Found this over at my favorite iPhone forums: apparently there’s a way to get 35% off on a new iPhone, with a new plan and a Bing/MSN/Live account, by clicking on an ad that occasionally shows up if you search Bing for ‘att’. Here’s what to do:
Step 1: Go to bing.com
Step 2: Search for “att”.
Step 3: Click on “ATT Wireless” in the left sidebar.
Step 4: Click on the first “Sponsored Sites” result.
Step 5: Enter your bing.com email address.
Step 6: Click through att.com and buy your iPhone 3Gs!
After 1-2 days, your cashback will show up as “pending” in your bing.com account. You’ll have to wait a few weeks for it to be available to “claim,” at which point you can either have it sent to your paypal account, direct-deposited into your bank account, or request a personal check.
I see from the original thread that a bunch of people did this and it worked for a lot of them, the last post of someone confirming that it worked was from 8/28/09, so it’s been a
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little over a month so I’m not sure if this still works or not but it’s worth a shot, plus I know for a fact that these Bing offers for everything from iPhones to purses randomly pop up all the time and vary from 6 to 40%, so regardless it’s worth looking for every now and then. Mind you, there have been some people who have been burned because they didn’t |
see the fine print about this only being for people who are buying a new plan (the issue isn’t that this is a scam or anything, it’s being run by AT&T, it’s that if you don’t meet each of their criteria you won’t qualify for it–in short, read the damned terms before you buy and make sure you qualify): Bing Cashback Problems.