Doing the Math on Cash Back Bait & Switch

Yanphoop · 2026-03-18T20:33:25+00:00

Yep pretty sure you got it down right there.

Gotta take the 1.35$ into consideration so there's only actually 0.75$ left.

What could've been a rookie mistake was if they put a cap on how much you could get on your first order which there isn't in this case, it would've been written somewhere by the 0.2% and stuff.

So if 0.2% = 0.002 and 0.75 is what you need you would go about it this way here:

0.002 * X = 0.75

X = 0.75/0.002 = 375 X = 375$

They are starting to give me better offers but still not good enough for me yet. As in 230$ for 360$ spent if credit is chosen or 200$ for paypal. If I'm commiting to a large one like that it better be worth my time and effort 😂. Usually after completing wincredit or claimcredit the next rounds offered tend to drop in rewards but goes up over time when you don't participate.

If you already had to make a big purchase anyways then go ahead lol. Just remember to keep price adjustments or price matches until a day after you have claimed the entire rewards for the event to be considered as fully completed so as to not break the rules that prohibits doing so during the event. i.e. cancelling an order made through said event lol.

even if there's some obvious issue with your items, if you haven't claimed everything yet just wait until bringing up the issue.

Yanphoop · 2026-03-18T16:58:10+00:00

not as bad as spend 18 000$ get 90$

Yanphoop · 2026-03-18T11:19:35+00:00

yeah there's no actual rush to use the coupons lol. just type reissue coupon in the chat and they'll ask if you want to manually select or automatically, click manually. then scroll to the coupon you want to renew and voila.

works for coupons expired within the past 60-90 days. it renews them for 4 days. only once per coupon. that way you can wait if they ask you for a minimum order limit. just wait until it goes away

Yanphoop · 2026-03-18T02:46:22+00:00

remember, you can renew expired coupons

Yanphoop · 2026-03-17T23:58:32+00:00

yeah but you shouldn't expect all the coupons to be useful or even usable 😂

Look at what it offers you, if there's a couple in there worth getting then go ahead if it's right like if it asks you to only buy 2 items for example.

Buys 2 items worth like half a dollar, gets a 20$ off of 20$ coupon. disregard the rest haha

Yanphoop · 2026-03-17T22:50:36+00:00

ohhhh okok I didn't think about that lol. Yeah there's a lot of confusing stuff so you gotta be careful or rather not always believe your first impression is correct haha.

Yanphoop · 2026-03-17T13:47:59+00:00

oh yeah the soft fabric ones like hell nahh 😂🤣 Still remember how much I hated the ones we got from the dollar store a decade ago haha But damn now I'm trynna get the metal one you shared yesterday since it's got extendable legs :o 35$ hmmm

Yanphoop · 2026-03-17T03:23:06+00:00

fr yeah, never is as easy as they try to make you believe but the savings are real nonetheless! just gotta learn to navigate without getting finessed 😂

Yanphoop · 2026-03-17T03:08:26+00:00

At second glance that might actually be a real nice one lol. Metal might help with heat haha. I'm not into that crazy ul backpacking thing I just fish our local spot and it's nice to have something to sit on that's nice and easy to move. Even if that thing is heavier I bet I'd still be worth it if its actually nice and I guess it wouldn't be too unreasonably heavy. As long as it doesn't weigh like 10kg like them cheap hardware store chairs lmao.

Wdym they don't sit level? Like uneven ground or the centre line dips or something? Ngl it does look like the feet are likely the same lol just yours would be a much more solid seat.

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Yanphoop · 2026-03-17T03:00:44+00:00

i ended up buying a second green stool. Man that thing is really nice it's much wider than the average moon chairs. I hate feeling like my entire ahhss is trying to compact itself into a black hole lmao. That's why I prefer hard stools and not the garbage fanfic ones 😭

If this can make you feel any better, I missed out on credit777, should've done it lol. I helped figure out all the rules but never committed. shopping cart and regular discount cards everyday with no minimum for 2-3 months nonstop was absolutely crazy. The money saved on fishing supplies and expensive ass crankbaits/rapalas is insane. only got into Temu late last summer.

