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15 Genius, unethical and mostly illegal lifehacks
Posted on 3/16/16 at 8:50 am
Posted on 3/16/16 at 8:50 am
Didn't know about some of these. Highlights:
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This won’t apply to all parking garages BUT I used to park at one where, right before I paid my ticket at that vending-machine-type doohickey, I would walk back to the entrance gate, press the button for another ticket and pay instead with the new one. I would be charged according to my stay of 30 seconds (when in reality I had been there for hours). ~ MrDudeAbides
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You can use an empty Visa Rewards Bank Card to make in-flight purchases. The cards cannot be run while in flight so all transactions are completed once you land, so you can receive any item you want for free. There is no way to track the failed transaction because your information is not tied to the card. My friend is a pilot and I have done this for years. ~ jalapeno_face_
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If you unplug the Ethernet cable from a Coinstar machine, it won’t charge a commission. ~ ExertHaddock
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My dad once told me this when I started to apply to jobs & colleges. If there is a list of things that are posted on the site of what you are applying for, copy and paste them into your application with white text. If it’s run over by a computer, it will catch it, and send it to the interviewers, getting you an instant interview. If all applications are looked over by people, it won’t be seen at the bottom, and won’t matter to them. ~ RGiss
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Posted on 3/16/16 at 8:52 am to blueboy
Wow, some of those are delightfully evil.
Posted on 3/16/16 at 8:53 am to blueboy
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There is no way to track the failed transaction because your information is not tied to the card.
Unless they're also keeping track of purchases made by seat number
Posted on 3/16/16 at 8:53 am to blueboy
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This won’t apply to all parking garages BUT I used to park at one where, right before I paid my ticket at that vending-machine-type doohickey, I would walk back to the entrance gate, press the button for another ticket and pay instead with the new one. I would be charged according to my stay of 30 seconds (when in reality I had been there for hours). ~ MrDudeAbides
Idk about this one, depending on where the money goes, it could screw the city out of building the next parking garage that the people need. So then they tax everyone when otherwise the people that would be paying for it are the people that use it. Not to mention maintenance costs.
Idc about airline and coinstar profits tho.
Posted on 3/16/16 at 8:54 am to blueboy
It's funny that most here will think this is awesome but bitch about people stealing.
Posted on 3/16/16 at 8:59 am to Artie Rome
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Bankruptcy won’t discharge student loans. Get 50k in credit, pay off student loans. make minimum payment for 6 months. Stop paying for 6 months. Let them go to collections. File for bankruptcy. Bankruptcy will cost you $2k.
You can't pay student loans with a credit card.
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Buy all your textbooks and keep the receipts. Return to the store later that day or a few days later (most bookstores don’t give 100% refunds after the first week). Grab the book you bought off the shelf, take the book to the cashier and tell them you want to return it and show your receipt. If they require a reason say you dropped the class or are sharing the book with a friend. Get money back and leave.
This is just theft.
Posted on 3/16/16 at 9:00 am to blueboy
I saw one once that said if you get pulled over, sign jibberish to the cop and then write on a piece of paper that you're hearing impaired. Supposedly most cops will let you go with a warning rather than take the time to communicate through written word.
Posted on 3/16/16 at 9:00 am to blueboy
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This won’t apply to all parking garages BUT I used to park at one where, right before I paid my ticket at that vending-machine-type doohickey, I would walk back to the entrance gate, press the button for another ticket and pay instead with the new one. I would be charged according to my stay of 30 seconds (when in reality I had been there for hours). ~ MrDudeAbides
this won't work in most garages because they have the weight sensor in the ground and won't give you a ticket by just walking up.
Posted on 3/16/16 at 9:02 am to blueboy
quote:even in the age of wifi-enabled flights?
You can use an empty Visa Rewards Bank Card to make in-flight purchases. The cards cannot be run while in flight so all transactions are completed once you land, so you can receive any item you want for free. There is no way to track the failed transaction because your information is not tied to the card. My friend is a pilot and I have done this for years. ~ jalapeno_face_
Posted on 3/16/16 at 9:04 am to GaryMyMan
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Bankruptcy won’t discharge student loans. Get 50k in credit, pay off student loans. make minimum payment for 6 months. Stop paying for 6 months. Let them go to collections. File for bankruptcy. Bankruptcy will cost you $2k.
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You can't pay student loans with a credit card.
What about a personal loan for debt consolidation?
Posted on 3/16/16 at 9:05 am to blueboy
I doubt the airline one works in today's high tech age. Maybe back in 2003
Posted on 3/16/16 at 9:06 am to Ash Williams
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Unless they're also keeping track of purchases made by seat number
Which I have seen them do. I don't know about that one. I think it probably was possible at one point in time, but the last time I bought drinks on a flight, which I do every time I fly, they took down the seat number.
Posted on 3/16/16 at 9:06 am to blueboy
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This won’t apply to all parking garages BUT I used to park at one where, right before I paid my ticket at that vending-machine-type doohickey, I would walk back to the entrance gate, press the button for another ticket and pay instead with the new one. I would be charged according to my stay of 30 seconds (when in reality I had been there for hours). ~ MrDudeAbides
They would get a picture of your face and license plate all with just one camera.
Posted on 3/16/16 at 9:06 am to blueboy
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You can use an empty Visa Rewards Bank Card to make in-flight purchases. The cards cannot be run while in flight so all transactions are completed once you land, so you can receive any item you want for free. There is no way to track the failed transaction because your information is not tied to the card. My friend is a pilot and I have done this for years. ~ jalapeno_face_
maybe ten years ago
Posted on 3/16/16 at 9:06 am to GaryMyMan
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This is just theft.
It is all theft, but when has hypocrisy ever stopped the average American?
Posted on 3/16/16 at 9:07 am to blueboy
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lifehacks
I hate this fricking word.
Posted on 3/16/16 at 9:07 am to REG861
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maybe ten years ago
Yeah I'm calling bullshite on the airline purchases cheat. They've got wifi on board so I can't imagine running a credit card transaction is difficult.
Posted on 3/16/16 at 9:08 am to blueboy
Some of those are bullshite like the parking garage one and the student loan one.
Getting an instant 50 K in loans just to pay off your already existing student loans is not quite that simple for the average college student/recent grad.
Getting an instant 50 K in loans just to pay off your already existing student loans is not quite that simple for the average college student/recent grad.
Posted on 3/16/16 at 9:08 am to GaryMyMan
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You can't pay student loans with a credit card.
Credit could just mean some other sort of loan. It doesn't necessarily mean a credit card. That said I would think that when whoever is going through your paperwork for the bakruptcy, it would be pretty easy to piece together, and it would be fraud. I'm no lawyer though.
Posted on 3/16/16 at 9:08 am to ShoeBang
quote:You could possibly pull this off, but you have to have the income proof to acquire the loan.
What about a personal loan for debt consolidation?
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