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Is buying and reselling gift cards on ebay a good way of accruing miles on CC's?
« on: March 28, 2010, 11:16:25 PM »
Lets say i would buy a 500 gift card using my AAdvantage CC (earning 500 miles) and sell it on ebay for lets say 498.00 (and take a 2 dollar loss), would this be a smart way to accrue miles?
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Re: Is buying and reselling gift cards on ebay a good way of accruing miles on CC's?
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2010, 12:30:01 AM »
No, you'll also pay ebay seller and paypal fees.
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Re: Is buying and reselling gift cards on ebay a good way of accruing miles on CC's?
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2010, 12:33:50 AM »
Quote from: Dan on March 29, 2010, 12:30:01 AM
No, you'll also pay ebay seller and paypal fees.
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Re: Is buying and reselling gift cards on ebay a good way of accruing miles on CC's?
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2010, 11:20:14 AM »
I think that gc sales prices on ebay and other sites are a bit lower than 99% of face. The highest I have seen (in prior brief searches) was about 90-95% of face value.
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