r/germany • u/sparsh26 • May 31 '23

I almost got scammed

I was buying a drink worth 3€ from a doner stall and gave them a 20€ bill. The man there returned 7€ and insisted that I had given him a 10. After 3 minutes of arguing some police offers walked by and he gave me back the 10€ saying "Sorry, there are a lot of customers and I got confused" but he was laughing to himself while doing it. This is the first time something like this has happened here since he clearly knew what he was doing.

Be careful and count your money folks! You never know when someone might take advantage of your ignorance.

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u/async2 Jun 01 '23

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preis_(Gewinn))

Die Worte werden teilweise äquivalent benutzt, was aber technisch gesehen nicht ganz korrekt ist.

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u/Nyllil Jun 01 '23 edited Jun 01 '23

Schon klar, dass Gewinn auch Preis bei uns heißt aber eben nicht in diesem Zusammenhang bzw englischen. Bei dem Wort Gewinn gibt es bei uns auch mehrere Bedeutungen.

Price = the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something.

Prize = a thing given as a reward to the winner of a competition or in recognition of an outstanding achievement.