Ever heard the saying, “nice guys finish last”.
Like the popular 90’s cartoon that had a little devil and an angel on
your shoulder telling you what to do - the devil that usually tells you
to do the opposite of the right thing you are meant to do. In those
cartoons, 99% of the time the little devil wins the battle.
These highly unethical life hacks I’m about to share will fuel that little devil.
DISCLAIMER:
Some of these tricks are malicious and some are damn hilarious. I would
say don’t try this at home, but nahhhh! Let’s take a look.
1. Get a free drink at a coffee shop
Ask
your friend to order a drink, then you pick up their drink and leave.
After some time, have the same friend walk back to the counter and say
they never had their drink, and they will get another one. Two for the
price of one.
2. Amazon Payment cheats
Amazon payments allow you to send up to $1000 to anyone (just like PayPal). Setup an account for you and your spouse.
You
can transfer money back and forth using your cash back credit card.
Many credit cards even offer 5% on select monthly categories, so you’re
basically making money if you can pay them back. (Note: when the
category is “health and drug” purchase a $1500 pre-paid visa from
Wal-Greens.)
3. Craigslist trick
When
you are buying something on Craigslist, use a spam email to lowball the
seller by a lot, then I used your regular email to give a reasonable
offer that is still a good amount under the asking price.
You’ll find you typically have your offer accepted.
4. Be a swapper
Buy an appliance that’s identical to the one you broke, swap them out, and then return the broken appliance for a refund.
5. Secret wedding
If
you’re about to get married, don’t originally tell vendors it’s for a
wedding that you’re hiring them. Start off by claiming it’s an event or
reunion and witness the significant price difference.
6. Get a free carry-on
When
you get to the airport and you are in need of an extra carry-ons, go to
the airport gift shop and ask for a gift bag. Because you “allegedly”
bought the gift bag at the airport they would let you bring it on for no
charge other than what you paid for the bag.
7. Resell for 5x profit
When
an affordable and greay anticipated product is released, buy as many
units as you can, and sell them on eBay/Craigslist for inflated profit.
8. Take a 2-3% interest rate loan legally:
Have
as little money withheld from W-2, then when you owe taxes, don’t pay
them. Call the IRS and ask for a payment plan. They will grant you one,
because they are desperate for your money. The fees of non-payment are
still negligible compared to your new sick loan rate.
9. Steal magazine subscriptions.
Go
to a lobby (for example, a medical or dental office) and take pictures
of the account info/address/barcode printed on their magazines. This
could be all that’s required to access those digital versions online.
10. If you are an American citizen you can essentially completely avoid taxes by doing the following:
Step
1. Contact a company like Harney’s in the British Virgin Islands to set
up a company there for you, through which you funnel all other business
activity.
Step 2. Move to a personal income tax haven like Monaco, Andorra, Singapore, etc.
Step
3. Pay yourself a tax free salary from the BVI company that falls under
the annual foreign earned income excursion (Up to $97,500 per year).
Step 4. Retain any further earnings in the company to be invested for tax-free compounding.
Step 5. Name your children the beneficiary of the firm and live the rest of your life paying no taxes at the beach.
11. Home Depot Return Policy. 90 days, no questions asked. This has been a saving grace for a lot people for low budget movie sets.
12.
Whenever you go to a big chain electronic movie theatre, I get my
tickets from those electronic kiosks they have at the front, and I buy
the child’s price tickets. They’re way cheaper.
13.
Using Clorox or any bleach will turn the red/pink liquid detection dot
on electronic devices back to white so they replace them under warranty.
14.
Go to local thrift stores/Goodwill type stores and take pictures of
items. Put them on craigslist for more money. If someone says their
interested, go but the item from the thrift store and sell it for money.
If the item had already been sold, just tell the person on craigslist
you’ve already sold it.
15. Get a Visa GC,
load $5 onto it, and then go to the gas station. Most gas station run a
credit change of $1, before collecting the rest of the funds several
days later.
16. Park in those “mother and
child” spaces, they’re wide and close to the entrance of whatever
business they belong to. It’s considered rude but you won’t be ticketed
for it like you would in a handicapped space.
17.
When going out with co-workers, (especially if you’re more junior),
don’t buy a drink when you go there. Just stand without one and talk to
some of the more fun, mid-level employees who are drinking. They’ll
notice you’re empty-handed and demand to buy you your first drink.
18. Pay less for cab drivers.
In
major cities, cab drivers usually hate getting paid with credit cards.
So let’s say the fare is 12, just say “Sorry man, I have to pay with a
card I only have $10.
They almost always say
“$10 is fine”. Even if you were to say “I can’t tip if I pay in cash, I
only have $12… I’ll have to use a card” they’ll say “$12 is fine.”
Then you pay $12 and get away without tipping, and it was their choice, not yours (as far as they know).
19.
Put clear skateboard grip tape over licence plate. People will be able
to read it easily, but cameras that flash will get a bright blur.
20. Please don’t try this PLEASE!
If
you think you’re pregnant, take around 300-600mg of Vitamin C a day for
2-3 days. This ups the estrogen in your body and causes
contractions/cramps, therefore inducing your period. Just saved you $300
and a hasty abortion.
21. Change the
contact information of the boys you are flirting with in your phone to
girls name to stop your boyfriend from getting possessive. To remember
who they are, put their real name as the company they work for – or use
the same initials.
22. Be an expert book thief
It’s
not hard to flip through a book in the bookstore’s café until you find
the magnetic sticker that activates the alarms and peel that little
sucker right out.
23. Don’t like someone at work?
Wait
for when their computer is unlocked then send dick pics to a woman in
the office that you’ll know will report it to the HR. Person gone.
24. Unplug the Ethernet cord from a coinstar machine and it won’t charge a commission.
25. Finally, if you need new tires for your car, rent a car with compatible tires and switch.