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Originally Posted by broadwayblue
Net cost is $470 for 300 $2 bills, or $1.56 each!
If it all goes through. 60 days away for the refund provides considerable time for Microsoft and eBay to decide to disallow it.
Even the article in the link provided pointed out that "It remains to be seen whether or not attempts for free money such as these will work; Microsoft, eBay and the eBayer have all so far declined to respond to requests for comment."
It could go down that you end up paying $718 for 300 $2 bills, or $2.39 each.
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I got my package Saturday. Please, let's not kill the golden goose: unwrap and circulate the coins! I'm planning to use mine at whatever store doesn't take credit cards. Maybe handling these coins will make them reconsider
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Originally Posted by mahasamatman
A bank?
I had a friend who used to get batches of crisp new $2 bills and would bind them into a pad so he could tear them off one at a time. He got some funny looks.
Yeah, I just had a cashier ask her supervisor "if we take these." It's good for a laugh.
If it all goes through. 60 days away for the refund provides considerable time for Microsoft and eBay to decide to disallow it.
Even the article in the link provided pointed out that "It remains to be seen whether or not attempts for free money such as these will work; Microsoft, eBay and the eBayer have all so far declined to respond to requests for comment."
It could go down that you end up paying $718 for 300 $2 bills, or $2.39 each.
I'll bet my $2 bills it will all go through. There were no disclaimers against purshasing currency. MSFT doesn't want bad press and lawsuits because they deny a few people who work the system to their advantage.
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Originally Posted by DoubleJ
If it all goes through. 60 days away for the refund provides considerable time for Microsoft and eBay to decide to disallow it.
Even the article in the link provided pointed out that "It remains to be seen whether or not attempts for free money such as these will work; Microsoft, eBay and the eBayer have all so far declined to respond to requests for comment."
It could go down that you end up paying $718 for 300 $2 bills, or $2.39 each.
well, i bought two things i needed, captured/printed screens and paid what i normally would have paid anyway.
it's like a magic genie - you get three purchases.
worst case scenario i don't lose anything.
maybe i make a little money, but i don't stand to lose anything.
eta: why do wal mart gift cards sell above the face value? "wal mart gift card" with these parameters: buy it now, $400 - $1000 yields three returns - all over $500 for $500 cards and as high as $600.
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Last edited by Sam - DFW; Jun 23, 08 at 11:16 am.
Reason: ebay question
eta: why do wal mart gift cards sell above the face value? "wal mart gift card" with these parameters: buy it now, $400 - $1000 yields three returns - all over $500 for $500 cards and as high as $600.
because the buyers end up getting them for less than face after cash back. some people are just looking for an easy way to make a buck.
Ordered my two boxes today. Order receipt says they are backordered with an expected ship date of 08 Jul. My plan is to circulate a box and deposit a box. Thanks OP, a nice way to recoup some miles since UA is only giving actual miles flown vice 500 min. I will order the next set when available in a couple months time if the free shipping remains in place.
So it appears John Quincy Adams is the only one available... Can you get the previous 3 in the same fashion?
Actually, the previous 5, but at this time, it does not appear that they are offering the Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe coins. It would be nice if they would.
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Originally Posted by cvn74n2
Ordered my two boxes today. Order receipt says they are backordered with an expected ship date of 08 Jul.
I wouldn't put much credibility in that expected ship date. (See next.)
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Originally Posted by DoubleJ
I ordered mine 6/13. When I first ordered, expected shipping date was 6/28. Two days ago it was 7/4. Yesterday it changed to 7/5. Today I see it's 7/6. At this rate the Gerald Ford dollar will be out before I receive my order!
Yep, sure enough, here it is two days later and the expected shipping date for my order has also been pushed back two days (to 7/8).
