Originally Posted by nwflyboy

While I agree with some of your post about how people approach this, I'd disagree with this:



Many of us take this "slow and steady, under the radar" approach - aka The Long Game. Not everyone is a greedy a-hole.

I'm convinced the long game is the way to go for many reasons, both personally and collectively. Those who go "all in" not only cause the deals to get shut down more quickly for everyone, they also get smacked down individually. Some don't care about either, but speaking for myself, I've been benefitting from this game for over 20 years, and my relationship with the credit card companies (and other things) is far more valuable to me than the short-term gain I might be able to realize if I go to OD and buy their entire rack of gift cards and then just walk away from the smoking crater I helped bring upon myself and others. The idiots who do that deserve all the bad karma and other negativity they'll surely receive (one way or another).