titled “Preparation for Conning Your Mates”

Required Items:

Matchbox (or any container)

£20 note (the target must have money too)

Aim:

To gain £10

This is a simple trick that evolves you and only one target. After the preparation this trick will be much easier especially if the target doesn’t question maths.

This trick could be used if you owe the target £10 and you want them to think you have given it to them.

The first thing you do is to hype this method by suggesting to the target that they’re going to make £10 (or the £10 you owe them).

You’ll need your £20 note and ask them to get theirs out too and place it in the matchbox (or container, beer glass etc.) 

And ask the target “to make yourself £10... buy the matchbox off me for £30” and emphasise on that they’ll get the matchbox and the £40 inside (some people question that they are only buying the matchbox and not the content, emphasis they'll get both). If they buy it off you for £30 then you have made a £10.

How it works:

The maths behind it is simple; if you have placed £20 and the target £20 then each of you has contributed. This is when the target should forget that one of the £20 notes is theirs and actually they are buying £30 for your £20 note only, because the other note is theirs. So you make £10 from a £20 contribution.

Variations:

There are many variations to the method, if they’re not willing to part with £30 for the matchbox then change the price to £25. As long as the price they pay for the matchbox is over £20 then you make money.  Formula:

 You can always change the quantity inside the matchbox as well, by placing two £10 notes in there (total in matchbox = £20) and asking the target for £15 for the matchbox as long as he pays more than £10 for the matchbox you make money. 

General Formula:

**The formula only works if the contribution made by both parties is the same.

One tip is to start small and then try bigger amounts when you get the hang of it.

By iloot