As if they would on tv lol...same with TRH, they miss out key points, take example on the card catcher they didn't mention that the bottom has to be transparent so the stripe can be read.
With $400 I'm damn positive you can make a skimmer, although it won't look the best. PM me if you want directions for making an ATM skimmer.
I'll mention also what is a good money maker besides carding; Nigerian scams...extremely easy to pull off on craigslist, and people still do fall for the ones which can steal up to 10s to 100s of thousands over e-mail, although you'll need a carribean bank account or one in hong kong (swiss don't work well anymore). I'd honestly say that maybe in a few years I'd move to Nigeria to make the most of this scam if I was that way inclined
(the nigerian government over there don't give a shit about it and most of the time they're in on the scams. Closing down on this scam would be the nigerians equivalent of vegas making gambling illegal; missing out on a lot of profit)
Getting a huge list of e-mails is childs play with the correct programs (PM me if you want one).
Don't bother with irc or bullshit like that...cut the foreplay and middle man out and profit fully yourself.
I'm talking with you over PM anyway so ask any questions that you have about carding or 419 scams (nigerian) and I'll help out.