Abusing freebiesA friend of mine recently attended a 'Champaign Lunch', where he was compelled drink as much fizzy stuff as he could between the first and last courses. In an ideal world we'd ask restaurant staff to tell us stories about fatties stuffing themselves at All You Can Eat places, but we recognise that our members don't all work in the catering trade, so for the rest of you - tell us something about abusing freebies. BTW: Bee puns = you fail.
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lizard, Thu 8 Nov 2007, 14:16)
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Argos abuseMe mate would constantly abuse the returns policy of Argos to the point of extinction. He'd buy one fairly largish item (say a TV), then 11 months down the line take it back with all the packaging saying it was knackered and demanding either a refund or a "similar product". They'd always opt for the 2nd of the two, so he'd get a price-equivalent item to pick from their stock. As it was 11 months down the line they've normally got better and more upto date stock, so he'd succeeded in getting a "free upgrade". He did this for years until Argos finally changed their returns policy...he's well gutted.
PS Did a similar thing myself with Argos, bought a DVD Camcorder from there a few months back but had genuine problems. Finally was swopped over today for a new one; got given a Sony DVD106DC, a load of mini DVDRWs and 2 baby toys 'n' batteries as a straight swop (the Sony camcorder is about 10 times better than the original one I bought too plus for some unknown reason £50 cheaper than they were advertising it for, quids in :D)
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Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Thu 8 Nov 2007, 23:54,
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Did a similar thing a few christmases ago.Bought the kids some portable DVD players that had about 30 quid off each. Saw them cheaper elsewhere and took them back to Argos once the sale had ended and claimed we had no receipt. We got a refund for the full pre-sale price.
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Evil Bastardo, Fri 9 Nov 2007, 15:53,
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