10% cash back from ebay...

^^ of course cant be 100% sure but the ms person i spoke to in setting up my ces stuff said it was over...

 

Sucks!!!!I was waiting to purchase my MBP!raise it up M$!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Yeah, I was just gaining some interest in this, and I still want to learn more about it..

Cin

 

Isn't the 8% dead too =_=

 

That's what I'm also trying to figure out
Just when I wanted to possibly use it...


Cin

 

The 8% has been dead for a while now.

 

the way how 8% apply now is:
you need to click cashback link at the top of website and it will bring you to a cashback welcome page where listed several categories.
you then can search a particular product such as WD harddrive.
beginning from here, the live.com will list several/pages products with prices from different retailers.
the cashback rates are varies, start from 2% to 8%.

 

But this topic is about getting them from ebay =(

 

Microsoft should just announce if it's gone. What are they waiting for? Maybe it's not ;O?

 

I have not yet found any ebay related cashback

 

It has been gone for at least a week that I can recall.
If they were going to bring it back, they would have done so already.

 

it ended on the 17th this was already stated by ms

 

We're all just in denial . I'm glad I purchased everything I did while it was up. Only thing's I regret not getting are keyboard/screen protector's for my MBP but those are pretty cheap anyway.

 

i missed out on a lot of stuff and was actually able to buy stuff cheaper than i can from my vendors. i was getting wd 500gb blue drives for 67$ with instant cashback... lol i bought like 24 of them altogether (i had 7 live accounts altogether me, wife, mom, mil, sister etc no one else was going to use them so i did lol)

 

Lol, nice. I had a couple cashback accounts myself. It was so awesome while it lasted. Maybe there will be something similar in 2009.

 

For those of you that have received your cashback, on average, how many days did it take? I requested my funds 12/18/08 and emailed them twice about it. This was my reply:

 

I received mine in less than 10 business days.

 

Same here, I've requested cashback three times and have gotten it within their specified 7 days.

 

Hmm, not sure what the deal is then...but it is going on 16 days for me.

 

Haha, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit it but I had a dream that Cashback went back up to 30% :O.

 

lol oh that's funny

 

Any news about "cashback:the return" ?

 

as far as i am told by the guy at ms i know its dead.. for good. the original person responsible for the cashback thing has left and most of the original team has left as well or "been asked to leave"

 

wow did someone get in trouble??

 

Maybe the creator is going to Google next ;O. I don't care if he goes to search.com as long as we have cashback!

 

Do you have a source? It'd be an interesting read.

 

Microsoft's Live Search cash-back chief joins exodus

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Brad Goldberg, general manager for Live Search, has reportedly become the latest online executive to quit the company. Goldberg, who's joining investment-firm Peak 6, apparently launched Microsoft's Live Search cash-back programs and is the latest executive to leave Microsoft's online business.
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A much more research oriented (v.s. marketing) guy from Yahoo is taking over.

 

lol nice. At least the consumer benefited from this "idea". I would've purchased a whole lot more if I would've known they'd pull the whole thing out.

 

Live Search looks even more like Yahoo with Goldberg's exit

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The move could be indicative of a shift of mindset in the Live Search division from marketing to research, after the appointment of Dr. Lu to a president's post in charge of Online Services, effectively overseeing the post vacated by Kevin Johnson, that in turn oversees Goldberg's former post.
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yup ^^ was going to post the same info. as i said i was told much of the other team has also left

 

I've been reading about the Cashback program on other forums and it seems that the overwhelming majority have had problems getting Microsoft to pay out. Granted, I am not privy to the details of each case but if even 25% of them are what they say, it doesn't bode well for MS or for me. I can speak about my own case with certainty. I followed the rules listed HERE and HERE although the eBay rules state if there is a MS/eBay rule conflict, the eBay rule prevails. I have little confidence I will see any of that money without legal action. No matter how many emails I send, I just get the canned reply saying someone will contact me shortly. I am glad for those MS paid but it seems for every person they paid, there are 10 they chose not to pay.

 

Was wondering why I couldn't get that cashback coin showing up on my eBay selections! Nothing on Live Cashback's own page to say they are no longer viable. Fortunately, on Dec. 21 I got my $105 cashback from an item purchased six weeks prior!

I needed to save up some moolah before continuing to take advantage of cashback...and now *poof* it's gone!

 

I requested $836 into a PayPal account that was not accepting payments(it wasn't limited until 4-5 days after the request was made). It shows the payment was deposited but obviously it cannot be and it isn't showing in my 'payment's received'. Anyone know if I can somehow check 'declined payment's'?

 

Well, if MS follows its own rules, you have to wait 30 days to see it return to your Cashback account. Then you can request it again, perhaps by check if I read the rules correctly.

 

Oh I see, well I'm waiting 180 days for $3,700 to released from my PayPal so I guess 30 days won't kill me. I just hope it gets returned.

 

http://www.paypalsucks.com/

http://www.screw-paypal.com/

 

Book-marked!

+1 to you!

 

Was this post towards me? If so, I've tried plenty of things discussed on those websites to get my funds released but they don't budge. I've learned to be content with it, afterall on June 10th I will get $3,700 that I'm not really expecting.

 

Darn, I was hoping to find some help for you. I simply did a search for "paypal complaints" and found those two links which, with cursory inspection, seemed to be the best ones among the batch of links.

I've yet to experience a Paypal rippoff, but I only use their service several times a year, AND I am not a seller. It is an egregious shame that Paypal gets away with highway robbery, and that there seems to be little one can do when ripped off.

Ebay's day in the sun seems to be over, too. See what happens when a person (or company) gets greedy!

 

That's okay, I do appreciate you trying though. I'm sure the links will help someone else. I completely agree, I was verified on PayPal for over 2 years, 100% feedback on eBay (85 transactions). For every sale I made within the last year I received positive feedback and tracking was provided. They just somehow still consider me as a "risk".

 

"Ralitza,

In this case I will need to escalate your ticket to our accounting department. Thanks for being patient!!!!!

Alysia G."

That is the reply I received. 5 exclamation marks, really? This is going to be interesting.

 

so far ive recieved all but the last three payments eveything is going perfect on this end.. over 7k$ total so far back..

 

Any news? Any chance you have a phone # for them?

 

really? That much? What did you buy? There was a $200 cap per item as I recall

 

$200 cap per item and $2,500 cap per cashback account.

 

Any word on whether Microsoft will bring back the Cashback promotion or not?

 

Other posters have mentioned that it was gone for good December 17th and that members of the cashback team have been leaving.

 

yep as far as i have been told its done for good at the % rates we were seeings and they also said they will be tapering off many of the stores as well..

 

I just saw this post today.
I have a quick question. I am going to buy a new dell studio xps 16 off ebay with a buy it now. Am I able to get cashback on this? I have a live.com account, ebay account, and paypal.

thanks

 

No, the casback program through eBay ended December 17th.