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Cheats, Cons, Swindles, and Tricks
How'd you like to never pay for a drink again? How about having complete strangers pay for your meals? What if you always had a few tricks up your sleeve to break the ice at parties or get the girl's phone number?"Cheats, Cons, Swindles and Tricks" is full of 57 of the very best bar scams and tricks, picked up in Brian Brushwood's 12 years of worldwide travel. As seen on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno (twice!) as well as 2 dozen other TV programs, Brian's now the host of the popular online series "Scam School," (downloaded over 1 million times a month, and named by iTunes as a "top video podcast" of 2008 and 2009). ...And THIS is the book that started it all.With 57 killer tricks (and 8 bonus scams), any one of these tricks could win you the cost of a free drink or more... and yet your investment will be LESS THAN 2 CENTS PER TRICK!Short enough to digest in an evening, yet powerful enough to score you free drinks for the rest of your life... "Cheats, Cons, Swindles and Tricks" could be the single best investment of 99 cents you'll ever make.
96 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2000
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April 2, 2019
Overall a pretty sad and unoriginal collection of tricks. Feel free to perform them at a bar to win that free drink if you don’t mind looking extremely lame, or in some cases, like an a-hole. I don’t believe any of them would help a guy or gal score digits, except maybe a fake phone number out of pity. Out of all of them, maybe there are four or five that are interesting enough to try out when hanging with pals or to impress young children.
December 4, 2014
Scams galore from a guy who learned how to get a free drink whenever and wherever whilst travelling the world. Cute ideas and practical tips.
A different kind of read for me, but thoroughly enjoyable none the less and very satisfying to try out.
For the curious, the entertaining and the entertained - this was an unexpected find and a surprisingly enjoyable read.
A different kind of read for me, but thoroughly enjoyable none the less and very satisfying to try out.
For the curious, the entertaining and the entertained - this was an unexpected find and a surprisingly enjoyable read.
August 19, 2011
A very clever and well written book. I think it would appeal to nearly everyone - a teenager who wants to amaze his friends, a twenty-something who wants to make a bet for drinks, or an grandparent who wants to try a little magic with his grandchildren. The price is certainly right.
August 4, 2016
A quick read. Very US centric with its money etc. If you have read anything like this before you might not find many surprises. I'd say it would appeal more to a younger trickster if it wasn't for all the booze references.
August 15, 2011
Simple tricks not really pleasing to someone who knows lots of them.
August 29, 2012
I enjoy scamschool. will probably enjoy this book. I did. simple tricks some of which I knew.
August 5, 2011
Fantastic book of fun bar tricks by Scam School host @shwood. Very quick read, very fun!
December 31, 2012
Totally misleading title, but I did get a couple of good tricks out of here.
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