So I was recently shopping for a gps chartplotter for a boat. I researched it and compared pricing using the usual – google. I mean, all I ever use is google. For the most part, microsoft can kiss my as if they think I will even look at any of they’re garbage .. I fucking love google.

So anyway I am comparing prices on the garmin gpsmap 4212 & 4210. I figure the 4210 is the way to go because it is about $1800.00. The 4212 is around $$2200. I figure a 12 inch screen isn’t worth $400 more than a 10 inch, I’m cheap. So I am just about ready to purchase the 4210 … and the thought goes through my head, maybe I should try that bing shit.

So I try bing.com. I get similar results except they have this silly ‘cashback’ crap next to the top results. I figure that’s a bunch of shit, microsoft is resorting to marketing tricks to try and sell stuff. What a bunch of assholes. Steve Ballmer looks like Uncle Fester. Of course, being the sucker that I am – I look closer.

It appears it is not a trick. What they do is give you some percentage back based on the store. In my case, the garmin gpsmap was $2249.98 from eangler.com (about $50 more than the cheapo sites) but bing is giving me back 20% – $450! They seem to be doing some double reward bullshit during the month of august. So the price after this magical ‘cashback’ from bing will actually be  about $1800. And there is no tax and no shipping from the site.

Are you kidding me? That is less than the lowest price I could find on google for the garmin 4210. So I got the 4212 worth $400 more for the same price as the lower end 4210.

I have a feeling that this reward trickery is just an attempt by microsoft to drum up business for bing. Well it works for me! I bought some other shit this way too and saved another $54. If you are purchasing stuff on the internet, it may be worth your while to check out bing.com.