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

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Posted By: Richard Simon

I could not access the Microsoft page but had my son do it for me.
I got a confirmation e mail which did enable me to enter my Live Account.
I then received another e mail asking me to click a link to activate my cashback a/c.
I could not access that linked page so my son did it for me.
I did not receive a confirmation e mail for my cashback a/c. Is that normal?
The cashback a/c is not showing on my Microsoft Live page.
Help me guys
Thanks.
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Posted By: Rob D.

Richard,

You won't receive a confirmation e-mail. It took about 40 hours for my totals to update in my Live account.

Rob

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Posted By: Richard Simon

Thanks for your help. Is there supposed to be some indication of a cashback page on your Live Account? Where in Live Account do they show cashback?
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We made a promise. We swore we'd always remember.
No retreat baby, no surrender.
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Posted By: Matt

Now up to 25% back on certain words - "cheap ipod" works for me.

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Posted By: Brock G.

I, like Richard, am having trouble finding anything about cashback on my live account page. Do the funds have to be added before you can view your cashback summary? During checkout I was directed to the page showing the total pending and total available cashback but now that I have confirmed my e-mail address it is nowhere to be found.

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Posted By: Richard S. Simon

The %'s keep changing.
15% now.

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Posted By: Scott S

still valid - back up to 20% for me just now...

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Posted By: Matt

now at 25%

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Posted By: Chuck P

Anybody know if this promo is still going on??

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Posted By: Matt

Chuck - it is. You can just follow the directions in the first post.

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Posted By: Chuck P

Looks like eBay is at 25% now based on an icon I'm seeing at the search level.

I haven't gone shopping yet to look at any specific auctions.... is there a limit on the number of purchases one can make? I'd like to try something relatively inexpensive before pulling the trigger on something bigger.

Any idea how long the deal might last?

Are there any other services you need to agree to join or pay for going forward?

Sellers ....... is there a trick if I wanted to list something that would be eligable for this program??

TIA

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Posted By: Jon Canfield

Matt, Richard, all - hoping you might be able to help me out with an error / problem I keep getting on this. Richard - I think this may be the same problem you were having.

I signed up for a live acount while I was at work when I took advantage of one of the coupons to purchase a card. Signing up for the account and making the purchases worked perfectly and I had a pending credit in my live account. However, since the first day I signed up for my account, I have been unable to sign into the live account from my home computer. EVERY TIME I try to log in, I get an Internet Explorer error (I think a 404 error) that says:

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Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Most likely causes:
You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
There might be a typing error in the address.

What you can try:
Diagnose Connection Problems

More information

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Now, I've deleted all cookies numerous time, added microsoft live to a safe site, pulled off my security, went to the tools, advance, etc tab and did what the trouble shooting said about cookies - and nothing works. Of course I've contacted microsoft support and all I get is an automated email that explains to me how I clear cookies! I can't find a customer support phone number or I would try that route.

If I try to log in at home - nothing. The minute I get to work, I can log in fine. I have no access to my cashback account or even the help page - nothing works when I try to bring these pages up at home.

Any ideas as to how do I fix this?

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Posted By: Matt

Jon - I'm guessing you have RoadRunner/TWC. If you do, did you try the steps I posted above to disable redirection?

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Posted By: Jon Canfield

Matt - thanks for the heads up. I believe I'm on Time Warner Cable here in NYC. However, I have to admit, I have no idea what any of this is:

Updated: The cashback site was unreachable from anyone using Time Warner or Road Runner. Here is the trick I used to get it to work (cut and pasted from elsewhere):
1) Goto http://ww23.rr.com/prefs.php (or whatever redirection service is for your area). You can also find this out by typing tracert cashbackaccount.search.live.com on a cmd box and use the IP addresss of the last server hit.
2) Select disable redirection (this is the first option - web address redirection service).

Any ideas how I find the redirection service for TWC?

Thanks.

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Posted By: Matt

email sent.

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Posted By: Richard Simon

Jon - I never could get to the site on my Roadrunner/Time Warner computer.
My son did the access for me.
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I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.
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We made a promise. We swore we'd always remember.
No retreat baby, no surrender.
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Posted By: Chuck P

Looks like the deal is now at 20%.

