At the cigar store at Mandalay Bay in Vegas I requested an expensive rare cigar. I figured there was a 99% they wouldn't sell this specific brand/type. They guy shook his head no, they didn't carry it. But then he remembered they had a 4 cigar sample pack of the exact type I wanted. It was just something they had by chance that a distributor dropped off to them ages ago. Or possibly they didn't sell this type anymore. It wasn't on the shelf, it was hidden away in a storage vault. It wasn't on the shelf so it wasn't on the price list...the guy didn't know what to do so he gave it to me for free. I thought that was pretty amazing, an unexpected loophole jackpot, considering I would have paid $50+. The exploitation: I went back every day when there was a different clerk and asked for the cigar...played the same scenario out until I got at least 3 of the 4 pack of cigars in the vault for free.

It was funny one of the times I was playing dumb, asked if they carried my brand/type. The clerk straight up said no, being unaware of the 4 pack in the storage. I had to improvise and casually suggest they should check their vault just in case. Of course they found the cigars I knew were there and I had to act surprised so I could guilt them into a free cigar.