Amazon Loophole?

bargainbetty22

Hi,

I seen a site ad on facebook that offers the Amazon affiliate payment back to the customer at the end of the month (cashbacktribe.com)

I had a look and the cashback rates on the good stuff (like TVs) is quite low - about 2%, but you can get something like 5% cashback on Amazon vouchers.

So....if I want to buy a TV for £500. I buy an Amazon voucher for £500 (and get 5% cashback - £25) and then I buy the TV with the voucher and get 2% back (£10) - I should end up getting a fairly solid £35 off the TV?

Am I missing something? Has anyone else done anything like this?

Thanks
Beth

JAG

That website was only registered this month and their identity is being hidden.

I would steer clear of it.

WHOISGUARD PROTECTED
Registrant Organization: WHOISGUARD, INC.
Registrant Street: P.O. BOX 0823-03411
Registrant City: PANAMA
Registrant State/Province: PANAMA

bargainbetty22

Panama! haha. Ok, thanks.

robin58

JAG wrote: »

That website was only registered this month and their identity is being hidden.

I would steer clear of it.

WHOISGUARD PROTECTED
Registrant Organization: WHOISGUARD, INC.
Registrant Street: P.O. BOX 0823-03411
Registrant City: PANAMA
Registrant State/Province: PANAMA

Steer clear? I would run like bloody hell away.

[Deleted User]

Panama hats are ok (even if they don't originate from there).

sarahscott32

Sleazy wrote: »

Panama hats are ok (even if they don't originate from there).

hee hee, thats about all i would trust this place to provide:T

nads

My suggestion would be to buy discounted gift cards for Amazon and someone like One4all gift cards (owned by Post Officef).

You can get the gift cards 2% to 6% discounts on zeek.met and just add them to Amazon whenever. Small savings but more reliable

Doc_N

Zeek? I wonder how safe that is? I appreciate that it's just a trading platform, but it doesn't exactly look risk-free.

And those One4all vouchers - the company behind them isn't owned by the Post Office. It's owned by An Post, a rather different animal:

An Post is a major commercial organisation providing a wide range of services which encompass postal, communication, retail and financial services.

It is one of Ireland's largest companies directly employing over 10,000 people through its national network of retail, processing and delivery points.

Altogether too risky for a very small discount. I see that Zeek also has Amazon Gift Cards on sale, along with many others, but if there are problems with a seller I wonder how good Zeek really are at protecting the buyer.

wdah

I've used Zeek to both buy and sell (including buying several Amazon vouchers), and haven't ever had a problem. You don't deal directly with the seller / buyer.

KenSim

Looking for Amazon gift cards on Zeek but couldn't find any. Then on another forum someone said use a VPN and make it look like you are in another country. I did this and made it look like l am in the Netherlands, it worked . But the vouchers are for sale at face value so why not just buy them direct from Amazon?