Your Best and Favourite Loopholes and Hacks 2025

Fat Horny Ghost on 12/01/2025 - 07:15
Last edited 13/01/2025 - 14:25 by 1 other user

What are some of your favourite hacks and loopholes that work in 2025?

Here are some of mine.

1. Getting more street parking spots in particular locations

I'm tired of people parking on the street leaving huge gaps in between the cars especially if it's outside your place.

I saw a video on this and decided to give it a try. I got fluro masking tape and then measured the parking spots to AS standards and taped the areas where they should have park in. Happy times! The next day, the cars were all beautifully parked within their respective spaces allowing more cars to fit in there. You can also do this with Chalk.

Doesn't always work but it helps nonetheless. Mod note: Altering road markings, even when not permanent, may not be legal or within local guidelines. Consult with your local council first.

2. Using generous new account / user promos from other countries

This is a game changer as you can get free or discounted travel, groceries, food and services etc.

When a multinational company is running a generous new user promo in Australia or another country. You can sign up with a new phone number from that country using cheap OTP services under a new number and email and then receive the new user bonus on the new account where it can also be used in Australia or wherever you intend to travel to.

Some of the accounts can receive $20, $40, $60 and even $100 in credit each or new user bonuses but use as your own caution as your main account can be restricted.

Some people are selling these and offering services or accounts at a discount of 50%+ so they do all the work and you just buy the services/goods off them. That's all I'm going to share regarding this.

3. Using sodastream for sparkling water and soft drinks and mixers

I used to buy lots of canned sparkling water and soft drinks deals from Ozbargain and sometimes at retail price when I'm out of stock. Ever since I've gotten a Sodastream, it's been a game changer. Combine it with Hack 2 and you get free or very cheap Sodastream refills when the promos are running.

I'm still looking for a cheap place to refill these in Sydney for $10. But you can get it refilled in other cities via third party businesses for $10 or DIY with a CO2 tank but I'd rather not DIY.

4. Free YouTube premium, Spotify and others using Modded Apps

There's plenty of modded apps for anything like YouTube and Spotify. Just download setup and go. These apps also offer additional useful settings. I haven't bought Spotify or YouTube premium for years. Warning: Use at your own risk as your login details could easily get leaked.

I'm currently running the following:
Instagram - Instander (no ads and additional privacy settings)
YouTube - Revanced (no ads, skip in video promos etc.)
Spotify - Spotify X (no ads and can choose songs)
Facebook - Revanced (no ads)

5. Disposable payment methods

There are a variety of providers that allow you to use virtual disposable payment details to prevent ongoing subscription renewals, special charges or risk getting card details stolen. I use a variety of Revolut, Upbank (virtual card) and prepaid vanilla cards.

6. Getting free feeds and drinks

The tech industry is rife with 'networking and industry events'. Many of these free events come with free feeds and drinks. You can follow some of the 'social butterflies' on LinkedIn who would share some of these events and learn something along the way, mingle with tech people and go to the events posted on various websites including Facebook, LinkedIn, Meetup, Eventbrite etc.

7. Always book at a restaurant or hotel as a birthday, anniversary or some special occassion

I posted a thread about this one before. Great and funny way to embarass your friends or get better seating at a restaurant when you're on a date or something special for your next outing.

If you're staying at a 5 star hotel, make sure you have a preset saved of the standard special requests like double duck feather pillows or high profile / European pillows, higher floor with best views etc. You can try slip in a request to have a printed photo of your favourite person on a A4 paper to be left on the bed.

Cheap Seafood Supply Sydney
I'm still looking for the best way to get fresh cheap seafood daily in Sydney like they do with group buys elsewhere. Currently just buying from Sydney Fishmarket and my local Woolies or using Hack 2.

General Discussion

Comments

  • Gunnar on 12/01/2025 - 07:50
    +17

    I like to wear my $5k suit to get free cake on my ‘birthday’ and feel extra special about it, the guys on Ozbargain all think I’m a big deal

  • SBOB on 12/01/2025 - 08:13
    +10

    You can try slip in a request to have a printed photo of your favourite person on a A4 paper to be left on the bed.

    ChatGPT hallucinations or you just that wierd?

  • MS Paint on 12/01/2025 - 08:19
    +23

    Surely tip 1 is illegal.

    Edit: FFS it is. You can't go around creating or altering road markings. It is a criminal offence without approval even if you perform the act while eating free cake in a $5k suit.

    • SBOB on 12/01/2025 - 08:52
      +8

      even if you perform the act while eating free cake in a $5k suit

      But what if you say it's your birthday? Is it legal then?

      • MS Paint on 12/01/2025 - 08:55
        +1

        If you embarrass the magistrate in a funny way you will avoid conviction.

      • Jimothy Wongingtons on 12/01/2025 - 09:33
        +1

        It’s uh… it’s my first day

    • Gunnar on 12/01/2025 - 09:18
      +11

      The more the OP posts, the more I lose my opinion of him

      • Protractor on 12/01/2025 - 11:02
        +1

        the more I lose my opinion of him
        I think he may have the deficit covered.

    • Fat Horny Ghost on 12/01/2025 - 16:52
      -3

      That leaves some with no choice but to cut the lawn beside the kerbside, using the whipper snipper to write spot 1, 2 and 3 etc. to indicate where each of the allocated parking spaces should be. Would that be illegal?

      • MS Paint on 12/01/2025 - 17:32
        +3

        You do you. I don't give a flying flamingo.

