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If this isn’t a borderline illegal scheme, I don’t know what is.

Anyway, a poster at the forums of AnandTech has devised a way to legally profit from requesting free BestBuy Bucks game pieces.

Example: 100 requests for game pieces. (you can make requests as often as you like, but NO mechanical means can be used to address the enveloples, do it by hand) Each request will net you One (1) Game Piece and One (1) Chance Piece. You WILL get either a $1 or $5 BB Buck and you might win something else with the other piece (food, other prize, or nothing)

Given that you have a 1 in 12.4 chance of getting a $5 BB buck, here is what you can expect to get back.

Worst Case: $100 BB Bucks
Best Case: $500 BB Bucks
Probable Case Based on Odds in Rules: (Eight $5 Bucks & Ninety-Two $1 Bucks) $132 BB Bucks (Note: this average is down $33 from 2005).

Cost to send 100 submissions:
Number 6 envelopes can be had from many drug stores on sale for 300 for $1. Add tax and you have $1.08. You will need 200 envelopes, as you need one to send in and one that they will send back. Total Cost: $0.72

Stamps: You will need 200 stamps. $0.39 each (up from $0.37 in 2005 )
Total Cost: $78.00. In other words, you are most likely going to save 40.36% on your purchase at BB.
(78.72/132=0.5963, 1.0-0.5963=40.36%)

Looks like somebody has WAYYYYYY too much time on their hands.