Professional assassination

[sobrique]

Right. Well, we've all had days where we want someone dead. Occasionally, we really mean it.

So hypothetically:
How much would you pay to have someone removed?

Working on the assumption that it's going to be a person who _really_ annoys you, or there's some advantage in it.

I figure there's a certain threshold value in it, - obviously anyone taking the contract is going to need a 'risk vs. rewards' calculation - there's a chance they'll end up going to prison for a looong time, and they're also likely to have some additional expenses. (Sniper rifles ain't cheap ;p).

I figure you could probably operate legitimately as a 'life insurance' group. After all, life insurance is a bet that you won't die before a certain point.

So what you do, is take out a £500 life insurance policy on someone, that's automatically entered as a sweepstake for 'who can best describe the cause of death'.
Or maybe a 'first caller after they die'.

Obviously all such things would be held confidential, and no records would be kept of any transactions.
Also, there would be a 10% or so 'administration fee'.

The question is though, how much would that service be worth?

Edit: And on the flip side, is there a price at which you'd be prepared to accept a 'hit'?

There's also a book on the subject (thanks mhw)

Comments

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

In any deal there's two sides - what people are prepared to pay, and what people are prepared to accept.
You set your price to an 'optimum' such that you have a useful balance between the people buying your service, and income as a result.

There's not point being a million dollar hitman, if you only work once every 20 years....

[mhw.livejournal.com]

$1 000 000 / 20 = $50 000pa.

That's presumably tax-free.

If you could be sufficiently sure you could get away with it, I'd say that that was an excellent remuneration.

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

Well, OK.

But then again, that's assuming anyone would pay someone that kind of quantity with no 'experience' shall we say.

Argh. You know what I mean. There's a high payoff that means you only have to work occasionally, but you've got to find someone to pay it.

or something.

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

And actually, despite it being illegal and deniable, I expect the tax office could find _some_ way to take a cut...

[lisekit.livejournal.com]

Presumably, you'd be laundering your income through a legitimate business. So the IR wouldn't miss its cut.

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I suppose you'd have to really wouldn't you.
I mean, large deposits of cash have to be reported under anti-terrorism laws.

Although I suspect that this hypothetical company could provide a 'laundry service'...