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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 11:40 am
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Originally Posted by Mountain Trader
It turned out that just about everyone responding took the high road, advising to report the error. Yet there's people who buy on one credit card to earn miles, then return the item on another to avoid returning the miles. There's folks who repeatedly sign-up for bonuses available only once to new customers using multiple email accounts. I wonder why those folks didn't respond to my question. Maybe the word "Ethics" in the title scared them off. It seems to me that some of this stuff is a fine line, some is a matter of personal opinion but some of it is just wrong. Why is it that people who wouldn't dream of shoplifting don't think twice about other, equally wrong behavior?
I would bet the folks who suggested you take the high road wouldn't do the things you mention either. Although I have seen them discussed here on FT, I don't believe most FT'ers resort to such questionable practices in general.
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