Today, I was searching ebay to find a couple small gold coins for my kids to donate to the Salvation Army. In the process, I discovered the Microsoft Live Cashback program. I got a 30% rebate on my two purchases by using Live Search to find ebay auctions, using Buy-It-Now and paying with Paypal! You have to follow the instructions, but it worked for me and I see both credits as pending in my Microsoft Live account.
I’m sure many of our deal savvy readers already knew about this. For those who didn’t, have fun with your holiday shopping on ebay! Here’s How:
Be sure to read the “How To” and “FAQ” links on the page linked above first. When done correctly, you will see the Microsoft logo and Cashback image at ebay when you click Buy-It-Now for a purchase, before the next step where you commit to buy. Ebay will then put up a link with terms, conditions and instructions about how to make your first purchase and how to setup your Microsoft Live account or link to an existing one. Follow them and you are good to go!
My kids donated the gold coins to a Salvation Army bell ringer kettle last night, along with some of their own money. Thanks live.com!
not too good to be true… live.com has been going on for a while. I have a purchase for a stroller I made about 4 months ago and it switched over to “available” vs. pending. i could request a check for it anytime. There’s been about 8 months+ of history with live.com and the cash back – so i say buy away!
The biggest thing is making sure you don’t open another browser and then buy… then it won’t work. It has to be the browser opened by the live.com site.
Also – the limit is $200 per transaction…
Limit TWELVE transactions per ebay account.
Limit $200 cashback per transaction.
Limit $2500 per live cashback account.
Well, I haven’t gotten the money yet, of course. It seemed too good to be true to me also. There is a $200 limit and it is Microsoft, so hopefully it is legitimate!
I saw this a while back while searching for Nintendo Wii consoles – I was a little leery, its such a huge amount! But good to see someone else has tried it and it worked.