Whats your favourite loophole?

Chloris · 02-05-2015 02:59AM

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 · 02-05-2015 03:12AM

I am out of Ireland several years so this may be out of date .At the Toll booth on the M50 ,there would often be change left in the tray by a previous customers .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 · 02-05-2015 03:18AM

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I am out of Ireland several years so this may be out of date .At the Toll booth on the M50 ,there would often be change left in the tray by a previous customers .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 · 02-05-2015 03:24AM

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

bpb101 · 02-05-2015 03:39AM

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 · 02-05-2015 03:51AM

No.

Actually never did it myself but was well known.

MadDog76 · 02-05-2015 07:46AM

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 · 02-05-2015 07:49AM

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 · 02-05-2015 08:14AM

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

Youngblood.III · 02-05-2015 08:19AM

Proxy's

twowheelsonly · 02-05-2015 08:24AM

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 · 02-05-2015 08:24AM

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

Baron Kurtz · 02-05-2015 08:25AM

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 · 02-05-2015 09:27AM

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 · 02-05-2015 03:26PM

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 · 02-05-2015 03:32PM

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 · 02-05-2015 03:43PM

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

I saved two hundred pounds a year.

Whosthis · 02-05-2015 03:45PM

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 · 02-05-2015 04:23PM

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

jimd2 · 02-05-2015 04:30PM

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.

Rabo Karabekian · 02-05-2015 04:33PM

jimd2 wrote: »

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.

Do they not just cycle through the lights?

downonthefarm · 02-05-2015 04:42PM

Getting into me car after pints and benzos copper knocks on window, left keys in pub,**** off copper I'm sleeping here,

ALiasEX · 02-05-2015 05:31PM

jimd2 wrote: »

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.

It also works with a green minnie

Egginacup · 02-05-2015 05:32PM

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.

You don't even get a cell. You sit in a waiting area with a mug of tea and the paper. Often they release you before you've finished the tea and/or the crossword. Heartless pricks. You have to ask to stay a little longer to finish.

Thespoofer · 02-05-2015 05:35PM

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

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

Please, more details on how to.

JupiterKid · 02-05-2015 05:35PM

The loops on roller coasters!:pac:

Chancer3001 · 02-05-2015 05:42PM

Not having to pay the tv license .

Egginacup · 02-05-2015 05:54PM

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

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

I thought it was a glass of port. Went to Trinity myself but never pulled this stunt.

I used to love the old dial payphones. I used to have my friend in New York call the one around the corner from my house and reverse the charges. Of course I'd accept and we'd talk for hours for free. You could also tap out the number on the cradle hooks and get connected for free to local numbers instead of putting in 10p.

coastwatch · 02-05-2015 06:02PM

bpb101 wrote: »

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

Yes, but initially there was only one set of reg cameras, facing the approaching vehicles. People could tailgate, "hiding" their reg behind the vehicle in front. NTM were loosing so much they had to add a 2nd set of cameras to read the reg from the back.

When the Sun Hits · 02-05-2015 06:08PM

Thespoofer wrote: »

Please, more details on how to.

Chrome extension - Hola.

Whats your favourite loophole?

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