New Orleans

In My Humble Opinion
1

Ok so I went to New Orleans with my fiance’. I had a blast thanks to you fellow dopers! Drank me some hurricanes, had me some Beinets and nearly puked when I got to Bourbon street (and NOT becuase of drinking).

Anyway I was wondering, what exactly is the scam where the street people tell you where you got your shoes from? This happened to me, more than once, and I never took the bait.
A street person would come up to me and say “I bet I can tell you where you got 'em shoes from”, and I would say “good luck” and keep walking.

So what is this ruse they pull??

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They say, “I know where you got your shoes.” You give them the money and they say, “On your feets!”

Real amusing, huh?

3

Ah, you know I thought it was something like that.

4

I was in NO recently, a guy came up to me and a friend and told me he could name “the store * got my shoes from” and how much I weighed, for 5 bucks. I hemmed and hawed a bit, not committing. As I did this, about 3 other guys formed a circle around me and my companion. We left quickly.
That doesn’t answer your question though…

5

AlaItalia got it. On your feets. Pretty annoying to us part-time residents, but apparently a lucrative scam.

6

The reason I know about this is this happened to my ex-husband seven or eight years ago, maybe more, who kicked himself for days for being so gullible. I wasn’t with him when it happened, his parents and I had walked ahead on the River Walk, and I’m surprised he even told us, he was so embarrassed. Thanks, ex-hubby, for allowing us to learn from your mistake!