No, discounted purchases don't get you the "Verified" badge. The way sellers operate today is, they ask you to buy the product "for real" and then reimburse you

No, discounted purchases don't get you the "Verified" badge. The way sellers operate today is, they ask you to buy the product "for real" and then reimburse you (and more) via Paypal. This is against Amazon's rules but lots of sellers are doing it. I rank around 6000th reviewer in FR and yet I constantly receive messages offering me to review products using this method.