BING Cashback for Ebay - Currently 8% [Now 40 Uses]

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Thought this was worthy of a new thread. Its back! And with a vengeance. As of this writing its at [see title]. Link

And for those that dont know, the amount of uses for this promotion seems to be doubling at a steady rate, now at 40 uses per account, and the maximum amount you can get back PER A SINGLE TRANSACTION was reduced from $250 to $200. The total culmulative cashback allowance is capped at $2,500.00 per calendar year.


How this works:

If you dont already know about this, its a very simple promotion offered by Microsoft in order to promote usage of their search engine live.com. All you have to do is go to www.live.com and search for something common, like "Wii" as in nintendo wii. In the Sponsored sites at the top you will see a link to Wii's on ebay with a small logo next to it that says Live Search Cash Back and below that "You may get xx% off paypal eligible". When you click on the cash back logo it takes you to ebay and BIN (Buy It Now) auctions for Wiis. From there you simply use the ebay search function to find the BIN auction for the item you desire and purchase it. When you click the BIN button prior to clicking on Commit to buy you should see a message below with the Cash Back you are eligible to recieve. Once you buy the auction pay for it with paypal and give it an hour. Eventually you'll get a message in your ebay account saying "You've earned cashback" simply click on it and follow the instructions. If you dont have one you'll be asked to create a live account. I believe most people will already have an existing live acct due to their Xbox, MSN, or Hotmail associations so feel free to use that if you like. This is quick, and thus far i havent gotten any spam due to it, nor have i read of anyone getting any spam. And thats it, 60 + 15 days later [they allow a buffer period incase you return what you bought] you can redeem the money.

So to summarize

1. use live.com search engine to find any product on ebay. Any keyword is as good as another, hence i used "wii" as an example.

2. Once activating the link use ebay.com to browse for the Buy It Now auction you desire and purchase and pay with paypal. Wait until you get a message from ebay and get your cash back with your live account. This can take a few hours.

3. ~75 days later its in your pocket. [60 days before you can redeem and then an additional 2 weeks before it actually transfers into your paypal account]

Again this is just a promotion by MS to promote use of their search engine, theres no catch. You dont have to promise your first born nor random legs or limbs. Its as simple as it sounds.

Some things to note

-This promotion is limited to only US residents.

-You must pay with paypal and it must be a BIN auction.

-It takes about 75 days to recieve the actual money which will be in the form of a FEE FREE deposit into your paypal account. From there you can spend it or transfer it into your checking or simply request a check.

-If you return the item you purchased and used the promotion on you LOSE the refund.

-This is only valid for Ebay user/store auctions on Ebay.com. No live auction or ebay motors etc.. Though i think you can get away with buying international auctions you're watching on ebay.com. I also noticed that this works if you're offered a "Second chance" on an item you bid on since it turns the auction into a BIN.

-You may only use this a maximum of 40 times per ebay account per person. A few people are reporting success using different ebay accounts with the same cashback account in order to achieve more than 20 uses. YMMV.

-Maximum of $200 back PER AUCTION [$2,500 Cap per account] and the percent savings does vary and can change without notice.

Rest of the terms are here:
http://pages.ebay.com/cashbackoffer/terms.html

I recommend at least skimming them. Enjoy.
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Couple additions

"Instant" Cashback is now available. However, to quote "Instant cashback will be eligible for some, but not all users." Its unknown what the criteria is to be "eligible". I would not suggest you make a purchase unless you dont mind waiting.

Ebay/Paypal Coupons WILL stack with this. The amount is deducted off the full auction value. IE 10% Coupon applied to $100 purchase will save you $10. If the Cashback percent is 25% you will still get $25 additional back for a total savings of $35. Usually the Ebay/Paypal coupons have a maximum savings of $100 for a maximum total of $300 saved on any single purchase. This also stacks with other promotions run by Bigcrumb/ebates where you can earn some more money back based on an items selling fees.
 
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Bought Excitebots for 37.00 and cashback of 3.70! Free shipping. So after all is done, it was 33.30. Than I found out that u need to have more than 5 bucks to take the money out. DAMN U MICROSOFT!
 