  • Ozbar Gain on 12/01/2025 - 09:04
    +3

    This is amazing. 2025 is going to be my year of being frugal with these beautiful tips you've shared. Type yes if you believe it too

    • poboy on 12/01/2025 - 11:23
      +1

      Definitely a game changer. My pensioner mother coded from the savings after reading just the first two. RIP Betty.

  • theHMASfriendship on 12/01/2025 - 09:55
    +1

    Thank you for the tips, fat horny ghost

  • bohn on 12/01/2025 - 10:31
    +1

    You can sign up with a new phone number from that country using cheap OTP services under a new number

    this applies to:

    Getting free feeds and drinks

    as well (eg free nandos chips, guzman y gomez burrito, etc)

  • CantonasKungFuKick on 12/01/2025 - 10:38

    I tried Spotify X but could never get it to download songs, it always keeps asking to grant storage permissions, but I already have done

    • Fat Horny Ghost on 12/01/2025 - 17:33

      Mine can download

      Did you download from https://www.xmanagerapp.com/

      • CantonasKungFuKick on 12/01/2025 - 22:32

        I used the one from telegram.

        Just tried it from the xmanager link above but now when I press download it just spins once and doesn't download anything

        • Fat Horny Ghost on 13/01/2025 - 00:25

          Not sure sounds like something is wrong with your download settings.

  • SnowDragon on 12/01/2025 - 10:40
    +2

    Menulog regularly have $5 off $15 spend vouchers when picking up food on weekdays.

    If you are paying $10-12 for food at a location that has menulog you can just add a small snack or drink to get over the $15 mark and then use the voucher to bring it back down to $10-12

  • Protractor on 12/01/2025 - 11:16
    +23

    When you visit people , try to get a seat on their sofa so you can dive for coins when they aren't looking.
    Also take and use a take-away cup with you and have a thermos in the car. Decant leftover beverage to reheat later.
    Add water to milk in a separate carton in your fridge.Use that for guests,landlords and in laws.
    Collect roadside 10c containers, dressed like a tramp.Added bonus of the occasional sympathy gold coin donation from strangers.

  • poboy on 12/01/2025 - 11:25
    +9

    Every office has a recycling bin for superfluous printing. Take home the printing, add a touch of water for softening, then use it as toilet paper.

  • Clear on 12/01/2025 - 11:47
    +3

    Don't pay more rates for a bigger bin. Go for a drive and dump it in other bins or find a more rural area to dump it. Good for furniture. /s plz don't

    Alternatively if you need a couch or some firewood go for a drive down a rural road. You'll find plenty of furniture.

  • ihbh on 12/01/2025 - 11:51

    So you like to live fast and die young? Or are you trying to climb a ladder leaning against the wrong wall?

    I mean, instead of a soft drink hack, why not drink water, tea, etc?

    Free food can have a lot of high processing, high in animal protein and less whole food plant based.

    • Fat Horny Ghost on 12/01/2025 - 16:57

      I wouldn't be Fat Horny Ghost anymore

      That would make me a Healthy Angelic Human

  • 87percent on 12/01/2025 - 12:21
    +12

    Sit at McDonalds, and wait for people to leave and eat their left overs. Also works in KFC, Red Rooster, Hungry Jacks, and food courts. Doesn’t seem to work at Guzman though

  • morse on 12/01/2025 - 13:20

    How do you get cheap seafood using hack 2?

    • Fat Horny Ghost on 12/01/2025 - 16:43

      You use the bonus credit (usually $20) stacked with the new user 50% off discount to buy from seafood markets / grocery stores like Coles and Woolies.

      The third party services usually charge for delivery and fees, so better if you buy an preloaded account or DIY to avoid.

  • Moneyinthebank on 12/01/2025 - 21:37

    I buy my seafood in bulk and get it cheaper

    • Protractor on 12/01/2025 - 22:16

      Teach a man to fish….
      Wait, teach him to spot a piscatorial bargain, en masse…

      • Moneyinthebank on 12/01/2025 - 23:01
        +2

        No my trick to getting seafood cheaper is by telling them it's my birthday everytime

        • Protractor on 12/01/2025 - 23:06

          Sounds fishy, but if you do it while wearing a $500 [wet-]suit, you may do even better.
          Just tell 'em some shy team-leading, gravity challenged, turgid ghoul sent you.

    • kiitos on 13/01/2025 - 07:40

      Where do you buy it from?

  • someone else on 12/01/2025 - 23:13
    +1

    You lost me with number 1…

  • Emphasise on 13/01/2025 - 20:11
    +1

    Instagram - Instander

    I was a firm enjoyer of Instander but they haven't had any updates in a while. Ended up swapping to MyInsta.

    • Fat Horny Ghost on 13/01/2025 - 22:48

      Yes I noticed that and been a bit glitchy. Time to upgrade, thanks for the tip.

  • megaclix on 14/01/2025 - 14:10

    Shopping Cart Hack

    I've noticed that for some online stores, if you put items in the shopping cart, and then bugger off, they send you a reminder about items in your cart, and give you a 10% off code. You obviously need to be registered with them so they know your email address.

  • megaclix on 14/01/2025 - 14:14

    Hotel/Accommodation Hack

    When you have found that hotel you want to stay at, go and look-up the exact hotel on Trip Advisor. Search for your exact dates, and then it gives a price comparison between other sites. I can usually get between 5% to 20% extra off.

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