I gave a counterfeit $100 bill to a homeless person so they could get a free $50 exercise bike from my dad's infomercial

As a kid in the 90's, my dad would occasionally order stuff from infomercials that promised free shit if you spent $50.<br><br>One time, he ordered some bullshit exercise program and as a "free" addition, they included a five-pound metal flexible bar you could use to do stretching exercises.<br><br>Our family had no use for it and it sat in the garage for months until I had an idea.<br><br>I called the company and said:<br><br>"Hi I recently ordered your [bullshit weight loss program] and I haven't gotten my free exercise bar in the mail. I was wondering if you could send it to me or give me a refund or something?"<br><br>Lady: "Of course we can send you that, that will be $50 please."<br><br>So I hop in my car, stop by the bank and withdraw $50, go to a kinkos and photocopy that $50 in black and white, go to Staples, and buy a laminator and some clear contact paper.<br><br>After spending my entire $50, I now have $100 in counterfeit (black and white, laminated) $50 bills.<br><br>At this point, it's 9pm on a Friday and I remembered that if I ordered the item again tonight, they would send me the "free" exercise bar AND it would get to me a day earlier.<br><br>So I call them back:<br><br>"Hi I recently ordered your [bullshit weight loss program] and I haven't gotten my free exercise bar in the mail. I was wondering if you could send it to me or give me a refund or something?"<br><br>Lady: "Of course we can send you that, that will be $50 please."<br><br>Me: "That's exactly what you said last time. I'm not paying you again."<br><br>Lady: "Sir, I have no record of you calling last time. If you would like the exercise bar that will be $50 please."<br><br>Me: "Fine."<br><br>So I give her my (fake) $50 laminated in contact paper and she agrees to send me the (free) exercise bar.<br><br>A week later I get TWO exercise bars in the mail and use them for drunk college sword fights until I lost both of them.<br><br>Edit: If you're wondering why a 22-year-old was ordering his 45-year-old dad's exercise programs, it's because my dad was too lazy and he knew I would get the reward.<br><br>Edit 2: If you haven't figured it out, I have problems with drinking.<br><br>Edit 3: I know it's not counterfeit if it's black and white laminate contact paper but I just went with it for the story.<br><br>Edit 4: For those of you not from the US, this isn't actually illegal because I didn't try to use it to buy something, but just to get my FREE exercise equipment exercise bar.