Whats your favourite loophole?

Akrasia

While avoiding felony offences and sticking to misdemeanors or less, what are the favourite afterhours 'Loopholes' that people claim are legitimate

It's ok stream music/movies/tv illegally because you're not actually 'downloading' it?

You can eat biscuits during lent because "Biscuits aren't sweets!?

Eating fish on a Friday for catholics "It's ok, because fish aren't meat"

Not paying your car tax because the fine was cheaper than declaring it off the road (loophole now regrettably closed)

Does anyone have any funny/blatantly untrue 'loopholes' that you have used, or someone has tried to use against you?

Mr_Muffin

Not giving a f*** about anything seems to be working pretty well for me.

Turtyturd

Not a favourite but I laugh at the loophole that allows cyclists to break red lights.

Mad_Dave

This is an old one - but a few years back if you were done for speeding and chose to go to court there was no obligation to bring your drivers licence so the court clerk couldn't process the points. (closed now)

Also if you were caught in the north on a southern licence no points were added. (not sure if that's still a thing)

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Not having to wear a condom because I always use a false name.

sbsquarepants

Gods loophole is a good one to pass the time:D

kneemos

Justifying watching those beheading videos by saying people need to see how bad they are.

You like it.

Akrasia

Bargain alerts

Brancott

Cheaper motoring with yellow reg/Norn Iron address:

No VRT on imports
No NCT
No ROI road tax
No paying fines
No penalty points

It's all gravy baby

donegaLroad

If you dont have a €2 coin for the shopping trolley at Aldi, a Sterling 2p piece will do.

Brancott

€2,000 Court fine or 1 hour in Prison

Hold on & let me think about it for 3 seconds

mikemac1

Dodging train fares. Most Dublin commuter stations are closed in the evenings so you walk through and if you get questioned just say you got on at Broombridge and they'll sell you the ticket, no fine

noway12345

Every loophole's a goal.

Banjo String

Back in the late 90s/early 00s when text messages used to be 10p a go (prepay phones) I remember a loophole to change the message centre number to a specific one, which meant they were all free.

Also remember being able to go in and change the voicemail number on the phone, and used to change that to the mobile number of whomever it was you were go looking to speak to. Then call yourself, and it got diverted to voicemail, = free calls.

Banjo String

Brancott wrote: »

€2,000 Court fine or 1 hour in Prison

Hold on & let me think about it for 3 seconds

Big Jimmy (your new cellmate) might want a significant other half for that hour....

Big Jimmy is hung like a donkey apparently.

Think about that.

frankoreagan

Getting free 30 day Spotify premium trials. Been doing it for nearly a year now.

harry Bailey esq

Brancott wrote: »

€2,000 Court fine or 1 hour in Prison

Hold on & let me think about it for 3 seconds

And the chicken fillet baguette and pint of milk provided only serves to sweeten the deal.I use loopholes every day to keep things ticking over,but I'll not be sharing them here,the op has all the hallmarks of the gendarme if I'm honest

Saralee4

donegaLroad wrote: »

If you dont have a €2 coin for the shopping trolley at Aldi, a Sterling 2p piece will do.

Also for the tesco trolleys 20 cent works!

For Forks Sake

mikemac1 wrote: »

Dodging train fares. Most Dublin commuter stations are closed in the evenings so you walk through and if you get questioned just say you got on at Broombridge and they'll sell you the ticket, no fine

No inspector would believe you made it onto a train in Broombridge alive.

MadDog76

Brancott wrote: »

€2,000 Court fine or 1 hour in Prison

Hold on & let me think about it for 3 seconds

Banjo String wrote: »

Big Jimmy (your new cellmate) might want a significant other half for that hour....

Big Jimmy is hung like a donkey apparently.

Think about that.

I think you've been watching too many movies .........

Tigger

Banjo String wrote: »

Big Jimmy (your new cellmate) might want a significant other half for that hour....

