Here are a few creative examples of ways to take advantage of the Microsoft* Bing Cashback insanity:
Combine Bing with other discounts: Computer deal - Solid state disk drive (OCZ Summit 120GB)
- Amazon price: $388.04
- Shop TigerDirect through Bing.com (search for "tiger direct" to get 12.5% back, instead of the usual 10%)
Buy the disk drive (item #O261-6218) for $369.99 plus $1.99 for shipping- Get your $46.25 from Bing instantly (it should show up on your checkout page)
- Pay with PayPal to get $20 back on your $200+ purchase (works with Bing because it's not a coupon and your invoice doesn't show any PayPal discount)
- Get a $40 rebate from OCZ
- Net price: $265.73
Using the price match**: North Face Denali jacket
- Regular price: $165
- Shop Altrec through Bing or shop Moosejaw through Bing
- Find your favorite Denali jacket at FULL PRICE (i.e. one that is NOT one of the hideous colors from last season, incidentally only available in fluorescent purple in XXL) and buy it at full price
- Get your 24.2% back from Bing ($39.92)
- Call in to price match by giving them the link the jacket at a cheaper price, like SunnySports for $117.95 and get 105% of the price difference ($49.35); N.B.: do the price matching AFTER you buy, because you want to get the Bing cashback on the regular price, not the discounted price
- Final price: $75.68
* Actually, the stores pay Microsoft for the advertising, but I have a
sneaking suspicion that Microsoft adds some of its own marketing budget
to the fire during these Double Savings Days.
** Don't feel bad about taking advantage of price matching. The primary reason retailers have it is to dissuade other retailers from cutting prices (in which case everyone has low prices and no one can gain market share). It's a way for them to collude to hold prices artificially high.


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