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Posted By: <b>peter ullman</b><p>does this still work? if so...for international purchases as well. any help is appreciated.<br /><br />pete ullman

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>peter - the cashback % is jumping around every few days - it's at 20% now up to $200 per transaction. As far as international, I don't know, but here are the terms:<br /><a href="http://pages.ebay.com/cashbackoffer/terms.html" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://pages.ebay.com/cashbackoffer/terms.html</a>

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>I don't know how this is making fiscal sense for Microsoft, but they just extended the deal and now are allowing a maximum of 12 rebate transactions per account - that's $2400 free per person. <br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>howard</b><p>The instructions say to click on an "ebay paid search advertisement marked w/the live search cashback logo" but I cannot find anything like that. Can anyone tell me where to find it? Thanks,<br /><br />Howard

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>howard - which directions are you referencing? Did you try the steps in the first post of the thread? You should see the link to Ebay in the gray box when you follow the link in step 1 above.

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Posted By: <b>howard</b><p>Thanks, Matt, I see what you're referring to now. The instructions that I referenced were from your post of 10/7.<br /><br />Howard

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Posted By: <b>Mike Navarro</b><p>I've used this 5 times so far and tried to use it tonight to no avail. Spent 58 minutes on hold in chat for a Microsoft help, and they said that ebay took there discount down tonight due to technical reasons, but that they expected it to be up again tomorrow.<br /><br />Mike

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Posted By: <b>JK</b><p>Doesnt seem to be working for me - I cant find anything with a discount at all.

Crazy Ebay Deal - 25% UP TO $250 OFF ANY BIN PURCHASE
 

Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Mike pointed out last night that the system seems to be temporarily down.<br /><br />They just recently changed the limit to allow 12 transactions per person, so I'm guessing this is just a temporary system "downage."<br /><br />edited to add, the search term "d40x" seems to be working at the moment. <br /><br />Microsoft had a press release this morning letting people know the promotion would continue through the Holiday season, so if it doesn't work for you right now, give it a little time, but it will be back.

Crazy Ebay Deal - 25% UP TO $250 OFF ANY BIN PURCHASE
 

Posted By: <b>Jim Rivera</b><p>will this work after you bought an item

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>sorry Jim - only if you follow the link before you buy.

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Posted By: <b>John H.</b><p>The "lego" screen doesn't even show a grey box that links to ebay. Have any other Canadians had any luck?

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Posted By: <b>Jim Rivera</b><p>thanks matt-i will watch for it the next time i use the bin option

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Jim - you have to follow the steps above otherwise you won't see it when you hit the BIN.<br />be well,<br />-Matt

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Posted By: <b>Mike Navarro</b><p>Woo hoo!! It's working again. Just pulled the trigger on a $932.00 card. 25% off up to $200.00.<br /><br />Mike

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Posted By: <b>Bob</b><p>Will someone please post the link? (Not the one at the top of the thread. As so many have said, there's no grey box there.) I can find all sorts of BIN deals I'd like to make at 35% off, but there's nothing to indicate that the discount is, or will be, in effect.<br /><br />Or is Harvey really not there at all?

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>The deal is in maintenance at the moment it seems - when it is alive, the link at the top should work.

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Posted By: <b>Bob</b><p>Matt:<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />B

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Posted By: <b>Mike Navarro</b><p>Here's a quick how to, but sometimes ebay has it down for technical reasons. I used it earlier tonight but I understand it's already down again. The cashback percentage tends to vary.<br /><br />1. Go to www.live.com.<br />2. Type in "Wii" in the seach box.<br />3. Click on the first link that shows up and has "www.ebay.com" in green next to it. It will also say something along the lines of "You might save up to 25%". This link will take you directly to eBay.<br />4. When you arrive at ebay, make sure you have the discount displayed up toward the top right of the page, you can't miss it if its there. Now you can buy any "Buy it Now" item you can find (that accepts paypal) and you will receive the cashback on the item. When you click on the BIN tab it will take you to another page. This page will show you the cashback that you will get. IF YOU DO NOT SEE THE CASHBACK DISPLAYED. THEN YOU ARE NOT GETTING THE CASHBACK SO DON'T PROCEED UNLESS YOU WANT TO PAY FULL PRICE. Please note that the maximum amount you can get back on one transaction is $200. You can only use the cashback one time per 60 minute session. You can use it for up to a total of 12 sessions. <br />5. You must pay for the item using paypal within the timeframe stated in the auction. You can not pay for it in payments, you have to pay for it all at once. <br />6. You will get a message in your ebay inbox that says you have cashback. You open this message and click on the link and it will take you to where you can setup your Microsoft Cashback account and tie your ebay and paypal to it. Microsoft has a good FAQ on how to do that, so I'm not going to waste my time or yours by typing it here. <br />7. The funds will become available to you on the 61st day after you paid for the item. At that time you will have choice to receive a check from Microsoft or have them make a deposit to your paypal account. If you choose deposit to your paypal account, it's not immediate, it takes about another 10-15 days or so. I can't speak as to how long a check takes, as I took the paypal option. <br /><br />Please keep in mind that it's not a discount, it works in effect like a rebate, meaning that you have to pay it upfront, but it comes back later. I repeat, it is NOT an immediate discount.<br /><br />Hope this helps and is easy enough to understand.<br /><br />Mike <br />