Yes, I too have about 4.xx sitting in my account, so I really would like to make a purchase to get that out. At the same time, I dont wanna make a purchase just for the sake of that, but the few items I am eying arent worth it if I can only get it for 10% less, so....-_-
 
I'm hoping to get it up to 20% so i can get Keio Flying Squadron for about 20 dollars off. IF I could think of anything else big I need I'd do it then too.
 
doesn't anyone think it must drive MS crazy that we all search wii to get them to give us money? if I were them it seems like it would make sense to encourage xbox searches and purchases. but what do I know, they are the huge struggling corporation...
 
Can anyone get this to work today? Worked fine yesterday for me but today when i click through no items have the coin symbol (says 8% of live search cashback) but when you try to checkout or search no items show cash back
 
[quote name='kklems']Can anyone get this to work today? Worked fine yesterday for me but today when i click through no items have the coin symbol (says 8% of live search cashback) but when you try to checkout or search no items show cash back[/QUOTE]
working fine for me
 
Thought this was worthy of a new thread. Its back! And with a vengeance
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[quote name='sonnyforple']Does this show up for anyone? I can't get the eBay link like I used to.[/QUOTE]

You can try "ps2", that works for me. Still 8% though...
 
Also live

What are Double saving days?

Double saving days are a Bing cashback promotion where the amount of cashback offered by most stores will be doubled (up to a total cashback reward of 50%) for a limited time.

When does it start?

The program will begin on August 10, 2009 and will run until the end of August, but Microsoft reserves the right to end the program early

How will I know I am getting the promotional rate?

Starting August 10th, the cashback percentage will be double the usual rate, and as always what you see is the amount of cashback savings you will get.
 
[quote name='Jello4250']Also live

What are Double saving days?

Double saving days are a Bing cashback promotion where the amount of cashback offered by most stores will be doubled (up to a total cashback reward of 50%) for a limited time.

When does it start?

The program will begin on August 10, 2009 and will run until the end of August, but Microsoft reserves the right to end the program early

How will I know I am getting the promotional rate?

Starting August 10th, the cashback percentage will be double the usual rate, and as always what you see is the amount of cashback savings you will get.[/QUOTE]


Maybe I don't get it, but I just tried and 10% is 10%, not doubled to 20%, at least on ebay. I click "Buy It Now" on a Mac Mini and the noted cashback award was 10%, not doubled to 20%.
 
[quote name='slidecage']sucks you need 5 bucks to cash out.. im at 4.98 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh[/QUOTE]

yeah that sucks, dude. can someone explain to me if you get your money back after the 60 days or whatever if its under $5? are you guys complaining because you can't cash out now, or are you never gonna see that money unless it reaches $5?
 
[quote name='daladezman']yeah that sucks, dude. can someone explain to me if you get your money back after the 60 days or whatever if its under $5? are you guys complaining because you can't cash out now, or are you never gonna see that money unless it reaches $5?[/QUOTE]

You need over $5 to cash out...period.
 
[quote name='crunchewy']Maybe I don't get it, but I just tried and 10% is 10%, not doubled to 20%, at least on ebay. I click "Buy It Now" on a Mac Mini and the noted cashback award was 10%, not doubled to 20%.[/QUOTE]

I would assume by "most stores" ebay is one of those not included.
 
Bummer about the eBay double fizzling out.

Any good deals on a Wii (for real) via cashback? The best I can find is Overstock for 200 after cash back or the Dell eBay store for the same price.
 
When I used Bing to search for eBay cashback, I got a 12% link today. I used Bing cashback link to get a copy of BlazBlue LE for 360, since I ordered an SF4 stick and I can't seem to find another deal as good as the Amazon $55 one from last month. (And apparently I was eligible for the eBay Bucks program, so that's nice, too.)
 
I scored COD WAW for PS3 at $29.99 minus 12% cashback ($3.60) on ebay

I used "Wii" as my search at the Bing site to get the 12% banner on ebay
 
Still a good quarter away from cashing out, I feel an urge to BIN on a dvd I'm looking at, but the auction price is soo much cheaper, just hope no one else will bid....
 
they're offering double ebay bucks this week to the people that are in the program, so I would doubt the percentage goes up more this week. You never know though.
 
[quote name='edson13']they're offering double ebay bucks this week to the people that are in the program, so I would doubt the percentage goes up more this week. You never know though.[/QUOTE]

i thought that only for specific category groups
 
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