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The Rat Shack Discount
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How many of you shop at rat shack for any reason? Need a new tone
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dialer since yours got stepped on? Need some more solder for creating that
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new box? Like getting discounts just for the hell of it? This is your place.
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Background. Tandy Corporation owns radio shack. They also own some
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other stores as well, making them a pretty big company. One of the things
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you get when working at ANY Tandy store is a discount at all the others.
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Most people don't realize this, but Computer City is owned by Tandy as well.
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Since Tandy treats their employees like total shit, this is your chance to
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take a little out of them on each purchase. Take into account that since
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Rat Shacks litter the country, they have a virutal monopoly on small
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electronic parts. Thus, they can get away with unbelievable mark ups on
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their items. Thus, ripping the customer off.
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Go into radio shack. Get whatever you want, and take it up to the
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counter. Tell them that you work for Computer City and get your employee
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discount. Most Rat Shack employees will know about Computer City being in
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the chain, but know nothing else about it. From there they will ask what
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discount you recieve. According to Tandy, you get 10% off at all Rat Shacks
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if you work at Computer City. So make sure you say 10% (If you said 25% or
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something, they probably wouldn't question you though). 100% of the time
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that friend's have used this, they have NOT checked to see if it is true.
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So now you can but whatever you want at a decent discount. 10% may not seem
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like a big discount but look at it this way. 10% is more than your tax rate.
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So at the least you are taking a little money from the government. At most
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you are taking 10% from Tandy Corporation which really deserves to rot in
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hell. The ONLY thing they have brough us is a single place where you can
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buy anything you need for your phreaking desires.
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When you purchase the items they will ask you for two pieces
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of information. First, your store number. If you don't know a computer
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city store number you can do one of two things. Call your local
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Computer City (If they have one in your area), ask for customer service,
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and just ask "What is your store number?". They will usually tell you without
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a question. OR, you can use this one: 29-5260. That is the store number
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for the Computer City in Denver, CO. The format for their store codes is
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29-5XXX with it usually being either 52XX or 51XX depending on the region.
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The second thing they will ask you for is your social security number.
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The only thing to remember here is that they begin with a number between
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2-5. So don't say "866-69-1010" or something. Also remember the number you
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use in case the person is a gimp and doesn't type it in right, and has to
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ask you again.
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Free New Car Engine
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Deadkat made me aware of this one, and it is quite nice.
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Jiffy Lube offers a guarantee on their work that goes something like
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this: They will repair/replace any damaged piece/component of your
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car that is damaged due to their work.
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Go do their spiffy 10 minute oil change at a distant Jiffy Lube.
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After they are done, pay and drive off. A little ways down the road
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pull over somewhere where you can't be seen, and get under your car. Loosen
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or remove the oil pan drain plug. Whatever it takes to make oil drip out
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or leak. Keep driving as the oil drains. After a while your engine will
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overheat, and probably seize. Bingo. Their faulty workmanship caused
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your engine to blow up. Have your car towed back to the Jiffy Lube and
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demand to see their manager. Tell them you were driving down the road
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enjoying life, and your engine blew up and you don't know why. Tell them
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you just came from there hours earlier, and want them to look at it and
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find out what is wrong.
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Through persistance and social engineering, you should be able to
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convinve him(since they will find the reason it happened quite easily)
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that they fucked up and you suffered. Although this is a little more
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hardcore, it can pay off quite well, especially if you have an old piece
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of shit for a car.
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Free Books
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Find the company that publishes the book you want. Call them up.
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Here is an example of what you would say.
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"Hi. My name is Hank Poecher and I am teaching a class on _________
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at __________ College (Highschool). I would like to get a review copy of your
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book called 'Eye kAn hAcK!@#!". The ISBN number is 3038661010."
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Usually they will be more than glad to send you a copy as
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it will be bought by every student, and spread more. If they would
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like to charge you, just mention the above fact. Many computer related
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or school type books are getting pretty expensive, so this comes in
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handy.
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Free Software II
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Even though I mentioned one way to get software, this method
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is ideal for those bigger software packages out there. This is a sample
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conversation you can use. Call up the company who makes/distributes
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the software...
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"Hi there, my name is Chester Karma and I am authoring a new
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book called 'Business Software for the PC' and would like to review your
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product. Could you send me a copy of your package please?"
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Usually they are willing, but sometimes there are two objections
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to this, or two catches. Sometimes they will want the request in writing.
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This is not a problem. Just write out a letter telling them exactly what
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they want to hear. Since you are not doing anything in illegal, send it
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to your house. They will not do anything since the potential for a good
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review in a major book is a wet dream to them. Sometimes they will ask
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who your publisher is, and you can drop any name to a MAJOR publisher,
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or mention that you aren't sure yet, or that you are self published.
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In any case, just sound convincing.
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