I run a tiny weekend booth. Farmer’s market, craft fairs, the odd school fundraiser. Cash comes fast and crumpled. I wanted one simple thing: a quick way to check bills without making a scene. So I bought a counterfeit banknote detection pen. Actually two. One was Dri Mark, the other was a no-name three-pack from …
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I run a little candle-and-honey booth at the Saturday market in Austin. I also help my sister close out the register at her salon two nights a week. Lots of cash. Lots of late nights counting, rubber bands in my hair, calculator app glowing at 10 p.m. You know what? I got tired. Before I …
You know what? I never thought this could happen to me. I pay with cash now and then. I buy coffee. I run to the store. Pretty normal stuff. And then one day, a bill I handed over got flagged. (Turns out I’m not the only one—another shopper went through almost the exact same thing …
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I’ve used ZYN for a while. The 3 mg mint is my go-to on long drives or when I’m heads-down on work. It keeps my hands off coffee number four. So when I grabbed a sleeve of “ZYN” for cheap at a small highway shop, I thought I’d scored. I hadn’t. You know what? I …
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I’ve held a bill in my hand and felt that punch in my gut. Is this fake? And if it is, do I lose the money? Short answer: sometimes you get it back, sometimes you don’t. I’ve lived both. Here’s the thing—counterfeit rules are strict. If a bill is fake, it’s not real money. The …
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I stack silver. Not tons. Just a steady habit—like my morning coffee. I like the weight, the look, and the calm it gives me. But then I met fake bars. And wow, did that shake me. If you’d rather read the blow-by-blow in longer form, I wrote up a full post on getting burned by …
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I’ll be straight with you. I chased fast gains. I made a bad call. I bought what I thought was Genshi gear. It looked right, kind of. But it wasn’t. And I learned the hard way. If you want to see how another lifter got stung by a nearly identical scam, here’s a painfully detailed …
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