Updated 9/20: Bing cashback

[Q]

Originally posted by: DSF

Originally posted by: Adam8281
Woot! Got $0.75 cents back on a $7 video game! Throw dinner away honey, we're going out tonight!

What link did you use?

He did that when it was still Live.
No pun intended

 

[DSF]

That's what I figured. Oh well.

 

[ron2368]

Ebay now shows up on the search but the discount is gone.

 

[Corpun]

Like a zombie that refuses to die EBAY CASHBACK LIVES AGAIN You may have to refresh your search for "cheap wii", "gold coin" or my favorite "buy it now" a few times for the link to show up but it is working again at 25%

Note, its acting kinda buggy at this point though. Often the 25% link doesnt show up in ebay but it generally will if you keep using "open link in new tab."

 

[Q]

bump, it's BACK thanks Corpun!

 

[abaez]

I'm still not getting it - I tried all the usual ones and got no icon. Then I tried cheap wii and got the icon but no 25% off.

 

[Q]

Like a zombie that refuses to die EBAY CASHBACK LIVES AGAIN You may have to refresh your search for "cheap wii", "gold coin" or my favorite "buy it now" a few times for the link to show up but it is working again at 25%

Note, its acting kinda buggy at this point though. Often the 25% link doesnt show up in ebay but it generally will if you keep using "open link in new tab."

 

[aphro]

Originally posted by: Corpun
Like a zombie that refuses to die EBAY CASHBACK LIVES AGAIN You may have to refresh your search for "cheap wii", "gold coin" or my favorite "buy it now" a few times for the link to show up but it is working again at 25%

Note, its acting kinda buggy at this point though. Often the 25% link doesnt show up in ebay but it generally will if you keep using "open link in new tab."

I can get that to happen, but I can't seem to get it to "take" before I confirm the purchase.

Anyone getting this to work?

 

[Q]

Originally posted by: aphro

Originally posted by: Corpun
Like a zombie that refuses to die EBAY CASHBACK LIVES AGAIN You may have to refresh your search for "cheap wii", "gold coin" or my favorite "buy it now" a few times for the link to show up but it is working again at 25%

Note, its acting kinda buggy at this point though. Often the 25% link doesnt show up in ebay but it generally will if you keep using "open link in new tab."

I can get that to happen, but I can't seem to get it to "take" before I confirm the purchase.

Anyone getting this to work?

Not yet, it's a good sign that it's at least showing in the search results though.

 

[Corpun]

Ive gotten the link to show up and work numerous times now and also tested that it stays all the way through to confirming payment, basically its just persistance.

This is what has worked for me:

1. Search for one of the key words that usually brings up % off results. Cheap camera, cheap wii, gold coin etc etc.
2. If you don't get the 25% on the 1st search just keep hitting F5 and within usually 10 refreshes you'll get a 25% link
3. Once you have the link, middle click (click the mouse wheel) it 10 times or so, as long as you're using a browser with tabs that will open the link in 10 different tabs.
4. Check the 10 tabs, its usually around a 50% chance that the cashback icon will show in one of them at least.
5. If not, middle click the cashback link another 10 times. Check. If you get to 30 with no cashback icon (hasnt happened to me but im sure its possible) you can try a different search term if you feel like its wasting your time.
6. This has worked for me 15+ times using 2 different computers and both Firefox 3 and IE7

Is it a hassle having to go through this to get it to work? Yes.
Is it worth the hassle to save up to $250x3 (or more if you're greedy and open multiple ebay accounts)? IMHO yes.

 

[shleepy]

Originally posted by: Corpun
1. Search for one of the key words that usually brings up % off results. Cheap camera, cheap wii, gold coin etc etc.
2. If you don't get the 25% on the 1st search just keep hitting F5 and within usually 10 refreshes you'll get a 25% link
3. Once you have the link, middle click (click the mouse wheel) it 10 times or so, as long as you're using a browser with tabs that will open the link in 10 different tabs.
4. Check the 10 tabs, its usually around a 50% chance that the cashback icon will show in one of them at least.
5. If not, middle click the cashback link another 10 times. Check. If you get to 30 with no cashback icon (hasnt happened to me but im sure its possible) you can try a different search term if you feel like its wasting your time.

Thank you! Bought a couple of things today using this method.

If you don't get the cashback banner right before confirming the purchase, make sure to go back and follow the steps again.

 

[Athena]

I missed this last week and I do have a couple of things I wany to get on eBay. I'm confused though about what I'm supposed to be seeing at eBay.

I don't have any problem getting eBay to show up in my live search and I can refresh until it comes to 25%. When I click that link though, I never see anything about cashback on the eBay search page. What exactly am I supposed to see?

Thank you.

Edit: Never mind, I finally got it to work, the cashback symbol appeared at the very top and I did get a confirmation message after I paid through PayPal. I hope it works, I have another item I'd like to buy.

