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Originally posted by Blistex
Are you sure that this "Guessing the Code" isn't just the clerk inside getting tired of hearing the "error beep" and hitting the "start wash" button so that you stop making that annoying beeping sound?
I had a friend that worked at a shell station with a wash and that's what he did if the person got the code wrong more than three times.
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This what I think is happening. Seems risky to do often. To eliminate some of the risk, I would:
1. buy a legitimate car wash and save the receipt
2. use the hack that you described, keeping the receipt in case you get questioned.
If you get busted, just show the paid car wash receipt and act like you are too stupid to figure out the machine.
On a side note, here is a carwash-related scam that I wondered if it would work. At this gas station that I go to, the pump askes you if you want a car wash after you fill up and if you say yes, it adds it to your credit card at the pump and prints out a receipt. With a fill-up, you save $1 on a car wash. i.e a $5 wash costs you $4.
When I get to the car wash and enter the code, the display says "Credit $5" then you press start to procede.
I wonder if I can "cash out" at this point and get $5 in change (making $1 on my original investment)?
Has anybody tried this?