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    Classic! Coupons for sale -

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by dajoip, Aug 10, 2007.

  1. dajoip

    dajoip Notebook Consultant

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    Go onto Ebay, you'll find that people are selling the $325 coupon from $0.99 to $2.99! I guess this probably happens all the time, I just never realized it - too funny!
     
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    well some people sell 1 time use coupons as well, so at least those are worth it.
     
    hlcc, Aug 10, 2007
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    Yeah, it's pretty depressing, actually. I have no problem with people selling one-time use codes- I've been known to spend a dollar or two to get a one-time $30 off $150 at Staples- but selling a widely available code is pretty scummy. The worst, though, are the people who make a pdf of a coupon and sell it- a bunch of people are doing that with the Circuit City $40 off $199, scans of which are readily available for free for people who want to try to pull off using them.
     
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    I got a $100 coupon and I need to sell it. I will put it up on ebay (it only works for epp purchases sadly)
     
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  5. dajoip

    dajoip Notebook Consultant

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    The selling of one-time use coupons that aren't widely available isn't all that humorous. The fact that a few people are making some big bucks selling widely available coupons (they actually let people use the code first, THEN come back to pay them for it - and people DO it) is what's funny to me. I realize it's only a dollar or two, but c'mon people!
     
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    if you looked at the auction you would of noticed they tell you the code and then hope you will go back and pay them for it.
     
    lordofericstan, Aug 10, 2007
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    dajoip Notebook Consultant

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    Right, that's what I said. First of all, I can't believe people sell these things, secondly I can't believe people are dumb enough to pay for them!
     
    dajoip, Aug 10, 2007
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