I need some legal advice. Would this work?
>sell Trump campaign sign to friend for $1,000,000
>buy it back for $1,000,000
>get the transaction recorded on contract
>you are now in possession of a $1,000,000 piece of cardboard
>plant sign in yard
>place security camera at it
>get a Bernout on camera destroying it
>sue him
>become $1,000,000 richer
No, it fucking wouldn't work.
>>17555347
Why
>>17555350
You must be 18 or older to post on 4chan, but here's your (You).
Insurance/appraisal companies decide the value of something, typically compared to a median value of similar items. What you manage to buy or sell something for does not mean shit to anyone but you and the other party.
Now go back to /b/.
You'd need a friend with a million dollars and beyond that the best lawyer couldn't ever convince anyone in court that a piece of cardboard would be worth that much you dumb fuck.
>>17555343
Actually, a variation on that plan goes on all the time in the world of fine art, selling a painting back and forth to raise its price. And every time the dealers who try it go to jail for fraud and racketeering
>>17555360
For cars at least the insurance company will go by bluebook value.
Hah, no, taxes and the other side has lawyers too
Go for it OP.
You'll pay several hundred thousand taxes and get nothing in return
Step 1: sell Trump campaign sign to friend for $1,000,000
Step 2: Run the fuck away and go into hiding, change your name, and resurface as a different person a few years later.
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit by $1,000,000