Talk:Work For Rolf/@comment-3560963-20160517224402/@comment-3242362-20160713175619

Well, if we're being technical, a lot of scams aren't really scams at all. For example, the Thingamajig was a scam because the Eds took the kids money and gave them nothing in return. But Ed's Polar Sled Ride, to give just one example, was not a scam as the Eds did honestly give the kids a service for their money.

The term "scam" on this wiki is generally used as a term for a business set up by one of the kids to make money off of the other kids. Generally, these are set up by Eddy, and he refers to them as "scams" regardless of their legitimacy as a business practice (and, to be fair, most of the scams are legitimate as businesses; they just end up falling apart in some way).

tl;dr: Because Eddy refers to his businesses as scams regardless of their legitimacy or lack thereof, all kid-run business ventures on the show are referred to as scams.