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<p>Life is hard enough as is. If it&#39;s not illegal, and you&#39;re not an a-hole to service workers, get those cheaper chicken nuggets!</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Rokzo/">Rokzo</a> asked Reddit, &quot;What is the best loophole you have ever heard of?&quot;</p><p>Here are the best ones. Go forth and enjoy that cheaper airport Uber!</p><h2>1. Do the responsible thing and get towed, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/tokenerd/">tokenerd</a>.</h2><blockquote> <p>Apparently you have 24 hours to claim an illegally-parked car (depending on the location) in my city so some &quot;pros&quot; will take a ticket on game days and actually save money on parking for football and baseball.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>2. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/prvacya/">prvacya</a> gets five stars for this one.</h2><blockquote> <p>I still use the loophole of jumping on a shuttle bus out of LAX to a parking garage(/or hotel, yes) and then calling an Uber/Lyft from there to avoid the airport prices. Brings the ride home down to $10 from $40.</p> </blockquote><hr /><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>3. Congratulations, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/brass_buoy/">brass_buoy</a>&#39;s teacher. You played yourself.</h2><blockquote> <p>A kid from my high school was about 30 seconds late to class and the teacher refused to mark him &ldquo;present&rdquo; and made him go sign in as &ldquo;late&rdquo; at the office. In protest, he went and ate a sit down breakfast and showed back up with about 5 minutes left of class with his late slip. Teacher threw a fit that he skipped class, but since he never signed in, he didn&rsquo;t face any consequences.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>4. Hopefully <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/cranialscratch/">cranialscratch</a> got to go to the concert.</h2><blockquote> <p>Local radio station had a contest where you call in when they play same artist back to back to win a prize. Turns out they had a &quot;now playing&quot; and &quot;up next&quot; feature on their web site. My girlfriend at the time would start calling in before the second song even came on. Won tons of prizes ranging from concert tickets to a laptop.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>5. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/alagsa/">alagsa</a> went to school in Margaritaville.</h2><blockquote> <p>Not very impressive but at my high school we had to wear a button-down and a tie to class every day. One of the kids realized that they never specified what kind of button-down it had to be so he wore a Hawaiian shirt to class with a tie. Technically it met the dress code so it stuck.</p> <p>Pretty soon most of the school started wearing Hawaiian shirts with ties to class. We looked like a bunch of ridiculous Jimmy-Buffet-goes-Mormon types but it was worth it to spite the system. They changed the rule to ban Hawaiian shirts a week later.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>6. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Ghostfeeder/">Ghostfeeder</a> wasn&#39;t a scammer, but discovered a cool new scam.</h2><blockquote> <p>My microwave stopped turning on, so I went to Best Buy to get a new one. I tried the old one in another outlet and it came back to life so I reinstalled it. Returned new microwave to Best Buy. Went back home to see that the old microwave had now died again once more (for good) and then just drove right back to Best Buy where I bought the brand new microwave I just returned as an &ldquo;open box item&rdquo; for half price.</p> <p>Probably a fluke, but it was a rare instance of &ldquo;the system&rdquo; working in my favor.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>7. What happens in Vegas...is free for <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/xxwerdxx/">xxwerdxx</a>.</h2><blockquote> <p>I have purposefully booked flights I had a good hunch would be overbooked, then show up the day of, claim the rebooked flight +$500 voucher and have myself a damn good time in Vegas for 48 hours.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>8. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ClayBoi1999/">ClayBoi1999</a> deserves to party like it&#39;s 1999.</h2><blockquote> <p>Best Buy warranty. Back in high school I got a pair of Bose headphones for $150 and a warranty for $20. Every time your headphones &ldquo;broke&rdquo; they gave you a brand new pair and even renewed your warranty. I did this for around 3 years and got 5+ headphones. In the end I got $150 in store credit and put it towards a new TV.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>9. Bon appetit, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/bryantmakesprog/">bryantmakesprog</a>.</h2><blockquote> <p>Blue Apron offers a free week trial but only one account can be associated with your address. So how do you game the free trial? At the end of your trial, change your account address, close the account, and create a new one.</p> <p>Boom, another free week trial.</p> <p>We got Blue Apron completely free for six months (stopped because we liked Hello Fresh more).</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>10. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/shanster925/">shanster925</a> did the math.</h2><blockquote> <p>10 pack of chicken nuggets at Wendy&#39;s: $5.89</p> <p>2x5 pack of chicken nuggets: $2.19 x 2 = $4.38</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>11. Where is the lie, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SellingCoach/">SellingCoach</a>?</h2><blockquote> <p><strong>Last week I parked in a spot with a sign that said &quot;Parking for Parents with Children.&quot;</strong></p> <p><strong>Some woman was passing by in her car and started yelling about the spot being reserved for people with kids.</strong></p> <p><strong>I told her I did have a kid, she just wasn&#39;t with me at the time. The sign didn&#39;t say anything about that.</strong></p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>12. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ATLL2112/">ATLL2112</a> learned this in their second Algebra II class.</h2><blockquote> <p>Was at a bar. They ran a $2 shot special for any of the house stuff. I like vodka tonics though. However, those are $6.</p> <p>Me, having taken Algebra I twice, knew $2&lt;$6. I ask the bartender how much she&#39;ll charge me for tonic water. She replies, &quot;nothing&quot;.</p> <p>I proceed to order a $2 shot of vodka and a free glass of tonic water.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>13. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/amc7262/">amc7262</a> saved money they could now spend at the doctor.</h2><blockquote> <p>For appointments that cost money to cancel with less than 24hrs notice, they often are free to reschedule within that window, so you reschedule it to a week later, then cancel it a day or two later.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>14. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/EAS893/">EAS893</a>&#39;s loophole isn&#39;t fun but it&#39;s good to understand what Bernie Sanders is talking about.</h2><blockquote> <p>The carried interest loophole that allows hedge fund managers to get lower taxes on their income.</p> <p>If you hear someone talking about wealthy people using loopholes to pay lower taxes, there&#39;s a decent chance this is one of the loopholes to which they are referring.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

14 stories of people who used 'loopholes' to get away with things in life.

