re: Random items you got without paying for at stores

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A microwave & refrigerator from a big box store. They initially charged my card, then refunded it for no reason a month later. I called multiple times to tell them, and each time they insisted they couldn't see the refund. Kept saying they'd investigate & have someone call me back, but nobody ever did. And each time I called, they acted completely baffled. I finally gave up. I can't make them take my money.

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Damn. That's a hell of a deal. I'd also try and make sure it was paid for, but you can only try so much.

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The girl screwed up and changed the receiver price to 1 penny.

So I got a $500 receiver and pair of surround sound speakers for the cost of the $70 surround sound speakers that I didn't even want.

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I want someone to break into your house and rob you so freaking badly after reading that.

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I got a handy for free from a Winn-Dixie cashier once.

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Was it the one off Coursey and Stumberg? They hire a lot of people with mental disabilities. I think that's really good of them.

I was going to walmarks for a few things and I grabbed one of those collapsible wagons to pull the cooler for Mardi Gras. Cart had a bunch of stuff in it so I put it on the bottom. I didn't notice til I was walking out that the cashier missed it so it was free.

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Was it the one off Coursey and Stumberg?

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Yeah, a ways off both of them.

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They hire a lot of people with mental disabilities. I think that's really good of them.

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Agreed in full. That puts the "Win" in Winn-Dixie!

And I still got a handy.

Free furniture from Ashley about 10 years ago. We bought a house and went there to get couches and end tables for the upstairs den. Had delivery scheduled a week after we closed. When we were actually moving I asked the movers if they thought a full length couch would go up the stairs. 3 steps up then a landing and a 90 degree turn. They tried it with our couch and even taking the rails off the wall it wasn't going to work. I had bought a couch for the downstairs, a couch and loveseat for upstairs, and a set with a coffee table, two end tables, and a sofa table. I called to cancel the couch and loveseat.

The other stuff was delivered as scheduled. They were running some 12 months same as cash financing and when I got the bill it showed the initial purchase and then a full refund. They forgot to put the other couch and tables back in. I called 3 different times to tell them. The first time they said thanks for letting us know and it will show up on your next months bill. A month later the same thing. A month after that I called again. When the bill came the fourth month with zero balance I just called and cancelled the store card and chalked it up to them being idiots and I got about $1,200 in free furniture.

10 lbs of extra large shrimp for boiled crawfish price. Gal put wrong code on the scale when she weighed them. Thanks Tony's.
Had other stuff so I didn't notice until I got home and looked at receipt.

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I think the OP was meaning more "what free things have you gotten due to the store screwing up at the register" as opposed to stealing.

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It's still stealing.