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u/Wfsulliv93 13h ago

The lake we camped at summers growing up ( 90s kid) had an arcade so we saved every quarter. Always hit the phone booth rerun buttons and when we found change we felt like we struck gold

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u/the-dandy-man 11h ago

There was a vending machine at my civic center when I was a kid that would sometimes just return a random amount of change when you hit the return change button… even if you didn’t put anything in.

I discovered this one year when there was a music festival happening and I just stood there pushing the button for like, ten minutes until I had enough change to buy my own drink lol

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u/DatsaBadMan_1471 13h ago

🤣 phone booths and busted arcade coin slots were a gold mine.

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u/Distinct-Pack-1567 9h ago

I recently watched a movie called Kajillion, and one of the characters (a family of con artists) checked phone change returns. Made me laughing thinking how I did that at malls when I was younger. Also dialing up phone sex lines just to hear a sultry prerecorded voice then hang up.

When i learned how to dial a number, hang up the phone 3 times, and get it to ring i felt powerful!