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my ISP sent me a mail, offering an exclusive deal to get a credit card that was without extra charges for life, plus a huge number of freebies, cash backs, discounts and stuff. i clicked the link to the sign up form. i clicked on the sign up button. nothing happened.

i checked the source code. apparently the submit button was supposed to call a javascript function, but the function name was misspelled. so i entered javascript:doFormSubmit or whatever the function was called, in the address bar.

the application was accepted.

i checked the day before the offer expired. the form code still had the typo.

i'd like to believe i'm the only guy who got the 40% discount on a new microwave over and a new tv and 2 years of 25% discount on movie tickets :)




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