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#48
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I just noticed that people are selling gift cards to stores like Walmart on eBay for more than the value of the gift card promoting the Bing cashback people can get from buying the card.
I thought this could be a great (although short lived) opportunity to pick up some miles. I was thinking I could buy some $500 Walmart gift cards and sell them for $525-$530. However, unless I'm figuring something wrong, the eBay fees would be about $30 & the PayPal fees would be $15. So that makes the cost $45 to sell each card.
I've come across several people who have sold 10-15 $500 cards for $535. Not sure if this will work but here's a list of recently completed listings: http://completed.shop.ebay.com/i.htm...c0.m283&_rdc=1
I'd love to do this 20 times to pick up a quick 10,000 miles but seems like it would end up costing me at least $10 per auction to do that. Am I missing something? Are these people somehow buying for less than their value?
I thought this could be a great (although short lived) opportunity to pick up some miles. I was thinking I could buy some $500 Walmart gift cards and sell them for $525-$530. However, unless I'm figuring something wrong, the eBay fees would be about $30 & the PayPal fees would be $15. So that makes the cost $45 to sell each card.
I've come across several people who have sold 10-15 $500 cards for $535. Not sure if this will work but here's a list of recently completed listings: http://completed.shop.ebay.com/i.htm...c0.m283&_rdc=1
I'd love to do this 20 times to pick up a quick 10,000 miles but seems like it would end up costing me at least $10 per auction to do that. Am I missing something? Are these people somehow buying for less than their value?
#49
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I just noticed that people are selling gift cards to stores like Walmart on eBay for more than the value of the gift card promoting the Bing cashback people can get from buying the card.
I thought this could be a great (although short lived) opportunity to pick up some miles. I was thinking I could buy some $500 Walmart gift cards and sell them for $525-$530. However, unless I'm figuring something wrong, the eBay fees would be about $30 & the PayPal fees would be $15. So that makes the cost $45 to sell each card.
I've come across several people who have sold 10-15 $500 cards for $535. Not sure if this will work but here's a list of recently completed listings: http://completed.shop.ebay.com/i.htm...c0.m283&_rdc=1
I'd love to do this 20 times to pick up a quick 10,000 miles but seems like it would end up costing me at least $10 per auction to do that. Am I missing something? Are these people somehow buying for less than their value?
I thought this could be a great (although short lived) opportunity to pick up some miles. I was thinking I could buy some $500 Walmart gift cards and sell them for $525-$530. However, unless I'm figuring something wrong, the eBay fees would be about $30 & the PayPal fees would be $15. So that makes the cost $45 to sell each card.
I've come across several people who have sold 10-15 $500 cards for $535. Not sure if this will work but here's a list of recently completed listings: http://completed.shop.ebay.com/i.htm...c0.m283&_rdc=1
I'd love to do this 20 times to pick up a quick 10,000 miles but seems like it would end up costing me at least $10 per auction to do that. Am I missing something? Are these people somehow buying for less than their value?
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#51
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#52
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Not sure what your guys experience with Bing is but I'm not pleased by their services.
Last year I bought during a 50% off Promotion some very expensive (authentic) watches at thewatchery.com ! First off the Promo ended after just 2 days "due to high demand" without prior notice. The Cashback should have been processed after 8 weeks, however 7 days before that I recieved an email from Bing saying they had a Computer error and it would be newly posted to my account - with another 8 week waiting period !
We are not talking peanuts here, let me assure you that and the money was accounted for.
Bing replied with a standard email referring to thei T&C. Thats it.
Never again for me. Fatwallet might not be the greatest but I never had many issues !
Last year I bought during a 50% off Promotion some very expensive (authentic) watches at thewatchery.com ! First off the Promo ended after just 2 days "due to high demand" without prior notice. The Cashback should have been processed after 8 weeks, however 7 days before that I recieved an email from Bing saying they had a Computer error and it would be newly posted to my account - with another 8 week waiting period !
We are not talking peanuts here, let me assure you that and the money was accounted for.
Bing replied with a standard email referring to thei T&C. Thats it.
Never again for me. Fatwallet might not be the greatest but I never had many issues !
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#54
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I'm planning on buying a few thousand in gift cards for stores I spend a lot at. I'll save some money and will get the miles now vs. later.
#56
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Atlanta
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Buying gift cards on eBay with Buy it Now still pays you Bing Cash Back. I recently had a 12k new roof put on my house. Using Bing to buy Lowes Gift Cards on ebay I pocketed a lot of the money for the roof. The bing cash back was different while I was buying them but always at least 8%. I also earned 2% in eBay bucks.
#57
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Not sure what your guys experience with Bing is but I'm not pleased by their services.
Last year I bought during a 50% off Promotion some very expensive (authentic) watches at thewatchery.com ! First off the Promo ended after just 2 days "due to high demand" without prior notice. The Cashback should have been processed after 8 weeks, however 7 days before that I recieved an email from Bing saying they had a Computer error and it would be newly posted to my account - with another 8 week waiting period !
We are not talking peanuts here, let me assure you that and the money was accounted for.
Bing replied with a standard email referring to thei T&C. Thats it.
Never again for me. Fatwallet might not be the greatest but I never had many issues !
Last year I bought during a 50% off Promotion some very expensive (authentic) watches at thewatchery.com ! First off the Promo ended after just 2 days "due to high demand" without prior notice. The Cashback should have been processed after 8 weeks, however 7 days before that I recieved an email from Bing saying they had a Computer error and it would be newly posted to my account - with another 8 week waiting period !
We are not talking peanuts here, let me assure you that and the money was accounted for.
Bing replied with a standard email referring to thei T&C. Thats it.
Never again for me. Fatwallet might not be the greatest but I never had many issues !
#58
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I just bought a couple gift cards on ebay and the money hit my cash back account immediately. That never happened with any other cash back purchases, which is nice.
I'm planning on buying a few thousand in gift cards for stores I spend a lot at. I'll save some money and will get the miles now vs. later.
I'm planning on buying a few thousand in gift cards for stores I spend a lot at. I'll save some money and will get the miles now vs. later.
#59
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Laguna Niguel, CA
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http://pages.ebay.com/cashbackoffer/terms.html
Purchases on eBay.com of gift certificates, gift cards and items acquired for resale will be eligible for Cashback Rewards. eBay may permit you to combine Cashback Rewards with other eBay promotions, coupons, or gift certificates. With the exception of eBay promotions, coupons and gift certificates, Cashback Rewards cannot be combined with any other offer on purchases on www.eBay.com
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That's not how I read the T&C --
http://pages.ebay.com/cashbackoffer/terms.html
http://pages.ebay.com/cashbackoffer/terms.html
Purchases on eBay.com of gift certificates, gift cards and items acquired for resale will be eligible for Cashback Rewards. eBay may permit you to combine Cashback Rewards with other eBay promotions, coupons, or gift certificates. With the exception of eBay promotions, coupons and gift certificates, Cashback Rewards cannot be combined with any other offer on purchases on www.eBay.com