Water Bottles & Drugs

[Jolly]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11738533/Drug-addicts-use-food-stamp-benefits-purchase-bottled-water-recycle-bottles-cash.html

[jon-nyc]

Seems like you could sell the cards for a discount that would still vastly exceed the haircut you take turning cases of bottled water into deposit refunds. Seems like this would yield, at best, 10-15c on the dollar.

[Jolly]

What I've seen more down here, are junkies hanging around the grocery stores in the poorer part of town. Guys (or gals) will hand them a shopping list in the parking lot, after the cash is agreed upon. The usual cut is about 50%. The junkie buys the groceries, pushes their cart out to the parking lot and exchanges the groceries for the cash.

Many of these guys have "regulars", so after a time or two, the buyer knows how much he can spend and what he can buy at a predetermined rate. The junkie knows his customer and rate, so the there is an element of trust and it's a smooth transaction.