Life is hard enough as is. If it&#39;s not illegal, and you&#39;re not an a-hole to service workers, get those cheaper chicken nuggets!Rokzo asked Reddit, &quot;What is the best loophole you have ever heard of?&quot;Here are the best ones. Go forth and enjoy that cheaper airport Uber!1. Do the responsible thing and get towed, tokenerd. Apparently you have 24 hours to claim an illegally-parked car (depending on the location) in my city so some &quot;pros&quot; will take a ticket on game days and actually save money on parking for football and baseball. 2. prvacya gets five stars for this one. I still use the loophole of jumping on a shuttle bus out of LAX to a parking garage(/or hotel, yes) and then calling an Uber/Lyft from there to avoid the airport prices. Brings the ride home down to $10 from $40. 3. Congratulations, brass_buoy&#39;s teacher. You played yourself. A kid from my high school was about 30 seconds late to class and the teacher refused to mark him &ldquo;present&rdquo; and made him go sign in as &ldquo;late&rdquo; at the office. In protest, he went and ate a sit down breakfast and showed back up with about 5 minutes left of class with his late slip. Teacher threw a fit that he skipped class, but since he never signed in, he didn&rsquo;t face any consequences. 4. Hopefully cranialscratch got to go to the concert. Local radio station had a contest where you call in when they play same artist back to back to win a prize. Turns out they had a &quot;now playing&quot; and &quot;up next&quot; feature on their web site. My girlfriend at the time would start calling in before the second song even came on. Won tons of prizes ranging from concert tickets to a laptop. 5. alagsa went to school in Margaritaville. Not very impressive but at my high school we had to wear a button-down and a tie to class every day. One of the kids realized that they never specified what kind of button-down it had to be so he wore a Hawaiian shirt to class with a tie. Technically it met the dress code so it stuck. Pretty soon most of the school started wearing Hawaiian shirts with ties to class. We looked like a bunch of ridiculous Jimmy-Buffet-goes-Mormon types but it was worth it to spite the system. They changed the rule to ban Hawaiian shirts a week later. 6. Ghostfeeder wasn&#39;t a scammer, but discovered a cool new scam. My microwave stopped turning on, so I went to Best Buy to get a new one. I tried the old one in another outlet and it came back to life so I reinstalled it. Returned new microwave to Best Buy. Went back home to see that the old microwave had now died again once more (for good) and then just drove right back to Best Buy where I bought the brand new microwave I just returned as an &ldquo;open box item&rdquo; for half price. Probably a fluke, but it was a rare instance of &ldquo;the system&rdquo; working in my favor. 7. What happens in Vegas...is free for xxwerdxx. I have purposefully booked flights I had a good hunch would be overbooked, then show up the day of, claim the rebooked flight +$500 voucher and have myself a damn good time in Vegas for 48 hours. 8. ClayBoi1999 deserves to party like it&#39;s 1999. Best Buy warranty. Back in high school I got a pair of Bose headphones for $150 and a warranty for $20. Every time your headphones &ldquo;broke&rdquo; they gave you a brand new pair and even renewed your warranty. I did this for around 3 years and got 5+ headphones. In the end I got $150 in store credit and put it towards a new TV. 9. Bon appetit, bryantmakesprog. Blue Apron offers a free week trial but only one account can be associated with your address. So how do you game the free trial? At the end of your trial, change your account address, close the account, and create a new one. Boom, another free week trial. We got Blue Apron completely free for six months (stopped because we liked Hello Fresh more). 10. shanster925 did the math. 10 pack of chicken nuggets at Wendy&#39;s: $5.89 2x5 pack of chicken nuggets: $2.19 x 2 = $4.38 11. Where is the lie, SellingCoach? Last week I parked in a spot with a sign that said &quot;Parking for Parents with Children.&quot; Some woman was passing by in her car and started yelling about the spot being reserved for people with kids. I told her I did have a kid, she just wasn&#39;t with me at the time. The sign didn&#39;t say anything about that. 12. ATLL2112 learned this in their second Algebra II class. Was at a bar. They ran a $2 shot special for any of the house stuff. I like vodka tonics though. However, those are $6. Me, having taken Algebra I twice, knew $2&lt;$6. I ask the bartender how much she&#39;ll charge me for tonic water. She replies, &quot;nothing&quot;. I proceed to order a $2 shot of vodka and a free glass of tonic water. 13. amc7262 saved money they could now spend at the doctor. For appointments that cost money to cancel with less than 24hrs notice, they often are free to reschedule within that window, so you reschedule it to a week later, then cancel it a day or two later. 14. EAS893&#39;s loophole isn&#39;t fun but it&#39;s good to understand what Bernie Sanders is talking about. The carried interest loophole that allows hedge fund managers to get lower taxes on their income. If you hear someone talking about wealthy people using loopholes to pay lower taxes, there&#39;s a decent chance this is one of the loopholes to which they are referring. 

Life is hard enough as is. If it&#39;s not illegal, and you&#39;re not an a-hole to service workers, get those cheaper chicken nuggets!  Rokzo asked Reddit, &quot;What is the best loophole you have ever heard of?&quot;  Here are the best...