eBay Bucks - Do they affect your bidding habits?

[stlcardinalsfan]

Another great way to FREELY save money is to sign up for EBATES. I've done this for a couple months and it does rack up the money. EBates allows you to start at there sight (a referral service) they automatically open a link to ebay which depending on the day gives you 1-5% cash back in the sports memorabilia category. You still also get to keep your ebay bucks too.. IT IS FREE AND GIVES CASH BACK TO OVER 2000 stores. Just click the icon below to sign up


By the way it works perfectly if you make an offer or buy it now. If you use a sniper program (like me) you have to place an initial bid (coming from EBATES to ebay no matter if it is outbid) then days later when your snipe goes through EBATES recognizes you and gives you the cash back...Today I received 5% back. I don't know if there is a maximu but two days ago I bought an $800 item and it did credit me $40 back via EBATES

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by stlcardinalsfan

Another great way to FREELY save money is to sign up for EBATES. I've done this for a couple months and it does rack up the money. EBates allows you to start at there sight (a referral service) they automatically open a link to ebay which depending on the day gives you 1-5% cash back in the sports memorabilia category. You still also get to keep your ebay bucks too.. IT IS FREE AND GIVES CASH BACK TO OVER 2000 stores. Just click the icon below to sign up

Ebates seems too good to be true. I travel a lot for work, and another person (actually a competitor) turned me on to it a couple months back. I have yet to receive a check, but am piling up a nice little stash spending on hotels and cars ahead of the quarterly check. Just figured out about eBay, and curious to see if my purchase registers. Seems to often be a several day delay between a purchase and an actual confirmation on the account. Regardless, it's free money, and really maybe only adds 5 seconds to the process.

Guessing they in turn make a nice penny selling marketing information based on people's buying habits, etc... but given my spam filter already gets stuffed, seems like a small price to pay.

[stlcardinalsfan]

Between my wife and I we have received 4 checks.... Yes it does take a little time for the eBay. Just another way to save money. I buy way too much memorabilia on eBay and my wife buys too much on Amazon!

[TheNightmanCometh]

I had no idea this existed. I signed up, so I think I can say with confidence that when I do get some eBay bucks I'll be using it on BINs.

[TistaT202]

i stockpile things on my watchlist and pounce when the multipliers are offered. I also use ebates and have saved over $450 on various online purchases, including cards on eBay.

[dabigyankeeman]

I always have cards in my wantlist that I havent pulled the trigger on because they are a little too much money for me to spend at the time, but when I get a 4X or 5X Ebay bucks offer, many times I will go ahead and buy one of these. I gotta admit, the extra Ebay bucks offer really works with me!!!

4X and 5X are monster incentives, I have gotten some 3X and thats just not quite enough to go for it usually.

I hate flash deals that are good for 6 or so hours, as I do NOT check my emails all day long, most of the time by the time I see a flash deal on Ebay bucks the time period is over and that just gets me really upset.

One thing I have noticed, the more you use their Ebay bucks special offers, the more offers you will get. Conversely, if you dont use their offers, you get less or even none. They really track you. Also at the start of a quarter, it seems I dont get an Ebay bucks offer until I have spent my old Ebay bucks. No big deal as I usually spend them the first day they are available, but once I waited over 3 weeks and I missed out on a 5X Ebay bucks deal that they didnt send to me but they sent to other people I know, I really am sure its because I hadnt spent my Ebay bucks yet.

[Steve D]

I've been an ebay member for over 16 years, and I have literally never received any offer of extra ebay bucks beyond the standard 2%; so no, the ebay bucks don't affect my bidding in any way.


Steve

[stlcardinalsfan]

You have to sign up for promotions and survey to receive the eBay bucks offers that are multipled 2x,3x,4x and percentage off...

[Exhibitman]

Back to the OP: I tend to look for something I'd not otherwise buy and BIN it with the eBay bucks. On occasion I use it to offset the purchase price of something I won anyway.

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by stlcardinalsfan

You have to sign up for promotions and survey to receive the eBay bucks offers that are multipled 2x,3x,4x and percentage off...

I have signed up (more than once); it hasn't done any good.

Steve

[stlcardinalsfan]

Thought you would want to know 8 hour 6% eBay bucks on purchase over $50...

http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrer...o1cJXLwQ%3D%3D

[irishdenny]

Originally Posted by Steve D

I have signed up (more than once); it hasn't done any good.

Steve

Steve ~

If You Call Them & Let them Know!
Things Will Change...
At Least that's what Happen wit me

A Word to the Wise Though...
I was Receivin 3x 4x 5x, 8% and even 10% once!
About 2 months Ago,
I was up about $190.00.
Used it to by a BIN Card...
Howevar, I had to RETURN the Card,
Due to a Crease!
That Could Not Be Seen iN the Scanz...

Leavin me wit a Negative Balance...
Nothin Since Goin Negative!

I Guess I'll be workin my way out of the whole...
And Then make That Phone Call AgaiN!!!

[Republicaninmass]

Just got 6x for a few hours


Nothing even close on my list