Pays for Itself
U/Portarossa: “If you’re in the UK, there’s an insurance…called Compare the Market. The way they set themselves apart…is by having an…set of rewards schemes called Meerkat Movies and Meerkat Meals…you can get two for one cinema tickets…for the latter, you can get two for one food at a fair number of restaurants…You get a year’s worth of access to both programs whenever you buy insurance through them.
One day’s worth of travel insurance for a UK-based trip will set you back about £1.50, which means that you’re almost certainly going to save money by getting it as long as you use the program once in that year. I’m pretty sure it’s not how they intended it to be used, but I’ve saved a fortune (and still ended up getting my actual insurance with someone else).”
Jumping for Joy
U/shaidyn: “There’s an arcade near me where games give out tickets…you exchange the tickets for prizes. The game works like this. There’s a giant oval with a light that travels around it. When the light gets to the bottom, you’re supposed to jump to avoid it. The longer you play, the faster it goes, until it’s literally too fast to avoid…but then I wondered, ‘How does it know I jumped?’
I look around and see no lasers, so I assume it’s a pressure plate on the game pad. Well, there’s no way for that pressure plate to distinguish between a ‘jump’ and a ‘tap’. So I’d start up the game…and just slap the pressure plate with my hand whenever the light got close. I was able to rack up a thousand tickets in no time and bought some baller stuff for my friend’s birthday.”