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Bing Cashback Can Cost You Money

Posted by timothy on from the wotta-boggin dept.

paltemalte writes "Microsoft and various retailers have teamed up to bring you cashback on purchases made via Bing's price comparison feature. There is a little snag, though — it seems that when you have a Bing cookie living in your browser, some retailers will quote you a higher price than if you come with no Bing cookie in your system."

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  1. Re:Instead of complaining, game the system. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah, well except for the fact that it's probably illegal to do what they are doing.

    So it's OK to allow criminals to do whatever they want because this loose situations allows you the possibility of maybe scamming one of them instead of you getting scammed?

  2. So what? by Valdrax · · Score: -1, Troll

    Like I keep up with the "digerati" of the 7-digit UID users. What is there some Perez Hilton site to keep up with / cyber-stalk all the trolls on Slashdot?

    (Heck, I can't even readily pick out my friends/foes at a glance anymore since Slashdot revamped things so that the little icons don't show up with JavaScript turned off, so I don't usually pay attention to users at all.)

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  3. Re:Hehe by happylight · · Score: 0, Troll

    My friend bought about 1500 dollars worth of sneakers, got the cash back from bing, then returned the sneakers. It's free money.

  4. AcaiCleanse by larryhaney · · Score: -1, Troll

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  5. Re:That's for the fake transactions exploit. by Anachragnome · · Score: -1, Troll

    -1 Off-topic?

    To be honest, I was expecting -1 Troll.

  6. Can't even find "slash dot" by Carra · · Score: 0, Troll
    I had to try Bing out now!

    First result for "slash dot":
    • Google: www.slashdot.com, yey!
    • Bing: www.dotslash.co.za, boo!
    1. Re:Can't even find "slash dot" by DaveV1.0 · · Score: 0, Troll

      That is funny. I did the same search and slashdot.org is at the top. And, "slashdot" was also the top search suggestion when I was typing it in.

      So, I say you are a lying, sack-of-shit troll.

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