I won't share the name of the company, for obvious reasons. (No, not greed, but 'cause I like the company.)
I just noticed this and went back through older statements and it is consistently like this.
I get cash back on credit card purchases. If I buy something and then get a refund, I still keep my cash back. So, if I buy something for $200 and get $6 in cash back, I can then return the item for a refund and still keep the $6 that was my reward.
So, I just have to find stuff that's easy to return for a refund, buy and return it, and reap the rewards! It's pretty much free money!
Alas, I don't actually need the money. I just happened to notice this 'cause I had to return something and have been waiting for the refund to go through. Also, it's a whole lot of effort for something that's 'free'. You'd probably make more money by going to work.
Finally, I am going to assume there's some sort of threshold before they notice and take back the 'free' money - but I'm not seeing an instance of where they've done so for the entire time I have had this account. I don't return stuff often, so I could well be below the threshold where they give a crap.
I just noticed this and went back through older statements and it is consistently like this.
I get cash back on credit card purchases. If I buy something and then get a refund, I still keep my cash back. So, if I buy something for $200 and get $6 in cash back, I can then return the item for a refund and still keep the $6 that was my reward.
So, I just have to find stuff that's easy to return for a refund, buy and return it, and reap the rewards! It's pretty much free money!
Alas, I don't actually need the money. I just happened to notice this 'cause I had to return something and have been waiting for the refund to go through. Also, it's a whole lot of effort for something that's 'free'. You'd probably make more money by going to work.
Finally, I am going to assume there's some sort of threshold before they notice and take back the 'free' money - but I'm not seeing an instance of where they've done so for the entire time I have had this account. I don't return stuff often, so I could well be below the threshold where they give a crap.