Comment by stronglikedan
6 days ago
> his bill was less than a dime for what must have been two carts worth of groceries (early 2000s)
Ah, yes, the coupon cutters that would spend all of their free time trying to get a deal. But if they were happy doing it, then who am I to judge.
He did it more out of necessity, originally, but when I met him, yeah, it was "for fun". Among the other stories I found to be true was "I worked at KFC for $8/hr and owned a home[0]"
[0] In a lower-middle-class neighborhood.
Now I want more of these stories. I've met couple of drummers among sitarists in life but you've got 17 years(!) worth of stories :D
tangentially, i really like that turn of phrase (drummers among sitarists) :)
More likely he learned the algorithm to create fake coupons himself. If I recall correctly it's literally just the UPC and how much to take off. There was NO security to the system.