Con game
2007-07-03 15:27:23.99859+00 by Dan Lyke 2 comments
My credit card company sends along a little "customer thank-you reward" slip of paper with the bill. The little slip gives you 7 items, from a cordless screwdriver to a pedometer to wireless headphones, the kind of thing you'd expect to see for $10 at a dollar store. It lets you choose some number of each, and says "Each is yours for just $9.97 charged to your account and shipping and handling is included", but over on the left it says that the "Maximum Reward Value" is $112.00, and that:
Maximum reward is based on selecting four each of the three highest valued items...
Sooo... let me see if I've got this right: If I manage to choose right I'm still out $7.64? They even tell you what the game is.
Wow. Just wow.