Recurring Charges
U/throwawayyour_TV: “You know how those sites that you can buy access for 3 months then have to cancel or they continue to charge you? I went down and spent $50 on an amex gift card, the kind that is just like a credit card but not tied to you in any way.
I went around and used up the $50 on multiple sites, knowing that after the 3 months the money was gone, and they couldn’t charge a card w/o money on it. Took them a couple years to figure it out and cut me off. Don’t hate the player, hate the game.”
Parking Predicament
“In undergrad, parking where you don’t belong gets you a ticket. I ALWAYS parked where I didn’t belong (teacher and visitor lots especially) because everything else was taken, and these were right up close to my dorm/class. So unpaid tickets accumulate, and are then applied to your tuition balance so that you must pay them before you can register for the next semester (or before you get your diploma, in the case of seniors.)
But as a member of the honors college, I was on 100% tuition scholarship. So these tickets were tacked on, and then wiped clear. They caught on about halfway through junior year, but by then I had literally wallpapered an entire wall of my room with over $2000 worth of blue parking tickets.”