Big Jimmy is hung like a donkey apparently.

Think about that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2ekNmsz-Iw

Tigger

Saralee4 wrote: »

Also for the tesco trolleys 20 cent works!

then ytou sell the trolly to the next person for a euro

IvySlayer

Not buying a winrar license :cool:

castletownman

I remember heading out in Dublin one night as a student and a garda stopping me for either drinking a can in public or something else I can't remember and asking me my name. I responded with "Murphy. From Wexford" thinking it was the best loophole ever and I'd be off on my merry way.

Well it wasn't. He wasn't best pleased and threatened to throw me in the cell for the night if I didn't produce ID.

Let me off with a warning but my lesson was well and truly learned. I may come up with a better alias.

Ruu

IvySlayer wrote: »

Not buying a winrar license :cool:

Ah the days of 30 day trials and shareware.

Not paying tax on Jaffa cakes.

Bad to the bone!

MistyCheese

I can't praise highly enough the trick of obtaining a free sample at the deli counter, running out to put a pair of glasses on, then queueing up for a second go and even heading out again to take the glasses off and put a big coat on to go back in for a third helping. Ooh, I know, it's very naughty. And sometimes I didn't even really like the first sample but that's not the point.

Son Of A Vidic

MistyCheese wrote: »

I can't praise highly enough the trick of obtaining a free sample at the deli counter, running out to put a pair of glasses on, then queueing up for a second go and even heading out again to take the glasses off and put a big coat on to go back in for a third helping. Ooh, I know, it's very naughty. And sometimes I didn't even really like the first sample but that's not the point.

You can't beat an oul wig though. Ladies ones are the best and I always keep several handy. Yes I'm a guy, but let's not get into that right now.

miggins

Saralee4 wrote: »

Also for the tesco trolleys 20 cent works!

Also the pointy end of a cable tie in the older trolleys with the red mechanism

hatrickpatrick

Jelly SMS For free texts.
Unsecured wi-fi networks. (A blessing!)
Disposable email addresses.
Talking your way out of Boards infractions by being a sexy bastard (may not work for everyone)
Being able to demand a glass of wine during a Trinity exam as long as you have your sword with you.
Pretending to be fraped so you can hit on people over Facebook and see what they say
Going out stone cold sober so that when you hit on friends and get awkwardly rejected, you can just blame drink and pretend you remember nothing.
Few more which I'll keep to myself in case someone with authoritah sees this post and closes them

bpb101

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Jelly SMS For free texts.
Unsecured wi-fi networks. (A blessing!)
Disposable email addresses.
Talking your way out of Boards infractions by being a sexy bastard (may not work for everyone)
Being able to demand a glass of wine during a Trinity exam as long as you have your sword with you.
Pretending to be fraped so you can hit on people over Facebook and see what they say
Going out stone cold sober so that when you hit on friends and get awkwardly rejected, you can just blame drink and pretend you remember nothing.
Few more which I'll keep to myself in case someone with authoritah sees this post and closes them

I believe if its your final exam , you can request a ham sandwhich and a sherry too. but as i go to another institute i must comment to say you are *******

hatrickpatrick

bpb101 wrote: »

I believe if its your final exam , you can request a ham sandwhich and a sherry too. but as i go to another institute i must comment to say you are *******

Haha I'm not in Trinity, but it's still one of my favourite loopholes

Chloris

When we first got Netflix, the 30 day trial didn't require a credit card number and you could keep registering with different email addresses. We pay for it now though, so I don't know if they're still as naive.

anto9

I am out of Ireland several years so this may be out of date .At the Toll booth on the M50 ,there would often be change left in the tray by a previous customers .

bpb101

anto9 wrote: »

I am out of Ireland several years so this may be out of date .At the Toll booth on the M50 ,there would often be change left in the tray by a previous customers .

no toll bridge on the m50 anymore (scans your reg and you pay in the shop or have a tag)

Ruu

Used to be able to send free texts bouncing it through a different service center, this was a few years ago.

bpb101

Ruu wrote: »

Used to be able to send free texts bouncing it through a different service center, this was a few years ago.

care to explain

Ruu

No.














