Social experiment: Free Gold Coin(1/10th oz AGE) or Free Candy Bar? What would you pick?

Goldbully

Got to love the public as they react to the man in the street.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgUxF7gvYeE

Aspie_Rocco

Wow! That's really surprising. It's like out takes from the movie "Idiocracy"
Thanks for a good laugh.

BruceS

I watch his video with a 100 ounce silver bar vs a Hershey bar. Halirious.

CascadeChris

Seen it. Classic. Here's another one that makes you wish you were a fast food drive through worker...

https://youtu.be/Ef0VG1WEP10

davewesen

He couldn't sell a 10 oz silver bar for $10 (in front of a coin store). To be honest, if someone offered me something less than 10% of value, I would suspect stolen.

TopographicOceans

A $100 Grad candy bar is worth a lot

ChangeInHistory

Depends on how big the candy bar is...and what kind

DrBuster

Mmmm 100grand bar, sooooo delicious .

CascadeChris

@DrBuster said:
Mmmm 100grand bar, sooooo delicious .

Yeah but Payday is better

yosclimber

@davewesen said:
He couldn't sell a 10 oz silver bar for $10 (in front of a coin store). To be honest, if someone offered me something less than 10% of value, I would suspect stolen.

Right. When a stranger approaches you on the street, usually your first priority is to avoid becoming a crime victim!

So if the purpose of the "experiment" was to measure the public's knowledge about precious metal,
it could have been framed in a different way:
"Can you tell me which costs more, this silver bar or the candy bar?"
"If you answer correctly, you can have your choice of the silver bar or candy bar."

Weiss

Agree. This is nonsense. Any rational person would think he's a scammer or a criminal. These videos don't prove anything other than people are wary of strangers. You come at me unsolicited on the street with talk about gold or silver, I'll get a good description of you and report you to the police.

DoubleEagle59

What chance have us PM bugs got?

Headed for a cashless society I guess, if we're not already there.

I have seen this guy's videos before.

Totally clueless public.

DrBuster

@CascadeChris said:

@DrBuster said:
Mmmm 100grand bar, sooooo delicious .

Yeah but Payday is better

Blasphemy!

ricko

Obviously he did not make the offer to me.... ... I would have been walking tall with gold in my pocket. Cheers, RickO

asheland

I like his videos.

bigjpst

@Weiss said:
Agree. This is nonsense. Any rational person would think he's a scammer or a criminal. These videos don't prove anything other than people are wary of strangers. You come at me unsolicited on the street with talk about gold or silver, I'll get a good description of you and report you to the police.

I have to agree to a point, but I have seen this guy do videos in front of his coin store I believe with a 10oz silver bar. People ask him if it's real, and he says that he would take them into the shop to prove it and they still refuse. Be wary of strangers, but given the option of a candy bar or a coin, I can't believe people are willing to take food from a stranger vs the other.

steveben

i would be wary for sure. however, i am also sure i would take the gold coin and ask if i could have the candy bar too, once i figured out what he was doing.

gonzer

That's Encinitas CA, home to all of Jeff Spicoli's descendants. What d'ya expect?

dpoole

All socially functioning individuals who ignore the old saw "If it's too good to be true, it is," do so to their sorrow. All this video shows is that people believe that piece of wisdom.

BryceM

My 20 year-old self would have maybe taken the Snickers. Now, it would depend on how hungry I was........

1630Boston

Candy from a stranger..........Hmmmm........I think my mother taught me at a young age not to do that.
So I would take the coin.

WillieBoyd2

I suspect that the guy in the video covers himself by using actors or friends.

(I grew up with Charles Van Doren)