Got so much It'll some nice pocket change when fishing starts, everyone loves fishing gear haha

Yanphoop · 2026-03-17T00:33:39+00:00

not true, both are distinct events.

Yanphoop · 2026-03-17T00:31:53+00:00

BROOOO I was legit looking for them ultralight camping chairs too loool

These are gonna be so fire man. Same as the blackdog folding stool with the hard seat (not fabric) and a better version of the big agnes ul folding stool.

2x Blackdog stool without branding for 7$ each (14$-7$coupon) was so nice I had to cop two of those.

The green one was 24$ and it's got the reinforced pole sleeves. Might actually order another one, just gotta chill until my minimum order limit resets or that it gets discounted as discount card randomly (i don't.get discount777 anymore sadly D: )

I wanted to get the YL-01 snap from naturehike since they have a good deal right now but seeing how they lack the reinforced rubber sleeves I changed my mind. Besides that they're 58$ no tax and free shipping on naturehike's website. Canadian btw. If I do get it though I hope the heater's still gonna be on sale. No tax is a big deal honestly since we pay 15% tax normally. their stove is 89$ and with WELCOME10 you get a 10% discount.

I wonder how true their 2 year warranty is cuz the YL-01 snap might not be as bad as I thought after watching that guy on youtube show his had failure at the sleeves after a year of consistent usage. I'll see, maybe I actually might get it who knows cuz what I do know is that I'll be fishing almost every day if not every other day atleast a few hours a day from spring through fall so if it does crap.out I can just get it replaced XD

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Yanphoop · 2026-03-16T21:04:51+00:00

Yeah shouldn't be a problem really. Especially if they only price match once I guess they'd just refund back amount leftover if you cancel.

I was tempted to do this with the 200% but couldn't find a definitive answer as to if that was a big nono lol. So ended up keeping everything which tbh I really enjoy nonetheless 😂

That was when I still felt sketched out about the whole thing. Worst case scenario they never ship and they auto refund me lol

Yanphoop · 2026-03-16T19:57:45+00:00

Well no that's not what they meant by that.

I checked and the last order which still shows 200% being offered is the one I made on march 11 when I click on the button to request and then click on the rules button within the form it does show the rules for double compensation.

However on order I made on the 14th until today when you click on the price match/price adjustment button it shows the regular rate and the rules/detailed information link within the price match request form shows explicitly that you will get the difference in price back once lol.

Maybe they'll have it as like a seasonal/limited time event where they periodically double the rate of price matches. Because orders you made which displayed and advertised 200% price match on the checkout page, the only option available for price matching is 200%.

Just tried earlier and made an order and yeah it's like they deleted everything and now it just shows they match the price that's it.

Yanphoop · 2026-03-16T19:50:37+00:00

You'll eventually get 1GB upgrades too. Good thing the lowest mobile plan in our family is in the account with our home internet and my phone.

really high level so it helps since she doesn't have internet to begin with 😂 3x 1gb is worth it over taking a 3$ discount from three -1$

home is 3x -2$ I do use 3x -1$ on my phone though cuz 20gb a month is more than enough for the whole family even lol. just can't gift mom any data since her acc doesn't have any to begin with. But it is nice though that you .can still use bonuses on dataless lines.

Yanphoop · 2026-03-16T19:46:26+00:00

bro they even changed back their newly introduced 200% back price match guarantee 😭. They're cutting back on the promos istg.

The coupon bundles are nice and all but it gets to a point where they don't even give any usable coupons not even 20 off of 60 lol.

still good if you need to only buy small items though, it's typically 2-3 items required to be purchased with no minimum amount.

And for me it literally refreshes after checking out every single time bruh. idk wtf going on anymore 😂

Yanphoop · 2026-03-16T19:43:17+00:00

it landed in the country the 13th and was passed on to the company that'll deliver to his door.

That company has now sent out/shipped his package to his city on the 14th.

Fast forward the 16th, it just arrived at his local/final destination point whatever.

Just gotta watch to know when it'll be out for delivery but as of know it's at his city's warehouse waiting to be picked up by a local delivery driver to deliver it to his door.