Should I hold off until it goes up??

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Posted By: ockday

I got an email saying the money had been sent to my Paypal account..I checked and sure enough I got about $400 back.
They gotta do this more often

Alan

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Posted By: C. Zupsic

Is it still only three uses per account, or have they changed this to allow for additional purchases?

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Posted By: David

it's up to 30% =)

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Posted By: MVSNYC

i, unfortunetly, had a bad experience doing this...i hate rebates, as they never seem to work that well for me...i bought a lot of 50 (i think it was) T206 cards over the summer. the total was about $750, and i was due back about $150. well, i paid the seller immediately, and filled-out the Cashback forms, etc...well, to make a long story short, the package never got to me (wasn't the seller's fault, he was awesome during the process, tracking the shipment, dealing with the USPS, etc.), and i never got my Cashback amount either! i eventually made a deal with the seller to just send me back the amount minus the rebate ($500-ish), so he lost his cards, i lost $150, and neither myself, nor the seller has seen the package...all in all, a very bad experience.

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Posted By: Scott Fandango

not sure your experience has anything to do with the rebate itself.....is it microsoft's fault the USPS lost the package?

the reason you didnt get the rebate was because they wait 90 days to make sure the transaction was not reversed..the system worked perfectly in your case.....

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Posted By: quan

i still have a $170 transaction that's stuck between ebay and microsoft. been going back and forth with microsoft for a month...bleh.

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Posted By: MVSNYC

scott- wrong. we gave each other positive feedback and let eBay think it was a smooth transaction, so i could get the rebate...guess what? no rebate.

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Posted By: Richie

What this rebate that they give you is getting free money. I know they are giving refunds back. But kinda makes no sense. I can easily put up an auction have someone I know win auction. They pay me through paypal and get the money back What ever percentage they get back. I dont know if its me or is it easy money were you dont need to buy anything? Richie

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Posted By: Tim Newcomb

I would like to know what your point was, but you are not making yourself intelligible. I suggest a writing course at your local community college.


DAVID: LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted By: David McDonald

. . . run for Vice President.

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Posted By: Richie

delete

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Posted By: barrysloate

I've seen Tim put his pants on and he jumps into both legs at the same time...odd, isn't it?

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Posted By: Ol' Prof

You were taaught better. Calm down, man. BTW, I just bought a $400 card and got $120 back.

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Posted By: peter ullman

does this still work? if so...for international purchases as well. any help is appreciated.

pete ullman

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Posted By: Matt

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:
http://pages.ebay.com/cashbackoffer/terms.html

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Posted By: Matt

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.

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Posted By: howard

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,

Howard

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Posted By: Matt

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: howard

Thanks, Matt, I see what you're referring to now. The instructions that I referenced were from your post of 10/7.

Howard

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Posted By: Mike Navarro

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.

Mike

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Posted By: JK

Doesnt seem to be working for me - I cant find anything with a discount at all.

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Posted By: Matt

Mike pointed out last night that the system seems to be temporarily down.

They just recently changed the limit to allow 12 transactions per person, so I'm guessing this is just a temporary system "downage."

edited to add, the search term "d40x" seems to be working at the moment.

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.

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Posted By: Jim Rivera

will this work after you bought an item

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Posted By: Matt

sorry Jim - only if you follow the link before you buy.

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Posted By: John H.

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: Jim Rivera

thanks matt-i will watch for it the next time i use the bin option

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Posted By: Matt

Jim - you have to follow the steps above otherwise you won't see it when you hit the BIN.
be well,
-Matt

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Posted By: Mike Navarro

Woo hoo!! It's working again. Just pulled the trigger on a $932.00 card. 25% off up to $200.00.

Mike

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Posted By: Bob

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.

Or is Harvey really not there at all?

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Posted By: Matt

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: Bob

Matt:

Thanks.

B

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Posted By: Mike Navarro

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.

1. Go to www.live.com.
2. Type in "Wii" in the seach box.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.

Hope this helps and is easy enough to understand.

Mike

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Posted By: Jim Rivera

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.
Just worked for me!
Thanks Matt!