 

[KK]

has anyone that purchased something in the ebay motors gotten their purchase to show up on the live.com site?

 

[Finns14]

Can anyone help me out? Why won't the cash back banner appear at the top of ebay for me?

 

[Elfear]

Originally posted by: Athena
I missed this last week and I do have a couple of things I wany to get on eBay. I'm confused though about what I'm supposed to be seeing at eBay.

I don't have any problem getting eBay to show up in my live search and I can refresh until it comes to 25%. When I click that link though, I never see anything about cashback on the eBay search page. What exactly am I supposed to see?

Thank you.

Edit: Never mind, I finally got it to work, the cashback symbol appeared at the very top and I did get a confirmation message after I paid through PayPal. I hope it works, I have another item I'd like to buy.

Any special trick you used to get it to work? I found the Ebay link through Live.com readily enough but for the life of me I can't get the cashback symbol to appear next to my name when I open the link. I've probably opened at least 40 tabs and none of them worked.

 

[Finns14]

Originally posted by: Elfear

Originally posted by: Athena
I missed this last week and I do have a couple of things I wany to get on eBay. I'm confused though about what I'm supposed to be seeing at eBay.

I don't have any problem getting eBay to show up in my live search and I can refresh until it comes to 25%. When I click that link though, I never see anything about cashback on the eBay search page. What exactly am I supposed to see?

Thank you.

Edit: Never mind, I finally got it to work, the cashback symbol appeared at the very top and I did get a confirmation message after I paid through PayPal. I hope it works, I have another item I'd like to buy.

Any special trick you used to get it to work? I found the Ebay link through Live.com readily enough but for the life of me I can't get the cashback symbol to appear next to my name when I open the link. I've probably opened at least 40 tabs and none of them worked.

Thats the same problem for me.

 

[Athena]

Originally posted by: Elfear
[Any special trick you used to get it to work? I found the Ebay link through Live.com readily enough but for the life of me I can't get the cashback symbol to appear next to my name when I open the link. I've probably opened at least 40 tabs and none of them worked.

It does seem to be rather flakey. I think it works better if you are already signed into eBay before you try the Live search.

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: Finns14

Originally posted by: Elfear

Originally posted by: Athena
I missed this last week and I do have a couple of things I wany to get on eBay. I'm confused though about what I'm supposed to be seeing at eBay.

I don't have any problem getting eBay to show up in my live search and I can refresh until it comes to 25%. When I click that link though, I never see anything about cashback on the eBay search page. What exactly am I supposed to see?

Thank you.

Edit: Never mind, I finally got it to work, the cashback symbol appeared at the very top and I did get a confirmation message after I paid through PayPal. I hope it works, I have another item I'd like to buy.

Any special trick you used to get it to work? I found the Ebay link through Live.com readily enough but for the life of me I can't get the cashback symbol to appear next to my name when I open the link. I've probably opened at least 40 tabs and none of them worked.

Thats the same problem for me.

I spent about 30 minutes last night trying. It did eventually come up though, so keep trying.

 

[SupaDupaPan]

Just to sweeten the deal, if you use kickitback.com (And I think fatwallet has one of these as well) in conjunction with the 25% cashback, you get an extra 1% off of your purchase. Not much, but hey, it's a discount yeah?

 

[Finns14]

Think this may be dead again.

 

[Corpun]

Originally posted by: Finns14
Think this may be dead again.

Yeah, it appears to have sunken back into its grave for now. Although since its been working so poorly since they brought it back, perhaps they're trying to fix the problems with click-throughs not showing the banner on ebay.

 

[Athena]

I can't believe it! I managed to make one purchase this morning and was planning to do two more this evening...but it's not working anymore.

 

[Q]

It's not dead it's just screwed up right now

 

[imported_nunya]

Originally posted by: KK
has anyone that purchased something in the ebay motors gotten their purchase to show up on the live.com site?

Nope, I purchased 3 items from ebay motors and still don't have anything showing up. Have exchanged emails with MS tech support about it but still no results.


I've been trying the method listed above for about 15 minutes and while I've gotten a couple of links that say things like "Save up to 20% on game consoles" I don't get any links to ebay to get the banner. Can anyone confirm it's working for them?

 

[Q]

Originally posted by: nunya

Originally posted by: KK
has anyone that purchased something in the ebay motors gotten their purchase to show up on the live.com site?

Nope, I purchased 3 items from ebay motors and still don't have anything showing up. Have exchanged emails with MS tech support about it but still no results.


I've been trying the method listed above for about 15 minutes and while I've gotten a couple of links that say things like "Save up to 20% on game consoles" I don't get any links to ebay to get the banner. Can anyone confirm it's working for them?

You won't get any cashback, it says so in the rules and the OP.