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- From: kherron@ms.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron)
- Subject: Re: Make money off of credit card?
- References: <1992Nov2.031615.21203@netcom.com>
- <1992Nov5.062401.19479@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
- <1992Nov8.081000.12911@u.washington.edu>
- <1992Nov11.020720.9926@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.203602.18792@ms.uky.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 01:36:01 GMT
- Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
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- reb@Ingres.COM (Phydeaux) writes:
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- >In article <1992Nov8.081000.12911@u.washington.edu> tzs@carson.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes:
- >>Assuming you want a GM car, what's to stop you from buying a lot of
- >>stuff on the GM card, then returning the stuff for a a refund, and using
- >>the refund to pay off the credit card bill before interest accrues? Repeat
- >>until you've reached the maximum GM rebate.
-
- >What's to stop you? The $500/year rebate limit.
-
- Besides which: When you return an item you bought with a credit card,
- your refund is supposed to be in the form of a credit card uh, credit.
- This lets the merchant get back the 3% he paid Visa/MC/whomever. In
- which case, GM probably deducts that portion of the rebate.
-
- Some merchants might give you a cash refund, but I think they'd start to
- catch on after a while.
- --
- Kenneth Herron kherron@ms.uky.edu
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