Microsoft Live Discount

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Posted By: Doug

I just noticed that it's currently up to 12%. I figured I'd pass this along in case anyone was interested.

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Posted By: Brian T.

12% off what vendor? I know that there was a discount for eBay that was discussed here once upon a time, but I don't see a discount for that.

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Posted By: JK

The 12% is off ebay BIN purchases. Use this link:

http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=lego+table&go=&form=QBRE

Select the ebay link in the shaded box and then search for whatever item you want.

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Posted By: Michael C

That is a great deal for all the over priced things sitting in the Buy it now listings

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Posted By: quan

used a 12% bin last night and got an instant cashback via paypal...

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Posted By: Matt

Michael - not everything with a BIN is overpriced (although much is) - it was mentioned this AM in another thread that an Uncle Jack's Bottomley was sitting with a $250 BIN for months and didn't sell, then went to auction style and sold for $400+.

My Trade/Sale Page

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Posted By: jb

I am waiting for the pre-christmas 20-30% to roll back around.

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Posted By: bamacollection

I agree with Matt. You may have to dig a bit, but there are still a few dealers with reasonable prices on their BIN's. The discount is just a bonus when you find one.

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Posted By: Jim Rivera

there was a cobb portrait with a cb back that sold with a reasonable bin and resold for twice the bin on the bst.

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Posted By: Doug

There are some reasonable deals, especially when that discount hits 20%+. My chances of finding them usually depends on how much work time I can spend scouring ebay...

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Posted By: Erick Lewin

I know it's probably impossible to predict but what do others think on the chances of the discount going up or down in the near future?

i was surprised this program came back, I thought it had died out. they must be shelling out an awful lot of money for this program. I just made one purchase today and got the 12%. I have my eye on a couple other things, but am unsure on pulling the trigger.

Does anyone think it might hit 20 or more % anytime soon>?

E. Lewin

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Posted By: John V

I assume you search for your items through the Microsoft site. Are all eBay items subject to CashBack, just BINs or random items? Please 'splain.
John

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Posted By: Erick Lewin

I believe just BIN's. I think there may be some, but few,restrictions on the BIN's but I believe any card with a BIN is eligable. I don't think it applies if best offer is used (Not 100% sure of that). I believe pretty much any single BIN purchase is eligable if your searching with the live cashback.

I know it only works when you begin your search with a live search. Each live search session lasts one hour and only one eligable purchase can be made in that one hour session. It's best to look at what you want by searching ebay first and then when your ready to buy search for it through live.com. As far as I know discount does not apply to auction formats only BIN's

E. Lewin

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Posted By: Matt

Erick - that's correct; it does not apply to auction format or if a seller accepts your best offer, but most sellers will agree to change the BIN price if you come to terms so that you can take advantage of the rebate at your offer price.

My Trade/Sale Page

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Posted By: Al

I find a $1k card on eBay that is a BIN and has the little gold symbol indicating the item is eligible for the Microsoft discount. I hit the BIN for $1k and paypal credits my account $120.00. Is that correct? I am concerned about the "may be eligible" part of the statement. Is there an upper limit to the cash back? I also have my eye on a $6k card, which when coupled with the 12% discount of $720.00, the purchase could make sense.

Why does Microsoft do this? I can't get the correlation to what's in it for them.

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Posted By: Robert Klevens

https://cashbackaccount.search.live.com/CashBack/FAQ.aspx

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Posted By: Bob

Al, I believe the limit is $200 maximum cashback per transaction regardless of the BIN. My experience with cashback was with 4 transactions which were all paid in to my Paypal account but which took 30-45 days to get there from the date of purchase.

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Posted By: JK

Al,

You are basically correct. Its a great deal, however, you need to read the fine print. First, the credit is not instant. For most purchases, you do not receive the rebate for 60 days. Second, there is generally an upper limit on the amount of the credit. Late last year, there was a maximum rebate of $200. Finally, you will not get the rebate if you havent signed up for an account through microsoft live.com and linked it to your paypal account.

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Posted By: Robert Klevens

You can make only 12 purchases with a total of $2500 in purchases.
I made 11 purchases and 10 of them gave me instant cashback to my Paypal account.
Only 1 purchase made me wait 60 days.
http://pages.ebay.com/cashbackoffer/terms.html?_trksid=m38

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Posted By: Alan U

If you setup another ebay account you can get 12 more discounts. I'm on my 3rd one, although haven't used the discount since the last time it was 20%.

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Posted By: Erick Lewin

Just noticed it creeped up 2% to 14% now. I'm debating on buying a thing or two or waiting?......tough call

E. Lewin