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Originally Posted by Halk
Thanks for the help on this thread follks. I don't think it's possible to absolutely quantify the micropay, because of the variable offers, and because nobody will purchase the same things at the same times, but it does seem to be much better than the 10-20% discount from elsewhere.
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I just added up my spend this year. I did have quite a big micropay balance at the start of the year - $83.76. It's now down to $13.44.
During the year I've spent $361.53 from Credit card, $384.36 from Micropay, got $314.04 in micropay rebates, and bought 149 books at an average net cost of $2.90. ( $361.53 + net micropay of $70.32: 431.85/149 = $2.90)
Total (current) retail cost of the 149 books is $1090
So on average, I got a discount of 60% off retail. I must admit, this is higher than I'd thought it would be, but I've checked the figures carefully, and they are right. Mean retail price is $7.31. Mode retail price is $7.99 (32/149).
This was obtained by choosing when to buy. Only using your credit card on 100% micropay rebate, or very high rebate is a good thing. Buying with micropay when there's a good micropay rebate going on is also good.