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And if you click on top of this page, you get the CORRECT information:
"To get the Kingston Technology 1GB Secure Digital Card for $4.95 from Buy.com, you will need to pad your order with at least $2.05 worth of additional merchandise to get your total to $30. This will allow you to use Google checkout to save $10 instantly. You will then need to send in the $13 rebate which is good through 10/14/06. Shipping is free"
Enough said, purging all dealmac bookmarks from my Safari and FireFox
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I gave up sending them deals when they wpuldn't list it (on multiple occasions) and finally when they responded that they found a cheaper version on one deal -- the one I found was brand new; theirs was a refurb with 1/12 the warranty for $5 less...
Occasionally a deal in their "tips" forum is better than the front page...
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Spend $2 to save $8 (and other values) is a pretty common thing in the cheapskate world.
On Fatwallet, people go up to spending $25 to save $5 (To use $30 off $150 coupons).
But there are lots of other 'quirks' with the system used over at dealmac. User satisfaction is certainly not their top priority.
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"User satisfaction is certainly not their top priority."
Right you are Grimmy.
I stopped using DM after TigerDirect and ChumpUSA became two of their 'most favored' dealers.
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The Google checkout deal is really good at Buy.com right now. You can use it multiple times for several orders over $30, so it could pay you to split your order, if you have several items, to get more "instant $10 off "credits.
You do have to read all the rebate and instant savings deals carefully. The ones I hate the worst are the ones where even the "free" shipping requires a rebate. Free shipping is usually the main thing that will make me choose one vendor over another, but not if it requires a rebate just for the shipping.
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[quote rgG]The Google checkout deal is really good at Buy.com right now. You can use it multiple times for several orders over $30, so it could pay you to split your order, if you have several items, to get more "instant $10 off "credits.
You do have to read all the rebate and instant savings deals carefully. The ones I hate the worst are the ones where even the "free" shipping requires a rebate. Free shipping is usually the main thing that will make me choose one vendor over another, but not if it requires a rebate just for the shipping.
Sears does this with their shipping. I hate it.
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I've become a bit wary of items from "new" merchants as quite a few of the, according to resellerratings.com, are less than trustworthy.