S03E10 · SCENE 43/39 · 55:00
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Phone scheme details

Bubbles explains the economics of the phone scheme.

55:00→56:08
in the episode · 1m 08s · S03E10

What happens

55:00–56:08

Bubbles details how he buys discarded burners for $2, juices them up for $20, and sells them for $100. He needs receipts to make it look legitimate.

WhereStore
DriverBubbles
Positionact1 · payoff
ThreadPolice Wiretap Struggle

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from this scene
55:33

So what you saying?

55:47

l gotta show receipts looking like they from different places, or l can't play.

55:54

Damn, Calvin, you know l got the bingo tonight.

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cheerful0.7
deadpan0.3
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55:01The way it works is this.

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55:00–56:08
A · Stanfield vs Barksdale War
B · Colvin's Hamsterdam Falls
D · Omar's Hunt & Politics

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