Originally Posted by bedelman
I do use Ebates sometimes, and I get small checks from them occasionally (maybe twice a year, depending on purchase size and frequency).
Unfortunately Ebates just got rid of Priceline, which is where I earned a majority of my money ... up until now I've pretty much gotten a check from them every three months (and they've gotten very good about mailing the checks out 1st Class Mail when promised, seemed they were a bit less reliable a few years ago).
The $1 commission rate on Delta purchases is a little stingy -- Ebates (and I) get $3 from Delta for each successful, tracked sale, and $1 out of $3 is not such a big ratio. Usually Ebates gives users almost the full commission it receives; I don't know why the ratio is so much smaller here than elsewhere.
I was thinking it was really stingy too, and they don't seem so stingy with most other partners ... but I wonder if it's because Delta is so unreliable and they end up having to pay out a lot $1 Ebates that Delta never gives them credit for ...