• phanto@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    You can’t cancel your reservation within 24 hours. You can rebook it. Okay, rebook it for one week out. Call back a day later, cancel.

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    6 months ago

    If you get married the tradition is for one partner to change their last name to match so both have the same last name.

    We didn’t do that, so we have different last names.

    So when you sign up for services that offer (x) months free or discounted cost per unique household, you use one name, cancel, and sign up under the other name. They don’t know you’re married, don’t know if it’s a rental, or don’t know if it’s a roommate thing. So when we were poor AF we could save a lot of $ on services at least for a few months or so. Usually cable tv that offered a 6-month discount.

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      6 months ago

      Even with the same last name they don’t know you’re married. We share a last name and have done this a few times before.

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        3 months ago

        Very late to this. But! If anyone tries to call you on having the same last name and address, depending on the service, you might get away with saying you got a divorce, and whoever was on the old account has moved out 😅

  • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 months ago

    In Australia most retailers discount specific items for “members”. Being a member is free but you need to sign up with your contact details. They will give you a card but no one carries a million cards so cashier’s just ask for your phone number.

    The Australian Communications and Media Authority administers phone numbers in Australia and they publish a list of phone numbers which may not be used by telco’s and are reserved for the exclusive use in TV shows, films, and creative works.

    I made a note of one of the numbers in my phone, and provide that when asked. Loads of other people are doing this so the number is always registered at every shop.

    The conversation usually goes:

    • cashier: are you a club member?
    • me: yes.
    • cashier: what’s your number ?
    • me: <ACMA number>
    • cashier: oh. wow. there seems to be hundreds of people with this number. what’s your name?
    • me: oh really? who’s there?
    • cashier: uh, nigel, john, luke…
    • me: I’m Luke.

    I’ve been doing this on a weekly basis since reading about it in another thread (on reddit) a few years ago. I’ve never encountered a problem and I’ve received thousands of dollars in discounts. I would’ve gotten those discounts anyway but would’ve had to sign up with my personal number in order to receive them.