• godlessworm [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    2 days ago

    does anyone remember back in like 2011 when people on 4chan were making fake coupons to get free playstations and shit? i got so many free hotpockets. was always too scared to try with the bigger ticket items but the coupons i tried all worked.

    • Enjoyer_of_Games [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 day ago

      I can’t imagine it working on a big ticket item. When someone walks out with a TV and the employees walk up and meekly say “plz no steal” it’s not always bootlicking like a lot of people on here oft assume but also a way of employees simply covering themselves in case the boss notices and decides to go looking for someone to blame. No-one is worried about losing their job over a hotpocket but giving someone a playstation in an obvious scam is not easy to explain away.