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.