Originally Posted by
thehawk75
But you see... many of us are 'beating the system'. That's what a bulk of this thread is about.
I've read this thread enough to know that if you are currently "beating the system", it is largely due to random factors outside of your control -- in other words, the US Mint inconsistently applying its own rules. What you may have successfully accomplished can be shown by others not to have worked for them. Of course, if you are using different shipping addresses, different billing addresses, different e-mail addresses, different credit cards, and different frequent flyer programs to accomplish your goals, then I guess you can claim to have "beat the system", but it still doesn't get you to the $20k spend on one credit card that kicked off this dialogue.