Updated 9/20: Bing cashback

[ibex333]

I don't get it... Why would anyone pay more than $600 for something worth exactly $600, unless they get 35% of that back? And it says on the auction page that these are "Federal Reserve Notes". This is not actual money, is it? What do you do with them when you get em?'


PS: Does anyone thing this whole 35% back ordeal is some sneaky way to continue "stimulating" the American economy?

 

[Q]

Originally posted by: Tizyler
Just ordered 6 100$ bills twice. About $500 cash back headed my way.

I woulda done it a third time if I had a little more money in my acct

Only good thing is if something f$&*s up, it's not like it will really matter, you just put the bills back in the bank

 

[KDKPSJ]

Originally posted by: ibex333
I don't get it... Why would anyone pay more than $600 for something worth exactly $600, unless they get 35% of that back? And it says on the auction page that these are "Federal Reserve Notes". This is not actual money, is it? What do you do with them when you get em?

Um.. Federal Reserve Notes is what we call dollar, aka currency in US. Econ 101?

 

[DukeFan21]

Hmm, I've been thinking of getting a new TV for my bedroom. I'm not too fond of the idea of buying something like a TV off an ebay seller, but for 35% I may have to bite.

 

[ibex333]

Originally posted by: everydae

Originally posted by: ibex333
I don't get it... Why would anyone pay more than $600 for something worth exactly $600, unless they get 35% of that back? And it says on the auction page that these are "Federal Reserve Notes". This is not actual money, is it? What do you do with them when you get em?

Um.. Federal Reserve Notes is what we call dollar, aka currency in US. Econ 101?

Didn't know that... (seriously)

 

[Extelleron]

Bought a GTX 280 for $429 after the 35% off. This has got to be the best deal ever. I don't understand it at all though... what does Microsoft get out of this? Sure it is advertising for Live Search, but I can't believe they would spend that much on advertising.

 

[Q]

Originally posted by: Extelleron
Bought a GTX 280 for $429 after the 35% off. This has got to be the best deal ever. I don't understand it at all though... what does Microsoft get out of this? Sure it is advertising for Live Search, but I can't believe they would spend that much on advertising.

Yeah it confuses me too, but it is MS and I don't think they'll be like "We were JK everyone!"

I do know that their plan worked a little, I am totally going to go through Live first before I buy anything online in order to get some back.

 

[skuba]

I bought an item, got the ebay message about the cashback, created a live ID, signed up for cashback account, but it shows $0 cashback. Does it take a while to post?
Thanks

 

[chizow]

Just got a brand new GTX 280 as well for $669 - $231 cash back...... this reminds me of the days when Al Gore just invented the IntarWeb and sites were giving away stuff all over the place. I had actually placed an order for one at Newegg but was luckily able to cancel it as it hadn't shipped yet.

Amazing deal, thanks AT, OP, FW/SD and once again.....MICROSOFT (who also gave away 2 free copies of Vista last year)!!!!

To the person asking what MS gets out of this, its probably the first step toward cutting into Google's search engine/ad market and moving beyond the whole Yahoo buyout debacle.

 

[Q]

Originally posted by: skuba
I bought an item, got the ebay message about the cashback, created a live ID, signed up for cashback account, but it shows $0 cashback. Does it take a while to post?
Thanks

Yes 1 to 2 days

 

[Celeryman]

Originally posted by: chizow
Just got a brand new GTX 280 as well for $669 - $231 cash back...... this reminds me of the days when Al Gore just invented the IntarWeb and sites were giving away stuff all over the place. I had actually placed an order for one at Newegg but was luckily able to cancel it as it hadn't shipped yet.

Amazing deal, thanks AT, OP, FW/SD and once again.....MICROSOFT (who also gave away 2 free copies of Vista last year)!!!!

To the person asking what MS gets out of this, its probably the first step toward cutting into Google's search engine/ad market and moving beyond the whole Yahoo buyout debacle.

Yep, did the same. Too good of a deal to pass up. Much thanks OP!

 

[James Bond]

Originally posted by: skuba
I bought an item, got the ebay message about the cashback, created a live ID, signed up for cashback account, but it shows $0 cashback. Does it take a while to post?
Thanks

Takes at least 12 hours people on SD say.

 

[ghost recon88]

only giving me 10% off now?

 

[ther00kie16]

Well, I'm having problem paying with paypal. Anybody getting the error saying checkout is unavailable and asking to retry? Mine didn't go through since I didn't get the emails saying so as some people at FW got. Also, I already have a jellyfish account transferred to live account so do I need to create a new account?

 

[ther00kie16]

Originally posted by: ghost recon88
only giving me 10% off now?

search "cheap ps2" and then search whatever you want in the window it brings up.

 

[Kaido]

Thanks! I just snagged 3 NIB motherboards in a single BIN - it gave me $83 cashback! Wooooooooot

 

[ghost recon88]

Thanks OP, got 2 HD4850s for $400 shipped, and $136 coming back.

 

[lookin4dlz]

10% for me...

 

[moks78]

A lot of peeps were unproductive today at work including me.

Spent the whole morning reading the FW thread and the whole afternoon looking for something to buy.

Got a Canon flash...looking for 2 more items. The good psp deals are gone.

 

[Kaido]

Does the Live thing have a limit? I'm poking around their Live Search feature with cashback and it's offering me 2.7% cashback at Newegg. Is it like $500 max cashback a year or something? (seperate from this deal)

 

[Dynamyck]

10% for me too ...

 

[AAjax]

10% here

 

[Kaido]

The cashback isn't transferring to my Live account when I click on the button from the eBay message. It just says $0.00 under pending (and the ebay message says it expires today). Eh?

edit: Oh missed that in OP, that's normal.

 

[ther00kie16]

try "logitech remote" now

 

[fleshconsumed]

Well, the 35% deal is over I think. No matter what I search for I only get 10% off, at which point it's not really worth the hassle of dealing with ebay and rebates. Pity as I hesitated a bit and missed it...