Originally Posted by
Astrophsx
When "it did exist" it yielded far more results than coins ever have.
Yes, when Bing Cashback was great, especially the good old days when the max rebate was $250 instead of $200, and the percent was 35%. 8% not so exciting.
Still don't know why you call it the '$2 bill scheme'. I'd call it the 'bing cashback scheme' instead. But, I guess you wanted to impress us and pretend you had an original idea or something. Had you said 'bing cashback' instead you would have not seen all of these people sending PM's all over the place asking about the '$2 bill deal'. I guarantee you that more than 90% of people here already knew about bing cashback. But when you call it a "$2 bill scheme" so you can pretend you're clever and found something new, you get lot's of people asking questions about a "$2 bill scheme".
Originally Posted by
Astrophsx
Buying and selling of gold bullion was very popular and widely talked about on many different forums to take advantage of cashback and rebates.
For the record, I was one of those guys who bought bullion. But, I guarantee you when BCB was only 8% it wasn't worth it. Better off going to a trusted discount broker like apmex, coloradogold or bulliondirect. Most of the ebay coin dealers marked up their prices over spot rate to exactly match whatever the bing rebate was. Nonetheless good deals could be found, but, certainly NOT with consistency as the coins. Also, assuming you didn't create new ebay accounts and bing accounts, you were limited in the number of cashback transactions AND yearly cashback. When the coins were at their best, there was no limit on rebates other than your credit line and the suspension of your truck.
Originally Posted by
Astrophsx
These weren't sham transactions. They were purchased from legit currency dealers/collectors following all ebay policies to the best of my knowledge.
lmfao:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/13467291-post8044.html
Originally Posted by
Astrophsx
The idea was to take advantage of the bing cashback via ebay.
I'd sell him the coins via ebay and the cashback would cover ebay/paypal/shipping fees.
Then once he got the coins it would be reversed. Do this back and forth till the yearly bing/ebay limit was reached.
Was trying to come up with ideas in December when the NA coins were no longer shipping.
If not 'sham transactions' what do you call it then?
At any rate, I don't care. Glad you made it work. I would not waste my time with that for an 8% rebate that barely covers the ebay and paypal fees, AND at the risk that ebay/bing/paypal figures this out and denies your rebate.
Regardless, back to my main point, you were describing the "bing/live cashback deal", NOT "a $2 bill scheme". I made the bing/live cashback work very well for myself, thank you. And didn't limit my creativity to $2 bills.