Cheapest buyable things on the net (not free)?

Jelli

I need an excuse to use my credit card's DD to get benefits elsewhere but the cheapest thing I've found is 39p in the Steam sales and wondered if anyone could beat that. I might have a false memory but could swear online market places use to have sellers selling free PAYG SIM cards for 1p but maybe that never happened.

So can anyone beat 39p for anything digital or physical?

Pun

Loads of stuff on ebay for 1p, post free. Amazon also has 1p SIM cards post free.

Jelli

Ah, brilliant. Thanks.

Sea_Shell

Do most cc's have minimum DD before they'll take it?

Jelli

Sea_Shell wrote: »

Do most cc's have minimum DD before they'll take it?

I've never done it before as I'm new to CCs but I've selected the option to "clear the balance in full" each month so it works. It would be awful if I got a missed payment penalty!

Sea_Shell

Yeah, but what's in the T&C's about that "clear balance in full", would they still take the DD if the balance is literally pennies. I think they may have a minimum threshold, under which they let the balance "roll-over" and not take the DD.

(nips off to check one of her cards T&Cs)

LadyDee

Surely the recipient will incur charges simply to take a payment of 1p? They could well refuse to call for the payment (I know I would!), so if the DD is not being paid you wouldn't benefit - and why should you at the cost to somebody else?

Jelli

I think I know the answer LadyDee. The crd issuer wouldn't lose because they always take a fee from the retailer so it's the retailer's call how much to price a product. A low DD should be fine with CC's for that reason.

LadyDee

Jelli wrote: »

I think I know the answer LadyDee. The crd issuer wouldn't lose because they always take a fee from the retailer so it's the retailer's call how much to price a product. A low DD should be fine with CC's for that reason.

I was looking at it from the retailer's point of view - why should he incur costs to sell you something for a penny?

Jelli

Well, with the few retailers that are selling things for pennies maybe they get commission and the cost of the product isn't important.

kerri_gt

why not just put something you'd usually buy on the CC - like petrol or a weekly shop then put the £ aside and pay it off in full when the bill comes in. Set up the DD to 'pay balance in full'. Saves faffing about looking for stuff you don't need / want (and will also mean there's no environmental impact transporting you something you don't want either)