TOMMO THE GROCER

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TOMMO THE GROCER

An unscrupulous grocer has a barrel full of apples that are going rotten. He wants to sell them. He gets a basket and part fills the basket with bad apples. He then covers the bad apples with a thin layer of good apples and sticks a price tag on them (the trick)... He then places the basket on his stall.

An old lady comes along and sees the apples in the basket “Oh they look nice” she says. “I’ll have a basket please”

The unscrupulous grocer takes the old ladies money and gives her the basket.

When she gets home, she places the apples in her fruit bowl. After removing the top layer, she sees that those beneath are rotten. She realises that she has been 'had' (conned). But this old lady has got balls! She gathers up the whole lot, takes it to the Trading Standards and asks for help in getting her money back.

The Trading Standards tackles the grocer for selling defective goods. The grocer knows he’s been caught and agrees to give the old lady her money back.

Now let’s look at the above story and imagine that the grocer is a racing tipster selling his tips (the apples) in The Racing Post (the stall) via a 090 advert. (the trick) Let’s call him Tommo the grocer!.

Only Tommo the grocer knows of the hundreds of losers (the bad apples) that he specialises in month after month after month.. A Newby punter (the old lady) reads Tommo the grocers advert (the trick) and has not got a clue that Tommo the grocer is desperate to sell his hundreds of losers (the bad apples) via his misleading and deceiving advert (the trick) So Tommo the grocer disguises his losers (the bad apples) by concealing them with a thin layer of his very few winners (the good apples) in his adverts (the trick) Then along comes Newby the punter (the old lady) and pays Tommo the grocer for his tips (the basket of thinly disguised rotten apples)

At the end of a couple of weeks the Newby (the old lady) has not had one winner (a good apple) and realizes that he has been ripped off (just like the old lady) with so many losers (bad apples) Newby then realises that the thin layer of winners (the good apples) that he saw in the advert (the trick) was to disguise Tommo the grocer’s losers (the bad apples)

But Newby ‘aint got no balls (not like what the old lady had) and he can’t be bothered to complain!!! After all it was only a few quid wasn’t it, and who wants to listen to a guy that’s lost a few quid at gambling anyway!!!! .....But Tommo the grocer is not only slippery, he’s smart. He worked this weakness in human behavior out 20 years ago and has been selling his defective wares (the bad apples) ever since!!!

Now tell me, is there any difference between the old lady being ripped off by an unscrupulous grocer flogging her a basket of rotten apples and a racing tipster flogging worthless racing tips via a proven misleading advert, KNOWING... repeat... KNOWING he has made astronomical losses nearly every month for the past 20 years. ......There is no difference ....They both deceived and took money under false pretences.

Now think about this...The old lady got her money back because the grocer tricked her......Will all the Newby’s that Tommo the grocer tricked over the past 20 years via adverts that mislead and deceive by omission have their money refunded??

Think about that one!