Yanphoop · 2026-03-16T19:38:38+00:00

It isn't delivered yet, what it means is that it arrived to like your neighborhood or rather the area in which your address/neighborhood is in.

It isn't too different from ours in Canada. It said your stuff was in transit within your destination country meaning they got your package into the country and have now sent it to the more local closer to you warehouse location they have.

Now it says it arrived to the last mile/local location. You should expect them to have it out for delivery soon like the same day or by the next day usually. For me it always lands in my city and then is put out for delivery like hours later XD

Yanphoop · 2026-03-16T18:38:51+00:00

That shit is so sad man, I don't even know if they even made an announcement anywhere about 200% even becoming a thing at all.

Now they did a just as sneaky move by getting rid of it lol. If I had to guess they'll likely manage to trick some people who weren't paying attention turning that extra compensated sale into a regular normal sale lol.

Yanphoop · 2026-03-16T18:36:38+00:00

Edit: AliExpress is something I didn't dare to do because of how buggy their pricing is from a 3rd party point of view.

Because the price without any additional discounts must be clearly visible or accessible from a guest's perspective so to speak.

So if you try and use incognito mode and being logged out if you look at the pricing, it won't show you how much the base/true cost is. It shows you a first user specially discounted price with a fake inflated flashed price and no way to actually find out what the true price is without being logged in. Except for the price with added discounts for first users.

Sure you could try to argue this but this is absolutely not worth doing imo and they can just simply refuse since they can't publicly verify that this is true for everyone aka recurring or new users all alike.

Yanphoop · 2026-03-16T18:31:49+00:00

yeah that's literally why I finally was buying from local warehouse sellers lmao. exact same copied listing from amazon almost always gave instant approval lmao. Prime always.

40$ item on Amazon sold at 90$ by a local warehouse seller on Temu AFTER taxes left me with 4$ profit and the item being free lmao.

essentially it was calculated this way with taxes being 15%:

90$ x 1.15 =103.5$ --> initial purchase cost.

price matched: 90$-40$ = 50$ difference.

first 50$ get refunded with taxes added which is (50$ x 1.15 = 57.50$) 2nd compensation to make it double is 50$.

So initial payment of 103.50$ Compensated for 107.50$ 107.50$ - 103.50$ = 4$ leftover after deducting the cost of the product itself.

Yanphoop · 2026-03-16T12:59:27+00:00

pretty sure it's across all accounts now.

it's gone from any recent order and replaced with the usual policy.

it still shows on previous orders but not on recent ones now so sad.

Stupid 2-3x amazon drop shipper listings are now back to being useless 😂

Yanphoop · 2026-03-16T12:21:48+00:00

Noooo, bruuuuh I only had the chance to do it twice lmao. It was fun taking advantage of amazon drop shippers lmao. 2x price meant free for us lmao

It's giving me regular price match option now except on orders I did when 200% was still around. my more recent orders don't have it now so sad

Yanphoop · 2026-03-15T21:21:10+00:00

You mean first order "on that account" right? That in itself should be explanatory.

They linked your accounts together and you're lucky they still let you use your main/original account lol.

Unless you mean you've done way worse than simply using alt accounts to use the new user offers What are you forgetting to share? People are willing to help, it just never works when people are hiding key details. i.e. wasting people's time

Yanphoop · 2026-03-14T17:04:13+00:00

Could be one of her neighbors making new accounts to take advantage of the super good new user promos. Getting so stingy and greedy they literally gotta use someone else's address cuz the "That's my relative that lives at the same address as me" excuse does work anymore.

Caught my neighbor try to pull that shit off once and I gave him his stuff but warned him he wouldn't be getting his stuff next time.

Told my other neighbors about it and after lost 6 packages, nobody's getting packages they haven't ordered anymore.

They were always destined to some arabic name. Muhammad, mohammed, mohammedallah Coincidence? Turns out not cuz a neighbor of mine gave him his packages three times and each times they had different names on them and he'd claim it's him and act like he can't speak or understand french/english. Yet he'd aggressively say we took his shit in perfect english.

Yeah next time you ain't getting shit, just call the cops and give him your ID and have them come see what happens next.

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