re: What is the biggest freebie you have been given because of a mistake?

I ordered a refrigerator & microwave from one of the big box stores’ websites when I bought my first house. They delivered and installed them, and all was well. It was around $1800 total. A few days later, I noticed a credit on my credit card for like $1799 (not exact amounts, but the full price less $1). I waited a week to see if it would resolve and they’d recharge my card. When they didn’t, I called. The rep kept saying, “are you sure? I don’t see any credit to your account.” She told me she’d have a supervisor look into it and call me back. After another week with no word, I called again and explained it to someone else. She also insisted there was no credit, and that she’d have someone call me back. I gave up after that. I couldn’t make them take my money.

That was over 10 years ago, and they never caught their error. I got a refrigerator & microwave for $1.

Put a dollar in the car wash change maker and a 20 rolled back out...dont know how but it did!

Two more that happened to me.

Made a $1000 purchase in college once on my debit card and they never took the money out of my account, that was awesome.

Buying a washer/dryer set from Sears and the salesman was convinced I could buy two different brands and they would stack even though I told him clearly it looked like they wouldn’t. So I bought the different brands to save like $500, of course they didn’t stack so I had to call and have them exchange the dryer for the correct one. They tried to charge me the $500 difference, I explained the situation that the salesman screwed up not me and they still wanted to charge me. I told them they can either give me the more expensive one for the price of the cheap one or I’m returning the whole purchase and buying it from Home Depot. They sent me the more expensive one for the cheaper price...


An example of this not working is an ATT salesman once promised me a price that was $30 cheaper than what it was listed at or said on my account. I told her that price was wrong and she was adamant that some unseen discount would come into play when I confirmed the plan so I did it. After 1 month that discount went away and I called to get it handled. I spent 3+ hours on the phone telling them what happened and how it was 100% that salesman’s fault for misquoting and I was demanding the lower price. They all agreed but said they couldn’t change my price (and I had already bought discounted phones for the plan so if I cancelled it I would be on the hook for the full price of those). I was pissed and said I was going to cancel the plan, buy the phones, and switch to Verizon if they didn’t give me the better price. They just said okay do that if you wanted cannot change your price even if we wanted to, totally called my bluff
So now I have a cell phone plan that is $30 more per month than I wanted

At a very nice steak house in Chicago a waitress spilled my martini on my back, all down my shirt. I was so drunk with my friends I kind of laughed it off and it was clear so it's not like it stained.

Manager comped ALL of my meal. At least 5-6 drinks, dry-aged bone-in ribeye, sides, etc. Had to have been a $250 comp. I still tipped the waitress very well and laughed and said I'll come back every week for the same deal if she wanted to keep spilling drinks on me.

$1000 flight voucher to take a flight 2 hours later

A Barbour jacket from Orvis. Sales associate accidentally switched our pick up orders which had been paid. I ended up with a $450 Barbour jacket (fit was perfect) and he ended up with a $100 snap pullover.

The day before Christmas.

Secretary bought two portable A/C's for their garage, but cancelled them b/c she found them cheaper at a different place.

They arrived and she called and said she cancelled them, but they said to keep them b/c it was too expensive to send back

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It was a fancy Korean bbq joint. Tab would have been over $200.

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$200 meal isn’t fancy at all. That’s what we all should expect to pay at Texas Roadhouse in this hyperinflation environment

Upgrade to first class because they didn't call and tell me my original flight was canceled.

not technically a FREEBIE but a nice mistake...was at a Mexican restaurant with a buddy last night when we noticed a bottle of Macallan 18 ($300+ bottle of scotch) we asked how much for a pour, and after having a gathering of everyone that worked there, the guy said $11.....I paid more for the damn taco plate than a pour of crazy expensive scotch