Hi. Increasingly I am having problems with getting items posted as cash into my account. I think the majority of them are not "online" orders such as buying something from the internet, although I have been having some of those problems as well, but recent problems have to do with getting credits from Holiday Inn and car rental companies posting. It often takes one or more times to rectify and get the credit posted. While they say most post within 2 days, they won't do anything to follow up until after 30 days.

Am I the only one having these problems? Anyone have strategies to follow up on missing credit?

No, you're not the only one. I've had problems with a Holiday Inn stay and a stay at a Residence Inn (and perhaps a Comfort Inn and Sleep Inn, not sure yet?). I wrote about these discrepancies and the problem was addressed relatively quickly, but I haven't received a check yet.

I have been considering switching to fatwallet but fatwallet only gives 3% back for Holiday Inn and Ebates gives 5%.

I would consider it "normal" for hotel stays or car rentals to take a while to post. Why would you even expect a hotel or car reservation to post within two days? After all, you might end up cancelling it!

Why not just wait till after 30 days, as they advise?

I guess my point was these don't post automatically; you must keep track of them and bug the ebates customer service folks after 30 days. There are some online sites like shoebuy.com that post within a reasonable time, other things do not.

Hotel stays and car rentals do seem to post slowly, but as was mentioned, they probably won't post until actually "consumed". Then the hotel or car rental firm has to notify ebates that it was indeed consumed.

I recently (this month) had a hotel stay from back in January finally post. I had given up on it, but they finally came through (and I didn't remind them, either).

i recently signed up for ebates. just have to remember to use it. lol. i'm terrible about multi tasking.

has anyone gotten a check ? is there a way to have it go to a pay pal account instead of get a paper check ?

are other services better ?

signed up for another companies today . i'd like to keep one and keep it consistent . was wondering if anyone has done any comparisons. i suppose it depends on who you are purchasing goods / services through to know what is the best rate as they all seem to vary. i hear a lot about bing too.

There are plenty of ebates threads around here... I recommend searching for "ebates." Most people have gotten payouts, although recently there were stories of advertisers not paying Ebates, causing Ebates to delay payment. PayPal is the preferred method of payment... perhaps you should spend some time on the Ebates site reading about how it works - that will answer many of your questions.

FatWallet, uPromise, and other sites offer better returns on some stores, poorer on others... there is no one "best" site. pgary has a relatively good comparison site up, though I don't remember the URL.

I am using it but will have to wait till november to get my due

In your settings on left hand navigation menu ,you have cash back method you can select for paypal option from there.

I use ebates to make all of my purchase on united.com. I've never had a problem.

at least one Flyertalker in the new Ebates commercial.
http://blog1.ebates.com/ebates/2009/...hem-on-tv.html

Add me to the list of Ebates not paying up. I know I linked to Tirerack from Ebates but they are saying -

"Thank you for your patience. After researching your order, it has been determined that your order was not credited to the Ebates shopping program. This research is done in conjunction with the store to provide the most accurate results. Any other promotional discounts used during this purchase, may over ride the eligibility for a rebate. In this case, the order was credited to another affiliate site, not Ebates. We too would have liked to have earned credit for this order. We hope that your next purchase will be credited to Ebates without an issue."

Interesting thing is their statement "In this case, the order was credited to another affiliate site, not Ebates" - but they refuse to tell me which site !

This is a common problem for some of us who shop multiple rewards/loyalty sites.
ALWAYS clear your cache before going to a different rewards/loyalty site.

Anyone else not receive their Feb. 15th payment?

I got mine right on time.