Ebates

[texmrsport]

Ebates is paying 5% on all Ebay purchases instead of usual 1 % in the Sports Memorabilia and Cards section. Free to join, will send money to Paypal or cut a check quarterly.

[Shoebox]

Do they pay out on Auction winnings or just BINs? If auction winnings is it just a matter of going through the Ebates app to pay for winnings or donbids have to originate through Ebates as well? Thanks in advance for the info.

[h2oya311]

Love Ebates! If anyone isn't signed up, I'd be happy to get a referral bonus by asking you to join...!!

Anyway, Dustin, all you have to do is go through their website when bidding and/or buying. For auctions, simply place a small bid ($25) and they now have you on the system. Put your gavelsnipe bid of $1,500 and then you get the 5% back on the final sale/bid price.

So easy and so worth it! Combine the Ebates with eBay bucks promotions and you can save lots on purchases! Makes it easier to sell later w/ 10-15% fees when you have those sorts of savings from the Ebates and eBay bucks at the start!

[Luke]

Derek, are you saying that if you place an early bid, then ebates will recognize your snipe later on the same item? In other words, you have to do this with each item that your are sniping?

I just thought that snipes wouldn't get credit from ebates, but that is great news that there's a way to get it to work.

[Shoebox]

Thanks for the info Derek!

[pawpawdiv9]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

Love Ebates! If anyone isn't signed up, I'd be happy to get a referral bonus by asking you to join...!!

Anyway, Dustin, all you have to do is go through their website when bidding and/or buying. For auctions, simply place a small bid ($25) and they now have you on the system. Put your gavelsnipe bid of $1,500 and then you get the 5% back on the final sale/bid price.

So easy and so worth it! Combine the Ebates with eBay bucks promotions and you can save lots on purchases! Makes it easier to sell later w/ 10-15% fees when you have those sorts of savings from the Ebates and eBay bucks at the start!

Not signed up, and seems interesting..with a 10$ welcome bonus. Referrals get 60$
I hear about this often now....seems too good to pass up.
So, you have to use the Ebates site, then search for Ebay on their site??
Then shop. And this works for Amazon and other sites on there?? Damn!!! Where have I been, under a rock???
So, if I go directly to Ebay, it wont work?? Am I right?

[texmrsport]

Correct.
Go to Ebates before you go to Ebay. Start a new "shopping trip". Any auction you place a bid and win or BIN you purchase you get the 5% back in cash. Make sure you go to Ebates before you pay. I'm not sure how long each trip lasts. Most of the time it's 1-2 % for Ebay. Do the same thing for the other stores to get whatever % they are giving. Did quite well at Macy's from my wife at Christmas.
QUOTE=pawpawdiv9;1575067]Not signed up, and seems interesting..with a 10$ welcome bonus. Referrals get 60$
I hear about this often now....seems too good to pass up.
So, you have to use the Ebates site, then search for Ebay on their site??
Then shop. And this works for Amazon and other sites on there?? Damn!!! Where have I been, under a rock???
So, if I go directly to Ebay, it wont work?? Am I right?[/QUOTE]

[bravos4evr]

Heck, I don't even have to go to their site, I have the ebates button that pops up every time I go to one of their sponsored sites and I just have to confirm my shopping trip is starting and I'm good as long as i don't log out.

[pawpawdiv9]

I read thru their site and other stuff.
I use Kaspersky for protection...I read I have to enable their cookies as it may cause issues.
That's the only thing I see a problem with.
I also checked on payments and when to expect the check or direct pay to paypal.
Just call me thorough on this new idea. Just not have pushed the button on the idea yet.
edit: I did read about that 'button' thingy as well

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by texmrsport

Correct.
Go to Ebates before you go to Ebay. Start a new "shopping trip". Any auction you place a bid and win or BIN you purchase you get the 5% back in cash. Make sure you go to Ebates before you pay. I'm not sure how long each trip lasts. Most of the time it's 1-2 % for Ebay. Do the same thing for the other stores to get whatever % they are giving. Did quite well at Macy's from my wife at Christmas.

Thank you so much for this tip! Once upon a time, the sniping program I used had some kind of backdoor way to accrue cash back through a similar program to ebates, but that went away some time ago, and I figured I could only do it on BIN's or manual bids. I tried your suggestion of the early bid through eBates followed with a last-second snipe though, and it worked! And not just with gavelsnipe, but with my other preferred sniping service as well (tried it with both). It will be nice to get an extra % back on my purchases from here on. Thanks!