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Posted By: <b>Jim Rivera</b><p>I typed in baseball cards and it went to 25% and worked. I tried several searches and the most I could get it to go to was 25% and a total of $200.<br />Just worked for me!<br />Thanks Matt!

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Posted By: <b>John H.</b><p>I think the problem is that all of the ebay links on my Live.com page are to ebay.ca. Have any other Canucks tried this?

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Posted By: <b>neal</b><p>You can also type in iphone or Wii and it'll bring up the 25% discount.

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Posted By: <b>Dan McCarthy</b><p>I just wanted to confirm that this works as long as you still see the Live Cashback logo on the "Commit-to-Buy" page... I have done it a few times now and have received payment. On a semi-related note - does anyone know if it is really no longer possible to fund a PayPal purchase with a credit card? Right now it will only allow me to select my bank account as a funding source... if this is the case, I can't believe how much regulation eBay is putting on its users. Taking away payment options is not going to help buyers or sellers.

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Posted By: <b>Matthew</b><p>I think you can still use a CC to pay with Paypal (used mine Monday night). They would much rather that you use your bank acct & sometimes make it difficult to use a card. I took my bank info out of my Paypal profile after hearing a few horror stories.

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Posted By: <b>Bob</b><p>I wanted to bump this up to the top. I had forgotten to use this when I bought a card for $500 (dumb, dumb) but just saved $54.75 on an E97 card. It appears to be a great tool and I wanted to mention that the instructions seemed easy to follow. Hopefully all will go well but I wanted to pass it along in these troubling economic times that any savings is a good one.<br>tbob

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Posted By: <b>Bob</b><p>If anyone is still reading this thread, a little help would be appreciated. I set up my Microsoft Live account, went to ebay through the maze and hit a BIN, making sure the 25% off logo was there. I paid with Paypal (bank). I then received a message from ebay that congrats I had just saved the $54.75 and click on the Get Cash Back button. I clicked the button and it whisked me to a page showing my Cash Back account but it still said $00.00. Nothing under pending, nothing under available, etc. <br>Any ideas why it is not showing up? It seems like it should at least be &quot;pending&quot;.<br>Thanks,<br>tbob

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Posted By: <b>Rob D.</b><p>Bob,<br><br>Give it a day or two for it to show up. I remember when I did a few transactions in conjunction with this program that there was a bit of lag time.<br><br>

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Posted By: <b>quan</b><p>does take 2-3 days max. however i had one where the money was not transferred at all...ebay/microsoft support is not a big help for this program. almost 3 months later and i've basically given up on that transaction. MS also shut down the chat support.

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>bumped for Mike, with a note that it seems to be down at the moment for maintenance but is expected to return.<br><br>

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Posted By: <b>Alan U</b><p>The 25% discount is back up if you do a search on &quot;WII&quot;<br><br>It looks like they speeded up the time it takes to hit your account (mine took 20 minutes) and the message to the ebay account now says &quot;You're eligible for Microsoft cash&quot; instead of &quot;You've earned cash back&quot;.<br><br>-Alan

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Posted By: <b>Mark</b><p>I keep getting redirected to some oddball sites form the Live search page;<br>not to ebay to use the discount....any help?<br><br>Mark<br>mrios@hotmail.com

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>When I use the live.com search engine, I search for t206. This almost always brings up the &quot;save 25% off Ebay&quot; link.<br><br>Clink the T206 link and you'll see Microsoft Cashback program message on the Ebay page. From there, find the eligible item you want and purchase it. I find it works best if you have the Ebay item number once you get into Ebay through www.live.com search.

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Posted By: <b>AndyS</b><p>Can anyone from the Great White North (Canada) confirm that they can see the link. I only get the ebay.ca links with no advertisement for the cashback in the grey area. First time poster, long time lurker. Hello everyone!!!