Actually never did it myself but was well known.

MadDog76

Banjo String wrote: »

Back in the late 90s/early 00s when text messages used to be 10p a go (prepay phones) I remember a loophole to change the message centre number to a specific one, which meant they were all free.

Also remember being able to go in and change the voicemail number on the phone, and used to change that to the mobile number of whomever it was you were go looking to speak to. Then call yourself, and it got diverted to voicemail, = free calls.

Ruu wrote: »

Used to be able to send free texts bouncing it through a different service center, this was a few years ago.

bpb101 wrote: »

care to explain

Already mentioned on this thread ........

TPD

While I was in college there was a deal on where you register online and receive a voucher in the post for free chicken goujons. Did that multiple times with different email addresses.

The best part was that tesco actually sold the goujons for less than the value of the voucher, so youd get free goujons and money off whatever else was being bought.

I wouldn't recommend moy park 'chicken' goujons however.

Optimalprimerib

Being able to change your DNS to watch Netflix from other countries.

Youngblood.III

Proxy's

twowheelsonly

Brancott wrote: »

€2,000 Court fine or 1 hour in Prison

Hold on & let me think about it for 3 seconds

One that's due to be closed though :-(

With 'deduction at source' that one will be gone and if you somehow avoid the DAS there's other options before you end up in jail.
If you do end up in Jail eventually you'll do all the time on the warrant.

Could take a fair while yet though !!!

Riamfada

Importing my garlic from China and declaring them as apples on the form. Saves me a **** load of cash.

Baron Kurtz

Banjo String wrote: »

Back in the late 90s/early 00s when text messages used to be 10p a go (prepay phones) I remember a loophole to change the message centre number to a specific one, which meant they were all free.

Also remember being able to go in and change the voicemail number on the phone, and used to change that to the mobile number of whomever it was you were go looking to speak to. Then call yourself, and it got diverted to voicemail, = free calls.

What?

myshirt

Riamfada wrote: »

Importing my garlic from China and declaring them as apples on the form. Saves me a **** load of cash.

Was that you? You jammy git.

Muahahaha

self scanners at my local Tesco have double chocolate muffins listed as 45c, thing is they no longer sell double chocolate ones in my local store, they only sell triple chocolate for €1.50 each. Been getting away with that one for far too long.
An Posts automated postage machines, when sending a small parcel its not hard to trick the weighting scales with a lighter item

Whosthis

Tap and Pay.

Tap and pay transactions are not immediately debited from your account and afaik you don't even need a balance that exceeds the cost of the transaction.

€6 in your account, waiting for payday, want to go for delicious pints?

BOOM! Tap and Pay has you covered.







*This user is posting from Wetherspoons

stimpson

Running the gas of the electricity and the electricity off the gas.


I saved two hundred pounds a year.

Whosthis

Similar to the tap and pay thing. Tesco petrol stations, if you're broke and waiting for payday use the pay at pump option, it debits an initial €1 from your account, you can fill the car with up to €99 worth of fuel.

The downside of both of these is that a couple of days later the total value of these transactions is debited from your account and you could end up with an unauthorised overdraft. But if you're in a tight spot it's like a short term loan. I spent about a year on the dole and these became my fallbacks.

Chain Smoker

AdBlock, it's even saving me from some hassle on this page!

jimd2

Turtyturd wrote: »

Not a favourite but I laugh at the loophole that allows cyclists to break red lights.

Yeah, they go up to the traffic lights, get off the bike and walk across, whether the pedestrian light is red r green is usually irrelevant.

Then again, if I was cycling and under pressure to get to work I'd probably do the same so I am neutral on the issue.