Originally Posted by yanxfann

Unfortunately I was correct in that Groupon didn't give any referral credits in conjunction with the eBay GC bonanza. That being said I did have a bit of an epiphany as a result of that particular promo: if you see a Groupon deal that you want rather than buying the deal directly via your main Groupon account you should instead

1. Open a new account being sure to use the referral link from your main account
2. Using your main account buy a Groupon gift card in the amount of the exact price of the Groupon deal that you want to purchase for use by the new account (better yet purchase that gift card via a cashback site like the 15% back Discover portal or 6% back mr rebates)
3. Use the gift card in conjunction with the new account to actually purchase the Groupon deal (no credit card info is required for the new account since you will be using a gift card)

After doing this your main account will get a $10 referral bonus. NOTE: for extra hot super-special deals - like the eBay GC's - Groupon may temporarily quit offering gift cards but for normal everyday Groupon offers this should always work.