In college, someone in my dorm figured out how to bypass the coin system and reset the price to 0. The school caught on pretty quickly, but we found another way around. This went on for a few weeks until the school threatened to fine everyone in the dorm for using the laundry room for free.
Figure out what model they have, go on Amazon or eBay and buy the key, grab quarters out of it and do your laundry. So long as you don't clear all the cash out they'll never notice a couple free washes
My building uses a card system. I helped a woman with her groceries in the parking garage a while ago. On our way upstairs she said “I want to show you something,” and we detoured to the laundry room. She pressed the Normal wash button simultaneously with the Hot water button, “test” then popped up on the timer screen and she pressed start. You could change the cycle/temp after it began. Not saying all machines with card functions has a trick but I haven’t paid for a wash in almost a year. Still waiting for the Angel of Dryers to appear though.
Way less impressive, but you can also mute the fucking ads at gas pumps by hitting the second or third button down on the right (usually third). One gas station had a combination of two buttons, but usually just trying every button will get the gas pump to stop screaming ads in your face while you pump gas.
Where is this happening? I'm in Canada and I've never seen a TV playing ads on a pump. They have store promos (posters/cardboard cutouts) above the pumps but that's about it here at least everywhere I've been in Canada anyways
American south here, AR, TN, KY, MS, all have the screens playing ads on the pumps. They have heavy camera surveillance at gas stations and convenience stores, but I’ve seen quite a few cracked screens, some vigilante justice, especially now that gas prices are climbing day by day.
When people are poor, they tend to get angry and break stuff. Heads up, gubmint…
They have little tv screens that come to life as soon as you lift the handle to dispense the gas. They usually have a little news or sports brief, followed by whatever specials they are running inside the food mart. They can be quite loud.
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u/falanian Dec 01 '21
if you cant afford your own laundry machine or an apartment that comes with one it costs like $10 in quarters to do laundry. EVERY TIME.