Interesting PM tactics

[bolido2000]

I was reading in other forums on how to use coupons properly and PM with AMEX.
Here's an example:

Buy something Y at staples for 200.
Add another item X for 40 dollars.
Total 240 - 40 off coupon = 200.

Say you found item Y somewhere else for 150.
Return item X and ask for store credit instead of CC refund (so AMEX won't know).
Total cost for Y: 200 - 40- 50 = 110!!

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That's pretty slick. It is also fraud. You now have two weeks away from our forums. You can use it either to practice being a thief or to consider how wrong your idea is.

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[ironkiten]

that's pretty slick
too bad i don't have AMEX Blue

 

[XeonTux]

Doing that inentionally is fraudulant. All it will do in the long run is make rules tougher for the rest of us

 

[weepul]

u guys are lucky u even have AMEX Blue. I've applied twice and have been rejected twice. you shouldn't take advantage of it like that.

 

[hans007]

amex blue isnt gonna last forever. the money you guys rape from amex is far more than the money they will ever make off you on finanace charges and store 3% credit card charges. enjoy it while it lasts. and another thing this is gonna get locked

 

[Ringer]

Just another kid abusing the AMEX system.....JEEZ!, Where are the moral parents in this world?



p.s. crap away ....

 

[greg]

Use the system to within an inch of its life. The other whiners are the same ones that complain that buy.com won't honor the 99 cent 18" LCD.

 

[FPSguy]

This doesn't make sense. It's item Y you are price matching, and you are keeping item Y, so you don't have anything to hide from AmEx. Also, if you are talking about a $40 off $200 coupon available for certain stores, why did you need to buy item X and then return it? You were already at $200 with item Y. And, if item X got you over the limit to use the coupon, and then you return item X, the stores usually take off the coupon as well.

If you meant to be returning the same item that you are price matching, but hiding the return from AmEx (which is not what you have described above), I agree that is fraudulent and if you ever get caught the consequences will be far more severe than any money you saved through all that effort.