[quote name='Foxhound54']I don't doubt that an explanation of the eBay/Live deal is listed somewhere else, but could somebody explain it here? $160 for guitar hero: world tour is my kind of price.[/quote]
It's worth it if you don't mind waiting a while to get your cashback. It takes a least 60 days from the date of purchase to get the cashback (to prevent return fraud). So for instance, the $60 I saved purchasing Guitar Hero, I can't claim until Dec. 19. So, you pay alot up front, but you get it back eventually. And for eBay purchases you have to have a PayPal account in order to get the cashback.
So, basciialy, here's what you do.
Go to
live.com . And do a search for a product. In this case it would be "Guitar Hero World Tour". It doesn't really matter what you search for as long as the following shows up:
So, anyway, you want to click the advertisment that leads to ebay.com.
When you arrive at ebay.com, make sure this is there:
So, now you have 1 hour, to search around on eBay for whatever product your interested in and Buy it using the "Buy it Now" and with PayPal. In the process of paying for it, you'll see exactly how much cashback you are going to get from Microsoft, as well as have the opportunity to apply additional coupons. So sometime after you complete your purchase you'll recieve a message from eBay.
This message will have instructions on how to get your cashback. Basically, you click the link, and you are sent to live.com where if you have a hotmail, live id, etc. you are prompted to sign in. If you don't have one, you can register for one at that time. AFter that, you just have to fill in some information on the live website and then in a couple of days this will show up in your cashback account.
After the 60 days is up, you can cash out and have the money deposited in your PayPal account.
You can also use Microsoft cashback at plenty of other stores like Newegg.com, Tigerdirect, and lots more. Just check their list.
Anyway, I hope that helps.