Monday, July 28, 2008

real world hack .. free shipping

imagine a store X that has both a physical and online presence. X offers only free shipping if your purchase exceeds Y$, however it allows you to return the purchased items in-store without charge.

simple hack (discovered by accident): purchase items worth more than Y$ (including whatever you really want). return the undesired items in-store once they arrive. u effectively got the desired item shipped for free :-) (modulo the cost of having to go and return in store)

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